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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.

July 26, 2022

Chicago Early Startup Ecosystem (Panel Discussion)

On July 26, 2022, our Managing Partner participated in an person panel discussion about the startup ecosystem in Chicago.

July 13, 2022

The Rise & Future with DAOs: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (Webinar)

On July 13, 2022, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion about to talk about the rise and future with DAOs.

June 15, 2022

Innovation in the Food Sector Continues to Wet the Appetite of Investors (Webinar)

On June 15, 2022, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging virtual discussion to talk about the rapid growth of Food Tech that has attracted record amounts of investment capital.

May 11, 2022

LegalTech Funding Soars as its Rapid Advancement is Transformational (Webinar)

On May 11, 2022, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion about the growth and innovation with investment into LegalTech.

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April 14, 2022

Supply Chain Disruption Continues to Provide Big Investment Opportunities (Webinar)

On April 14, 2022, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion about the excitement of investing in supply chain tech.

April 11, 2022

US Midwest Startup Ecosystem (Interview)

Our Managing Partner, Jason Jacobsohn, was interviewed by Danil Kislinskiy of Go Global World to discuss the Midwest entrepreneur and investment ecosystem.

March 24, 2022

Trending sectors for investors in 2022 (Webinar)

On March 24, 2022, our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to investment opportunity trends to watch for in 2022.

March 15, 2022

The Future is Here with the Metaverse and Web3 (Webinar)

On March 15, 2022, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion about about the growing excitement of the Metaverse and Web3.

March 8, 2022

Practical uses for the Metaverse in our everyday life (Webinar)

On March 8, 2022, our Managing Partner participated on a VC TV panel discussion for LATOKEN to talk about how the metaverse has the potential to impact our daily lives.

February 9, 2022

HR Tech is Experiencing an Unprecedented Boom in Innovation & Investment (Webinar)

On February 9, 2022, Propellant Ventures hosted an engaging discussion about HR Tech for investors and entrepreneurs.

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.

June 17, 2021

FinTech: The Startup Sector to Watch in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the economy, but it has also had the unintended consequence of accelerating a range of hugely disruptive macro trends already in place. One of these trends is the digitization of financial services, neatly if not wholly encapsulated in the sector known as FinTech.

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