Motivate Ventures invests its investors’ capital into high growth potential startups. Currently investing out of $43m Seed Fund. Target first check size is $500k-$1mm and ours is typically the first professional capital in a business. We target 10%+ ownership and 10x+ returns on each of our investments.
Warm email intros from other professional investors are best or entrepreneurs can reach out and tell us more about their startup and its funding needs here: www.motivate.vc/funding
We haven’t mastered any of the social media platforms' messaging systems yet so heads up that we don't usually check those messages.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2019
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 47
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.05.2023 | Eko | eko.invest... | $150K | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Velvet | velvet.cas... | - | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Sarna Tech... | sarna.io | - | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Moove.ai | moove.ai | - | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Architect | architect.... | $5M | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Lazarus | lazarusfor... | - | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Obviant | obviant.co... | - | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | Finofo | finofo.com | $1.18M | Canada, Al... |
| 19.05.2023 | Stargazr | stargazr.a... | - | United Sta... |
| 19.05.2023 | SureBright | surebright... | $2.5M | Canada, On... |
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Persons 4
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | David | Wieland | Founder an... | linkedin.c... | - | d***d@moti... | - |
| - | Jackson | Bubala | Senior Ass... | linkedin.c... | - | j*****n@mo... | - |
| - | Courtney | Trunk | Associate | linkedin.c... | - | c******y@m... | - |
| - | Lauren | DeLuca | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | l****n@mot... | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 19.12.2023 | Motivate Venture Capital seals over $80m for new pre-seed, s... | Motivate Venture Capital has raised more than $80m for its sophomore fund thanks to backing from a... | altassets.... |
| 15.12.2023 | Motivate Venture Capital launches $81 million Fund II | Motivate Venture Capital announced its sophomore VC fund, Motivate Ventures Fund II, an $81 million ... | coverager.... |
| 06.09.2022 | Gig and Take raises $1.5mm Pre-Seed Round | Gig and Take a start up that creates and manages a flexible workforce for factories and warehouses h... | einpresswi... |
| 28.02.2022 | Fintech Sweater Secures $12M via Seed Round Co-led by Motiva... | Sweater, a Fintech firm building the “first” fully-managed venture capital fund that is open to “eve... | crowdfundi... |