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Expanse Venture Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Expanse Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Illinois investing in Fintech, Healthcare, AI / ML. The firm has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
Illinois
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-25

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investment Thesis

Specialist early-stage fund with stated focus on healthtech and digital health alongside fintech and vertical AI. The fund is small and early-stage, making it a plausible fit for niche, data-driven healthcare monetization models.

How Expanse Venture Partners invests

Expanse Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Illinois. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Expanse Venture Partners manages approximately $1B in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Expanse Venture Partners has backed 5 companies in our records, including One Health Group, Zocks, Hamsa.

Partners & Team

CC

Connor Crown

General Partner

JS

Jeff Stapleton

Managing Partner

SD

Stephen D'Angelo

Partner

AP

Allison Pagni

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Healthcare
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Funds

Expanse Venture Partners Fund II

$200M2021
actively investing

Expanse Venture Partners Fund I

$100M2018
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

ON

One Health Group

Healthtech / healthcare·Early-stage

Healthcare technology company; the company’s press release says Expanse made a significant investment.

ZO

Zocks

Fintech / AI·Seed / Series A / Series B

AI-powered platform for financial advisors; Expanse was listed as an investor in the company’s fund-raise materials and firm portfolio.

HA

Hamsa

Not specified·Not specified

Technology company included in Expanse’s announced portfolio and fund-raise materials.

RE

Release Recovery

Healthtech / recovery services·Not specified

Technology-enabled recovery/healthcare company listed in Expanse’s announced portfolio and fund-raise materials.

MA

Manual

Not specified·Not specified

Company included in Expanse’s announced portfolio and on the firm’s portfolio page.

How to pitch Expanse Venture Partners
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Healthcare, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Connor Crown, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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