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u.ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
u.ventures is an early stage technology venture investor established in 2017 by the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (now Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund). It backs local entrepreneurs building global ventures, with investments ranging from $200,000 to $2M USD, and runs community programs such as Mission Possible and Entrepreneur in Residence.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsu.ventures lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), Enterprise Software (11%) and Fintech (11%). It invests most often alongside Digital Future, Flyer One Ventures and SID Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name u.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 u.ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 32. 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 | 20% |
| Seed | 40% |
| Series A | 40% |
| 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 | 4 | 3 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 60% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 12th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Digital Future | 6 |
| Flyer One Ventures | 6 |
| SID Venture Partners | 5 |
| Dnipro | 3 |
| Geek Ventures | 3 |
| Inovo | 3 |
| One Way Ventures | 3 |
| Techstars | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers32100%
- 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 u.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 u.ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Nov 2025 | Debt Led | |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Series A Led | |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Seed | |
| 8 Jan 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for u.ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in u.ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DLOOK provides an AI-powered 3D body scanning solution for various use cases including telehealth, fitness, and life insurance underwriting. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds and runs AI systems for professional services companies | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Altris provides AI-powered solutions for ophthalmology and optometry research and analysis | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aspect Health provides health and wellness services, including weight loss and PCOS management programs, with the help of health coaches and at-home testing kits. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cargofy provides digital workers for logistics operations to automate tasks such as managing requests, lanes, and shipments | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Carmoola provides car finance and related services, including flexible car loans and a car finance calculator. | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Competera develops and provides AI-driven retail price optimization software | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Deus Robotics provides robotics-powered complex automation solutions that blend AI, robotics, and software to reduce manual work and improve operational efficiency across industries. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| DRESSX develops AI solutions that help fashion brands improve the shopping experience. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software enablement for semiconductors. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Esper Bionics develops and manufactures prosthetic limbs, including the Esper Hand, a bionic hand with AI-driven technology. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fagura operates a platform for crowdfunding and crowdlending, allowing investors to lend money directly to companies seeking loans or refinancing online. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fintech Farm helps traditional banks to create and run digital banks (aka neobanks). | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dynamiq provides enterprise AI agents for various industries, including financial services, insurance, and healthcare. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building a new way to listen and respond through music. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Haiqu develops software for quantum computing research and development teams | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Influ2 provides a contact-level account-based marketing platform for businesses to target and engage with potential buyers | Space & DefenseEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| In Stock provides a goods-to-person system for eCommerce operators, maximizing savings, storage density, and throughput through automation | E-commerce & MarketplacesRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Jul 2025Series A | Funding round | |||
| Mate academy provides online courses for career start and development in IT and other fields. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- u.ventures
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 32
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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