Investing Profile

Lauren DeLuca(451)

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Managing Partner at Motivate Venture Capital

motivate.vcChicago, Illinois

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Lauren DeLuca's investing connections

15 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), William Quist (Slow Ventures), and 12 other investors on Signal.

Networks Lauren is a member of

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Network

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Current Investing Position

Motivate Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

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Lauren DeLuca's Investments On Record (35)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Paperchain	Pre Seed RoundJul 2021$1.4M	$1.6M
Co-investors: Yossi Hasson (2048 Ventures)
HELIXintel	Venture RoundJun 2021$1.6M	$1.6M
Co-investors: Jack Greco
Quantivize	Pre-SeedMar 2020$1M	$1M
Klover	SeedMar 2020	$60M
Co-investors: Joe Kaiser (Mercato Partners)
Endpoint Security	Pre-SeedDec 2019
Dyania Health	SeedNov 2019	$5.3M
Co-investors: Matt Fates (Innospark Ventures), Petra Griffith (Wedbush Ventures), Amanda Joseph (American Family Ventures), Alex Rubalcava (Stage Venture Partners)
Hallow	SeedNov 2019 Seed RoundOct 2019	$52M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), David Wieland (IrishAngels), TJ Dembinski (Drive Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures)
VersusGame	Convertible NoteNov 2019	$7M
Co-investors: Rizwan Virk (Griffin Gaming Partners), Jake Nechamkin (Muchmore Ventures), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Patrick Finnegan (Intuition Capital), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Gee Roberson, Kevin Hart, Griffin Johnson, Bryce Hall

most interested in

We're proudly Generalist investors, but have a few things we're especially keen on (for now, anyway): All things FinTech (Investments, Insurance, Payments, Banking) General Health and Wellness (addiction and mental health, fitness, diet and gut health) Slow(er) moving industries who are coming to terms with the efficiencies of technology (broadly, Real Estate, Law, Insurance, Banking) "Dev Tools" for non-developers/No-Code solutions Consumerization of EdTech (bottoms-up sales process)

not interested in

Consumer Goods, Med Device, Pharma, Food, CleanTech, and some Hardware (IOT sometimes, Chips/Semis never)

Lauren DeLuca's Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management MBA General Management

University of Notre Dame BA Government

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