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    Hyde Park Venture Partners

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2012

    Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups. The firm invests in AI, software, and tech-enabled services with a connection to the Midwest, Toronto, or the Southeast, from idea stage to Series A.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $14.3M (across 106 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    77

    Fund Size

    $98M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Alisa Vass

    Alisa Vass

    CFO & Partner

    Allison Lechnir

    Allison Lechnir

    Partner

    Greg Barnes

    Greg Barnes

    Partner

    Guy Turner

    Guy Turner

    Partner

    Ira Weiss

    Ira Weiss

    Partner

    Jim Conti

    Jim Conti

    Talent Partner

    Carlos Covarrubias

    Carlos Covarrubias

    Vice President

    Caroline McManus

    Caroline McManus

    Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    111 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Empirical logoEmpiricalSeries A$25MJul 2026
    Karoo logoKarooSeries A$16.2MJul 2026
    Benji logoBenjiSeed$6.3MJan 2026
    Empirical logoEmpiricalSeries A$25MJan 2026
    Certiverse logoCertiverseSeries A$11MMar 2025
    Market Wagon logoMarket WagonSeed$5MJan 2025
    Slip Robotics logoSlip RoboticsSeries B$28MDec 2024
    Paccurate logoPaccurateSeries A$8.1MOct 2024
    Definity logoDefinitySeed$4.5MAug 2024
    FourKites logoFourKitesUnknown$225MMay 2024
    Slip Robotics logoSlip RoboticsSeries B$28MJan 2024
    Formaloo logoFormalooSeed$2.2MJul 2023
    NanoGraf logoNanoGrafSeries B$65MFeb 2023
    Pimly logoPimlySeed$5MFeb 2023
    Trainwell logoTrainwellUnknown$6.5MJan 2023
    Zengines logoZenginesUnknown$5MJan 2023
    Zengines logoZenginesUnknown$5MJan 2023
    Upfront logoUpfrontSeries C$10.5MSep 2022
    FourKites logoFourKitesSeed$30MAug 2022
    Paladin logoPaladinSeries A$8MMay 2022
    Audit Sight logoAudit SightSeed$4MApr 2022
    Co-Pilot logoCo-PilotSeries A$6MJan 2022
    LandscapeHub logoLandscapeHubSeries A$9MJan 2022
    Certiverse logoCertiverseSeed$2MJan 2022
    Stacked logoStackedSeries A$12.9MDec 2021
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026