# Lon Chow

> Lon Chow is a seed investor at Method Capital (Chicago) backing Internet and Software. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Method Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kdwc-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lonchow
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/lonchow
- Website: https://x.com/lonchow

Lon Chow is a Partner at Method Capital. Lon Chow attended The Wharton School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$4.6M |
| Series A | $1M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 13% |
| Software | 3 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 13% |
| Health Care | 3 | 13% |
| Video | 2 | 9% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 39% |
| Series A | 5 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 9% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New Era ADR | Disputes and litigation are a massive distraction and waste of money and time for you and your business. At least $200B is spent on litigation-related costs each year. New Era solves this. With our fully-digital platform and process, organizations and individuals get access to the most experienced arbitrators and mediators in the U.S. The result isfair, high-quality, and fast resolutions of your disputes, saving you up to 90% in legal fees and time, so you can focus on the things that matter in your life and your business. | $4.6M |  | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| New Era ADR | Disputes and litigation are a massive distraction and waste of money and time for you and your business. At least $200B is spent on litigation-related costs each year. New Era solves this. With our fully-digital platform and process, organizations and individuals get access to the most experienced arbitrators and mediators in the U.S. The result isfair, high-quality, and fast resolutions of your disputes, saving you up to 90% in legal fees and time, so you can focus on the things that matter in your life and your business. | $4.6M | Seed | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Music Audience Exchange | Music Audience Exchange develops a platform that facilitates music partnerships and provides marketing services. It is powered by an insights engine that matches brands to artists and a proprietary marketing automation system for generating and distributing brand-new music content to targeted audiences across audio, video, social, and live. Thecompany was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. | $6M | Series A | Mar 02, 2017 |  |
| Regroup | Regroup provides telemedicine solutions to eradicate mental healthcare shortages across the USA. The company's services protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of personal health information with the help of an end-to-end encryption thus improving access to mental health care, enabling patients to overcome geographic distances,restrictions on their mobility, transportation difficulties and the time and cost burdens associated with traveling to see a healthcare professional in person. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | May 10, 2016 |  |
| Music Audience Exchange | Music Audience Exchange develops a platform that facilitates music partnerships and provides marketing services. It is powered by an insights engine that matches brands to artists and a proprietary marketing automation system for generating and distributing brand-new music content to targeted audiences across audio, video, social, and live. Thecompany was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2015 |  |
| Luxury Garage Sale | 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. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 17, 2015 |  |
| Detective | Detective is a digital adoption platform that helps eliminate constant, repetitive questions, cut training and onboarding time, and increase overall adoption of the company's critical software.Trusted by thousands of users, Detective is the most effective way to enable the teams with the support and answers they need, where they need it whenthey need it. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 23, 2014 |  |
| Estate Assist | Estate Assist designs solutions to give you peace of mind about your future, whatever it may hold. Whether it's protecting your most valuable information so that it can be shared at just the right time, or assisting you in settling the affairs of a loved one who's no longer with you, they're committed to the idea that you should beable to live life without having to worry about what lies ahead. We're Estate Assist and we're helping you prepare for tomorrow, today. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 01, 2014 |  |
| Real Food Blends | Real Food Blends, a Chicago-based specialized food startup.The company, which makes all-natural, real-food meals for people on feeding tubes, will use the money to scale up, as sales shift from online-only to distribution through home health care companies | $550K | Seed | Jul 15, 2014 |  |
| Visibly | Visibly is the first online vision test that can deliver a prescription for glasses or contacts. The test can be taken from anywhere, at any time, and a doctor issued prescription can be used to shop everywhere. Visibly is the manufacturer and distributor of Visibly Digital Acuity Product This product has not been approved by the FDA. The dataand recommendations made by the Visibly Digital Acuity Product are adjunctive (supporting) recommendations that will be used by an Eye Care Provider, along with your medical history and profile, prior corrective eyewear prescriptions, and subjective data provided about your vision. It is the responsibility of the patient to provide accurate information through the process as all of this information will be relied upon as accurate by the reviewing Eye Care Provider. | $1M | Seed | Feb 25, 2014 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baird Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baird-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [PJC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pjc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakewest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pritzker Group Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pritzker-group-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Method Capital

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Method Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in growth stage investments in B2B technology companies. We look to invest in companies that have completed initial software development, recurring revenue and scalable business models. Method Capital is primarily focused on working with firms based in the Midwest, although we willinvest anywhere. We are seeking to fund initial investments ranging from $1million to $10 million, although exceptions will occur. Ideal initial investment size is $5 million.

4 contacts available at Method Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Justin Smollar | Chief Financial Officer and Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-smollar |
| Wayne Byrne | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayne-byrne-2 |
| Chris Capps | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-capps-d3a6 |
| Lon Chow | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lon-chow |

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## FAQ

### What does Lon Chow invest in?

Lon Chow invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 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 Lon Chow's check size?

Lon Chow typically joins rounds of $350k–$4.6M at Seed and $1M–$13M 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 Lon Chow participates in.

### When did Lon Chow last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lon Chow closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 23 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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