Valence Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
Valence Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-12
Seed
$500K – $2.0M
1+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in seed-stage, niche industrial and SaaS startups focused on manufacturing and supply chain innovation.
How Valence Ventures invests
Valence Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer Gaming.
Valence Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
Valence Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Assembly Platform.
Partners & Team
Ian Judson
Managing Partner
Jason Kelley
Founding Partner
Robert Gehorsam
Venture Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Assembly Platform
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ian Judson, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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