Investing Profile

Penny Pritzker

InvestorVCFounder
Founder at Inspired Capital
inspiredcapital.comChicago, Illinois
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Harvard University Network
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Microsoft Network
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Current Investing Position
Inspired Capital Investor
Investment Range
$500K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
12
Current Fund Size
$200M

Penny Pritzker is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Penny Pritzker's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Solace
Series BApr 2025$60M
Series AAug 2024$14M
$76M
Co-investors: Wayne Hu (SignalFire), JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday (Menlo Ventures), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Katie Reiner (Torch Capital), Ryan Merket (Comal Ventures), Anne Wojcicki
ID.me
Series DApr 2023$130M
Series CMar 2021$100M
$320M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Justin Saslaw (Ribbit Capital), Kelly Perdew (Moonshots Capital), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Donna Harris (1776), Steve Smoot (Lavrock Ventures), Brian McNamara (Cosmic Venture Partners), Victor Pascucci III (Energy Capital Ventures), Bradley C. Harrison (Scout Ventures), Daniel Rosensweig
OpenSpace
Series DMar 2022$100M
Series CApr 2021$55M
$190M
Co-investors: Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Shawn Carolan (Menlo Ventures), Mark McLaughlin (Alkeon Capital), Ryan Shmeizer (GreenPoint Partners)
WireWheel.io
Series BFeb 2021$20M
Series AOct 2018$10M
SeedNov 2017$3M
$33M
Co-investors: Dayna Grayson (Construct Capital), Steve Case (Revolution), Andrew McClure (ForgePoint Capital), Sean Glass
Finix
Series BMar 2020$10M
$200M
Co-investors: Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Ludwig Schulze (Alumni Ventures ), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Michael Silton (Act One Ventures), Marcos Gonzalez (Vamos Ventures), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Vishal Lugani (aCrew Capital), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Tom Porter (aCrew Capital), Lindsay Fitzgerald (Company Capital), Andres Morin (Vamos Ventures), Daniel Portillo (The General Partnership), Emanuel Pleitez
Ellevest
Series AMar 2019$35M
Series ASep 2017$35M
$140M
Co-investors: Haley Bryant (Hustle Fund), Jenny Abramson (Rethink Impact), Sonja Perkins (The Perkins Fund), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Nellie Levchin (Scifi Vc), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Karen Boezi (Broadway Angels), Matt Gorin (Contour Venture Partners), Sharon Vosmek (Astia), Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital), Venus Williams, Fanny Surjana, Ann Berry

Penny Pritzker's Experience

Co-Founder Inspired Capital2019 - Present
Chairman PSP Partners2017 - Present
Member of the Board Microsoft2017 - Present
Co-Founder Artemis Real Estate Partners2009 - Present
U.S. Secretary of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce2013 - 2017
Executive Chairman TransUnion2004 - 2012
Co-Founder The Parking Spot1998 - 2011
Founder Vi1987 - 2011

Penny Pritzker's Education

Stanford University Doctor of Law - JD
Stanford University Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard University Bachelor of Arts - BA