Innovative Academic Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($750K–$3.5M Checks)
Innovative Academic Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in EdTech. The firm typically writes $750K–$3.5M checks.
- Check size
- $750K–$3.5M
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- EdTech
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed
$750K – $3.5M
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Backing early-stage companies transforming academic sectors through technology and innovative solutions.
How Innovative Academic Ventures invests
Innovative Academic Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on EdTech. It does not invest in Healthcare.
Innovative Academic Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$3.5M per investment.
Partners & Team
Sarah Kim
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in EdTech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $750K – $3.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sarah Kim, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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