FireStarter Fund

VC · Chicago (United States)

VC

Seed

Series A

Hardware

Consumer

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About

FireStarter Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in investing in start ups, series A and B, early stage in digital media and marketing, software service, and e-commerce with a focus on social, mobile, technology and big data. It typically invests in companies based in the United States, with a focus on Chicago, Illinois, and the Upper Midwest. The firm will not be prohibited from investing outside Chicago also. It seeks to invest between $25,000 and $500,000 with the typical amount between $150,000 and $300,000. It will not appoint members to the boards of portfolio companies. It seeks to make a typical cumulative investment in a portfolio company between $150,000 and $350,000. It makes most of its investments in the series A and B rounds. FireStarter Fund is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Investment Criteria

Other investors that have backed the same portfolio companies as FireStarter Fund. Expand any entry to see the shared portfolio companies.

• Chicago Ventures

  3 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • LogicGate, Inc.
  • Shiftgig, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• Corazon Group LLC

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Shiftgig, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• Lakewest Venture Partners

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Shiftgig, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• Lightbank

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Hireology, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• MATH Venture Partners

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • LogicGate, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• OCA Ventures

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • LogicGate, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• Pallasite Ventures

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • MightyNest, LLC
  • Routific, Inc.
• Pritzker Group Venture Capital

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Shiftgig, Inc.
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• TechStars Chicago

  2 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • Moxie Jean
  • SpotHero, Inc.
• Alpha Partners

  1 shared

  Shared portfolio companies

  • SpotHero, Inc.