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Shift Venture Partners

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

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.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.5M

Portfolio

74+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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.

Meet the Team

TG

Thijs Gitmans

Partner

GV

Guus Verhees

CEO

AT

Alex Thompson

GP

HR Tech
Operations
KH

Koen Hooning

Partner

JB

Janneke Bik

Managing Partner

BL

Bram Ledeboer

Investment Partner

KH

Karen Hanrath

Office Manager

BB

Bart Budde

Investment Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (74)

Other

TE

Team Coordination Pro

HR Tech
CE

CEYAS

Automated Yard Operations

FO

Foamlab

Bio-based foams

HR

HR Energy PVT

heat pump

CO

Coolsem

Chip heat management

AI

AI-powered acoustic NDT

AI-powered acoustic NDT

FO

Foodforecast

Food demand forecasting

RA

RABLE

Solar mounting systems

MU

MuTech

Blade noise reduction technology

SC

Scope Biosciences

Molecular diagnostic solutions for agrifood

How to pitch Shift Venture Partners
  • 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 Thijs Gitmans, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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