# Sandalphon Capital

> Sandalphon Capital is a VC fund in Chicago backing Software and SaaS. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Nov 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sandalphon-capital
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/sandalphoncap
- Website: http://sandalphoncapital.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandalphoncapital

Sandalphon Capital is a micro venture capital firm focused on early stage (Seed and Series A) investments.Industry focus: B2B SaaS, FinTech, Real Estate Tech / PropTech, Tech-Enabled Healthcare Services / Healthcare IT, IoT / Hardware with Recurring RevenueGeographic focus: Chicago, the Midwest, and other relativelyunderserved markets, NY (primarily for FinTech and Real Estate Tech), others opportunistically.We are focused on finding strong management teams and problem-solving, tech-enabled business models that will scale into high margin, recurring revenue businesses.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1.5M |
| Series A | $1.8M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 24% |
| SaaS | 7 | 15% |
| Real Estate | 5 | 11% |
| B2B | 4 | 9% |
| FinTech | 3 | 7% |

85 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 50% |
| Series A | 9 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 31 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Ellis | Founder & Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-ellis-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RetentionZen | RetentionZen is the AI CSM. Our agentic platform pulls signal from Segment, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Stripe, Intercom, Zendesk, and your CRM to autonomously protect and grow revenue across every post-sales motion — churn defense, expansion, and closed-lost recovery. Built for CEOs and CROs who treat NRR as a first-class revenue function. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2026 |  |
| OpenVia | Platform that gives same-day, on-demand, and parcel delivery companies access to commercial and multifamily properties. | $1M | Seed | Jan 23, 2023 |  |
| OpenVia | OpenVia gives properties the modern, mobile access features residents expect without replacing expensive gate or access control systems. |  | Seed | Jan 23, 2023 |  |
| Cloverpop | We are on a mission to transform business decision-making, so we created the first Decision Intelligence platform based on a complete system of record for business decisions.Each year, hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of hours are lost or wasted because of bad decisions. We’re here to fix that. Through our Decision Intelligenceplatform and decision services, we provide enterprise clients with solutions to structure, collaborate, automate and learn from decisions. We focus primarily on marketing, sales, and strategy decision areas. Thanks to our proven technology and process, we remove human biases, increase stakeholder buy-in and drive decision speed and quality.We are a venture-backed start-up led by experienced entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the space of behavioral science, analytics, AI, and the future of work. Our clients include Fortune 100 companies in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and technology industries. | $3.9M | Series A | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| ProsperStack | ProsperStack is a hosted cancellation flow that prevents churn. | $2M | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| WorkTorch | QuickHire is a career discovery platform for the service economy workforce. We partner with job seekers to find career fulfillment by finding the right job and advancement opportunities. This unique approach helps us provide a better engaged and aligned talent pool for employers. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| RoofMarketplace | RoofMarketplace is a digital platform that enables insurance carriers to discover cost-effective roof replacement solutions while providing homeowners with access to vetted roofers and a transparent experience. | $5M | Series A | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| Visual Feeder | Visual Feeder lights up the city streets with full-motion advertising on high-traffic commercial retail locations. The company has exclusive locations in flagship stores, shopping malls, and high-traffic retail locations, creating an immersive experience that is highly targeted to its audience. | $1.8M | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Ascent Integrated Tech | Ascent is building human performance technology to augment operators in hazardous environments with actionable insights that improve safety and productivity. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |
| Character | Character is a modern home improvement brand for the next generation of home dwellers. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MATH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/math-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [M25](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/M25-VC) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [HPA (Hyde Park Angels)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-angels) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sandalphon Capital invest in?

Sandalphon Capital invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 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 Sandalphon Capital's check size?

Sandalphon Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.3M at Seed, $1M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $1.8M–$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 Sandalphon Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Sandalphon Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Sandalphon Capital?

The team at Sandalphon Capital includes Jonathan Ellis (Founder & Managing Director). 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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