New Legacy Ventures
Venture capital investor in Anello Photonics' Series B and Series B-2 rounds.
New Legacy Ventures is the venture arm of New Legacy Group, a multi-strategy investment firm headquartered in New York, NY, founded in 2007 by Joe Weilgus. New Legacy Ventures backs visionary entrepreneurs building leading technology and finance companies, and has deployed roughly $300M over the trailing three years, with recent activity in application-specific semiconductors, aerospace/defense, and electronic equipment. It led ANELLO Photonics' $28M Series A (2021) and returned as a participant in Anello's Series B (2024) and Series B-2 ($25M, 2026).
Overview
- Firm
- New Legacy Ventures
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Founded
- 2007
- AUM
- Stages
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Thesis
- Investing with uncommon sense, to build a new legacy — backing visionary entrepreneurs building leading companies across technology and finance, across industries and stages.
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Frequently asked
- What is New Legacy Ventures?
- Investing with uncommon sense, to build a new legacy — backing visionary entrepreneurs building leading companies across technology and finance, across industries and stages.
- What stages does New Legacy Ventures invest at?
- New Legacy Ventures invests at Seed, Series A, Series B.
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New Legacy Ventures is the venture arm of New Legacy Group, headquartered in New York, NY, founded in 2007 by Joe Weilgus.
New Legacy: AboutVerified2026-08-09 - 2
New Legacy Ventures led ANELLO Photonics' $28M Series A funding round (October 2021).
PR Newswire: ANELLO Photonics Completes $28M Series A Funding for World's First Integrated SiPhOGVerified2021-10-21