Factory Ventures
Factory Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-25
Pre-Seed
$100K – $1.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in startups innovating within industrial and manufacturing technology, with a focus on software platforms and automation solutions.
How Factory Ventures invests
Factory Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Non-enterprise consumer apps.
Factory Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.
Factory Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including AutoRFQ, LineFlowAI.
Partners & Team
Laura Martinez
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
AutoRFQ
LineFlowAI
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Laura Martinez, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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