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Lauren DeLuca

Managing Partner at Motivate Venture Capital **WE'RE HIRING**

Chicago, Illinois

Skills

Investments
Start-ups
Strategic Planning
Entrepreneurship
Business Development
Leadership
Marketing Strategy
Management
Marketing
Strategy
Risk Management
Recruiting
Social Networking
Private Equity
Entertainment
Business Strategy

Education

Investments

Eko

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2.1M

HELIXintel

Seed

Total Funding: $6M

Quiltt

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Paperchain

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $1.2M

Sarna

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $950K

Klover

Seed

Total Funding:

Quantivize

Pre-Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Endpoint Security

Pre-Seed

Total Funding:

ProHabits

Convertible Note

Total Funding: $320K

Dyania Health

Seed

Total Funding: $100K

Hallow

Seed

Total Funding: $110M

VersusGame

Convertible Note

Total Funding: $10M

Zoro Card

Pre-Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Gatsby

Seed

Total Funding: $61M

Carpe

Series A

Total Funding: $2M

Wolf & Shepherd

Series A

Total Funding: $2M

Enklu

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Conservation Labs

Seed

Total Funding: $13M

Frontdesk

Seed

Total Funding: $21M

Pear Chef

Convertible Note

Total Funding:

Smarty AI

Pre-Seed

Total Funding:

CleanFiber

Series A

Total Funding: $12M

Maystreet

Convertible Note

Total Funding:

Blockchainova

Seed

Total Funding:

Athena Bitcoin

Seed

Total Funding:

Vagabond Vending

Series Unknown

Total Funding: $4.6M

Heads Up Display, Inc.

Seed

Total Funding:

Mimir

Seed

Total Funding: $1.5M

Micro-LAM Technologies

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Wise Apple

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

RIVS

Series A

Total Funding: $3.8M

PostProcess Technologies

Seed

Total Funding: $20M

ShotTracker

Seed

Total Funding: $30M

Deskpass

Convertible Note

Total Funding:

Appcast

Series A

Total Funding: $6M

Home Chef

Seed

Total Funding: $17M

Tantus Technologies

Seed

Total Funding:

Trace

Seed

Total Funding: $59M

Q4

Series A

Total Funding:

ONtheGO Platforms

Seed

Total Funding: $710K

TradingView

Seed

Total Funding: $300M

Popular Pays

Seed

Total Funding: $2.6M

Glio

Seed

Total Funding:

Skillo

Seed

Total Funding:

Chime

Seed

Total Funding: $1.5B

Row One Brands

Series A

Total Funding: $2M

Archively

Seed

Total Funding:

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2019

    Motivate Ventures invests in early-stage high-growth potential technology companies. For more, visit www.motivate.vc.

2005 - 2019

  • Founder/Managing Partner

    2005 - 2019

    Private vehicle for Early-Stage and Growth investments. Select portfolio companies: Chime - chimecard.com - The bank account that helps you save money, automatically. TradingView - tradingview.com - The best interactive stock charts on the web. HomeChef (acquired) - homechef.com - We make cooking fresh food at home as easy as possible. RIVS (acquired) - rivs.com - Digital Interviews. Hire Better. Appcast (acquired) - appcast.io - The first pay-per-applicant job ad exchange. Popular Pays (acquired) - popularpays.com - Connects brands and stories with creators. Mimir (acquired) - mimir.io - Tools for instructors to efficiently teach and grade Computer Science courses. DeskPass - deskpass.com - One-pass access to a multitude of coworking spaces across the country. Jurny - jurny.com - Your home wherever, whenever. PearChef - pearchef.com - Room service reimagined for luxury apartment buildings. PostProcess - postprocess.com - The leader in the new 3D print post-processing industry. Maystreet (acquired) - maystreet.com - Market data, connectivity, and analytics for global banks and hedge funds. ElevateK12 - elevatek12.com - Live, online classroom to increase student engagement and learning. Trace - traceup.com - The world's most advanced action sports tracker. Athena Bitcoin - athenabitcoin.com - Global Bitcoin ATM network. Conservation Labs - conservationlabs.com - Smart water technology to manage consumption. Gatsby (acquired) - trygatsby.com - Free options trading, simplified.

  • Director (Acquired)

    2012 - 2019

    Digital interviews make it possible to evaluate skills and attitudes that usually don't appear on a resume, reducing the time spent interviewing by 60% while allowing companies to hire the best people before they are off the market. RIVS was acquired by Clovis Point Capital in March 2019.

2013 - 2017

  • Co-Founder (Acquired)

    2013 - 2017

    Victory Networks designs, implements, and manages high-speed networks for bulge-bracket banks, boutique financial firms, and hedge funds. Victory was acquired by QuantHouse (Paris, France) in 2017.

2008 - 2017

  • Co-Founder

    2008 - 2017

    Sumo Capital is a multi-strategy trading firm focused on Equity and Equity Index Options, International Equities, Special Situations and a multitude of other exchange-based products. With offices in Chicago and New York, Sumo provides individual traders and trading teams with financial resources and quantitative, operational, technical and compliance support.

  • Co-Founder/Managing Partner (Acquired)

    2014 - 2015

    Oxford Intelligence Partners provides specialized capital markets intelligence, customized analytics, and C-Level reporting to investor relations professionals at publicly-traded companies. In September 2015, Oxford was acquired by Q4 Inc., a SaaS platform that provides communication and intelligence solutions to investor relations officers and the C­-suite of public companies