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About RiseChain Ventures

Seed-stage capital and conviction partnership for B2B SaaS and consumer tech founders.

Our Story

Built by Founders, for Founders

RiseChain Ventures was founded in 2021 with a singular mission: to provide seed-stage capital and genuine operational partnership to the most ambitious founders building B2B SaaS and consumer tech companies. We launched our inaugural fund with $120M in committed capital, anchored by Battery Ventures, and immediately began deploying into our highest-conviction bets.

Based in Chicago, IL, we believe great companies are built everywhere — not just in Silicon Valley. We are actively meeting founders across the United States and globally, writing our first checks into companies with strong founder-market fit, early evidence of product-market fit, and the ambition to build category-defining businesses.

Our team combines deep operating experience in enterprise software and consumer platforms with a network built over decades at the intersection of technology, finance, and product. We are not passive investors. We show up, roll up our sleeves, and work alongside the founders we back.

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Investment Thesis

How We Think About Investing

Our thesis is grounded in two decades of observing what separates breakout companies from the rest.

Team First

At the seed stage, we are almost entirely betting on people. We look for founders with unique insight, relevant domain expertise, and the resilience to navigate the inevitable obstacles ahead.

Problem Clarity

The best seed investments are built around a specific, painful problem that the founders understand better than anyone else in the world. We fund clarity of purpose, not just ambition.

Large Markets

We invest in companies targeting markets large enough to support venture-scale returns. Whether it is an enterprise workflow problem or a consumer behavior shift, the opportunity must be genuinely large.

Defensible Moats

Network effects, data advantages, switching costs, or proprietary technology — the companies we back have a clear path to building durable competitive advantages over time.

Early Traction

We look for early signals — even imperfect ones — that customers are pulling the product. A handful of passionate, paying users tells us more than a polished pitch deck.

Capital Efficiency

Great seed-stage companies demonstrate thoughtful resource allocation. We back founders who can do a lot with a little, and who understand the difference between growth and spending.

Strategic Anchor

Anchored by Battery Ventures

RiseChain Ventures is strategically anchored by Battery Ventures — one of the world's most respected technology investment firms with over 30 years of experience backing category-defining software companies. This relationship gives our portfolio companies preferential access to Battery's global network of enterprise customers, later-stage investors, and C-suite executives.

Strategic Anchor Investor
Battery Ventures
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Our Values

What Drives Everything We Do

Integrity Without Exception

We do what we say we will do, every time. Our word is our bond, and we build relationships on trust and transparency, not tactics. Every decision we make — investment, advice, or introduction — is made with the founder's best interest as the primary filter.

Genuine Partnership

We are not a check and a board seat. We engage deeply between board meetings — helping with recruiting, customer introductions, product strategy, and whatever else the company needs most at any given moment.

Intellectual Humility

Markets change. We hold convictions strongly but update them readily when evidence demands it. We respect the founders' knowledge of their market and domain, and approach every conversation as a chance to learn something new.

Long-Term Perspective

Building great companies takes time. We support founders through the inevitable hard years, not just the exciting early moments. Our fund structure and team incentives are designed to reward patience and long-term conviction over short-term optimization.

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Partner With RiseChain Ventures

We are actively deploying capital into seed-stage B2B SaaS and consumer tech companies. We want to hear from exceptional founders with bold ambitions.

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