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Propellant Ventures

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Chicago, ILWebsite

Propellant Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Real Estate, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Real Estate, Other, SaaS
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-04

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on early-stage businesses in secondary and tertiary U.S. markets, specializing in PropTech, SaaS, and enterprise software solutions.

How Propellant Ventures invests

Propellant Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Real Estate, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.

Propellant Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Propellant Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Block Renovation.

Partners & Team

DH

Derrick Horner

Partner

JJ

Jason Jacobsohn

Managing Partner

KA

Kurt Akers

Venture Advisor

DD

Dr. Derick Jiwan

Venture Fellow

MR

Mark Reitsma

Partner

CS

Chris Sorensen

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Real Estate
Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

BL

Block Renovation

PropTech
How to pitch Propellant Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Real Estate, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Derrick Horner, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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