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    Elevate Ventures

    Indianapolis, Indiana, United StatesFounded 2011
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    Elevate Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that invests in high-potential, cross-sector innovation companies headquartered in or with a significant presence in Indiana. It is the most active early-stage VC in the Great Lakes Region and recently launched a $100M growth-stage fund in partnership with the state of Indiana.

    Average disclosed round size is $4.9M (across 137 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    116

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    MT

    Matt Tyner

    Managing Partner

    JS

    Jacob Schpok

    Partner and Head of Platform

    MG

    Myles Grote

    Partner

    AH

    Andie Hines-Lagemann

    Director of Engagement and EQ Practitioner

    HB

    Hayes Barnes

    Director of Marketing

    JH

    Jay Harmas

    Director of Portfolio Success

    PS

    Patrick Sweeney

    Principal

    AK

    Asa Kelly

    Vice President of Investment Operations & Portfolio Analytics

    CM

    Cy Megnin

    Vice President of Software

    LY

    Landon Young

    Vice President of Pre-Seed

    MN

    Makenzie Norris

    Vice President of Life Sciences

    NK

    Nicholas Kuhn

    Vice President of Hardtech

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    149 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Grain Ecosystem logoGrain EcosystemSeed—Apr 2025
    Klearly logoKlearlySeed—Jan 2025
    STELLAR logoSTELLARSeed$2.7MJan 2025
    Stellar logoStellarSeries B$2.7MJan 2025
    Stellar logoStellarSeed$2.7MJan 2025
    Nodepay logoNodepayGrowth$7MDec 2024
    Glint Solar logoGlint SolarSeries A$8MNov 2024
    Nerd Street logoNerd StreetUnknown$6MSep 2024
    Paxafe logoPaxafeSeries A$9MMay 2024
    Neurava logoNeuravaSeed$2.3MApr 2024
    Blackbird AI logoBlackbird AISeries B$20MJan 2024
    Glint Solar logoGlint SolarSeries A$8MJan 2024
    Paxafe logoPaxafeSeries A$9MJan 2024
    On Target Labs logoOn Target LabsSeries C$30MNov 2023
    OOn Target LaboratoriesSeries C$30MNov 2023
    Yourco logoYourcoSeed$2MOct 2023
    Laxis logoLaxisSeed$1.5MOct 2023
    Plan Forward logoPlan ForwardSeed$2MOct 2023
    CConversightSeries A$9MAug 2023
    Stamus Networks logoStamus NetworksSeries A$6MAug 2023
    AfterSchool HQ logoAfterSchool HQSeed$3MJun 2023
    AAfterschoolSeed$3MJun 2023
    GeniPhys logoGeniPhysSeries A$6MMar 2023
    Elate logoElateSeries A$4.9MMar 2023
    Tactile Engineering logoTactile EngineeringUnknown$1.5MFeb 2023
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    Top Co-Investors

    Techstars14 shared
    Flywheel Fund13 shared
    High Alpha8 shared
    Gaingels6 shared
    Plug and Play Tech Center6 shared
    Y Combinator5 shared
    IrishAngels5 shared
    Portland Seed Fund4 shared
    M254 shared
    Debut Capital4 shared
    Mercury Fund4 shared
    private angel investors4 shared
    Oregon Venture Fund3 shared
    3B Future Health Fund3 shared
    Mastercard3 shared
    Comcast Corporation3 shared
    Founders Fund3 shared
    Converge3 shared
    Threshold Ventures2 shared
    Pioneer Square Labs2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026