VITALIZE Venture Capital
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
VITALIZE Venture Capital is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. We focus on the Future of Work and invest in people-first, data-driven, BIG ideas that transform how we work today.
- Total investments:
- 90
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
- Fund size:
- $16M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries VITALIZE Venture Capital invests in
Stages VITALIZE Venture Capital invests in
Countries VITALIZE Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
2 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $1.9M–$7.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $373k–$3M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 25 (28%)
- SaaS 10 (11%)
- Analytics 9 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 9 (10%)
- Enterprise Software 7 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 38 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 18 (20%)
- Series A 14 (16%)
- Series B 3 (3%)
- Funding Round 3 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gale Wilkinson
Founder and Managing Partner
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Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 91 | Find email | |
Adele Rom
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sce Pike
Investor
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Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
PeakMetrics
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PeakMetrics provides a narrative intelligence platform that helps enterprises and governments identify and combat emerging online narrative threats. Using state-of-the-art ML technology, PeakMetrics analyzes more than 1.5 million media sources and 10 different social media platforms to identify media manipulation and adversarial attacks inreal-time, before they cause damage. Organizations use PeakMetrics to discern source credibility, understand how audiences spread narratives, and quantify risk and response scenarios — without spending millions on crisis communication and manual sentiment analysis. Detect, decipher, defend at peakmetrics.com.The internet is manipulated. Narratives are engineered, accelerated by AI, and amplified by algorithms before most organizations even see them coming. PeakMetrics is an AI-powered narrative intelligence platform built to help enterprises, agencies, and public sector organizations see through it. We built AI agents that surface where threats are coming from, who is driving them, and where they are headed next, so teams can protect their brand, their reputation, and their bottom line before it reaches the headlines. | $6M / Series A / Apr 09, 2026 | |
Goodword
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Goodword is a networking and relationship intelligence platform which helps users with personal and business connections. | $4M / Seed / Oct 30, 2025 | |
MagicDoor
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MagicDoor is disrupting the property management world with the industry's first AI native property management software platform, specifically designed to tackle the everyday challenges property managers face. Using cutting-edge AI technology, MagicDoor offers a comprehensive all in one solution that streamlines everything from vacancies tomaintenance to communication, boosting productivity by up to 5X and decreasing costs by up to 60%. By using AI to maximize efficiencies in the platform and automate and streamline property manager tasks, we offer a simple and transparent pricing model, with no additional fees, no onboarding costs and no minimums.MagicDoor was founded by Kasper Sogaard, a seasoned FAANG Engineer with specialization in AI and also a property owner and manager. Motivated by his inability to find a cost-effective and efficient software solution for his own properties, Sogaard started MagicDoor with a mission to revolutionize property management through AI integration. Everything in MagicDoor has been designed from the perspective of a property manager, which makes it intuitive and user friendly—but behind the scenes we’ve used the most current technology, including the power of AI, to make the property manager’s job as efficient as possible At the heart of the MagicDoor product philosophy lies a straightforward concept: leverage AI to simplify, streamline, and optimize the traditionally labor-intensive tasks associated with property management. MagicDoor isn't just a service provider; we're a growth partner for property managers looking to leverage technology for a competitive edge. With MagicDoor, property management is not only about managing assets but also about unlocking potential. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 03, 2025 | |
Palla
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Palla is a REST API that lets banks empower their customers to request, receive and manage international inward remittances. Its product is built to allow its partners to fully customize the experience within their app and includes tailored reporting to drive customer insights and engagement. | $14.5M / Series A / May 28, 2025 | |
Tembo Health
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Tembo Health is a telemedicine company serving retirement homes, senior care centers and skilled nursing facilities to connect patients with specialty services like psychiatry and cardiology. The platform connects the specialists to patient data and collaborates with the nursing staff to provide better care plans. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 31, 2025 | |
Unvale
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UnVale will change how people develop, explore, and express their identities online. | Pre-Seed / Mar 11, 2025 | |
Ruck
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Ruck is a marketplace platform for contractors, runners, and vendors to optimize last-mile, on-demand shipping for building supplies. | $5M / Seed / Jan 05, 2025 | |
Twill
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Twill is a recruitment network that allows top talent to suggest their peers and friends for vacant positions. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Dec 10, 2024 | |
Viva Benefits
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Viva is a 'rent to invest' amenity that allows landlords to make more money by rewarding tenants with a share of the profit. Viva was founded in 2021. | $2.2M / Pre-Seed / Nov 14, 2024 | |
BuiltRight
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BuiltRight is an AI-powered website builder and social media automation tool for home service businesses. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2024 | |
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FAQ
What does VITALIZE Venture Capital invest in?
VITALIZE Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 90 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 VITALIZE Venture Capital's check size?
VITALIZE Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$7.3M at Seed, $373k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $2.2M–$15M 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 VITALIZE Venture Capital participates in.
How do I contact VITALIZE Venture Capital?
Public channels for VITALIZE Venture Capital 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 VITALIZE Venture Capital?
The team at VITALIZE Venture Capital includes Gale Wilkinson (Founder and Managing Partner), Adele Rom (Venture Partner) and Sce Pike (Investor). 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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