# Bridge Investments

> Bridge Investments is a VC fund in Chicago backing Software and E-Commerce. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last fund: May 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridge-investments
- Website: http://www.bridgeinvestments.com

Bridge Investments is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on early to mid-stage companies. We seek out talented management teams of companies with clear growth potential, apply a disciplined and analytical approach throughout the transaction and portfolio management processes, and work in collaboration with management throughout theinvestment horizon. We understand and have experienced the unique challenges that businesses face during their various stages of development. We have found that certain fundamental principles from mature businesses can be applied to venture-stage opportunities to more quickly achieve profitability. Conversely, the progressive and innovative qualities of venture businesses can be applied to later stage enterprises to help ignite growth. We focus on industries where we have direct experience and relationships: tech-enabled services, SaaS, and consumer/digitally native brands, among others.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $923k–$7.8M |
| Series A | $4M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 10 | 20% |
| Legal | 9 | 18% |
| Internet | 7 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 12% |

89 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 39% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 18% |
| Series A | 8 | 16% |
| Private Equity | 3 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 41 | 80% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Thomas | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-thomas-2 |
| Robert Goldberg | Founder & Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-goldberg-79c4 |
| Connor Ryan | Vice President | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connor-ryan-c760 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lebesgue | Lebesgue develops software solutions that enable companies to make sense of their metrics and performance. | $3M | Seed | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| AnyCreek | AnyCreek is a platform that facilitates the booking of outdoor adventures such as fishing or hunting trips. It aims to connect adventure-seekers with guides and outfitters, providing a space for them to discover and book the best outdoor experiences. The platform is designed to be guide-friendly, empowering guides and outfitters to reach a wideraudience. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Rainwalk Technology | Rainwalk is a pet insurance MGA partnered with Allianz. We help insurers build retention and fill this coverage gap by providing them a turn-key white labeled pet insurance product. Our platform allows our partners to control the user/agent experience and deliver this increasingly popular product without needing to implement a pet insuranceprogram themselves. Rainwalk is founded by two insurance professionals who have spent their entire careers working with the largest carriers on their digital transformation and technology projects. Rainwalk combines its proprietary policy and claims management technology stack with the pet insurance product expertise of Allianz to deliver service across the entire insurance life cycle.Long term we will use our established distribution channels and our partnership with Allianz to identify and scale other emerging insurance products in the US market that are ready to achieve meaningful premium at scale. | $4M | Seed | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| Bevz | Bevz is on a mission to power the snack and drink industry at a hyper local level, through convenience stores. Our SaaS platform helps convenience stores stock the products their customers want, and easily sell those products in-store and across multiple e-commerce channels. | $3.3M | Convertible Note | Apr 01, 2023 |  |
| Automotus | The Automotus team is on a mission to transform urban mobility by helping cities, airports, fleets, and small businesses manage the unprecedented rise in congestion and emissions from commercial vehicle traffic. We’ve developed first-of-its-kind computer vision technology that helps our customers make smarter policy decisions using comprehensive,real-time curb activity data; fully automate payment for commercial vehicle (un)loading and parking; automate enforcement of curbside violations; make accessible real-time curb availability data for drivers; and incentivize adoption of electric vehicles. From cities to residents and small businesses, our solutions are meant to benefit everyone by making our communities safer, healthier, and more efficient places to live and move. Our technology supports cities across the US and in Europe, including the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zones in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. | $7.8M | Seed | Dec 22, 2022 |  |
| Automotus | The Automotus team is on a mission to transform urban mobility by helping cities, airports, fleets, and small businesses manage the unprecedented rise in congestion and emissions from commercial vehicle traffic. We’ve developed first-of-its-kind computer vision technology that helps our customers make smarter policy decisions using comprehensive,real-time curb activity data; fully automate payment for commercial vehicle (un)loading and parking; automate enforcement of curbside violations; make accessible real-time curb availability data for drivers; and incentivize adoption of electric vehicles. From cities to residents and small businesses, our solutions are meant to benefit everyone by making our communities safer, healthier, and more efficient places to live and move. Our technology supports cities across the US and in Europe, including the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zones in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. | $7.8M | Seed | Dec 22, 2022 |  |
| Prado | Prado allows for a customizable digital experience for local meal prep delivery companies to market, sell, fulfill, and ship their perishable products. By providing entrepreneurs an economical and reliable technology solution, Prado keeps chefs in the kitchen and health-conscious consumers free to spend their time doing what brings them joy. | $5.8M | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Abstract | Abstract provides an AI-driven policy intelligence platform that analyzes legislative, regulatory, and media data to help organizations identify risks and opportunities. The platform uses large language models and retrieval-augmented generation to process complex information and present it in a structured format. Abstract enables businesses tomonitor regulatory developments, assess potential impacts, and integrate insights into decision-making workflows. | $2.5M |  | Aug 04, 2022 |  |
| Priori | Priori is the global legal marketplace for in-house teams. We use data and technology to rapidly connect legal departments from 1 to 1000+ with the right outside counsel for projects globally, saving them time and money. Our clients include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading technology companies, who use our platform to find vetted boutique firmsfor projects requiring niche expertise, local counsel, cost-control, overflow, or temporary support. We were shortlisted in both 2018 and 2019 as a Financial Times Intelligent Business for our work reducing the cost of legal services for corporate clients by 60-80%. | $15M | Series A | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Quiltt | Quiltt enables financial innovators to access the best account aggregation and transaction enrichment providers through one lightweight integration and one simple contract. Our mission is to unlock the next wave of fintech innovation by removing technical and commercial barriers to build with financial data. | $3M | Seed | Jul 11, 2022 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Bridge Investments invest in?

Bridge Investments invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Legal startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 51 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bridge Investments's check size?

Bridge Investments typically joins rounds of $923k–$7.8M at Seed and $4M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bridge Investments participates in.

### How do I contact Bridge Investments?

Public channels for Bridge Investments include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Bridge Investments?

The team at Bridge Investments includes Jason Thomas (Partner), Robert Goldberg (Founder & Principal) and Connor Ryan (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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