Motivate Venture Capital
Motivate Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL. MVC invests in incredible founders building the future of Financial Services. Per Crunchbase, Motivate Venture Capital has made 89 investments, 28 as lead investor across 72 portfolio companies, with 6 exits.
Investing activity
Motivate Venture Capital has made 89 investments according to Crunchbase across 72 portfolio companies, and has led 28 rounds and seen 6 exits.
Motivate Venture Capital appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $10M. The most recent are AlgoX2 (Seed, $10M, Sep 2026) and Rowan (Seed, $3.3M, Mar 2026).
Motivate Venture Capital most often invests alongside Fin Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Octave and Somersault Ventures, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Motivate Venture Capital
What AI companies has Motivate Venture Capital invested in?
Motivate Venture Capital's AI investments include AlgoX2 and Rowan. The 2 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Motivate Venture Capital based?
Motivate Venture Capital is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What stage does Motivate Venture Capital invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Motivate Venture Capital has invested at Seed, with a median round of $10M.
Who does Motivate Venture Capital co-invest with?
Motivate Venture Capital's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Fin Capital (1 deal), Bessemer Venture Partners (1 deal), Octave (1 deal), Somersault Ventures (1 deal) and Alumni Ventures (1 deal).
How can founders reach Motivate Venture Capital?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Motivate Venture Capital's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Motivate Venture Capital to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.