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Origin Ventures
Origin Ventures is an exempt reporting adviser based in Chicago, IL. It advises venture capital funds and invests in early-stage technology companies.
Origin Ventures
Origin Ventures is an exempt reporting adviser based in Chicago, IL. It advises venture capital funds and invests in early-stage technology companies.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2016
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Chicago
Corporate office
Chicago, IL, United States
Additional offices
Salt Lake City · San Francisco · Los Angeles · New York City · Washington D.C.
Principals
Brent Hill
Managing Partner
Jason Heltzer
Managing Partner
Alex Meyer
Managing Partner
Scott Stern
Partner
Prashant Shukla
Partner
Jacquie Marshall Siegmund
Partner
Steve Miller
Founding Partner
Bruce Barron
Founding Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Origin Ventures?
Three managing partners — Brent Hill, Jason Heltzer and Alex Meyer — lead the firm alongside four additional partners: Scott Stern, Prashant Shukla, Jacquie Marshall Siegmund and the founding partners Steve Miller and Bruce Barron. The partnership's distributed structure means decisions are made across six cities without a single dominant office. The firm has not publicly detailed its investment-committee composition.
What investment stages does Origin Ventures target?
Origin Ventures leads Seed and Series A rounds and describes itself as having done so for over 25 years. The website emphasizes 'patient capital' and a commitment to building long-term businesses, implying willingness to hold positions through later-stage follow-ons. Fund-of-funds or club-deal structures are not disclosed.
Which sectors does Origin Ventures explicitly target?
The firm organizes its thesis into three buckets: AI Infrastructure (compute, power, language models, security, quantum); AI-Native Software (logistics, supply chain, sales, operations, consumer); and AI Frontier Tech (robotics, defense, electrification, space, materials, manufacturing). Portfolio companies like Swarmbotics, Opticore, Torus and Veho map directly to those categories.
What is Origin Ventures' known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
The firm has not publicly detailed a co-investment program. Its stated model is to lead or participate in Seed and Series A rounds directly. Whether it reserves allocation for co-investment alongside peer VCs or strategic corporates is not disclosed in available sources.
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