Impact Engine is a microventure capital firm in Illinois that focuses on investing financial and human capital in early-stage companies. Founded 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Jamie Jones and Linda Darragh, it invests in convertible notes, early stage ventures, seed, and other ventures. Its portfolio companies include FutureFuel.io, Regroup Therapy, CancerIQ, Climb Credit, Glimpsek12, KickUp, Measurabl, MyVillage, PadSplit, and ReUp Education. As of March 2020, Impact Engine has made 58 investments. Their most recent investment was on September 18, 2019, when KickUp raised $1.8M. Impact Engine has had one exit, which was Regroup Therapy. The company has raised a total of $3.2M in funding over one round. This was a Series A round raised on July 1, 2007.
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Timeline
Funded Companies
A health care company in California that focuses on improving quality of care.
FutureFuel.io provides a platform to help employees pay down their student debts.
To empower sustainability at the root level with the marketplace for surplus and imperfect produce.
Climb Credit is a New York-based company founded by Alexander Rafael.
Accelerator batches
People
Alex Frederick
Employee
Christopher Deutsch
Investor
Chuck Templeton
Investor
Connor Chelsky
Employee
Dan Ratner
Board member
Deepak Goel
Advisor
Elise O'Malley
Employee
Elizabeth Coston McCluskey
Employee
Greg Rudin
Investor
Greg Swanson
Investor
Ira Weiss
Investor
Jamie Jones
Founder
Jessica Droste Yagan
Employee
Libby Holdren
Investor
Linda Darragh
Board member
Maggie Stohler
Employee
Mark Roth
Advisor
Matt Matros
Investor
Mike Evans
Investor
Mike Suchsland
Investor
Nicole Chavas
Investor
Ross Holdren
Investor
Ryan Jeffery
Advisor
Sampo Parkkinen
Advisor
Sean Chou
Investor
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
FutureFuel.io
Regroup Therapy
CancerIQ
Climb Credit
Glimpsek12
KickUp
Measurabl
MyVillage
PadSplit
ReUp Education