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Courtyard Ventures

VC
Chicago, IL

Courtyard Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Marketplace
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

A focused fund investing in urban technology and innovative products serving the real estate and development ecosystem.

How Courtyard Ventures invests

Courtyard Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace. It does not invest in Consumer Tech.

Courtyard Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Courtyard Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Project X.

Partners & Team

ER

Elliot Reynolds

GP

Real Estate Development
PropTech
KC

Kevin Chang

Managing Partner

Pre-seed Berkeley startups
Early-stage startups
AI
Deep Tech
Healthcare
Sustainability

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Tech

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

PR

Project X

Urban Development Solutions
How to pitch Courtyard Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elliot Reynolds, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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