West Loop Ventures

company

About

West Loop Ventures is a firm specializing in early round investment. The fund is closed.

Highlights

Details

Industries
B2B,Finance,Financial Exchanges,Financial Services,FinTech
Founded date
Nov 1, 2016
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
MVC,Venture Capital

West Loop Ventures invests in B2B Fin Tech companies where institutions are customers. The backbone of finance is going to be revolutionized in the next five to ten years. The capital markets revolution happened in Chicago from 1997-2002. It's happening again. In the last revolution, big firms were created and sold to big institutions (OptionsExpress, ThinkorSwim, Archipelago) In the last five years (2010-2015), the Chicago ecosystem has had 23.5B in VC backed exits.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
2
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West Loop Ventures has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 31, 2021, when ML Tech raised $1.75M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Aug 31, 2021 ML Tech
Seed $1.75M Cryptocurrency
Aug 1, 2017 OpenFinance
Seed Cryptocurrency