Gateway Partners — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
Gateway Partners is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS, Other
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-06
Pre-Seed
$500K – $3.0M
3+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in enterprise transformation through data-driven software solutions.
How Gateway Partners invests
Gateway Partners is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS, Other. It does not invest in Consumer Hardware.
Gateway Partners typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
Gateway Partners has backed 3 companies in our records, including Gateway Fund II, L.P. (CIK 0001955794), GWR Ellington Investors, Ltd. (CIK 0001884225), GWR Ellington Partners, Ltd. (CIK 0001884228).
Partners & Team
Janet Singh
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
Gateway Fund II, L.P. (CIK 0001955794)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Gateway Partners
GWR Ellington Investors, Ltd. (CIK 0001884225)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Gateway Partners
GWR Ellington Partners, Ltd. (CIK 0001884228)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Gateway Partners
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Janet Singh, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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