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Hyde Park Venture Partners — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$4.0M Checks)

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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesWebsite

Hyde Park Venture Partners is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, United States investing in SaaS, Enterprise, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$4.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$4.0M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$320M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Enterprise, Other, AI / ML, Marketplace, Consumer
HQ
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-08

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $4.0M

AUM

$320M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2022Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

HPVP invests in early-stage tech startups (pre-seed through early Series A) in the Midwest, Toronto or the Southeast, especially in AI, SaaS, enterprise software, and tech-enabled services, backing teams raising their first or second institutional round.

How Hyde Park Venture Partners invests

Hyde Park Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Enterprise, Other, AI / ML, Marketplace.

Hyde Park Venture Partners typically writes checks of $500K–$4.0M per investment, backed by approximately $320M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2022, Hyde Park Venture Partners has backed 5 companies in our records, including Zengines, Dentologie, ShipBob. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2022.

Partners & Team

AV

Alisa Vass

Chief Administrative Officer

GT

Guy Turner

Partner

AL

Allison Lechnir

Partner

GB

Greg Barnes

Partner

TK

Tim Kopp

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Enterprise
Other
AI / ML
Marketplace
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (5)

2022

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Zengines

Data Infrastructure·Seed

Zengines has created an entirely new way of converting data, automating the entire data conversion process end-to-end.

DE

Dentologie

Healthcare·Series B

Dentologie is reimagining dental care by creating a convenient and inviting retail experience.

Other

SH

ShipBob

Logistics tech (B2B platform)
FO

FourKites

Supply chain visibility SaaS
G2

G2

B2B SaaS (Software marketplace/reviews)
How to pitch Hyde Park Venture Partners
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $4.0M check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alisa Vass, Chief Administrative Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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