Higher Ground Labs
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Higher Ground Labs is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Software and Politics. Higher Ground Labs is building an ecosystem for progressive political technology. The company provides capital, assistance, programming, and mentorship to talented individuals and early-stage companies that are building the next generation of progressive political technology that can help win campaigns.Founded in 2017, the company isheadquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
- Total investments:
- 58
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $3.8M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Higher Ground Labs invests in
Stages Higher Ground Labs invests in
Countries Higher Ground Labs invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $50k–$100k
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$1.2M
- Series A
- $3.8M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 20 (34%)
- Politics 11 (19%)
- SaaS 8 (14%)
- Government 7 (12%)
- Advertising 6 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 26 (45%)
- Pre-Seed 17 (29%)
- Series A 6 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (5%)
- Convertible Note 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 40 (69%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew McLaughlin
Co-founder & Partner
|
Co-founder & Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Betsy Hoover
Founder and Managing Partner
|
Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Hillary Lehr
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sarah Eberhard
Principal + General Counsel
|
Principal + General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Shomik Dutta
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momentum is an OS/inbox and copilot for anyone who runs a pipeline (sales, fundraising, success, hiring, etc). Powered by behavioral science, useful AI, and thoughtful people. | Seed / Dec 01, 2024 | ||
| Quiller is an artificial intelligence copilot campaign helps to develop quality, effective fundraising content. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Jul 11, 2023 | ||
| Measure Studio is an engine designed to create a social media content strategy that is informed by data. Digital publishers, companies, agencies, and influencers may consolidate and analyze their social media data using the company's engine in order to create better content. The engine offers a safe environment for managing social mediaanalytics. | Seed / Apr 21, 2023 | ||
| Plural is a company that provides public policy tools to help teams save time and discover opportunities in workflows. | Seed / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| JusticeText is a software platform that makes it easier for public defenders to process and incorporate crucial audio and video evidence in defense of their clients. | $2.2M / Seed / Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Plural is a company that provides public policy tools to help teams save time and discover opportunities in workflows. | $10M / Series A / May 12, 2022 | ||
| Civic Eagle develops software that helps companies discover and analyze legislation and regulations with no manual work. Civic Eagle's platform searches, tracks, and works with legislations across the country and does the discovery work so that policy advocates can focus on winning campaigns, thereby enabling clients to promote betterdemocratic outcomes for people and their communities.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | $10M / Series A / May 11, 2022 | ||
| OpenGrants is a grant search engine and marketplace of independent grant consultants. You can find grants on your own, or hire an expert to help you search, apply for, and manage your grant. | $100K / Convertible Note / Apr 22, 2022 | ||
| Civitech is a political technology startup devoted to applying technology-based solutions to civic problems. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States. | $10M / Series A / Jan 11, 2022 | ||
| Greenfly is an enterprise SaaS company and the leader in advocacy marketing. The Greenfly digital media exchange platform enables organizations to fuel brand love by tapping the social media power of their advocates. Emotional connection is the key to building a brand that people love. You can’t buy it – brand love is earned through genuineinteractions, personal connections and real word-of-mouth. Sports, media, entertainment, social causes, and agent-driven organizations depend on Greenfly’s advocacy marketing platform to easily share short-form media. When advocates share great photos and videos on their social profiles, it creates personal engagement with the brand’s customers. Organizations can extend their organic social media reach by 1,000% or more, and brand advocacy can be more effective and much less expensive than social advertising.Greenfly started helping sports and entertainment brands in 2014, and has been named one of the fastest-growing organizations in California by Inc. magazine. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Greenfly has sales offices across the U.S. and Europe. | $8.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 24, 2021 | ||
| See all 58 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Higher Ground Labs invest in?
Higher Ground Labs invests primarily in Software, Politics and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 58 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 Higher Ground Labs's check size?
Higher Ground Labs typically joins rounds of $50k–$100k at Seed, $100k–$1.2M at Pre-Seed and $3.8M–$10M 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 Higher Ground Labs participates in.
How do I contact Higher Ground Labs?
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Who are the partners at Higher Ground Labs?
The team at Higher Ground Labs includes Andrew McLaughlin (Co-founder & Partner), Betsy Hoover (Founder and Managing Partner) and Hillary Lehr (Principal), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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