Shift Venture Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.5M Checks)
Shift Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.5M checks and has 74 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.5M
- Portfolio
- 74 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, Enterprise
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-11
Pre-Seed, Seed
$1.0M – $3.5M
74+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in HR Tech and B2B SaaS innovations that enhance operational efficiencies for shift-based workforces.
How Shift Venture Partners invests
Shift Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise.
Shift Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.5M per investment.
Shift Venture Partners has backed 74 companies in our records, including Team Coordination Pro, CEYAS, Foamlab.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (74)
Other
Team Coordination Pro
CEYAS
Automated Yard Operations
Foamlab
Bio-based foams
HR Energy PVT
heat pump
Coolsem
Chip heat management
AI-powered acoustic NDT
AI-powered acoustic NDT
Foodforecast
Food demand forecasting
RABLE
Solar mounting systems
MuTech
Blade noise reduction technology
Scope Biosciences
Molecular diagnostic solutions for agrifood
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Guus Verhees, CEO.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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