Sales Catalyst Fund
Sales Catalyst Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $200K–$1.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $200K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-03
Pre-Seed, Seed
$200K – $1.5M
1+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Specializes in investing in startups that transform sales processes through innovative technology solutions.
How Sales Catalyst Fund invests
Sales Catalyst Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML.
Sales Catalyst Fund typically writes checks of $200K–$1.5M per investment.
Sales Catalyst Fund has backed 1 company in our records, including Outreach.
Partners & Team
Tye Uppinghouse
Vice President
Chip Hano
Vice President
Rick Burdick
Regional Vice President
Brandon Schwulst
Vice President
John Aragona
Director of Sales
Christopher Cipolla
Vice President of Investment Operations
Larry Milder
President and CEO
Emily Rogers
General Partner
Matthew Barnathan
Director of Investor Relations
Michael Schoonover
Chief Operating Officer
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Outreach
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ray Smith, Marketing Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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