Corazon Capital
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Corazon Capital is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Software and E-Commerce. Born out of a love for building startups and a passion for backing entrepreneurs with heart, Corazon Capital (spanish for “heart”), a leading Chicago-based venture fund, brings a coastal approach to Seed and Series A investing. With a rare blend of investing experience and operating expertise, Corazon provides unusually pragmatic, actionablecounsel to the entrepreneurs it supports. Corazon believes that the best entrepreneurs and the smartest VCs will intentionally solicit both financial and operating investors in their syndicates, with Corazon recognized across geographies for its deep operating knowledge and reach inside and outside of Chicago.Corazon’s co-founders, Sam Yagan and Steve Farsht, have accomplished track records as investors and operators. Sam co-founded SparkNotes, eDonkey, and OKCupid before posting up as CEO of Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) through its IPO, and most recently taking the reins as the CEO of Shoprunner. As a General Partner at Norwest Equity Partners, Steve participated in its growth from five to twenty-five investment professionals. He honed his operating chops as CEO of DCM Services, an NEP portfolio company. After moving to Chicago, Steve immersed himself in the startup ecosystem, first as COO of Tap.me and then co-CEO of Techstars Chicago. Upon launching its second fund, Corazon added Phil Schwarz, the former CMO of Tinder, where he was responsible for growth, brand and retention marketing on a global basis. Previously, Phil was Head of Growth Initiatives at Match Group and co-founder of the Kaplan/Techstars EdTech accelerator.Together, Corazon’s principals have founded six companies through to four exits, served as CEOs of companies worth over $5 billion (including taking a company public), executed over $1 billion in acquisitions, invested in excess of $300 million in private companies, and held over 30 board seats.
- Total investments:
- 115
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Fund size:
- $134M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Corazon Capital invests in
Stages Corazon Capital invests in
Countries Corazon Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$6.2M
- Series A
- $4.7M–$19M
- Series B
- $3M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 17 (15%)
- E-Commerce 14 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (9%)
- Internet 7 (6%)
- Marketplace 7 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 39 (34%)
- Series A 30 (26%)
- Series B 11 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 9 (8%)
- Funding Round 6 (5%)
Country
- United States 73 (63%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nina Essandoh
Vice President & Investor
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Vice President & Investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Chris Coyne
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Christian Rudder
Founding Venture Partner
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Founding Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
joh John
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Co-Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 27 | Find email | |
Josh Graves
Senior Associate & Investor
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Senior Associate & Investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Rime
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Rime develops speech technologies for a wide range of customers. The company works on speech generation with a deep understanding of linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomena needed to create the next generation of text-to-speech tooling. | $24M / Series A / Jul 15, 2026 | |
Carro
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Carro is a modern dropshipping marketplace that connects Retailers who want to expand their product catalog and grow average order value to high-quality, DTC Suppliers who want to develop new sales channels. Carro helps Retailers avoid the hassle and risk of traditional wholesale agreements such as upfront capital, inventory commitments, andhandling fulfillment. Meanwhile, Carro lets Suppliers control who they partner with, grow their brand awareness without investing in marketing, and acquire new customers – they get customer data when their products are bought on a partner’s store.Carro is E-Commerce platform-agnostic, meaning it connects Retailers and Suppliers both on and off Shopify to each other. This opens the door for Retailers of all shapes and sizes to use Carro. They can be popular brands primarily known for selling one product, that want to curate complementary products to sell alongside it. Carro Retailers can also be marketplace businesses or platforms such as social selling apps, wedding/gifting platforms, and rewards programs. Carro ensures it has the best quantity and quality of Suppliers and products, because it can tap into any DTC brand, regardless of which platform they’re on.With thousands of Retailers and Suppliers, hundreds of thousands of products, and over $55 billion in orders analyzed, Carro is the world’s largest modern dropshipping marketplace. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 13, 2026 | |
MXPilot
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MXPilot is a marketing operating system for agencies and brands. It enables AI agents to execute marketing workflows across the tools teams already use, including SEO, email, ads, and delivery platforms. Every execution is tracked end to end and tied to measurable business outcomes such as traffic, signups, and revenue. MXPilot is sold as asubscription priced per managed brand, with usage-based execution credits and an agency marketplace for deploying specialized agents. | $930K / Pre-Seed / Feb 09, 2026 | |
BoldVoice
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BoldVoice is a communication coaching app that helps non-native speakers improve their communication and confidence. The company's application helps foreign-born professionals and students in the US to improve their English accents via hyper-personalized content, enabling them to improve their English language pronunciation and confidence viapersonalized content from Hollywood's top accent coachesBoldVoice was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | $21M / Series A / Dec 17, 2025 | |
Noble Mobile
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Noble Mobile is a telecommunication company that offers wireless network and data plan services. | $10.4M / Seed / Sep 16, 2025 | |
Cerca
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Cerca is a new dating app that connects people within their existing social circles. | $1.6M / Seed / Jun 19, 2025 | |
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Cerca
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Cerca is a new dating app that connects people within their existing social circles. | $1.6M / Seed / Jun 19, 2025 | |
Nara Organics
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Nara Organics manufactures organic infant formula delivered directly to the consumers. They offer healthy and nutritional food. The company's products use biodynamic infant formula to complete the nutritional deficit of the baby, enabling parents to take care of their babies' health.The company was founded in 2018 and was based in NewYork. | $18.9M / Series A / Oct 18, 2024 | |
HiLink
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HiLink provides connectivity solutions for communication and data transfer. Its offerings include routers, modems, and networking accessories. The industries served include telecommunications, information technology, and home automation. | $5M / Seed / Jul 22, 2024 | |
Mantle
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Mantle is an engineering and manufacturing company that has developed metal 3D printing technology to produce high-resolution parts that meet the critical needs of applications from automotive and aerospace to consumer product design and prototyping. | $20M / Series C / Jul 10, 2024 | |
| See all 115 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Corazon Capital invest in?
Corazon Capital invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 115 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 Corazon Capital's check size?
Corazon Capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6.2M at Seed, $4.7M–$19M at Series A and $3M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Corazon Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Corazon Capital?
The team at Corazon Capital includes Nina Essandoh (Vice President & Investor), Chris Coyne (Venture Partner) and Christian Rudder (Founding Venture Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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