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Lancaster Investments
Venture capital · Madison, WI, United States · North America
Lancaster Investments is a Madison, Wisconsin-based investment firm founded in 2014 that makes direct equity investments in young companies across diverse industries. It also provides consulting, programming, and research for industry stakeholders and partners with platforms such as the Gener8tor accelerator.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsearly-stagegrowthwisconsinstartupsaccelerator
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Or find every investor that fitsLancaster Investments lists 16 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (19%), AI & Machine Learning (19%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside AAF Management, AIN Ventures and ATDC.
No funding round on record names Lancaster Investments yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Lancaster Investments' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 16. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 19% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Gaming | 4% | 1% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 4% | 1% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| AAF Management | 1 |
| AIN Ventures | 1 |
| ATDC | 1 |
| Allegis Capital | 1 |
| Allos Ventures | 1 |
| Antler | 1 |
| BankTech Ventures | 1 |
| Capital Eleven | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 42th | 16 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 13th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1381%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company319%
- 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 Lancaster Investments head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
16 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Provenance makes handcrafted personal care products that are safe and effective with better-for-you ingredients. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apptega provides GRC software for managed security service providers and other organizations | CybersecurityGaming | Portfolio page | ||
Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | |||
| Blue Line Battery designs and manufactures custom lithium-ion battery solutions for various applications, including forklifts and automated guided vehicles. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Carketa provides software for used car dealers to manage their inventory and operations | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Curate scans meeting minutes, agendas, planning, and other documents from local government entities to help organizations stay informed about local policy issues | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Driftless Extracts is a cultivator and supplier of certified organic biomass and hemp extracts. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FactoryFix provides recruiting solutions for hiring skilled trades and manufacturing talent | Human ResourcesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | |||
| Last Lock makes and installs electronic locks that integrate with existing access control systems | Real Estate & ConstructionCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Revio Insight provides a platform that helps banks and financial institutions track and analyze customer money movements to identify opportunities and risks | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| Polco provides AI solutions and survey tools for community engagement and data-driven decision making | AI & Machine LearningClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| SHINE engages in commercial markets and solves important problems while expanding capabilities needed for fusion energy, including testing, medical isotopes, recycling, and energy production. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Vero Technologies provides an operating system for asset-backed lending | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- lancasterinvts.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 16
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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