# Gale Wilkinson

> Gale Wilkinson is a seed investor at VITALIZE Venture Capital (Chicago) backing Software and SaaS. See 91 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VITALIZE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vitalize-vc)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 91
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galebowman/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GaleBowman
- Website: https://gale.vc

Gale Wilkinson is a seed investor at VITALIZE Venture Capital in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. Gale Bowman Founder and Managing Partner at VITALIZE Venture Capital. She attended University of Chicago and University of Notre Dame.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 20% |
| SaaS | 10 | 11% |
| Analytics | 9 | 10% |
| Health Care | 6 | 7% |
| Medical | 5 | 5% |

117 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 32 | 35% |
| Series A | 14 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 12 | 13% |
| Series B | 6 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 50 | 55% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Upwage | Our mission is to create $1 trillion in new wealth for the 44% of Americans who make less than $16/hr, using the power of big data & AI. | $7.3M | Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Groundfloor | Building the infrastructure for IRL community | $2M | Seed | Aug 24, 2022 |  |
| Upwage | Our mission is to create $1 trillion in new wealth for the 44% of Americans who make less than $16/hr, using the power of big data & AI. | $2M | Convertible Note | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Suma Wealth | SUMA is a revolutionary financial wellness company with the mission to engage, educate, and empower the Latinx community via a holistic approach of Digital Media, Experiences, and FinTech. By creating culturally relevant content, virtual experiences, and providing financial tools that demystify and reimagine financial wellness throughentertainment, we aim to become the trusted source to help Latinos own their economic power, overcome financial challenges, and better prepare for a more prosperous future. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| Alembic | With Alembic you will discover audience-first, cross-brand insights that provide you: Predictive forecasting Media and brand valuation Augmented analytics Correlation analysis | $5M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| Groundfloor | Building the infrastructure for IRL community | $3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| Keys | Keys is building the architecture of anticipatory communication. Texting is the biggest communication channel in the world and everyone has trouble communicating. AI is disrupting communication as we know it. Keys is a new way to think about writing—leveraging GPT3, Keys suggests what to write based on the user’s intent, helping people communicatemore effectively, quickly, and accurately. |  | Seed | Aug 02, 2021 |  |
| STOPWATCH™ | Stonehenge Tech Labs provides an assisted, augmented, and autonomous analytics platform for commerce. It is the developer of STOPWATC, a cloud-based omni-channel commerce software that delivers metrics and makes moves for users. It was established in 2019 and has its office in Rogers, Arkansas, United States. | $2M | Seed | May 06, 2021 |  |
| Genomenon | Genomenon develops software tools to rapidly and autonomously prioritize data points for decision-making. It revolutionizes the way genetic diagnoses and discoveries are made. The company’s suite of diagnostic and discovery tools enable physicians, pharma, and researchers to quickly and accurately identify disease-causing variants fromgenomic-sequencing datasets.It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | $5.3M | Series A | Mar 16, 2021 |  |
| Elevate K-12 | Elevate K-12 is an instructional services company that provides live streaming instruction to K-12 classrooms. The company offers a platform that provides instruction in a school's classroom by using its live stream technology to deliver a live class into a physical classroom through a multi-location stream and LMS.Elevate K-12 was foundedin 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $9.5M | Series B | Mar 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 91 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IrishAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irishangels) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [VITALIZE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vitalize-vc) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Service Provider Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/service-provider-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Elevate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About VITALIZE Venture Capital

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

We focus on the Future of Work and invest in people-first, data-driven, BIG ideas that transform how we work today.

3 contacts available at VITALIZE Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gale Wilkinson | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gale-bowman |
| Adele Rom | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adele-rom-a8d7 |
| Sce Pike | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sce-pike |

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## FAQ

### What does Gale Wilkinson invest in?

Gale Wilkinson invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 91 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gale Wilkinson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gale Wilkinson closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 91 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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