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Inkwell Ventures

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $1.0M

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Inkwell Ventures targets innovative companies enhancing digital content creation and distribution within the Creator Economy.

How Inkwell Ventures invests

Inkwell Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools.

Inkwell Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.0M per investment.

Inkwell Ventures has backed 4 companies in our records, including VisualInk, SendGrid, Mailgun.

Meet the Team

TH

Tom Hayden

Solo GP

Creator Economy
Content Tech
KY

Kofi Yeboah

Testimonial

Provided a positive review: "Great service!"

YP

Yvonne Perkins

Testimonial

Provided a positive review: "Purchase went smooth."

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Tony Ciccocelli

Testimonial

Provided a positive review: "Huge domains is always a pleasure to deal with and the payment plan to pay off domains is absolutely exquisite."

AP

Aivar Podra

Testimonial

Provided a positive review: "It worked smoothly so far, as I bought domain with a payment plan."

CB

Caesare Belvano

Testimonial

Provided a positive review: "Perfect transaction. Highly recommend."

MB

Marius Bogdan Dinu

Case Study

CryptoAdventure

Case study: CryptoAdventure.com - shared a story about how the domain helped their site grow.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

VI

VisualInk

Content Tech
SE

SendGrid

Enterprise Software / SaaS·Early Stage (Series A)·Inkwell Ventures I, L.P.

A cloud-based customer communication platform that provides transactional and marketing email delivery management.

MA

Mailgun

Developer Tools / SaaS·Early Stage / Seed·Inkwell Ventures I, L.P.

An email delivery, tracking, and analytics service designed for software developers.

KE

Keen IO

Developer Tools / Big Data·Seed / Series A·Inkwell Ventures I, L.P.

An analytics platform that allows developers to custom-build and embed real-time dashboards and data visualizations into their applications.

How to pitch Inkwell Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tom Hayden, Solo GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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