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Contextual Capital

VC
Chicago, IL

Contextual Capital is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $400K–$1.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$400K–$1.5M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Enterprise
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$400K – $1.5M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on AI governance and enterprise software solutions that innovate enterprise tool context usage.

How Contextual Capital invests

Contextual Capital is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Enterprise. It does not invest in Healthcare.

Contextual Capital typically writes checks of $400K–$1.5M per investment.

Contextual Capital has backed 1 company in our records, including SmartContext.

Partners & Team

CH

Carlos Hernandez

GP

AI
Governance

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

SM

SmartContext

Enterprise software
How to pitch Contextual Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $400K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Carlos Hernandez, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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