Investing Profile

Penny Pritzker

InvestorVCFounder
Founder at Inspired Capital
inspiredcapital.comChicago, Illinois
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Stanford University Network
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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
14
Current Fund Size
$200M

Penny Pritzker is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Penny Pritzker's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Solace
Series CFeb 2026$130M
Series BApr 2025$60M
Series AAug 2024$14M
$210M
Co-investors: Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Somesh Dash (IVP), JP (Jean-Paul) Sanday (Menlo Ventures), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Hesham Zreik (FasterCapital), Katie Reiner (Torch Capital), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Ryan Merket (Jude AI)
ID.me
Series DApr 2023$130M
Series CMar 2021$100M
$260M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Steve Smoot (Lavrock Ventures), Bradley C. Harrison (Scout Ventures), Donna Harris (1776), Kelly Perdew (Moonshots Capital), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Brian McNamara (Cosmic Venture Partners), Daniel Rosensweig (Chegg Inc.)
OpenSpace
Series DMar 2022$100M
Series CApr 2021$55M
$190M
Co-investors: Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Tyler Sosin (Menlo Ventures), Shawn Carolan (Menlo Ventures), Ryan Shmeizer (GreenPoint Partners), Mark McLaughlin (Alkeon Capital)
Kalepa
Series ASep 2021$14M
$14M
Co-investors: Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Jacqueline Reses
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), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Ludwig Schulze (Alumni Ventures ), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brian Hirsch (Tribeca Venture Partners), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Vishal Lugani (aCrew Capital), Leo De Luna (Ponte Partners), Tom Porter (aCrew Capital), Lindsay Fitzgerald (Company Capital), Harshul Sanghi (American Express Ventures), Alex Guerrero (Act One Ventures), Michael Silton (Act One Ventures), Marcos Gonzalez (Vamos Ventures), Andres Morin (Vamos Ventures), Emanuel Pleitez
Ellevest
Series AMar 2019$35M
Series ASep 2017$35M
$140M
Co-investors: Haley Bryant (Hustle Fund), Matt Gorin (Contour Venture Partners), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Jenny Abramson (Rethink Impact), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Nellie Levchin (Scifi Vc), Sonja Perkins (The Perkins Fund), Karen Boezi (Broadway Angels), Theresia Gouw (aCrew Capital), Jennifer Fonstad (Owl Capital), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Laurel Mintz (Fabric VC), Sharon Vosmek (Astia), Sarah Kunst (Cleo Capital), Venus Williams, Fanny Surjana, Ann Berry

Penny Pritzker's Experience

Co-Founder Inspired Capital2019 - Present
Member of the Board Microsoft2017 - Present
Chairman PSP Partners2017 - 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