# TechRise Chicago

> TechRise Chicago is a VC fund in Chicago backing Health Care and Software. See 130 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 130
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/techrise-chicago/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/techrisechi
- Website: https://techrise.co/

TechRise Chicago is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Health Care and Software. TechRise operates as a multi-stakeholder initiative supporting Chicago’s Black and Latinx tech founders. The company is powered by P33 in partnership with Verizon, 1871, investors, incubators, community leaders, and startup founders. TechRise offers a community, capital, and connections for every stage of business.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for TechRise Chicago. Shizune tracks 4 team members at TechRise Chicago. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/techrise?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $19k–$1.8M |
| Grant | $5k–$50k |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 14 | 11% |
| Software | 13 | 10% |
| Food and Beverage | 10 | 8% |
| Wellness | 8 | 6% |
| Education | 8 | 6% |

152 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 98 | 75% |
| Seed | 20 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 99 | 76% |
| Thailand | 1 | 1% |
| Philippines | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Desiree Vargas Wrigley | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desiree-vargas-wrigley |
| EJ Reedy | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ej-reedy |
| Lucy Brennan | Program Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucy-brennan-ef81 |
| Shawn Park | Strategy & Operations Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-park-a176 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curiva | Curiva is a femtech company that provides a non-invasive platform to the patient for the diagnosis of gynecologic malignancies. |  | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Globowl | Globowl offers simple, shelf-stable, and organic baby and toddler food in a variety of tastes to satisfy parents' requirements. The international-inspired baby and toddler meals from Globowl help to reduce allergies, stop picky eating, and encourage adventurous eating for life. These nutritious and delectable shelf-stable meals satisfyparents' demands while bringing a world of culture to children's plates right away. | $130K | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Lemonaide | Lemonaide offers software that manages and handles the data and information related to the history of automotive and technology. | $8K | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Bisi Blvd | Bisi Blvd is a profit planning and online booking platform for beauty and personal care industry. | $35K | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Vasowatch | For health care systems and payers focused on improving maternal outcomes and health equity, our product is a novel labor and delivery technology that supports continuous monitoring of a mother's risk for postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal death and complications. | $100K | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| OrdrSmart | OrdrSmart helps B2B manufacturers solve their biggest customer acquisition problem - physical product sampling. The OrdrSmart platform not only cuts costs but also significantly boosts revenue for the +600K B2B manufacturers managing over 10 million product samples annually. | $25K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Jay Simon Production Studios | Jay Simon Production Studios is a creative digital studio that creates video and marketing contents. | $30K | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Babygami | Babygami is designed to make it easier for families to spend time outside! They accomplished this by creating the first collapsible infant bottle and sippy cup, as well as a varied community through events. | $100K | Grant | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| PiggyBack Network | PiggyBack Network is a Youth Transportation Network that matches its members to parents / guardians based on routes they already drive. Through our RoutePool approach, we build a parent-driven community to make it easier to share rides with families you know and trust. | $25K | Grant | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Satin Sheen Cleaning Services | Satin Sheen Cleaning Services specializes in deep cleaning home, small businesses, churches, small restaurants, and more. | $25K | Grant | Nov 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 130 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- The Josephine Collective — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Groove Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groove-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Level Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/level-up-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ta-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- 77 — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- American Heart Association — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does TechRise Chicago invest in?

TechRise Chicago invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 130 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 TechRise Chicago's check size?

TechRise Chicago typically joins rounds of $19k–$1.8M at Seed, $5k–$50k at Grant and $1.2M–$2.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds TechRise Chicago participates in.

### How do I contact TechRise Chicago?

Public channels for TechRise Chicago 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 TechRise Chicago?

The team at TechRise Chicago includes Desiree Vargas Wrigley (Executive Director), EJ Reedy (Mentor) and Lucy Brennan (Program Manager). 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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