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Lift Labs

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Lift Labs is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $200K–$750K checks and has 80 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $750K

Portfolio

80+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Lift Labs invests in emerging fitness technology startups that leverage AI to streamline gym operations and personal training services.

How Lift Labs invests

Lift Labs is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Consumer, Climate / Energy.

Lift Labs typically writes checks of $200K–$750K per investment.

Lift Labs has backed 80 companies in our records, including Tempo, 1Mind, Aaru.

Meet the Team

JL

Jessica Liu

Founder & GP

Fitness Tech
AI
VM

Varun Mohan

Co-Founder & Former CEO

startup partnerships
enterprise AI adoption

Was instrumental in helping us navigate the organization and accelerate real opportunities.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise
Consumer
Climate / Energy
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (80)

Other

TE

Tempo

Fitness Tech
1M

1Mind

AI-powered digital salesperson that engages, converts, and supports customers across the entire buyer journey online, in product, and on calls.

AA

Aaru

Predictive intelligence platform that uses AI to simulate and predict human behavior at scale to help organizations anticipate outcomes and make better decisions.

AP

Applied Compute

Modular enterprise AI infrastructure that builds agentic workforces trained on proprietary data and institutional knowledge that improve with every interaction.

AR

Aragorn AI

Aragorn integrates HR data with 3rd party software to get the data out of the way and to fluently connect enterprise software, enabling clients to free up personnel and resources.

AR

Archetype AI

Archetype AI is an 'OpenAI for the physical world.' Our physical AI foundation mode, Newton, fuses real-time sensor data and natural language, making it possible for developers to rapidly build interactive applications.

AU

Auxia

Auxia is an AI-powered marketing platform that transforms first-party data into hyper-personalized customer journeys.

BL

Bluefish

Bluefish helps enterprises understand and influence how they are represented across AI platforms, helping them stand out in AI-driven search.

CA

causaLens

causaLens offers big data analytics, directly augmenting human decision-making and its recommendations are explainable, reliable in real-world scenarios.

CH

Charisma AI

Charisma has developed an artificial intelligence storytelling platform designed to provide realistic, character-driven experiences.

How to pitch Lift Labs
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $200K – $750K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jessica Liu, Founder & GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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