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The team at Propellant collaborates with our portfolio companies, angel groups, and other VC’s to dramatically improve startups success, growth, and valuation. In 5 years, Propellant Ventures strives to be one of Midwest region’s most active VCs and go-to funds for innovative startups. Propellant Ventures invests in a broad range of diverse tech enabled B2B industries such as healthtech, future of work, supply chain, fintech, IIoT, and edtech.

June 17, 2021

Founders reveal why mental health startups are scaling fast

Mental health used to be a topic that few talked about, but the global pandemic opened the floodgates for discussion, and propelled startups focused on the sector with both renewed demand and venture capital investment.

June 17, 2021

Why some edtech investors could finally be set for a post-pandemic payday

For years, many venture capitalists were skeptical about betting on education technology startups, in large part because of a dearth of exit opportunities.

June 17, 2021

Consolidation is Coming: How to Play Fintech’s Next Phase

Fintech as a sector began to take shape as technology was adapted to improve the speed, accuracy, efficiency, and cost of back-office processing. This movement focused initially on banks, which owned much of the process and, having fallen far behind in terms of technical innovation, were ripe for disintermediation by tech-savvy startups hungry to peel off this or that specific process and modernize it, attracting legions of users along the way.

June 17, 2021

Fintech takes aim at a $400B healthcare puzzle

The US healthcare payments system is ripe for disruption. Just two decades ago, fees paid by patients accounted for only 5% of hospitals and doctors' revenue, but by 2017, that portion was up to 35%