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Viaduct Ventures

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Viaduct Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $50K–$500K checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $500K

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Viaduct Ventures supports early-stage companies with innovative solutions for government and enterprise technology challenges.

How Viaduct Ventures invests

Viaduct Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Consumer.

Viaduct Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$500K per investment.

Viaduct Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including CivicPlus, Apptentive, Lytics.

Meet the Team

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Sarah Lacy

Principal

GovTech
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Stewart Guenther

Partner

early-stage startups
AI

Stewart grew up and went to school in Silicon Valley, and he has watched the buildup of the venture industry firsthand. Stewart is a natural at helping, educating, and nurturing early-stage entrepreneurs. He has co-founded groups of angel investors, participated in teaching programs, served on boards of directors and advisors, helping them achieve exponential growth in revenue and capitalization Venture capital experience: Security Technology Ventures (Seed stage) Fusion Fund (Corp-Hybrid Fund) Starboard Ventures (Seed-Stage Bridging Fund) CAS Ventures (Fund and Accelerator) Family Media Angels (Seed networking) Viaduct Ventures Fund 1

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Vadim Balashov

Partner

high-tech
telecommunications
financing rounds
mergers and acquisitions

Vadim Balashov spent most of his adult life around transactions in the high-tech and telecommunications industry Vadim’s transaction experience includes financing rounds, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, public debt offerings, public listings and delistings, privatizations and others Vadim helps our portfolio companies evaluate and complete financing rounds in the most beneficial and expedient way Venture capital experience: Viaduct Ventures Fund 1 Special Purpose Portfolio Investments (multi-continent Syndications – Silicon Valley, Europe, CIS) Transaction experience: EY Partner/Practice leader for Telecom and Technology Executed IPOs on NYSE and London Stock Exchange Advised technology companies from early stages to IPO

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George Zoidze

Partner

investment
merchant banking
financial services
M&A deals

George Zoidze holds over 25 years of experience in the investment, merchant banking, and financial services industry George worked with companies from a variety of industries to facilitate maturity within their corporate finance, capital markets and investment banking requirements George has advised several M&A deals across the EU in industries like telecom, IT, media and cosmetics He resides in Barcelona, Spain and is fluent in English, Spanish and Georgian.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise
Developer Tools
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

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CivicPlus

GovTech
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Apptentive

Enterprise Software / Mobile SaaS·Series A·Viaduct Ventures I, LP

A customer experience software platform that helps mobile app publishers track customer sentiment, gather feedback, and boost app store ratings.

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Lytics

Enterprise Software / Marketing Technology·Series A / Early Stage·Viaduct Ventures I, LP

A customer data platform (CDP) that helps enterprises orchestrate personalized marketing campaigns by consolidating customer data.

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Cloudability

Cloud Infrastructure / Enterprise SaaS·Early Stage / Series A·Viaduct Ventures I, LP

A multi-cloud financial management (FinOps) platform that helps enterprises monitor and optimize their cloud computing spend.

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Opal (Opal Labs)

Enterprise Software / Collaboration Tools·Early Stage·Viaduct Ventures I, LP

A collaborative brand marketing software platform used by enterprise marketing teams to plan, create, and calendar content.

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Wildfang

Consumer / E-commerce·Early Stage / Seed·Viaduct Ventures I, LP

A female-founded, Portland-based apparel brand and retail platform focused on gender-neutral fashion.

How to pitch Viaduct Ventures
  • 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 $50K – $500K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sarah Lacy, Principal.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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