# Ground Game Ventures

> Ground Game Ventures is a VC fund in Indianapolis backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Indianapolis, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.ground.game

Ground game ventures is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |
| Billing | 1 | 8% |
| Training | 1 | 8% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boost My School | BoostMySchool is an educational institution. They design and build a more intuitive, collaborative, and efficient destination for both advancement professionals and the communities they serve. | $10M | Series A | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| Backstroke | Backstroke is a technology company. | $2.8M | Seed | Jul 16, 2025 |  |
| Stellar | Stellar integrates AI, LLM, and machine learning throughout all aspects of business operations. Stellar guides businesses in evaluating their AI readiness, identifying and prioritizing AI opportunities, and implementing cutting-edge solutions to enhance end-to-end operations and financial outcomes securely. The company's expertise andsolutions empower employees, customers, and stakeholders to achieve heightened performance, accelerated revenue, and enhanced customer experiences. | $2.7M | Seed | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| Hummingbirds | Hummingbirds is a SaaS-enabled marketplace that helps brands find and work with hyperlocal content creators and influencers. | $5.4M | Seed | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Backstroke | Backstroke is a technology company. | $4.8M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Boost My School | BoostMySchool is an educational institution. They design and build a more intuitive, collaborative, and efficient destination for both advancement professionals and the communities they serve. |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| Hummingbirds | Hummingbirds is a SaaS-enabled marketplace that helps brands find and work with hyperlocal content creators and influencers. | $3.3M | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Yourco | Trusted by small businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises, Yourco is a B2B SaaS company that establishes an internal communication infrastructure for organizations with a blue-collar workforce. Customers such as Sherwin-Williams, the Indianapolis Airport Authority, and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad utilize Yourco for effective communicationwith their non-desk staff. Built initially for a family printing business in 2021, Yourco's customer base and revenue exploded after launching to the public, landing them a spot at SXSW 2023 as one of the top 5 future of work technology startups around the world.Yourco is venture-backed by Ground Game Ventures, Allos Ventures, Start Something Ventures, Elevate Ventures, Gravity Ventures, Flywheel Fund, and strategic angel investors. | $2M | Seed | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| Boost My School | BoostMySchool is an educational institution. They design and build a more intuitive, collaborative, and efficient destination for both advancement professionals and the communities they serve. |  | Seed | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| Laxis | Laxis is more than just a transcriber for your online conference, phone or in person meetings. It’s an intelligent personal meeting assistant. Using proprietary NLP technology, Laxis can analyze conversations, generate meeting memos and insights letting you make better, smarter decisions from better, smarter meetings. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Allos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allos-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Elevate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flywheel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flywheel-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FOVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fovc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innoventures Iowa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innoventures-iowa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ground Game Ventures invest in?

Ground Game Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Ground Game Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ground Game Ventures closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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