About West Loop Ventures
West Loop Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Chicago, United States. As of Jan 2022, West Loop Ventures has invested in 14 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of seel Overall, West Loop Ventures portfolio has seen 7 acquisitions including key companies like Nitrogen Wealth, Bitnomial and YCharts. A lot of funds co-invest with West Loop Ventures, with names like Afore Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. West Loop Ventures has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
West Loop Ventures' List of Top Investments
West Loop Ventures has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in CFX Markets and Holberg Financial.Their portfolio spans across United States and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Retail and 2 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by West Loop Ventures:
Client engagement solutions for wealth management firms. The platform features products such as risk center, research center, planning center, marketing center and more. It collaborates with asset platforms, marketing, and CRM to create processes, analytics, and insights that convert leads into meetings and meetings into clients.
Key facts about Nitrogen Wealth
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Auburn (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $23.7M
- Employee Count: 206 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: HgCapital Trust, FTV Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 31, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Bitnomial
Bitnomial provides an online trading platform for bitcoin futures and options. It offers bitcoin derivatives exchange solutions coupled with digital asset settlement systems. It creates a marketplace connecting native digital asset hedgers with institutional traders.
Key facts about Bitnomial
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $46.9M
- Employee Count: 25 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: RRE Ventures, Electric Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 12, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. YCharts
Investment research platform for fixed income investors. It offers comprehensive data, visualization tools, and advanced analytics for equity, mutual fund, and ETF data and analysis. It also offers a platform for security research, portfolio construction, idea generation, and market monitoring.
Key facts about YCharts
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $13.1M
- Employee Count: 200 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Morningstar, Goldwing Capital and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 19, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. seel
Provider of solution to increase conversation rate for Shopify merchants. It helps the Shopify merchants to interact with the customers and increase the sales value.
Key facts about seel
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $24M
- Employee Count: 186 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 13, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Catalytic
Provider of operations cloud for incident management and workflow automation. The platform offers incident resolution and accelerates critical work across the enterprise. It provides status pages and integrates with developer platforms. The cloud offers solutions for transformation, modernization, standardization, and customer experience. It supports industries including financial services, healthcare, and retail.
Key facts about Catalytic
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $49.8M
- Employee Count: 16 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Foundation Capital, Redline Capital Management and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 26, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
West Loop Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
West Loop Ventures has invested in 14 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in seel.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
West Loop Ventures' Investments by Stage
West Loop Ventures has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.6M, 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.58M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 5 |
Series A | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
West Loop Ventures' Investments by Sector
West Loop Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Retail and Blockchain Technology. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 9 Software companies, 8 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
FinTech | 4 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 2 |
Retail | 2 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
West Loop Ventures' Investments by Geography
West Loop Ventures has made most investments in United States (7), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
West Loop Ventures' recent investments
West Loop Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by West Loop Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 13, 2022 | United States | Series A | 9943 | ||
Aug 31, 2021 | United States | Seed | 1010 | [+2] | |
Nov 27, 2020 | United Kingdom | Seed | 1350 | [+3] | |
Nov 15, 2019 | United States | Seed | 2045 | [+1] | |
Aug 01, 2019 | United States | Series B | 6622 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in West Loop Ventures' Portfolio
7 companies from West Loop Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Bitnomial in Apr 2026 by Payward for $*****.Here are West Loop Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 17, 2026 | - | - | 7872 | |
May 01, 2025 | - | - | 9933 | |
Jul 11, 2023 | - | - | 9312 | |
Jul 01, 2022 | Nov 27, 2020 | Seed | 8935 | |
Mar 02, 2022 | - | - | 5539 |
Team profile of West Loop Ventures
West Loop Ventures has a team of 2 members located in United States. West Loop Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of West Loop Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 40 investors have co-invested in West Loop Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before West Loop Ventures: Mehdi-Laurent Akkar, Alban Roger and 9 others have invested in rounds before West Loop Ventures. There is 1 company where Mehdi-Laurent Akkar has invested before West Loop Ventures and 1 company where Alban Roger has invested before West Loop Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of West Loop Ventures: 18 investors entered a company along with West Loop Ventures. These include investors like Afore Capital (2 companies).
- Invested after West Loop Ventures: A total of 11 investors have invested in West Loop Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Pentech (1 company), Outward (1 company) and MJ Hudson (1 company).
Recent News related to West Loop Ventures
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Seel secures $17M round to infuse AI in customer product returnsTechCrunch+•Jan 13, 2022•seel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Afore Capital and 1 other
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ML Tech Raises $1.75 Million Seed to Scale Technology, Accelerate GrowthGlobeNewswire•Sep 01, 2021•ML Tech, West Loop Ventures, OCA Ventures, Tellus BioVentures and 2 others
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Vauban raises GBP1.6 million seed roundPrivate Equity Wire•Nov 30, 2020•Vauban, S2IX, Kima Ventures, West Loop Ventures
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San Francisco-Based Kover.ai Raised $1.5M in Seed RoundICrowdNewswire•Jan 07, 2020•Kover.ai, West Loop Ventures, Afore Capital, Techstars
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San Francisco-Based Kover.ai Raised $1.5M in Seed RoundNewswire•Nov 04, 2019•Kover.ai, West Loop Ventures, Afore Capital, Techstars
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FinMkt closes $5 million Series BFinextra•Aug 08, 2019•FinMkt, FINTOP, ManchesterStory Group, West Loop Ventures and 1 other
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CFX Markets Raises $2.17M Seed/Series A Funding |FinSMEsFinSMEs•Nov 02, 2017•CFX Markets, West Loop Ventures, M25 Group, Origami Capital and 5 others
