Prota Ventures

Prota Ventures is a venture-building and early-stage investment firm based in Chicago, founded in 2016. It invests in early-stage ventures across sectors including B2B SaaS, health tech, web3, IoT, and direct-to-consumer, and it engages in building new ventures by generating ideas internally and partnering with organizations and founders to pursue strategic collaborations. It conducts experiments to test the viability of new teams, markets, and products, and designs and builds hardware and software, including financial models and scalable structures. The firm helps companies bring prototypes to life, acquire customers, and recruit talent to facilitate growth.

Cam Balzer

Studios Partner

Ryan Buterbaugh

Managing Director

Derek Groothuis

Managing Director

Natalie Grummer

Venture Partner

Parker Hathaway

Studious Partner

Tony Little

Managing Director

April Oury

Managing Director

Yasser Said

Managing Director

Branislav Seslija Ph.D

General Partner

Vernon Steward

Partner

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Ivee

Seed Round in 2024
Ivee is a technology company focused on enhancing the passenger experience in vehicles, particularly in zero or low-emission models. Its flagship product, Ivee Inside, allows passengers to control various aspects of their ride, including cabin settings, entertainment, and commerce, creating a more personalized journey. The company's data platform leverages intelligence to offer tailored in-vehicle user experiences that aim to be productive, entertaining, informative, or relaxing. By prioritizing sustainability and innovation, Ivee is positioned at the intersection of technology and environmental consciousness in the evolving passenger economy.

Glidance

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Glidance develops a self-driving mobility aid for individuals with sight loss. Utilizing advancements in robotics, AI, and autonomous systems, the device guides users safely through crowds and around obstacles, enabling them to navigate to specific locations with ease.

RiseKit

Venture Round in 2023
RiseKit, Inc. is a software company based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2016. It focuses on connecting entry to mid-level job seekers, particularly from underserved communities, with employment opportunities, training programs, and supportive services. By leveraging its platform, RiseKit aims to eliminate barriers to employment based on geographic and socioeconomic factors. The company's solutions serve nonprofits, employers, government entities, and community organizations, facilitating efficient connections between job candidates and available resources. RiseKit's mission is to ensure that all individuals, regardless of their background, have access to meaningful career pathways and that organizations can effectively measure their impact on the communities they serve.

Sydecar

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Sydecar is a technology company based in Walnut, California. It develops tools that streamline private investment management for investors, enabling them to efficiently handle subscription documents, compliance, banking, tax reporting, and administrative tasks across various deal sizes.

SendaRide

Series A in 2022
SendaRide, Inc. is a transportation service provider focused on non-emergency medical transportation for patients, particularly the elderly and children. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company operates a platform that allows users to find and book both on-demand and pre-scheduled rides. SendaRide's application offers customized transportation solutions tailored to the healthcare industry, facilitating safe and reliable transport for users. Additionally, the platform includes features such as GPS monitoring and live video feeds, allowing users to track their drivers or caretakers during transit. Users can also rate their experiences, enhancing service accountability and quality.

EasyMD

Pre Seed Round in 2022
EasyMD connects users to health services form the comfort of their homes or work places. We have two main products, the first one is a telemedicine platform where you can find any Medical specialist you require and compare prices and experiences. The second part of EasyMD is our subscription base model where we offer 24/7 free doctor and mental health consultations and many other benefits.

Sholder

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sholder is a platform offering non-clinical mental health support for employees in high-stress industries. It provides same-day, confidential sessions with trained practitioners using active listening techniques to foster resilience and emotional well-being.

ChargerHelp!

Pre Seed Round in 2022
ChargerHelp! provides an app-based dispatch and deployment platform that delivers on-demand repairs and maintenance for electric vehicle charging stations through trained local technicians. By coordinating field work at scale, it aims to address downtime across charging networks, improving efficiency, turnaround times, and network availability while reducing operating costs. The platform supports EV charging network operators in meeting service level requirements and winning new contracts as the fleet of charging stations expands. It connects manufacturers, network providers, and charge station resellers with maintenance service providers, enabling workforce realignment and development within the green economy.

LifeWeb 360

Pre Seed Round in 2021
LifeWeb 360 develops an online memorial scrapbook that enables family, friends, and organizations to remember loved ones by collecting and curating unlimited photos, stories, and video links into a multidimensional celebration of a life lived. The platform emphasizes honoring the person and offering comfort to relatives by highlighting how they lived rather than solely noting their passing, preserving memories and relationships through shareable content that keeps the departed's memory alive.

CoinFx

Seed Round in 2021
CoinFx develops a stable coin settlement network designed to monetize foreign exchange slippage.

Bird Buddy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bird Buddy develops an AI-powered bird feeder equipped with a smart camera. It identifies over 1,000 bird species, notifies users of visits, captures images, and allows remote camera control via its application.

Carlsmed

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Carlsmed specializes in medical technology for spine surgery, offering the aprevo™ system, an FDA-designated breakthrough technology for personalized lumbar fusion surgery. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Carlsmed was founded in 2018.

Stix Golf

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Stix Golf provides headcovers, bamboo golf tees, golf balls, eco-hybrid golf glove, magnetic golf towel, stand bag, clubs, and accessories. Their customers inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications.

Figment Networks

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Figment Networks develops open-source tools for crypto network health monitoring, enabling informed staking decisions. It focuses on networks like Tezos, Cosmos, Livepeer, and Horizen. Based in Toronto, Canada, the company was founded in 2018.
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