# Capital Midwest: portfolio, investments and team

> Capital Midwest is a vc firm based in United States. 8 investments on record, latest Jul 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-midwest-fund (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Capital Midwest

Last cheque observed Jul 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet New fund $14M, Aug 2021 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B SaaS Subscription Enterprise

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **480** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $2.0M** Rounds led **1 of 8** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch Capital Midwest

## Capital Midwest highlights

- 01 8 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 57% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $12M

## What they do

> Capital Midwest Fund (CMF) invests in revenue-stage Central United States companies providing problem-solving, technology solutions. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** SaaS Subscription Enterprise
- **Based in:** Mequon, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **Jul** **[ServiceUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/serviceup)** Series B · US · Crunchbase News **$55M** With 5 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Aug** **[AIQ Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiq-solutions)** US · Xconomy **$3.2M** *Led*
- **2018** 1 round
- **Jan** **[SkySpecs](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyspecs)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Apr** **[ProNAi Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/pronai-therapeutics)** Series D · US **$60M** With 8 others
- **Jan** **[ProNAi Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/pronai-therapeutics)** Series C · US **$12M** Sole investor
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jan** **[CytoPherx](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytopherx)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$34M** With 9 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Oct** **[HarQen](https://millionrounds.com/company/harqen)** Series B · US · jsonline.com **$4.3M** With 6 others
- **2010** 1 round
- **Jan** **[HarQen](https://millionrounds.com/company/harqen)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$2.7M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

AV **Alvin Vitangcol** Principal of Capital Midwest Advisors, LLC i Filing they signed

DE **Daniel Einhorn** Principal of Capital Midwest Advisors, LLC i Filing they signed

SE **Stephen Einhorn** Principal of Capital Midwest Advisors, LLC i Filing they signed

TE **Teresa Esser** Principal of Capital Midwest Advisors, LLC i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**21** of 33 we have independently watched raise

[AIQ Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiq-solutions)[AdAdapted](https://millionrounds.com/company/adadapted)[Albiware](https://millionrounds.com/company/albiware)[BitSight](https://millionrounds.com/company/bitsight)[Blue Pillar](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-pillar)[Capacity](https://millionrounds.com/company/capacity)[Elate](https://millionrounds.com/company/elate)[FRAYT](https://millionrounds.com/company/frayt)[Forecastr](https://millionrounds.com/company/forecastr)[HarQen](https://millionrounds.com/company/harqen)[Health Scholars](https://millionrounds.com/company/health-scholars)[LiquidCool Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquidcool-solutions)[Lumanu](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumanu)[NuCurrent](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucurrent)[Realync](https://millionrounds.com/company/realync)[Shoptelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/shoptelligence)[SkySpecs](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyspecs)[ThirdPartyTrust](https://millionrounds.com/company/thirdpartytrust)[Valid8 Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/valid8-financial)[backstitch](https://millionrounds.com/company/backstitch)[realityBLU](https://millionrounds.com/company/realityblu) AppraisalVision BetterYou Generac Hologram Intellihot OnKöl Physician Software Systems Sprocket Security Susquehanna Textel [aka SHW Enterprises] ​LightGuide

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$14M**

raised in Aug 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$8.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$12M**

Led 1 of 8 rounds **13%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *3*
- Series A said *1*
- Series C *1*
- Series D *1*
- Venture *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apjohn-ventures-fund-lp) 2
- [Phenomenelle Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomenelle-angels) 2
- [Silicon Pastures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-pastures-llc) 2
- [Wisconsin Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wisconsin-investment-partners) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Capital Midwest. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apjohn-ventures-fund-lp)[**Phenomenelle Angels** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomenelle-angels)[**Silicon Pastures** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silicon-pastures-llc)[**Wisconsin Investment Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wisconsin-investment-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Capital Midwest put money into.

[**ServiceUp** $55M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/serviceup)[**AIQ Solutions** $3.2M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiq-solutions)[**SkySpecs** $8.0M · Jan 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyspecs)

## Quick answers about Capital Midwest

### What does Capital Midwest invest in?

Capital Midwest invests most often at Series B and Series A (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as SaaS, Subscription and Enterprise.

### How active is Capital Midwest?

8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2025.

### What has Capital Midwest invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ServiceUp (Series B, Jul 2025), AIQ Solutions (Undisclosed round, Aug 2019) and SkySpecs (Series B, Jan 2018).

### How big are Capital Midwest's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.0M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M.

### Does Capital Midwest lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 8 investments on record (13%).

### Where does Capital Midwest invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Capital Midwest investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2025.

### Who does Capital Midwest invest alongside?

Most often Apjohn Ventures Fund, LP (2 rounds together), Phenomenelle Angels (2 rounds together) and Silicon Pastures (2 rounds together).

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