# Origin Ventures

> Origin Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 138 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 138
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 41%
- Fund size: $130M
- Last fund: Nov 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/origin-ventures/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/OriginVentures
- Website: http://www.originventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originVC/

Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth software, marketplace, and consumer businesses shaping the 'Digital Native Economy'. Founded in 1999, the firm has the unique distinction of having multiple funds in the top 5% on realized performance. Typical check size is $500K to $8M. Select exitsinclude Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), BacklotCars, Tock, Ahalogy, and Teem.To learn more, visit www.originventures.com.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6.2M |
| Series A | $2.6M–$17M |
| Series B | $2.3M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 16 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 9% |
| SaaS | 12 | 9% |
| Enterprise Software | 12 | 9% |

144 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 49 | 36% |
| Seed | 21 | 15% |
| Series B | 21 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 9% |
| Series C | 7 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 75 | 54% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Angela Smith | Senior Associate and Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-smith-d555 |
| Bruce N. Barron | Co-Founder and Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-n-barron |
| Jacquie Marshall Siegmund | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacquie-marshall-siegmund |
| Jason Heltzer | Managing Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-heltzer |
| Prashant Shukla | Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prashant-shukla-79ad |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Century Health | Century Health accelerates drug development and commercialization by applying AI to real-world data. It is far too slow today to answer critical questions because the richest clinical data is locked away in silos. Our platform does the heavy lifting to rapidly get you the insight you need, all while supporting the research community and protectingpatient privacy. | $5M | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| R2 Wireless | R2 Wireless offers low-cost RF Situation Awareness and Terrain Dominance capabilities to safeguard key facilities against intrusions and RF harmful attacks. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| R2 Wireless | R2 Wireless offers low-cost RF Situation Awareness and Terrain Dominance capabilities to safeguard key facilities against intrusions and RF harmful attacks. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| Lemurian Labs | Lemurian Labs has created a universal platform that works across any hardware and spans compiler technology and runtime orchestration. This streamlined, hardware-agnostic approach simplifies AI development, enabling organizations to write code once and deploy it seamlessly across edge, cloud and on-premise environments. By cutting through thecomplexity of fragmented software ecosystems, Lemurian Labs empowers businesses to build and scale AI efficiently, affordably and responsibly—unlocking the full potential of AI innovation without proprietary constraints. | $28M | Series A | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Silkline | Modern operating system for direct materials procurement. | $4M | Seed | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Medmo | Medmo is a healthcare company that develops a platform to connect patients with local medical centers offering medical test and scanning services. Its platform connects patients with radiology centers offering a range of imaging tests such as MRI, CT scans, PET, and ultrasound. | $15M | Series A | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Audioshake | Audioshake makes sound more usable for both humans and machines by separating sound into its component parts. Used by some the world's largest media, entertainment, and tech companies, AudioShake is used in audio editing workflows, Voice AI, and multimodal training. | $14M | Series A | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| OptiCore | OptiCore is as photonic computing company developing optical processing units (OPUs) | $7.5M | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Glimpse | Glimpse partners with brands to place their products in luxury short-term rentals as a sales and acquisition channel. Glimpse was founded in 2020 by Kushal Negi, Akash Raju, and Anuj Mehta and was headquartered in New York. | $10M | Series A | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Swarmbotics AI | Natural language-driven, low cost robots for industry and defense. | $13M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |

10 of 138 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
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- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Royal Street Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/royal-street-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Origin Ventures invest in?

Origin Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 138 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 Origin Ventures's check size?

Origin Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.2M at Seed, $2.6M–$17M at Series A and $2.3M–$31M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Origin Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Origin Ventures?

Public channels for Origin Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Origin Ventures?

The team at Origin Ventures includes Angela Smith (Senior Associate and Investor), Bruce N. Barron (Co-Founder and Founding Partner) and Jacquie Marshall Siegmund (Partner), among 8 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 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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