Kevin Willer
Partner @ Chicago Ventures
Chicago, United States
Kevin Willer is a seed investor at Chicago Ventures in Chicago focused on E-Commerce and Mobile. Kevin is a Partner at Chicago Ventures looking for a few great early-stage investment opportunities in Chicago and the greater Midwest.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 4 (14%)
- Mobile 3 (10%)
- Apps 2 (7%)
- Retail 2 (7%)
- Education 2 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (38%)
- Series A 8 (28%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
- Debt Financing 1 (3%)
Investments
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Dina
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Dina Care is a provider of health plans, patients, and caregivers to produce great patient outcomes. The company connects personal caregivers and care providers and enables payers to keep their members healthier, safer, and happier at home. With Dina, everyone stays connected in real-time, receiving care updates as they happen, improving the odds apatient's in-home care will be successful. It creates a virtual experience for the entire healthcare team so they can communicate with each other and help patients and families stay connected even though they may not physically be under the same roof. Dina Care enabling consumers, health plans and ACOs to explore, learn, and engage with the rapidly growing number of services that keep people happy and healthy in their homes. The platform helps professional and family caregivers capture rich and timely data from the home, using AI technology to identify unmet needs, and recommend evidence-based interventions. Dina Care was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA. | $7M / Series A / Jan 11, 2021 | |
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Dina
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Dina Care is a provider of health plans, patients, and caregivers to produce great patient outcomes. The company connects personal caregivers and care providers and enables payers to keep their members healthier, safer, and happier at home. With Dina, everyone stays connected in real-time, receiving care updates as they happen, improving the odds apatient's in-home care will be successful. It creates a virtual experience for the entire healthcare team so they can communicate with each other and help patients and families stay connected even though they may not physically be under the same roof. Dina Care enabling consumers, health plans and ACOs to explore, learn, and engage with the rapidly growing number of services that keep people happy and healthy in their homes. The platform helps professional and family caregivers capture rich and timely data from the home, using AI technology to identify unmet needs, and recommend evidence-based interventions. Dina Care was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA. | $4M / Seed / May 02, 2017 | |
Curiosity
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Why do people sneeze in sunlight? Why is a black hole called a "singularity"? Why aren't fish electrocuted when lightning hits the water? Curiosity answers the questions you never knew to ask, and digs into the things you've always wondered about. The company spun out of Discovery in 2014 and today reaches an audience of 70million a month globally through a website, iOS and Android app, weekly podcast, daily email, Chrome extension, and Amazon Alexa skill. With five new stories on a variety of topics every day (plus thousands more to discover), it helps people have fun learning about everything from the scientific and relatable to the awe-inspiring and downright weird. Count on Curiosity to explain even the densest subjects in a way that's entertaining, witty, and easy to understand. | $3M / Series A / Feb 06, 2017 | |
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Curiosity
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Why do people sneeze in sunlight? Why is a black hole called a "singularity"? Why aren't fish electrocuted when lightning hits the water? Curiosity answers the questions you never knew to ask, and digs into the things you've always wondered about. The company spun out of Discovery in 2014 and today reaches an audience of 70million a month globally through a website, iOS and Android app, weekly podcast, daily email, Chrome extension, and Amazon Alexa skill. With five new stories on a variety of topics every day (plus thousands more to discover), it helps people have fun learning about everything from the scientific and relatable to the awe-inspiring and downright weird. Count on Curiosity to explain even the densest subjects in a way that's entertaining, witty, and easy to understand. | $3M / Series A / Feb 06, 2017 | |
Luxury Garage Sale
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Luxury Garage Sale is an operator of an online e-commerce fashion platform intended to sell stand-out items from the world's beloved luxury brands. The company's platform specializes in selling luxury designer clothing, shoes, handbags, and jewelry which are customized to consignment as they are sourced, sell and share, enabling consumersto have high-end fashion and exceptional experience at a low price.It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $5M / Series A / Jun 01, 2016 | |
Blitsy
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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. | $6.2M / Series B / Jan 25, 2016 | |
healthfinch
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Healthfinch's Practice Automation Platform, Charlie, leverages EMR data to automate, delegate and simplify routine, repeatable tasks, like prescription refill requests, visit planning, diagnostics results management, and more. Its Charlie Practice Automation Platform integrates seamlessly with Allscripts, Epic, and athena EMRs to automate theprescription refill request workflow, assist in pre-visit planning, and identify care gaps. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. | $7.5M / Series A / Jan 04, 2016 | |
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Blitsy
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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 | |
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Blitsy
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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 | |
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Blitsy
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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 | |
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Co-Investors
About Chicago Ventures
Chicago Ventures partners closely with exceptional entrepreneurs building companies in undercapitalized high-potential ecosystems.
Chicago Ventures Contacts
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Kevin Willer
Partner
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Lindsay Knight
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Peter Christman
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Rob Chesney
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Stuart Larkins
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What does Kevin Willer invest in?
Kevin Willer invests primarily in E-Commerce, Mobile and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 29 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 Kevin Willer closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 29 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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