Fundraising FoxChicago Ventures — 2016 Investments
9 investments dated 2016 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
ItemMaster was a Chicago-area SaaS company providing a cloud-based platform for brands to create, verify, and distribute certified digital product content to retailers.
Skokie, US
Thomas Parkinson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAndrew Parkinson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMichael Murray(Executive Officer)in
Board seatStuart Larkins· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsRittenhouse Ventures
OfficeLuv provides a procurement platform for offices to order supplies from a wide vendor network, with consolidated invoicing, multi-location spend tracking, budget alerts, and user-level permission controls.
B2B MarketplacesCloud ComputingFintechFuture of WorkSaaSChicago, US
Kathryn Madden(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inChris HartmaninGleb Zarkh(Director)
BoardPaul Lee(Director, Promoter)Orazio Buzza(Director)
Board seatJai Shekhawat· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Mar 2016
Co-investors500 GlobalMethod CapitalHyde Park AngelsKDWC Venture
Catalyze develops, finances, builds, owns, and operates on-site renewable energy systems — combining solar, storage, and EV charging — for commercial and industrial real estate owners and operators across national portfolios in the US, with no upfront capital cost to the property owner.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyPropTechSaaSMadison, US
Mohan Balachandran(Executive Officer, Director)Travis Good(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMark Bakken(Director)James Burgum(Director)inDon Layden(Director)
Co-investorsEnCap Energy TransitionInnosphere VenturesArthur VenturesHealthX VenturesLewis & Clark Ventures
Catalyze supports underrepresented and innovative fund managers—capital entrepreneurs—who build institutional investment firms, enabling them to succeed and reshape what gets funded.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Maegan Moorehart(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccess VenturesBlue Haven InitiativeArthur VenturesLewis & Clark Ventures
project44 is a supply chain software company serving logistics and supply chain operations teams to improve visibility and efficiency across supply networks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSChicago, US
Jett McCandless(Founder)in
Co-investors8VCBtomorrow VenturesCollective LiquidityCorsa VenturesCota CapitalEmergence Capital Partners+19 more
MetaSaaS, now part of Flexera, provides a SaaS management platform that discovers, analyzes, and optimizes SaaS and AI applications across an organization, including shadow IT.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US
Arlo Gilbert(Executive Officer, Director)inScott Hertel(Director)in
Co-investorsGreen Park & Golf Ventures
Troops was a revenue communications platform that connected CRM systems like Salesforce to messaging tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, delivering real-time alerts and workflows for sales teams.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York, US
Daniel Reich(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Scott Britton Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChris Fralic(Director)in
Co-investorsAspect VenturesFounder CollectiveNextView VenturesOwl CapitalParade VenturesVast Ventures+4 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
HighGround Enterprise SolutionsForeverCar
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.