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Grassroot Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$4.0M Checks)

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Chicago, ILWebsite

Grassroot Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$4.0M checks.

Check size
$250K–$4.0M
Partners
11 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-28

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $4.0M

Team

11 partners

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage investments in media and content platforms with a connection to sports and entertainment.

How Grassroot Ventures invests

Grassroot Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Biotech.

Grassroot Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$4.0M per investment.

Partners & Team

JM

Joey Mamlin

Chief Data Officer

CS

Claudia Shrivastava

Chief Financial Officer

GT

Grace Taylor

Director of Product Management

DF

David Fields

Principal

Media_Content
Sports Tech
KH

Katie Hegarty

Vice President of Communications

MM

Meghan Mcanespie

CEO

PK

Pryor Krugman

Vice President of Marketing

MS

Meghna Shetty

Art Director

JM

Julia Murray

Director of Marketing

ZK

Zachary Krasner

Chief Technology Officer

DR

Dylan Rosenthal

Digital Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Biotech
How to pitch Grassroot Ventures
  • •Raising at 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 $250K – $4.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Joey Mamlin, Chief Data Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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