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Propellant Ventures aspires to change the future in a very powerful way. We boldly invest in outstanding companies and extraordinary teams to cultivate an extremely high-quality and diversified portfolio.
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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.

November 29, 2023

SquareStack CEO Bill Furlong Featured on the Chief Influencer Podcast

SquareStack CEO discusses "The Shifting Landscape of B2B Marketing"

November 3, 2023

STRATAFOLIA CEO Jeri Frank Featured on The Deal Scout Podcast

STRATAFOLIA CEO discusses "Portfolio Performance Software"

October 14, 2023

Under CEO Jeff Shea Featured on the Merchant Sales Podcast

Under CEO discusses "Underwriting in Era of AI"

July 25, 2023

SquareStack CEO Bill Furlong Featured on the R&B Show

SquareStack CEO discusses "A New Dashboard to Help You Better Manage Your Business"

July 10, 2023

Under Selected to Stage 2 Capital 2023 Catalyst Cohort

Under was selected as one of the 15 B2B companies for Stage 2 Capital's 2023 Catalyst Cohort

June 25, 2023

Innovare Receives Funding from Google for Startups Black Founders Fund

Innovare has been selected as one of the fortunate recipients of the prestigious Google for Startups Black Founders Fund!

April 6, 2023

Education Intelligence Company, Innovare, Raises $2M in Additional Seed Funding Despite Economic Downturn with Support from Existing and New Investors In the U.S. and Mexico

Chicago-based EdTech company, Innovare, announced that it has raised $2M in additional seed funding to continue to scale its impact on education leadership via its cloud-based strategy and analytics platform Inno™️.

March 23, 2023

Charleston Angel Partners Invests in SquareStack

Charleston Angel Partners has invested in Chicago-based start-up SquareStack to drive expansion and growth.

February 25, 2023

STRATAFOLIO and Intuit QuickBooks are joining forces to provide a bundled solution for new customers

Learn more about STRATAFOLIOS's new collaboration in the QuickBooks Solution Provider program from the firm's CEO, Jeri Frank.

November 13, 2022

Propellant Ventures Makes an Investment Into Proptech Company, STRATAFOLIO

Propellant Ventures is excited to announce that we made an investment into Cedar Rapids, IA based Proptech firm STRATAFOLIO.

Thought Leadership

Propellant Ventures aspires to change the future in a very powerful way. We boldly invest in outstanding companies and extraordinary teams to cultivate an extremely high-quality and diversified portfolio.
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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.

February 17, 2021

Investments in Blockchain: Emerging Markets (Webinar)

On February 18, 2021. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss investments in blockchain, especially in emerging markets.

February 17, 2021

Healthcare Technology Investment is on the Rise (Webinar)

On February 17. Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion on healthcare investing.

February 3, 2021

OPSQC Podcast (Interview)

On February 3, 2021, our Managing Partner was interviewed by Jared Warrick of OPSQC about virtual events and early stage investing.

February 1, 2021

Early Stage Venture & Seed Investments (Webinar)

On February 1, 2021. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss early stage venture and seed investments.

January 28, 2021

Is there potential in fundraising through social media? (Webinar)

On January 28, 2021. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss investing and raising capital through social media.

January 14, 2021

Investments in the New Reality (Webinar)

On January 14, 2021. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss investments in the new reality.

January 12, 2021

Future of Work: The Impact of Digital Transformation (Webinar)

On January 11, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion on the "future of work". Our panelists included Joe Lee, Co-Founder & CEO, Gamerjibe; Bill Furlong, Founder & CEO, SquareStack; Matt Green, Chief Revenue Officer, Sales Assembly; and Bill Himmelstein, CEO, Tenant Advisory Group.

January 8, 2021

EduTech and EdTech, E-learning; Startup Education and Training (Webinar)

On January 8, 2021. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss edtech and e-learning.

December 30, 2020

Business Inclusion in Investing & Fundraising (Webinar)

On December 30, 2020. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss business and inclusion in investing and fundraising.

December 16, 2020

Fundraising in 2021: what should be expected in the upcoming year? (Webinar)

On December 16, 2020. our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to discuss fundraising in 2021.

Industry News

Propellant Ventures aspires to change the future in a very powerful way. We boldly invest in outstanding companies and extraordinary teams to cultivate an extremely high-quality and diversified portfolio.
‍
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.

July 29, 2021

Industrial automation investment on track for 5-year high

About five years ago, venture investors poured cash into the promise of updating industrial facilities by connecting and modernizing them to push them into the current century. It was called “Industry 4.0,” or the Industrial IoT — and it also was pretty much a bust.

July 29, 2021

Proptech funding surges, with these sectors hauling in the most cash

Funding to venture-backed proptech companies has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to Crunchbase data, with construction tech and property management startups leading the way.

July 14, 2021

Venture dollars flood semiconductor space

The global computer chip shortage is not just causing headaches for laptop- and smartphone-makers. It also appears to be pushing significant venture capital dollars into a space often shunned by investors fixated on the next big software play or social app. Already this year, chipmakers and designers have hauled in massive venture funding rounds, as a combination of factors have thrown the industry into disarray.

July 14, 2021

Funding Surges For Startups Serving Older Adults

Over the past 100 years, the average human lifespan has roughly doubled. And as life expectancy rises, the senior population is growing, too. By 2050, well over a fifth of Americans are expected to be 65 and over. An American born today, meanwhile, can expect to live to nearly 80. In short, we’re getting older. And startups and venture investors — ever cognizant of growth markets — are scaling up efforts to serve our fast-growing aging population.

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%

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

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

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

Edge computing is coming, and businesses aren't ready

From ultra-connected autonomous cars to low-latency AR, VR and gaming: to remain competitive in the digital age, businesses will have little choice but to fully embrace the new opportunities that come with the deployment of edge computing, according to a new report published by Intel.

June 17, 2021

Persistence and predictability of SaaS growth

A few years ago, Rory O’Driscoll of Scale Venture Partners, an early investor in Box, DocuSign, ExactTarget, and many other large enterprise SaaS companies, published a fascinating article titled ”Understanding the Mendoza Line for SaaS growth”.

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