---
title: "Tribeca Venture Partners Headlines Swivel $5.8M Series A"
description: "Tribeca Venture Partners headlined a $5.8M Series A for Swivel (formerly PilotDesk), advancing AI automation in ad operations."
date: 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["tribeca-venture-partners", "series-a", "artificial-intelligence", "new-york-funds", "startup-funding"]
source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-tribeca-venture-partners-swivel-series-a
---

# Tribeca Venture Partners Headlines Swivel $5.8M Series A

> Tribeca Venture Partners headlined a $5.8M Series A for Swivel (formerly PilotDesk), advancing AI automation in ad operations.

**Tribeca Venture Partners** headlined a **$5.8M Series A for Swivel** (formerly PilotDesk) in 2025, backing AI automation for advertising operations.

## Key facts

- **Lead investor:** Tribeca Venture Partners
- **Company:** Swivel (formerly PilotDesk), AI ad-ops automation
- **Round:** $5.8M Series A
- **Co-investors:** Ardent Venture Partners, Roster Capital, Aperiam Ventures
- **Firm:** NYC Series A specialist; $1-6M initial checks

## Why this matters

Swivel is a representative Series A lead for Tribeca Venture Partners, whose hands-on, "jump on the subway and work the whiteboard" model concentrates on a handful of New York deals per year.

## Sources

1. Swivel/PilotDesk $5.8M Series A (FinSMEs, via Tracxn): https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/tribecaventurepartners/__hublbX73y_icmuC_h9vTltngeYIAZQdQ7NZN3VVnmis
2. Tribeca Venture Partners approach: https://tribecavp.com/approach/