Morningstar is a corporate venture arm and venture debt provider. Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Ellevest, iraLogix, Brewbike, Genesis Shards, Optix and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise.
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Morningstar portfolio companies (10)
- Ellevest
- iraLogix
- Brewbike
- Genesis Shards
- Optix
- Apollo Hospitals Enterprise
- DeFIRE
- SMArtX Advisory Solutions
- TIFIN
- Meme.com
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About Morningstar
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer, FinTech and Healthcare, and focus areas API, Analytics, Asset Management and Crypto; known deals cluster at Growth, Late-Stage and Seed.
The team counts 12 people in our database. Ganesh Parakkal (Managing Partner), Jeffrey Ptak (Managing Director) and Brian Moriarty (Principal, Manager Research) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Morningstar shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Lumipath Angel Investment (Fund), Tata Mutual Fund and SEI.
Frequently asked questions
What is Morningstar?
Morningstar is a corporate venture arm and venture debt provider based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Morningstar invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, FinTech and Healthcare; listed focus areas include API, Analytics, Asset Management and Crypto. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Morningstar invest at?
The known deals of Morningstar include Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Morningstar?
3 of the 12 people on file at Morningstar are listed as contacts for the firm. All 12 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Morningstar?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 12 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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