Sandalphon Capital

Sandalphon Capital LLC is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois, established in 2016. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily targeting Seed, Bridge, and Series A funding rounds. Sandalphon focuses on sectors such as Real Estate Tech, FinTech, InsurTech, RegTech, Healthcare IT, tech-enabled healthcare services, B2B and B2C SaaS, marketplaces, the Internet of Things, and hardware with recurring revenue. While it prefers to invest across the United States, its core emphasis is on the Chicago area, the Midwest, and underserved regional markets. The firm typically invests between $100,000 and $300,000, seeking strong management teams and scalable, technology-driven business models that can generate high-margin, recurring revenue.

Jonathan Ellis

Founder and General Partner

Nevin Ramanujan

Partner

Julia (Maguire) Ruge

Venture Partner

Past deals in Illinois

Visual Feeder

Seed Round in 2022
Visual Feeder Corporation operates an online marketplace that connects landlords with opportunities to monetize their vacant spaces through branded visual experiences projected on windows. Based in Chicago, the company specializes in full-motion advertising in high-traffic areas, including flagship stores and shopping malls. By utilizing advanced projection technology, Visual Feeder creates immersive brand activations that capture the attention of passersby, allowing clients to effectively engage their target audiences. Its innovative approach transforms traditional retail spaces into dynamic advertising platforms, enhancing the visibility of brands in urban environments.

Truss

Series A in 2019
Truss Holdings, Inc. operates an online marketplace that simplifies the leasing process for small and medium-sized businesses seeking office, co-working, industrial, and retail spaces. Founded in 2016 and based in Deerfield, Illinois, its platform employs machine learning to match businesses with suitable properties, allowing users to virtually tour listings, compare prices, and manage lease documents seamlessly. The company offers dedicated brokers to support clients throughout the process, ensuring a smooth experience. Truss is noted for its commitment to price transparency, enabling business owners to compare costs of traditional office and co-working spaces effectively. Through its technology-driven approach, Truss provides a cost-effective solution for businesses looking to find the right space quickly and confidently.

Jiobit

Venture Round in 2018
Jiobit specializes in real-time location tracking technology for children, adults, and pets. Its flagship product is a compact and durable tracking device that operates through a smartphone app, enabling users to locate their loved ones in various environments, including multi-level buildings and across more than 120 countries. The device is designed for longevity, boasting several weeks of battery life, and offers features such as custom geofencing, smart alerts, and detailed location history. Jiobit's innovative platform integrates advancements in hardware, cybersecurity, and consumer software to provide comprehensive monitoring capabilities. The team behind Jiobit consists of experienced engineers, designers, and marketers who have previously developed numerous successful consumer products. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley.

The Minte

Seed Round in 2018
The Minte provides hotel-style housekeeping services primarily for residents of high-rise apartment buildings. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company employs a building-centric model to staff its housekeepers. Its offerings include a range of cleaning services, such as sweeping and spot cleaning floors, wiping countertops, loading dishwashers, and refreshing bathrooms. Residents can conveniently book these services through a mobile app or by using a dash-like button located at their door. The Minte aims to deliver consistent and trusted cleaning, helping residents maintain their homes with the same level of professionalism expected from a hotel.

Provi

Seed Round in 2018
Provi is a Chicago-based company that operates the largest online marketplace for the wholesale alcohol industry, simplifying the ordering process by connecting buyers, distributors, and suppliers. Founded in 2016, Provi's platform enhances communication and efficiency for both on-premise and off-premise buyers, including liquor stores, bars, and restaurants. By centralizing the ordering process, Provi enables users to order directly from alcohol distributors while providing tools for order tracking and analytics. As of 2022, the marketplace includes about 10 percent of licensed retailers in the U.S. Provi has received significant funding, totaling $125 million, and has been recognized for its workplace culture. The company also formed a partnership with SevenFifty to further enhance its offerings.

Kin Insurance

Series A in 2018
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency specializing in homeowners insurance and related products, including mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, Kin Insurance operates payment processing offices in Palatine and Chicago. By eliminating external agents, Kin Insurance offers a direct-to-consumer model that enhances the convenience and affordability of homeowners insurance. The company's technology platform provides a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims processing. Kin leverages extensive property data to deliver precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes.

Truss

Series A in 2017
Truss Holdings, Inc. operates an online marketplace that simplifies the leasing process for small and medium-sized businesses seeking office, co-working, industrial, and retail spaces. Founded in 2016 and based in Deerfield, Illinois, its platform employs machine learning to match businesses with suitable properties, allowing users to virtually tour listings, compare prices, and manage lease documents seamlessly. The company offers dedicated brokers to support clients throughout the process, ensuring a smooth experience. Truss is noted for its commitment to price transparency, enabling business owners to compare costs of traditional office and co-working spaces effectively. Through its technology-driven approach, Truss provides a cost-effective solution for businesses looking to find the right space quickly and confidently.

