Niche Consumer Group
Niche Consumer Group is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Consumer. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Consumer
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-23
Seed
$1.0M – $3.0M
1+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Specializes in investing in seed-stage companies innovating in the consumer space.
How Niche Consumer Group invests
Niche Consumer Group is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Consumer. It does not invest in Healthtech.
Niche Consumer Group typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.
Niche Consumer Group has backed 1 company in our records, including NextGen Consumer.
Partners & Team
Nichole Ferrara
Vice President
Kate Wallman
Managing Partner
Jamie Schwartz
Director
Kisen Nathu
Director
Lee Pantuso
Chief Financial Officer
Melissa Yahne
Operations Manager
Jennifer Quindlen
Senior Associate
Sarah Lin
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
NextGen Consumer
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nichole Ferrara, Vice President.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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