# Milwaukee Venture Partners

> Milwaukee Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Battery and FinTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milwaukee, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://milwaukeevp.com/

Milwaukee Venture Partners is a VC fund in Milwaukee focused on Battery and FinTech. Milwaukee Venture Partners identifies, mentors, and funds early-stage and start-up companies to help get their ideas to market, and where MVA members devote their time, expertise, and capital to help companies successfully grow.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Battery | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |
| Tourism | 1 | 13% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 13% |
| Health Care | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Friedel | Co-Founder and Vice President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-friedel-2b80 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AKRU | AKRU’s commercial real estate investment platform uses blockchain technology to create a secure and easy-to-use marketplace. AKRU offers investors the opportunity for fractionalized ownership for as low as $1,000 in the form of security tokens. The platform’s technology enables instantaneous transactions to be recorded on an immutable ledger,building investor trust. Tokenization shortens the transaction cycle and is able to compress the closing and settlement period of assets to mere seconds – making the world’s largest investment class more accessible and liquid for investors. Since launching the paid beta in October 2020, AKRU has secured 14 assets and over 50 investors for the marketplace. AKRU relaunched its platform in March of 2021 as the Title Sponsor for the Security Token Summit. Akru has been mentioned in major publications like Coin Telegraph, Investor.com, securities.io & Business Journals. | $2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2022 |  |
| Frontdesk | Frontdesk is fast becoming the nation’s largest network of short-term rental apartments, giving travelers the flexibility to live, work and visit anywhere and still feel at home. We serve 15k+ travelers every month in 160+ buildings across 30+ cities, providing a seamless and highly rated experience (NPS of +72) via our proprietary all-in-one techstack. Our asset-light revenue model delights property owners as we provide robust and predictable NOI contributions via flexible short-term rental management agreements. | $13M | Series B | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| COnovate | COnovate is a startup that develops lithium-ion battery parts made from a graphene monoxide that boosts the energy storage capacity. | $1M | Convertible Note | May 24, 2022 |  |
| MediCardia | MediCardia is the first digital health platform that aggregates, organizes and operationalizes comprehensive clinical data for the clinician. MediCardia's virtual care platform serves as a unified and common interface for EHRs and remote technologies including wearables, consumer home medical devices, and implanted cardiac rhythm devices.With embedded video and smart design, our core platform includes the patent-pending HeartChart scoring algorithm, advanced natural language processing (NLP) for data discretization, automated chart preparation, and soon to be launched imaging, a search platform, second opinion, and a proprietary clinical intelligence engine. | $3M | Series A | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| Immuto Scientific | Immuto Scientific is a biotechnology services company that provides analytical insights to pharmaceutical companies for drug discovery. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 08, 2021 |  |
| AKRU | AKRU’s commercial real estate investment platform uses blockchain technology to create a secure and easy-to-use marketplace. AKRU offers investors the opportunity for fractionalized ownership for as low as $1,000 in the form of security tokens. The platform’s technology enables instantaneous transactions to be recorded on an immutable ledger,building investor trust. Tokenization shortens the transaction cycle and is able to compress the closing and settlement period of assets to mere seconds – making the world’s largest investment class more accessible and liquid for investors. Since launching the paid beta in October 2020, AKRU has secured 14 assets and over 50 investors for the marketplace. AKRU relaunched its platform in March of 2021 as the Title Sponsor for the Security Token Summit. Akru has been mentioned in major publications like Coin Telegraph, Investor.com, securities.io & Business Journals. | $2M | Seed | Sep 07, 2021 |  |
| AKRU | AKRU’s commercial real estate investment platform uses blockchain technology to create a secure and easy-to-use marketplace. AKRU offers investors the opportunity for fractionalized ownership for as low as $1,000 in the form of security tokens. The platform’s technology enables instantaneous transactions to be recorded on an immutable ledger,building investor trust. Tokenization shortens the transaction cycle and is able to compress the closing and settlement period of assets to mere seconds – making the world’s largest investment class more accessible and liquid for investors. Since launching the paid beta in October 2020, AKRU has secured 14 assets and over 50 investors for the marketplace. AKRU relaunched its platform in March of 2021 as the Title Sponsor for the Security Token Summit. Akru has been mentioned in major publications like Coin Telegraph, Investor.com, securities.io & Business Journals. | $2M | Seed | Sep 07, 2021 |  |
| AKRU | AKRU’s commercial real estate investment platform uses blockchain technology to create a secure and easy-to-use marketplace. AKRU offers investors the opportunity for fractionalized ownership for as low as $1,000 in the form of security tokens. The platform’s technology enables instantaneous transactions to be recorded on an immutable ledger,building investor trust. Tokenization shortens the transaction cycle and is able to compress the closing and settlement period of assets to mere seconds – making the world’s largest investment class more accessible and liquid for investors. Since launching the paid beta in October 2020, AKRU has secured 14 assets and over 50 investors for the marketplace. AKRU relaunched its platform in March of 2021 as the Title Sponsor for the Security Token Summit. Akru has been mentioned in major publications like Coin Telegraph, Investor.com, securities.io & Business Journals. | $2M | Seed | Sep 07, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Draper Goren Holm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goren-holm-ventures-ghv) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Wisconsin Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wisconsin-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [QCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/QCA-Ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Queen City Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queen-city-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Golden Angels Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-angels-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tundra Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tundra-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Milwaukee Venture Partners invest in?

Milwaukee Venture Partners invests primarily in Battery, FinTech and Tourism startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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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### Who are the partners at Milwaukee Venture Partners?

The team at Milwaukee Venture Partners includes Matthew Friedel (Co-Founder and Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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