Kin Insurance

Seed Round in 2017
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency specializing in homeowners insurance and related products, including mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, Kin Insurance operates payment processing offices in Palatine and Chicago. By eliminating external agents, Kin Insurance offers a direct-to-consumer model that enhances the convenience and affordability of homeowners insurance. The company's technology platform provides a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims processing. Kin leverages extensive property data to deliver precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes.

Avail

Seed Round in 2017
Avail is an online platform designed to simplify the rental and leasing process for independent landlords and property managers. Founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company provides a comprehensive suite of services including rental listings, tenant screening, customized leases, online rent payments, maintenance tracking, and rent price analysis. Avail addresses a gap in the market by offering tools specifically tailored for landlords managing fewer than ten rental units, enabling them to effectively navigate the rental cycle. The platform facilitates the advertising of vacant properties, processing of rental applications, collection of credit reports, signing of leases, and management of maintenance requests, all through an intuitive interface. With a user base of 70,000 landlords, Avail serves as a critical resource for those looking to scale their property management efforts from beginner to professional levels, while also being a subsidiary of Move, Inc. since December 2020.

Jiobit

Seed Round in 2017
Jiobit specializes in real-time location tracking technology for children, adults, and pets. Its flagship product is a compact and durable tracking device that operates through a smartphone app, enabling users to locate their loved ones in various environments, including multi-level buildings and across more than 120 countries. The device is designed for longevity, boasting several weeks of battery life, and offers features such as custom geofencing, smart alerts, and detailed location history. Jiobit's innovative platform integrates advancements in hardware, cybersecurity, and consumer software to provide comprehensive monitoring capabilities. The team behind Jiobit consists of experienced engineers, designers, and marketers who have previously developed numerous successful consumer products. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley.

LogicGate

Seed Round in 2016
LogicGate, Inc. specializes in enterprise process automation solutions, providing a platform that allows users to create applications through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface. The platform, known as Risk Cloud, is designed to facilitate various risk management activities, including regulatory change management, enterprise risk management, incident management, and compliance management across multiple industries such as finance, healthcare, and energy. By enhancing operational controls and enabling collaboration on risk management, LogicGate's technology empowers organizations to adapt to changing business conditions and streamline their compliance processes. Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company aims to centralize and automate risk-related activities, allowing businesses to manage risks effectively without relying heavily on external consultants.

Jiobit

Convertible Note in 2016
Jiobit specializes in real-time location tracking technology for children, adults, and pets. Its flagship product is a compact and durable tracking device that operates through a smartphone app, enabling users to locate their loved ones in various environments, including multi-level buildings and across more than 120 countries. The device is designed for longevity, boasting several weeks of battery life, and offers features such as custom geofencing, smart alerts, and detailed location history. Jiobit's innovative platform integrates advancements in hardware, cybersecurity, and consumer software to provide comprehensive monitoring capabilities. The team behind Jiobit consists of experienced engineers, designers, and marketers who have previously developed numerous successful consumer products. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley.

Page Vault

Series A in 2016
Page Vault Inc. is a Chicago-based company that offers a cloud-based software solution designed for legal professionals to capture web content, including social media, corporate websites, and blog posts, in a forensically defensible and legally admissible manner. Founded in 2013, the platform enables users to archive web pages as they appear online, preserving essential metadata and generating easily printable PDF documents. This service is utilized by a diverse clientele, including law firms, government offices, corporate legal departments, insurance providers, and legal consultants, across various fields such as intellectual property, family law, and compliance. Page Vault's solution simplifies the process of capturing web content, providing a trusted third-party chain of custody that meets the needs of professionals requiring reliable evidence for use in U.S. courts.

Page Vault

Seed Round in 2015
Page Vault Inc. is a Chicago-based company that offers a cloud-based software solution designed for legal professionals to capture web content, including social media, corporate websites, and blog posts, in a forensically defensible and legally admissible manner. Founded in 2013, the platform enables users to archive web pages as they appear online, preserving essential metadata and generating easily printable PDF documents. This service is utilized by a diverse clientele, including law firms, government offices, corporate legal departments, insurance providers, and legal consultants, across various fields such as intellectual property, family law, and compliance. Page Vault's solution simplifies the process of capturing web content, providing a trusted third-party chain of custody that meets the needs of professionals requiring reliable evidence for use in U.S. courts.
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