Valence Ventures
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.
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.
Meet the Team
Jason Kelley
Founding Partner
Ian Judson
Managing 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 Jason Kelley, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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