GoalVest Venture Capital

We back the defining private companies of this era: proven leaders in artificial intelligence, defense, financial technology and consumer.

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2
Funds
18
Active investments
5
Exits
$850M+
Firm AUM

How we invest

Defined underwriting

Careers across public and private markets shaped our standard: proven category winners at the scaling stage, held to public-market scrutiny.

Multi-channel execution

Beyond traditional primary rounds, we uniquely use the secondary market to utilize our information arbitrage when entering, building, or exiting positions.

Disciplined construction

A concentrated portfolio diversified across uncorrelated themes, pairing high conviction with controlled risk.

Artificial Intelligence

Backing a once in a generation buildout of a new technology, from the infrastructure layer to the applications it powers.

Defense & Hard Tech

A venture-backed transformation of long under-invested defense and industrial technology.

Financial Technology

Digitally native platforms reshaping payments, lending and financial services.

Consumer Brands

Category-defining brands that prove resilient through cycles.

Company investments

Meet the partners

Blair Cohen
Blair Cohen
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer

Blair leads investment strategy and portfolio construction. He previously advised on multi-billion-dollar M&A and capital raises as an investment banker at Mizuho Greenhill, covered companies as an equity analyst at Guggenheim, and valued late-stage venture and private equity assets at EY. Earlier in his career he co-founded a consumer-packaged-goods brand.

Sevasti Balafas
Sevasti Balafas, CFA
General Partner · Founder & CEO, GoalVest Advisory

Sevasti founded GoalVest Advisory in 2017 and oversees more than $850 million across public and private strategies. She previously served as Chief Investment Officer within Lehman Brothers' private wealth division and as a senior portfolio manager at City National Rochdale. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School and the CFA designation.

Get in touch

For investment, co-investment and partnership inquiries, please reach out to the partners directly.

Contact the team
Blair Cohen Blair@goalvestadvisory.com (678) 920-3981 4 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007