Starting Line
Starting Line is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $300K–$3.0M checks and has 33 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 33 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $77M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, Consumer, Enterprise
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
Last verified: 2026-05-21
Pre-Seed, Seed
$300K – $3.0M
$77M
33+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Starting Line invests in consumer and B2B startups that are reshaping how people sell, buy, and work globally.
How Starting Line invests
Starting Line is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Consumer, Enterprise.
Starting Line typically writes checks of $300K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $77M in assets under management.
Starting Line has backed 33 companies in our records, including Home Chef, Hallow, Cameo.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (33)
Other
Home Chef
Hallow
Cameo
Reclip
Made in Cookware
Aavia
Airvet
Athena Security
Boom
Clyde
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ezra Galston, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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