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New Stack Ventures is a Chicago-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests in 'outsiders' — founders outside traditional Silicon Valley geographic and educational pedigrees. The firm leads or co-leads pre-seed and seed rounds with $500K–$1.5M check sizes.
Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is pre-seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.5M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
28
Fund Size
$42.6M
Top Stage
Pre Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
35 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Jun 2026 | |
| Series A | $16M | Apr 2026 | |
| MMaestro Tech | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | Feb 2026 |
| Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2026 | |
| Unknown | $16M | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | $6M | Feb 2025 | |
| Series B | $30M | Feb 2025 | |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Sep 2024 | |
| Series B | $6M | Jun 2024 | |
| Pre-Seed | $1.7M | May 2024 | |
| Series F | $117M | Nov 2022 | |
| Series E | $80M | Jun 2022 | |
| ZZippedScript | Pre-Seed | $750K | Jan 2021 |
| Series A | $10.3M | Jan 2021 | |
| Series B | $30M | Dec 2020 | |
| Seed | $2M | Nov 2020 | |
| Series B | $20M | Jun 2020 | |
| Seed | $2.1M | Apr 2019 | |
| Series A | $1.8M | Jun 2017 | |
| Seed | $1.6M | Oct 2016 | |
| Seed | $2M | Jul 2016 | |
| Seed | — | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $7.2M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | — | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Service Provider Capital5 shared
Underdog Labs4 shared
Everywhere Ventures4 shared
Techstars4 shared
Freestyle Capital3 shared
MBX Capital3 shared
Hustle Fund3 shared
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.2 shared
BOND2 shared
Origin Ventures2 shared
Story Ventures2 shared
Altos Ventures Management, Inc.2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Insight Partners2 shared
Susa Ventures2 shared
Impact Engine2 shared
OCA Ventures2 shared
Silence VC2 shared
Tau Ventures2 shared
Sands Capital2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026