Origin Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$4.0M Checks)
Origin Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL, USA investing in Marketplace, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$4.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$4.0M
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Marketplace, SaaS
- HQ
- Chicago, IL, USA
Last verified: 2026-06-12
Seed, Series A
$500K – $4.0M
$500M
10+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage B2B SaaS and marketplace startups in underrepresented hubs including the Midwest.
How Origin Ventures invests
Origin Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL, USA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS. It does not invest in Education, Gaming.
Origin Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$4.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management.
Origin Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including SupplyHive, CityZaar, Opticore.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (10)
Other
SupplyHive
CityZaar
Opticore
Torus
Veho
Clearjet
Voze
Tovala
Fountain
Swarmbotics
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $4.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Scott Stern, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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