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Innovation Habitat Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($150K–$450K Checks)

VC
Chicago, IL

Innovation Habitat Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Fintech. The firm typically writes $150K–$450K checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$150K–$450K
Portfolio
13 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Fintech, Real Estate, Developer Tools
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$150K – $450K

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Focuses on startups using AI to create smart living environments and improve home ecosystems.

How Innovation Habitat Fund invests

Innovation Habitat Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Fintech, Real Estate, Developer Tools.

Innovation Habitat Fund typically writes checks of $150K–$450K per investment.

Innovation Habitat Fund has backed 13 companies in our records, including AI Dwell, Habitat For Humanity, Tvasta.

Partners & Team

EC

Eli Carter

GP

AI
smart home

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Climate / Energy
Fintech
Real Estate
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

AI

AI Dwell

AI
HA

Habitat For Humanity

TV

Tvasta

Construction tech / housing·Late seed / venture round, based on a $2.35M investment round.·Shelter Venture Fund / Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter

Bangalore-based startup using patented concrete 3D-printing technology for affordable housing.

BU

BURN

Clean cooking / climate tech / housing-adjacent·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Designs, manufactures, and distributes clean-burning cook stoves across sub-Saharan Africa.

EA

EarthEnable

Housing materials / WASH·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Provides cheap, easy-to-install sanitary flooring to replace dirt floors in low-income homes.

EC

EcoSTP

Water / sanitation·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Built a biomimicry-based technology to treat and reclaim sewage water at low cost.

EN

Energryn

Clean energy / home systems·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Makes low-cost hybrid solar-electric water heaters for families in Mexico.

GR

Graviti

Fintech / housing access·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Marketplace connecting distributors of sustainable products and microfinance institutions for low-income households.

IB

IBUILD Home Loans

Financial services / housing finance·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Mortgage lender targeting low-income households in South Africa.

IB

iBUILD Global

Proptech / fintech·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

Fintech and analytics platform improving financial transparency in housing construction.

How to pitch Innovation Habitat Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $150K – $450K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eli Carter, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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