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Propellant Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, United States · North America
Propellant Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech-enabled B2B startups. It focuses on the Midwest region and collaborates with portfolio companies, angel groups, and other VCs.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordshealthtechfuture of worksupply chainfintechiiotedtech
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Or find every investor that fitsPropellant Ventures lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (29%), Industrial & Manufacturing (14%) and Education (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Cleveland Avenue, B Capital and Connetic Ventures.
No funding round on record names Propellant Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 29% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 14% | 7% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 7% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Avenue | 2 |
| B Capital | 1 |
| Connetic Ventures | 1 |
| Exposition Ventures | 1 |
| Golden Section | 1 |
| ISA Ventures | 1 |
| LOI Venture | 1 |
| M25 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 12th | 7 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 | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- 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 Cleveland Avenue
Compare Propellant Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EeroQ develops quantum computer hardware using standard CMOS technology and electron qubits | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Innovare provides EdTech tools, including a unified workspace for data, planning, and collaboration, to support school leadership and improvement. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| SquareStack provides SMB owners with an all-in-one dashboard to organize and access all their business apps | Enterprise SoftwareFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Steadi helps transportation teams understand and manage transportation exceptions | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| STRATAFOLIO delivers tailored solutions for managing commercial properties and land assets, built to fit your business. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| SupplyHive provides supplier management software systems to drive supplier performance and strengthen relationships with smarter segmentation and management. | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Under, Inc. builds financial technology for onboarding, identity, underwriting, and payments. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- propellant.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 7
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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