Innervate Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)
Innervate Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- SaaS, Enterprise
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-20
Seed, Series A
$500K – $5.0M
8+ companies
10 partners
About Innervate Ventures
Innervate Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. The firm invests in seed and series A stages. Its investment thesis centers on reshaping the workplace through technology, with a focus on SaaS products that enhance productivity, improve collaboration, and support manager development.
Innervate Ventures invests in the sectors of Future of Work, HR Tech, B2B SaaS, Enterprise, and Productivity Tools. The firm does not invest in consumer hardware. Typical check sizes range from $500K to $5.0M. Cold outreach is an accepted approach for initial contact.
Investment Thesis
Focused on reshaping the workplace through technology, particularly SaaS products that enhance productivity, improve collaboration, and support manager development.
How Innervate Ventures invests
Innervate Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer Hardware.
Innervate Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment.
Innervate Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including CollaborateNow, TeamHopper, Allstate.
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Recent Activity
Innervate blog author page updated for Serge Ioffe
Nov 2026 · Innervate
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Nov 2026 · Innervate
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Innervate careers page updated with new hiring language
Oct 2026 · Innervate
Investment Track Record
Innervate Ventures has recorded investments in eight portfolio companies. These include Allstate, CollaborateNow, Core Digital Media, LendingTree, Nordstrom, OTTO, TeamHopper, and Zalando. Among the recorded investments, CollaborateNow operates in B2B SaaS and TeamHopper operates in HR Tech.
The firm continues to support companies aligned with its focus on workplace technology and productivity solutions through its seed and series A investments.
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
CollaborateNow
TeamHopper
Allstate
Core Digital Media
Nordstrom
Zalando
OTTO
LendingTree
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kateryna Tarnavska, Director of Engineering.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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