Commonweal Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm
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
Seed, Series A
29+ companies
2 partners
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
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (29)
2025
Laneway
Turning freight inventory into a tradable asset.
Anadyr Horizon
Building AI-powered simulations that predict geopolitical escalation.
2024
Atomic Canyon
Enabling nuclear producers to meet regulatory requirements far more efficiently than ever before by deploying advanced AI.
Grid
Building autonomous cargo aircraft for military and commercial use.
Vico
AI-powered forecasting for geopolitical and economic events
Starbridge
Building a go-to-market intelligence platform for businesses selling to state & local governments and education departments.
Closure Intel
Building a future where AI agents play a significant role in handling the data analysis and administrative work involved in criminal investigations.
2023
Proximity Health
Helping healthcare organizations identify mistaken claim decisions and reclaim vast amounts of lost revenue across complex administrative systems.
Clipbook
Deploying an AI research and analysis platform for communications teams across enterprise, firms, nonprofits, and government.
Crux Climate
Building an ecosystem for project developers, corporate tax credit buyers, and financial institutions to transact and manage transferable tax credits.
- •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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