InvestHER Ventures

InvestHER Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2016. The firm focuses on investing in female entrepreneurs who are leading early-stage, data-driven technology companies, particularly in the business-to-business sector. InvestHER Ventures seeks to support dynamic and passionate founders who are developing innovative solutions for untapped markets. By emphasizing the importance of gender diversity in entrepreneurship, the firm aims to foster the growth of female-led businesses that leverage technology to create impactful solutions.

Gerri Kahnweiler

Founder and Partner

Cayla Weisberg

Partner and Co-Founder

8 past transactions

PartySlate

Seed Round in 2019
PartySlate is a marketplace that inspires people planning all types of events and connects them with the leading event professionals, vendors, and venues across the country and the world. People planning all types of events — from weddings and holiday parties to birthday parties and galas — come to PartySlate to find new and unique party ideas, discover the best local vendors and venues, and build their event teams. Event professionals, venues, and vendors use PartySlate to grow their businesses, connect with industry peers, and reach more clients. Companies can share photos and videos from all types of events, get recognized for their work with our unique crediting system, and use their content-rich profiles as portfolio-sharing tools. Since its founding in 2016, over 25,000 of the world’s top venues, planners and vendors have uploaded over 2,000,000 photos of real weddings, corporate events and celebrations to the platform.

Caribu

Seed Round in 2018
Caribu is a family video calling and reading platform that provides an engaging long-distance communication experience for kids. It integrates children’s picture books into a simple, child-friendly video calling app. It also brings together interactivity and education to create a communication tool for the modern family. Caribu was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

BallotReady

Seed Round in 2018
BallotReady is an online, non-partisan voter guide for local elections. It provides easy-to-digest information about all candidates and referendums on a user’s ballot. BallotReady was launched in January 2015.

CNote

Angel Round in 2017
CNote is an investment platform that earns a better return while investing in the causes and communities that matters. CNote rewards great savers with alternative financial vehicles that earn more - safely and simply. Their first product, CNote Savings, helps good savers earn up to 2.5% annual return -- that's 35x more than a traditional savings account. The was founded in 2016 by two women with decades of experience working in finance, venture capital, and private equity. CNote is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Wisr

Seed Round in 2017
Wisr is a digital platform that enables colleges and universities to create private, university-branded networks for their admitted and prospective students. This type of virtual engagement space is a critical tool in attracting Gen Z students, who seek personal connection and authentic information about their future academic home. Wisr allows students to easily find their fit by allowing them to join general and niche communities, explore relevant discussion threads, and connect with their peers, including student ambassadors.

PartySlate

Seed Round in 2017
PartySlate is a marketplace that inspires people planning all types of events and connects them with the leading event professionals, vendors, and venues across the country and the world. People planning all types of events — from weddings and holiday parties to birthday parties and galas — come to PartySlate to find new and unique party ideas, discover the best local vendors and venues, and build their event teams. Event professionals, venues, and vendors use PartySlate to grow their businesses, connect with industry peers, and reach more clients. Companies can share photos and videos from all types of events, get recognized for their work with our unique crediting system, and use their content-rich profiles as portfolio-sharing tools. Since its founding in 2016, over 25,000 of the world’s top venues, planners and vendors have uploaded over 2,000,000 photos of real weddings, corporate events and celebrations to the platform.

KnowledgeHound

Series A in 2016
KnowledgeHound creates analytics platforms that translate data into decisions. The company's platform provides visualization tools and powerful analytics, as well as simplifies how companies organize and access consumer insights. It also created a unified, searchable database for their market research data, allowing businesses to efficiently locate insights and transform their data and insights into effective business intelligence.

Artemis

Seed Round in 2016
Artemis operates an intelligence platform for indoor farms. It specializes in indoor farming software solutions. Artemis help indoor farm operators use data to make more profitable production decisions. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduce operating expenses. Allison Kopf and Jason Camp founded Agrilyst in 2015 that later became Artemis. It has its headquarters in Brooklyn in New York City.
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