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Innovation Habitat Fund

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

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$150K – $450K

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

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

Meet the Team

KO

Katie Oswald

Associate Director

MM

Masua Mutua

Regional Director

EC

Eli Carter

GP

AI
smart home
CD

Christopher Daniel

Director of Safety and Security

ID

Ibrahim Dabo

Associate Director of IT

RT

Rebecca Thoensen

Project Manager

JB

Jennifer Bristol

Senior Director

IW

Ingrid Wells

Senior Director of Cause Marketing

PA

Patricia Abbate

Associate Director

JM

Juan Montalvo

Vice President of Internal Audit

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Climate / Energy
Fintech
Real Estate
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

AI

AI Dwell

AI
HA

Habitat For Humanity

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

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

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

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

EA

EarthEnable

Housing materials / WASH·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

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

EC

EcoSTP

Water / sanitation·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

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

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

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

GR

Graviti

Fintech / housing access·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

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

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Mortgage lender targeting low-income households in South Africa.

IB

iBUILD Global

Proptech / fintech·Not stated·Shelter Venture Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Fintech and analytics platform improving financial transparency in housing construction.

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