Elevate EDU Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)
Elevate EDU Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in EdTech, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $255M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- EdTech, Other, SaaS
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
Last verified: 2026-06-04
Pre-Seed
$250K – $1.5M
$255M
4+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on startups pioneering education technology for corporate, K-12, and university-level training & development.
How Elevate EDU Ventures invests
Elevate EDU Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on EdTech, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer Services, Retail Tech.
Elevate EDU Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $255M in assets under management.
Elevate EDU Ventures has backed 4 companies in our records, including UpSkill AI, ClassifyIt, Folia Software.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
UpSkill AI
ClassifyIt
Folia Software
Wicked Sheets
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in EdTech, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Myles Grote, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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