Ira Weiss
Founder & General Partner @ Hyde Park Venture Partners
Chicago, United States
Ira Weiss is a Series A investor at Hyde Park Venture Partners in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. Ira Weiss is the General Partner of Hyde Park Venture Partners.
- Total investments:
- 50
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 11 (22%)
- SaaS 9 (18%)
- Enterprise Software 7 (14%)
- E-Commerce 4 (8%)
- CRM 3 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 13 (26%)
- Seed 10 (20%)
- Series B 5 (10%)
- Series C 4 (8%)
- Series D 2 (4%)
Investments
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| Benji is a modern API for loyalty programs. It helps businesses enhance conversion rates and profitability by providing clients with a new way to pay using rewards points. | $6.3M / Seed / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Benji is a modern API for loyalty programs. It helps businesses enhance conversion rates and profitability by providing clients with a new way to pay using rewards points. | Pre-Seed / Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Leap enables brands to deploy modern, immersive retail stores that drive growth and acquire customers. By leveraging millions of data points and a platform strategy, Leap makes physical retail more productive and less risky for brands. Its platform also follows a technology-enabled approach and includes all aspects of store development andoperations, including physical space, staffing, and managing all technology infrastructure that helps consumer brands to grow and deepen their customer brand experience.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York City. | $15M / Series C / May 24, 2023 | ||
| Audit Sight uses APIs to access the client’s records, eliminating the tedious process of asking for them and waiting for a recordkeeper to compile and send them. | $4M / Seed / Apr 27, 2022 | ||
| Leap enables brands to deploy modern, immersive retail stores that drive growth and acquire customers. By leveraging millions of data points and a platform strategy, Leap makes physical retail more productive and less risky for brands. Its platform also follows a technology-enabled approach and includes all aspects of store development andoperations, including physical space, staffing, and managing all technology infrastructure that helps consumer brands to grow and deepen their customer brand experience.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York City. | $50M / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
| Leap enables brands to deploy modern, immersive retail stores that drive growth and acquire customers. By leveraging millions of data points and a platform strategy, Leap makes physical retail more productive and less risky for brands. Its platform also follows a technology-enabled approach and includes all aspects of store development andoperations, including physical space, staffing, and managing all technology infrastructure that helps consumer brands to grow and deepen their customer brand experience.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York City. | $50M / Series B / Dec 20, 2021 | ||
| HData combines centralized data, powerful AI, and purpose-built features to enhance regulatory intelligence for energy professionals. As the system of action for utilities, regulators, advocates, and service providers across the energy sector, HData helps modernize regulatory information processes, reduce the time-intensive burdens of regulatoryworkflows, and accelerate action with comprehensive regulatory insights. Learn how to streamline regulatory research and analysis at hdata.com. | $3.1M / Seed / Dec 08, 2021 | ||
| Audit Sight uses APIs to access the client’s records, eliminating the tedious process of asking for them and waiting for a recordkeeper to compile and send them. | $2.5M / Seed / Oct 22, 2021 | ||
| Leap enables brands to deploy modern, immersive retail stores that drive growth and acquire customers. By leveraging millions of data points and a platform strategy, Leap makes physical retail more productive and less risky for brands. Its platform also follows a technology-enabled approach and includes all aspects of store development andoperations, including physical space, staffing, and managing all technology infrastructure that helps consumer brands to grow and deepen their customer brand experience.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York City. | $11M / Series A / Aug 26, 2021 | ||
| ShipBob is a technology company that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. As an end-to-end fulfillment solution, ShipBob provides warehousing and package delivery in 1-2 business days, with a network of fulfillment centers across the US. Its software combines order and inventory management, customer communication, predictiveinsights, and optimized shipping for online merchants. ShipBob’s software is also fully integrated with e-commerce platforms, including eBay, Shopify, Amazon, Magento, and many more. Based in Chicago, Illinois, ShipBob was founded in 2014 by | $200M / Series E / Jun 29, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups. We seek companies with an exceptional founding team and fast-growth potential, looking to raise a first or second round of capital. With offices in Chicago and Indianapolis, our team is tenacious, responsive, and committed to adding value to each investment.
Hyde Park Venture Partners Contacts
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Greg Barnes
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Ira Weiss
Founder & General Partner
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Alejandra Fernandez
Director of Marketing
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Alisa Vass
Partner & Chief Administrative Officer
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Carlos Covarrubias
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What does Ira Weiss invest in?
Ira Weiss invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 50 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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The most recent investment recorded for Ira Weiss closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 50 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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