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Gateway Capital
Venture capital · Milwaukee, WI, United States · North America
Gateway Capital is a Wisconsin-based venture capital firm that invests early in high-potential founders, typically as one of the first institutional investors. It focuses on overlooked emerging entrepreneurial geographies, including the Midwest and low-to-moderate income communities, and provides product commercialization expertise and networks to help founders gain early customer traction.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & BiotechFintech
In its own wordsmidwestundercapitalized regionslmi communitiesindustry agnosticsocial impactproduct commercialization
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Or find every investor that fitsGateway Capital lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Healthcare & Biotech (24%) and Fintech (19%). 33% of its companies are based in Austria. It invests most often alongside 3LB Seed Capital, 645 Ventures and APEX Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Gateway Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Gateway Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 13. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 17% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 72th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 30th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 24% | 15% |
| Fintech | 19% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 3LB Seed Capital | 1 |
| 645 Ventures | 1 |
| APEX Ventures | 1 |
| ATX Venture Partners | 1 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 |
| CSA Partners | 1 |
| Capital Factory | 1 |
| Catalyst Romania | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers13100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with 3LB Seed Capital
Compare Gateway Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Gateway Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Series A |
Round details for Gateway Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Gateway Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloov helps fashion brands integrate resale, rental and repair into their core business. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| DropCap brings authors, publishers, agents, editors, and scouts together on one global platform to manage rights efficiently and connect with international publishing markets. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Golgix develops and provides AI intelligence products for manufacturing | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Granter provides an AI-powered agent that assists organizations in finding and applying for grants | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Insuraviews collects and structures insurance rate, rule, and form filings into searchable intelligence for P&C carriers | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Novir provides health testing and screening services, including lead testing, vaccinations, and drug screening. | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company integrates water-cooled servers in swimming pools and hotels to provide computing power for AI companies, developers, and research institutions while utilizing the generated heat for warm water and heating | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| Setpoint provides a platform for asset-backed finance operations, offering data verification, capital workflow automation, and risk analysis. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops eye tracking-based digital biomarkers to understand and monitor cognitive processes in real-time. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Sonoptima develops wearable ultrasound devices for radiation therapy | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The Pink Bakery provides premium, inclusive bulk speed-scratch bakery and breakfast mixes for foodservice operators | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Vitrealab develops light engine technology for augmented reality glasses | Robotics & Hardware | Jan 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Geno.Me is no longer accepting new users or logins | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- gwaycapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 7 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 13
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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