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Heartland Ventures
Venture capital · OH, United States · North America
Heartland Ventures is a private capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups and connects them with a network of industrial operators. It also runs Heartland Growth Partners, which invests in family-owned lower middle market businesses in the Midwest.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintechReal Estate & Construction
In its own wordsindustrial techmanufacturinglogisticsreal estateconstructionlower middle market
Your fit with Heartland Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsHeartland Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Fintech (19%) and Real Estate & Construction (17%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Engage, Great Wave Ventures and Innovation Endeavors.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Heartland Ventures, 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 Heartland Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 20. 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 | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 67% |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 13th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Fintech | 19% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 17% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 14% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Engage | 2 |
| Great Wave Ventures | 2 |
| Innovation Endeavors | 2 |
| Navitas Capital | 2 |
| TIA Ventures | 2 |
| Threshold | 2 |
| 8VC | 1 |
| A.Capital Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- 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 togetherCompare Heartland Ventures 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 Heartland Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Round Led | |
| 28 Aug 2025 | Series A | |
| 8 Jul 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Heartland Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Heartland Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldoa develops software for construction materials testing and geotechnical firms to manage field, lab, and office workflows. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Claira provides an AI platform to support investment teams with deal management and analysis | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Enaia provides a CRM platform for commercial real estate brokers | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company deploys frontier AI to solve hard problems for various industries, including defense, agriculture, and manufacturing | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Firmus analyzes construction drawings to identify and mitigate risks early, reducing the chance of costly mistakes and disputes. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| GenLogs provides real-time visibility and data on motor carriers in America using roadside sensors, satellites, and other data sources. | Legal & ComplianceFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Spidr provides a financial infrastructure platform with unified API access to various financial services | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kea provides voice AI technology for restaurants to manage orders and customer interactions | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Laborup uses AI to help industrial companies build more productive workforces by finding and orchestrating critical talent across the US | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| LinkedField provides pre-construction, project management, and field administration services for busy project teams. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Lunar provides banking services, including accounts, cards, loans, and investment products. | FintechFintech | Jan 2026Round | Funding round | |
| Parkade provides parking management software for multifamily properties | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for quoting and project management solutions | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| ProjectMark develops and provides construction customer relationship management software for contractors | ConsumerReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Retina Robotics builds a robotic device that uses computer vision and AI to manage warehouse inventory | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Soil Connect operates a marketplace for buying, selling, and hauling dirt and aggregates. | Real Estate & ConstructionE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Stack Health provides a platform for employers to set a budget for their team's health benefits and allows employees to choose a plan that's right for them | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Third Wave Automation provides warehouse automation solutions using autonomous forklifts with human oversight. | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Victory Machine & Fab provides millwright, rigging, and industrial solutions, including machinery moving, custom metal fabrication, and precision machining. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Workstream provides HR and payroll services for hourly businesses | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- heartlandvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 20
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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