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Tawani Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Tawani Ventures is an industry-agnostic early-stage venture fund based in Chicago that makes pre-seed, seed, and early Series A investments, typically $200K to $500K. It is backed entirely by Pritzker family capital and takes an active role in supporting its portfolio founders.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFood & AgricultureFintech
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Your fit with Tawani Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsTawani Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (15%), Food & Agriculture (15%) and Fintech (15%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Techstars, Corazon Capital and Mairs & Power Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Tawani 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 Tawani Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 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 | 50% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 50% |
| 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 | 1 | 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 | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 63th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 2th | 15% 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 | 15% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 15% | 3% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Techstars | 3 |
| Corazon Capital | 2 |
| Mairs & Power Venture Capital | 2 |
| Portfolia | 2 |
| Service Provider Capital | 2 |
| ACET Capital | 1 |
| Allos Ventures | 1 |
| BoxGroup | 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 Tawani 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 Tawani Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Round |
Round details for Tawani Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Tawani 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonsai Data Solutions provides a marketing data platform and AI-powered growth marketing service for profit-driven brands | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Bonsai provides a marketing data platform and AI-powered growth marketing service for profit-driven brands | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Jul 2025Round | Funding round | |
| BUNDLAR creates and publishes augmented reality experiences with a no-code platform | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| ClearCOGS is restaurant forecasting software that reads POS history and other data to provide daily prep sheets, order guides, and labor plans for restaurants. | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloverleaf AI provides sales intelligence for businesses selling to government agencies | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Aug 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Cloverpop sells a decision intelligence software platform with AI assistants that help enterprises make and track business decisions. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a mobile app that helps users make food choices while taking GLP-1 medication | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Foxtrot operates retail locations and offers food and beverages, including coffee. | Food & AgricultureReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software and follow-up services for dental treatment coordinators | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Incued provides automated portfolio monitoring and actionable intelligence for private market investors. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Innovare provides EdTech tools, including a unified workspace for data, planning, and collaboration, to support school leadership and improvement. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Switch provides financial services, including shared accounts and debit cards, for individuals and organizations to manage money together | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| O-ID manufactures modular humanoid robots | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| The company produces and sells savory veggie crisps. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Rodeo provides sales management and back office automation services for consumer packaged goods brands | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Sunwink sells superfoods and herbal tonics for daily wellness | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Tandem helps couples share expenses, track spending, plan purchases, and coordinate their day-to-days. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Wholechain provides a blockchain-based traceability solution for supply chains in the food and seafood industries. | Food & AgricultureFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Zauben designs and provides nature-based products for buildings, homes, and workplaces. | Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- tawaniventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 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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