# Craig Wortmann

> Craig Wortmann is a pre-seed investor at Pritzker Group Venture Capital backing Cooking. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pritzker Group Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pritzker-group-venture-capital)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/craigwortmann

Craig Wortmann is a pre-seed investor at Pritzker Group Venture Capital in Chicago focused on Cooking and Delivery. Craig Wortmann is the Operating Partner at Pritzker Group. He is also the CEO and Founder of Sales Engine, a Clinical Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, and an Author, Speaker, Deal Coach, and Executive Coach at Sales Engine.Craig attended Northwestern University - KelloggSchool of Management.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cooking | 1 | 100% |
| Delivery | 1 | 100% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tovala | Tovala combines a smart oven with a fresh meal delivery service to makes dinner effortless. Tovala is a smart oven that sits on the countertop and is paired with a companion meal delivery service. The company's meal system combines an internet-connected countertop steam oven capable of multi-step cooking with meals prepared by gourmet chefs,making dinner preparation as simple as scanning a barcode, enabling busy people to get access to an effortless way to eat delicious, healthy, home-cooked meals.The Chicago-based company was founded in 2015 and was launched in 2017. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jan 19, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [New Stack Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-stack-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Origin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/origin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RiverPark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverpark-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Valor Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pritzker Group Venture Capital

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Pritzker Group Venture Capital helps entrepreneurs build market-leading technology companies at every stage of their growth. Since its founding in 1996, the firm has worked side-by-side with entrepreneurs at more than 100 companies, building partnerships based on trust and integrity. Its proprietary capital structure allows for tremendousflexibility, and our experienced team of investment professionals and entrepreneurs offers companies a vast network of strategic relationships and guidance.Successful exits in recent years include Fleetmatics (NYSE: FLTX), SinglePlatform (acquired by Constant Contact), Zinch (acquired by Chegg), Playdom (acquired by Disney), LeftHand Networks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), and TicketsNow (acquired by Ticketmaster).

5 contacts available at Pritzker Group Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Girgenti | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-girgenti-2 |
| Craig Wortmann | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-wortmann |
| David Schonthal | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-schonthal |
| Adam Koopersmith | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-c-koopersmith |
| Carter Cast | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carter-cast |

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## FAQ

### What does Craig Wortmann invest in?

Craig Wortmann invests primarily in Cooking, Delivery and Food Delivery startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Craig Wortmann last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Craig Wortmann closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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