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Manifold Group

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Manifold Group is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Other
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-01-09

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Supports deep innovation in AI-based business models and B2B SaaS, especially in new industrial and enterprise use cases.

How Manifold Group invests

Manifold Group is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Other.

Manifold Group typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Manifold Group has backed 2 companies in our records, including Deepgram, FourKites.

Partners & Team

DH

Dan Hallstrom

Head of AI/ML

ML

Matthew Leverton

Vice President of Engineering

DM

Darren Marshall

Vice President of Product Design

RR

Robb Rosen

Business Development Director

JS

Jimmy Stetzel

Vice President of Cloud Infrastructure

JA

John Ayling

Senior Software Engineer

TB

Tom Budzen

Senior Product Manager

RD

Rick Desai

Managing Partner

AI
B2B SaaS
IoT
JK

Jordan Katz

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Other

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

DE

Deepgram

AI
FO

FourKites

Industrial IoT
How to pitch Manifold Group
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dan Hallstrom, Head of AI/ML.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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