Adam Rothenberg co-founded BoxGroup in the mid-2000s as one of NYC's earliest venture firms and has personally backed hundreds of startups with small first checks of $250K-$1M, positioning himself as a day-zero partner who leads pre-seed and seed rounds before companies launch or show significant traction. His background as director at Techstars NYC before focusing full-time on BoxGroup gives him hands-on accelerator experience that shapes how he supports founders around product-market fit and early scaling. Adam Rothenberg co-founded BoxGroup in the mid-2000s as one of NYC's earliest venture firms and has personally backed hundreds of startups with small first checks of $250K-$1M, positioning himself as a day-zero partner who leads pre-seed and seed rounds before companies launch or show significant traction. His background as director at Techstars NYC before focusing full-time on BoxGroup gives him hands-on accelerator experience that shapes how he supports founders around product-market fit and early scaling.