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    New Stack

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2015

    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).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $42.6M

    Top Stage

    Pre Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    NM

    Nick Moran

    General Partner

    NP

    Nate Pierotti

    Venture Partner

    BK

    Brenna Kyper

    Director of Platform

    LS

    Luke Skertich

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    35 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Kestrel Labs logoKestrel LabsPre-Seed$2.1MJun 2026
    Keebler Health logoKeebler HealthSeries A$16MApr 2026
    MMaestro TechPre-Seed$1.2MFeb 2026
    Earlyasset logoEarlyassetPre-Seed$2MJan 2026
    Keebler logoKeeblerUnknown$16MJan 2026
    Keebler Health logoKeebler HealthSeed$6MFeb 2025
    Urban Sky logoUrban SkySeries B$30MFeb 2025
    Besolo logoBesoloPre-Seed$1.5MSep 2024
    Sware logoSwareSeries B$6MJun 2024
    Light Frame logoLight FramePre-Seed$1.7MMay 2024
    Locus Robotics logoLocus RoboticsSeries F$117MNov 2022
    Omio logoOmioSeries E$80MJun 2022
    ZZippedScriptPre-Seed$750KJan 2021
    TripScout logoTripScoutSeries A$10.3MJan 2021
    Fairmarkit logoFairmarkitSeries B$30MDec 2020
    Phood logoPhoodSeed$2MNov 2020
    Tovala logoTovalaSeries B$20MJun 2020
    TripScout logoTripScoutSeed$2.1MApr 2019
    Regroup logoRegroupSeries A$1.8MJun 2017
    Tovala logoTovalaSeed$1.6MOct 2016
    Scope AR logoScope ARSeed$2MJul 2016
    Phood Solutions logoPhood SolutionsSeed——
    XILO logoXILOPre-Seed$7.2M—
    One Car Now logoOne Car NowPre-Seed——
    Quorus logoQuorusPre-Seed$1.5M—
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026