LocalSpark Ventures
LocalSpark Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Backing early-stage Midwest startups building transformative marketplace and SaaS business models, with a focus on underrepresented markets and founders.
How LocalSpark Ventures invests
LocalSpark Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer. It does not invest in Crypto, Gaming.
LocalSpark Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
LocalSpark Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including AgriLink, CityOps.
Partners & Team
Emily Price
Founder & Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
AgriLink
CityOps
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Price, Founder & Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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