Investing Profile

Tessa Flippin(815)

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Founder and Managing Partner at Capitalize VC
capitalizevc.comChicago, Illinois
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Capitalize VC Managing Partner
$1M - $10.0M
$5.0M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
VOW
SeedAug 2025
$920K
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Elisa Miller-Out (Chloe Capital), Keith Bank (Hiffman Shaffer Associates)
Bump
SeedApr 2024$3M
$4M
Co-investors: Kevin Moore (Serac Ventures), Kelli Jones (Sixty8 Capital), Jonathan Wallace (BDev Ventures), Shuonan Chen (Agile VC)
Enterprise (with a sweet spot for small and medium enterprise tech), Fintech, Ad tech, future of work, passion economy, creator economy, gig economy.
Founder and CEO La Plataforma2016 - Present
Project Manager American Cancer SocietyPresent
Brand Experience Associate Account Executive EdelmanPresent
Senior Account Executive OctagonPresent
Senior Account Executive Octagon (Interpublic Group)Present
Summer MBA Business Development Intern Kairos HQPresent
Summer MBA Business Development Intern KairosPresent
Kiva Zip MBA Business Development KivaPresent
Kiva Zip Business Development Kiva.orgPresent
Summer MBA Financial Services Intern La Victoria LabPresent
Investor (Associate) TechNexus Venture CollaborativePresent
Investor (Senior Associate) TechNexus Venture CollaborativePresent
Midwest Chapter Co-Lead BLCK VCPresent
Midwest Chapter - Board Member BLCK VCPresent
Investor (Director) TechNexus Venture CollaborativePresent
Board Member Chicago:BlendPresent
Kauffman Fellow Class 29 Kauffman FellowsPresent
Innovation Advisory Committee National Retail FederationPresent
Council Member WOCRAPresent
Co-Founder La PlataformaPresent
Venture Partner Genius GuildPresent
Founder and Managing Partner Capitalize VCPresent
Director TechNexus Venture Collaborative2017 - 2021
Lansing Eastern BA Technology and Innovation
Stanford University BA Technology and Innovation
Columbia Business School Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) International Business and Social Entrepreneurship
Columbia University - Columbia Business School Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) International Business and Social Entrepreneurship
Columbia University - Columbia Business School MBA Entrepreneurship, VC, Social Impact
Stanford University BA Technology & Innovation
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