# FireStarter Fund

> FireStarter Fund is a VC fund in Chicago backing Software and Mobile. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Dec 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/firestarter-fund
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/firestarterfund
- Website: http://www.firestarterfund.com

FireStarter Fund is a self-managed investment fund focused on the digital media and marketing, Software-as-a-Service, and e-commerce sectors, giving priority to web, social, mobile, and big data projects. Making most of its investments in series A and B rounds, the company consists of 42 members and has $5.7 million in committed capital.FireStarter Fund was founded in January 2012 and is based in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$1.9M |
| Series A | $2M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 29% |
| Mobile | 2 | 14% |
| FinTech | 2 | 14% |
| Finance | 2 | 14% |
| Crowdfunding | 2 | 14% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 29% |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Streibich | Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-streibich |
| Alan Warms | Team member | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-warms |
| Alex Campbell | Team member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-campbell |
| Alicia Cannon Mullen | Team Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alicia-mullen |
| Brian Hand | Co-Founder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-hand |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LogicGate | LogicGate offers modern risk management technology empowering businesses to proactively transform risk enterprise-wide. Because risk is a team sport, we created the Risk Cloud Platform® — the most nimble and collaborative GRC solution out there. Rapidly adapt to changing business conditions. Confidently innovate and build new processes as you go.Collaborate on risk across your entire organization. Risk Cloud® gives you an interconnected view of risk across the organization that you just can’t get from point solutions. | $1.9M | Seed | Dec 01, 2016 |  |
| Kapow | Kapow connects companies with venues to book unique client events online in real-time. Their curated marketplace offers a more efficient way for companies to book events designed to acquire, engage and retain clients. Their suite of online tools cover events from start to finish at no additional cost. Venues fill their space during non-peak hoursand drive corporate business while companies focus on building relationships with clients and measuring event success. | $14M |  | Apr 20, 2016 |  |
| Routific | Routific is a smart logistics platform that optimizes routes for last-mile delivery fleets, saving businesses up to 40% on time and fuel. Today, the power and efficiency of our proprietary algorithm combined with a stellar user experience makes Routific the best routing solution on the market and the leading route optimization API.Routific's investors include Techstars Chicago, Pallasite Ventures, Firestarter Fund and Axiom Zen. |  | Seed | Feb 24, 2016 |  |
| Blitsy | Blitsy is where creative people shop online. It aims to provide the best selection, value, inspiration, and online shopping experience for creative people worldwide. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. | $3.6M | Series A | May 07, 2015 |  |
| Public Good Software | Public Good works to change moments of inspiration into inspiring action. Online news, social media feeds, and mobile connectivity exponentially increase awareness of problems but leave people feeling frustrated and unable to make a difference.Public Good solves that problem by building bridges from content to actions that support the 1.1mmnonprofits working on solutions. Our technology is now being adopted by top media companies nationwide. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 28, 2015 |  |
| Shiftgig | Shiftgig is a technology company that helps staffing agencies transform the way people work.Our flagship digital staffing software, Deploy, helps staffing firms empower their workforce to browse and claim work that fit their skills and schedules. We also give agencies deep insights into their clients and workers, allowing you to focus onstrategic growth and coaching by eliminating repetitive tasks of running day-to-day operations. To learn more, visit shiftgig.com. | $11M | Series A | Nov 13, 2014 |  |
| Blitsy | Blitsy is where creative people shop online. It aims to provide the best selection, value, inspiration, and online shopping experience for creative people worldwide. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. | $965K | Debt Financing | Jun 12, 2014 |  |
| Blitsy | Blitsy is where creative people shop online. It aims to provide the best selection, value, inspiration, and online shopping experience for creative people worldwide. It was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. | $1M | Seed | Jul 19, 2013 |  |
| Pangea Money Transfer | Pangea Money Transfer is an award-winning mobile-centric money transfer platform that allows on-the-go users to send money from the U.S. to 15 countries across Latin America and Asia in less than 30 seconds -- all for a low flat fee. Receivers can collect the cash at thousands of retail locations or have it directly deposited into any bank accountor onto a debit card.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $1M | Seed | May 01, 2013 |  |
| UpCity | UpCity helps businesses find service providers they can trust. Our marketplace creates and empowers successful relationships between businesses and service providers from marketers to accountants to HR professionals. We provide transparency and insights to dramatically improve the B2B partner selection and purchase experience. | $2M | Series B | Jan 16, 2013 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakewest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Corazon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corazon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Axiom Zen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axiom-zen) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does FireStarter Fund invest in?

FireStarter Fund invests primarily in Software, Mobile and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 FireStarter Fund's check size?

FireStarter Fund typically joins rounds of $1M–$1.9M at Seed and $2M–$11M 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 FireStarter Fund participates in.

### How do I contact FireStarter Fund?

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### Who are the partners at FireStarter Fund?

The team at FireStarter Fund includes Jim Streibich (Member), Alan Warms (Team member) and Alex Campbell (Team member), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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