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 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 […]
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 […]
HPA is excited to announce our investment in Paccurate’s $8.1M Series A Round, which was led by High Alpha, and includes co-investors Grand Ventures, Springtime Ventures, Las Olas Venture Capital, Tech Square Ventures, and Royal Street Ventures. Paccurate is a parcel intelligence platform specializing in packing optimization. Paccurate’s platform helps shippers identify their ideal carton suite and enables them […]
HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me’s $18M Series A Round, which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs. Fuel Me is a first-of-its-kind platform that revolutionizes fuel procurement and management. Focusing on mission-critical energy needs across […]
CHICAGO, Illinois – March 13, 2024: Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is excited to announce the promotion of four outstanding investment professionals. Bess Goodfellow, Stephen Ross, and Michael Sachaj have been promoted to Partners, while Michelle Rogoff has advanced to an Associate role. Collectively, Goodfellow, Ross, and Sachaj have been pivotal in shaping HPA’s distinctive People […]
HPA is excited to announce our participation in Alphathena’s $4M Series Seed Round, which was led by ETFS Capital. The investment will fund Alphathena’s mission to empower advisors with accessible and customizable direct indexing solutions. Alphathena introduces a robust AI-driven direct indexing platform empowering RIAs to craft distinctive personalization strategies for their clients. The software streamlines the process of creating and […]
HPA is excited to announce our participation in Blumira’s $15M Series B Round, which was led by Ten Eleven Ventures, and joined by Mercury Fund, RPS Ventures, and Duo Security co-founder Jon Oberheide. Blumira has seen tremendous momentum over the past year with 100% year-over-year customer growth, including an 8x growth in the MSP channel, […]
