Simplex Ventures
Venture capitalChicago · Pre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
Simplex Ventures backs early-stage fintech founders who seek to disrupt and transform the financial industry. The firm emphasizes flexible, passion-driven capital deployment enabled by its independent structure, allowing it to pursue investments it strongly believes in and support rapid growth. It brings entrepreneurial experience alongside business and technical expertise to help founders scale, and offers portfolio companies strategic exposure through an extensive network and established relationships within the financial community. Simplex Ventures looks for disruptive visionaries pursuing bold, innovative ideas that can create lasting positive change in finance.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 1 of 2 portfolio companiesGaming ×1SaaS ×1Sports Tech ×1
HQs:United States×1
Investments · 2 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCloud computing platform that makes it easy for anyone to run computational, AI, and data science workloads in the cloud.
PartnerKate Kitto· solo GP
Lucra is a competitive loyalty platform that provides brands an SDK to run live social competitions — tournaments, peer-vs-peer contests, and mini games — natively inside their existing app or website.
GamingSaaSSports TechGreenwich, US
Dylan Robbins(Executive Officer, Director)Dennis Wong(Director)Anthony Disanti(Director)
Co-investorsRaptor GroupSeventySix CapitalThe MBA FundWestern Technology Investment7GC & CoAlumni Ventures+3 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLucra · news.bettingstartups.com · Apr 30, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Simplex Ventures invest at?
- Simplex Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Simplex Ventures focus on?
- Simplex Ventures focuses on Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is Simplex Ventures located?
- Simplex Ventures is headquartered in Chicago, US.
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