# Pat Vihtelic

> Pat Vihtelic is a seed investor at Home Chef (Chicago) backing E-Commerce and Gift. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Home Chef](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relished)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vihtelic

Pat Vihtelic is a seed investor at Home Chef in Chicago focused on E-Commerce and Gift. Patrick Vihteli is the Founder and CEO of Home Chef.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 75% |
| Gift | 1 | 25% |
| Music | 1 | 25% |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Grocery | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quicklly | Whether longing for ingredients to stock up your kitchen or meals to satisfy your cravings, Quicklly offers everything you need to enjoy South Asian and Indian cuisine, all in one place. As the nation's most comprehensive, one-stop marketplace, Quicklly provides access to a range of Indian grocery ingredients, tiffins, and fully preparedrestaurant meals delivered to your doorstep. Quicklly also provides a full digital presence for local businesses, connecting them to customers across Greater Chicago, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, the Bay Area, and nationwide. Learn more at https://www.quicklly.com. | $4M | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Songfinch | Songfinch is a platform to buy custom songs from professional artists. | $5M | Seed | Apr 04, 2022 |  |
| Quicklly | Whether longing for ingredients to stock up your kitchen or meals to satisfy your cravings, Quicklly offers everything you need to enjoy South Asian and Indian cuisine, all in one place. As the nation's most comprehensive, one-stop marketplace, Quicklly provides access to a range of Indian grocery ingredients, tiffins, and fully preparedrestaurant meals delivered to your doorstep. Quicklly also provides a full digital presence for local businesses, connecting them to customers across Greater Chicago, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, the Bay Area, and nationwide. Learn more at https://www.quicklly.com. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 11, 2021 |  |
| Rise Gardens | Rise Gardens is a smart indoor hydroponic gardening system, complete with everything consumers need to grow their own food at home, anytime of the year. Their system is modular, allowing for different amounts of production. It also allows consumers to grow a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Their motivation lies in facilitating astronger connection between people and the food they consume, achieved by enhancing the ease and pleasure of growing their own food. | $2.6M | Seed | May 27, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CIC Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cic-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Corazon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corazon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Great North Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-north-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JAM Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jam-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Quincy Jones Productions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quincy-jones-productions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Home Chef

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Home Chef is a provider of subscription-based meal kit delivery services to help people to save time while enjoying home cooking. It delivers pre-portioned ingredients and recipes to subscribers weekly, enabling users to prepare home-cooked meals in about 30 minutes. Home Chef was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

5 contacts available at Home Chef.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dawn Brown | Photography Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dawn-brown |
| Erik Jensen | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-jensen-c7c8 |
| Jeremy Feit | Marketing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-feit |
| Branson Pierce | Sr. Director of Product Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/branson-pierce |
| Gregg Throgmartin | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregg-throgmartin |

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## FAQ

### What does Pat Vihtelic invest in?

Pat Vihtelic invests primarily in E-Commerce, Gift and Music startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Pat Vihtelic's check size?

Pat Vihtelic typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pat Vihtelic participates in.

### When did Pat Vihtelic last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pat Vihtelic closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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