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Ludlow Ventures portfolio
Ludlow Ventures has 21 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Oak Park, US, founded in 2010. Its most recent investment on record is Ultra Security's $10M Seed round in October 2026, alongside Detroit Venture Partners, Hidden Capital, firedrop and 2 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Media and content (6) and Fintech (5). It has co-invested with Index Ventures, BoxGroup and Bonfire Ventures, most often Index Ventures (3 rounds).
About Ludlow Ventures
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Detroit, Michigan | IV | $60Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list | |
Detroit, Michigan | III | $45M | Pulse 2.0 |
Michigan | II | Not shown | techcrunch.com |
Detroit | Ifirst fund | $15Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list |
What Ludlow Ventures invests in
- Media and content · 6 · 29%
- Fintech · 5 · 24%
- Developer tools and cloud · 4 · 19%
- Consumer and social · 4 · 19%
- Sales and marketing · 3 · 14%
- Robotics and hardware · 2 · 10%
- Cybersecurity · 2 · 10%
- Data and analytics · 2 · 10%
Ludlow Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed · $10M | Detroit Venture Partners, Hidden Capital, firedrop +2 | ||
| Series A · $55M | Protagonist, Ryan Hudson, Anfa (lead) +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $80M | VMG Partners, BoxGroup, Bonfire Ventures +2 | ||
| Seed · $6M | MBX Capital, Hustle Fund, Freestyle Capital +6 | ||
| Seed · $3.1M | Kulveer Taggar, Y Combinator, Richard Aberman +7 | ||
| Series A · $14M | Long Journey Ventures, Distributed Ventures, 186 Ventures +3 | ||
| Series A · $10M | IA Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Bolt +1 | ||
| Seed · $2M | Lachy Groom, Valia Ventures, Streamlined (lead) +5 |
How Ludlow Ventures invests
Ludlow Ventures portfolio companies
UUltra Security$10MSeed · Oct 2026
ZZeroClick$55MSeries A · Aug 2025
BBoulevard$80MSeries B+ · Jul 2025
KKeebler Health$6MSeed · Feb 2025
GGumloop$3.1MSeed · Jul 2024
WWingspan$14MSeries A · Mar 2023
PPoint One Navigation$10MSeries A · Nov 2021
UUmba$2MSeed · Dec 2020
DDeepgram$1.8MSeed · Sep 2016
DDensitySeed · Oct 2014
MMiragebacker
DDualEntrybacker
SStable Seabacker
BBoxbeebacker
CCucumbertownbacker
RRepublic Projectbacker
GGraphiclybacker
HHipsterbacker
SShots Podcast Networkbacker
CCleanlybacker
EElectric Plantbacker
| Company | Round with Ludlow Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Robotics and hardware |
Seed · $10M | $10M | Oct 22, 2026 Seed |
Cybersecurity |
Series A · $55M | $110M | Aug 5, 2026 round |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ · $80M | $191M | Jul 17, 2025 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Seed · $6M | $22M | Apr 15, 2026 Series A |
| Seed · $3.1M | $70.6M | Mar 12, 2026 Series B+ | |
Fintech |
Series A · $14M | $41.5M | Jul 29, 2025 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series A · $10M | $45M | Nov 20, 2025 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Seed · $2M | $22M | Apr 9, 2025 round |
Voice and audio AI |
Seed · $1.8M | $168.8M | Jan 13, 2026 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Seed | $134M | Nov 11, 2021 Series B+ |
Foundation models and research |
backer · source | $175M | Mar 24, 2026 Seed |
Fintech |
backer · source | $180M | May 19, 2026 Series A |
Stablecoins |
backer · source | $3.5M | Mar 19, 2025 Seed |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Commerce and retail |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Sales and marketing |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Sales and marketing |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Consumer and social |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Consumer and social |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Logistics and mobility |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Foundation models and research |
backer | $11.2M | Oct 20, 2026 Seed |
Most frequent co-investors
IIndex Ventures3 shared rounds · last Jul 17, 2025
BBoxGroup3 shared rounds · last Jul 17, 2025
BBonfire Ventures3 shared rounds · last Jul 17, 2025
VVMG Partners2 shared rounds · last Jul 17, 2025
EEverywhere Ventures2 shared rounds · last Feb 18, 2025
YY Combinator2 shared rounds · last Jul 23, 2024EEntrée Capital1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
FForward Deployed Venture Capital1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
DDetroit Venture Partners1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
HHidden Capital1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
Ffiredrop1 shared round · last Oct 22, 2026
FForerunner Ventures1 shared round · last Aug 20, 2025
Similar investors
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Media and content).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Ludlow Ventures raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 12 rounds on Recent Funding that name Ludlow Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Ludlow Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/ludlow-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.