HPA is pleased to announce its participation in the $3 million seed funding round for Cydelphi, the pioneering AI-native Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) platform company. The round was led by Glasswing Ventures, with additional participation from Blu Ventures and Merlin Ventures. Cydelphi is addressing a critical and rapidly expanding pain point in enterprise […]
HPA is proud to announce that Simple Mills, an HPA portfolio company and leading clean-label food brand, has been named the 2025 Venture Capital Portfolio Company of the Year by the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA). This honor recognizes Simple Mills’ exceptional growth, purpose-driven leadership, and transformative impact on both the food industry and Chicago’s innovation […]
HPA is excited to celebrate a major milestone for our portfolio company Better Trucks, which has received a strategic investment from Uber Freight alongside an expanded commercial partnership. This collaboration strengthens Uber Freight’s end-to-end logistics capabilities while accelerating Better Trucks’ growth as a next-generation last-mile carrier. Traditional parcel networks continue to face mounting pressure as […]
HPA is excited to announce its participation in Iris Finance $6.2 million Seed round co-led by Glasswing Ventures and Founder Collective, with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Barrel Ventures, Rosecliff, and others. Physical product businesses face mounting financial pressure, with cash flow mismanagement contributing to most small business failures and many […]
HPA is excited to announce its investment in Empirical Security’s $12 million Seed Round alongside Costanoa. The round also saw participation from DNX Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, and strategic investors Jonathan Cran, founder of Intrigue (acquired by Google/Mandiant), Wade Baker, creator of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report and founder of The Cyentia Institute, and […]
HPA is excited to announce its investment in Moonnox’s $2 million Seed Round alongside M25, with participation from Early Light Ventures and Service Provider Capital. This investment leverages HPA’s operating expertise in AI to support Moonnox. Moonnox is an AI-native platform designed for professional services firms to streamline their delivery processes by enabling the creation […]
We are excited to share that HPA portfolio company AmpliFund, a leading grant management platform provider, was successfully acquired by Euna Solutions, a provider of best-in-class SaaS solutions purpose-built for the public sector. AmpliFund’s purpose-built grant management platform is designed for state, local, and tribal governments to manage every phase of the grant management process. […]
HPA is excited to announce its co-lead investment in Digit’s $2.5 million Seed Round alongside Assembly Ventures, with participation from Grand Ventures. This investment leverages HPA‘s operating expertise in the manufacturing sector to support Digit’s vision of delivering a next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform specifically designed for small and mid-sized manufacturers. Digit’s cutting-edge ERP platform integrates essential operational tools—such as […]
Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels (HPA), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) for $795 million in […]
HPA is pleased to share that Zengines, an innovative AI-powered data management company, has announced closing their oversubscribed $9M Series Seed round and a major software release. HPA invested in the round, which was led by Hyde Park Venture Partners. The new capital will be used to accelerate product development and fuel market growth. Zengines […]
