Avant
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Avant is a VC fund in Chicago focused on SaaS and Software. Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses, and for family vacations. Through the use of big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options. The company caters to consumers in the UnitedStates and the United Kingdom.Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant was founded in November 2012.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Avant invests in
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Countries Avant invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (100%)
- Software 1 (100%)
- Human Resources 1 (100%)
- Data Integration 1 (100%)
- Enterprise Software 1 (100%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheila Bair
Independent Director
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Independent Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Al Goldstein
Executive Chairman, Founder
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Executive Chairman, Founder | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Grant Miles
Chief Risk Officer
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Chief Risk Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
James Paris
President
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President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Justin Cohen
VP, Head of Banking
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VP, Head of Banking | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50skills is transforming employee onboarding. It is used by thousands of managers in high-turnover industries ranging from retail, hospitality, ready-made-food, tech and transportation to reduce the timeframe between onboarding and employees actively fulfilling their roles. It accomplishes this by centralizing employee data, eliminatingrepetitive data entry tasks across multiple systems, and integrating with the tools and services employers already use.These are tasks such as creating and e-signing paperwork, triggering and monitoring videos in an LMS system, and creating users in core systems such as payroll and time registration.Please join us @ 50skills.com | $6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 24, 2026 |
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What does Avant invest in?
Avant invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Human Resources startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Iceland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Avant includes Sheila Bair (Independent Director), Al Goldstein (Executive Chairman, Founder) and Grant Miles (Chief Risk Officer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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