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Commonweal Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Chicago, IllinoisWebsite

Commonweal Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois investing in Other, Healthcare, AI / ML. The firm has 29 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
29 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
Chicago, Illinois
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Series A

Portfolio

29+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 2

Investment Thesis

Micro-fund investing in the industrial economy, especially supply-chain, manufacturing, and infrastructure-enabling technologies.

How Commonweal Ventures invests

Commonweal Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Investing since at least 2003, Commonweal Ventures has backed 29 companies in our records, including Laneway, Anadyr Horizon, Atomic Canyon. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 2 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Partners & Team

SA

Steve Adler

Operating Partner

NL

Nate Loewentheil

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (29)

2025

LA

Laneway

Transportation & Logistics·Pre-Seed

Turning freight inventory into a tradable asset.

AN

Anadyr Horizon

Defense & Aerospace·Pre-Seed

Building AI-powered simulations that predict geopolitical escalation.

2024

AT

Atomic Canyon

Energy·Seed

Enabling nuclear producers to meet regulatory requirements far more efficiently than ever before by deploying advanced AI.

GR

Grid

Defense & Aerospace·Series A

Building autonomous cargo aircraft for military and commercial use.

VI

Vico

Financial Services·Seed

AI-powered forecasting for geopolitical and economic events

ST

Starbridge

Government & Law·Series A

Building a go-to-market intelligence platform for businesses selling to state & local governments and education departments.

CL

Closure Intel

Public Safety·Seed

Building a future where AI agents play a significant role in handling the data analysis and administrative work involved in criminal investigations.

2023

PR

Proximity Health

Health·Pre-Seed

Helping healthcare organizations identify mistaken claim decisions and reclaim vast amounts of lost revenue across complex administrative systems.

CL

Clipbook

Government & Law·Seed

Deploying an AI research and analysis platform for communications teams across enterprise, firms, nonprofits, and government.

CR

Crux Climate

Energy·Series B

Building an ecosystem for project developers, corporate tax credit buyers, and financial institutions to transact and manage transferable tax credits.

How to pitch Commonweal Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Steve Adler, Operating Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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