Leonard A. Batterson, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer at VCapital, Chicago. See sector focus and contact routes.
Leonard A. Batterson is the co-founder, Chairman, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of VCapital (formerly Batterson Venture Capital), a Chicago-based venture firm he established in 1995 after previously co-founding Chicago’s first institutional early-stage tech and medical fund, Batterson, Johnson, and Wang. His investment thesis targets seed, startup, and early-stage companies in the United States, with a specific emphasis on the Midwest, operating in the technology, media, and healthcare sectors. The firm typically invests $500,000 to $5 million per deal, with checks averaging $1.5 million, and focuses on filling a historically neglected pre-seed to Series A funding gap. While specific lead/follow behavior is not explicitly detailed, the firm’s average check size and stage focus suggest active participation in early rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Intensity Therapeutics, which received a $10.0 million Series A investment from the firm in June 2016, and Rejuvenate Bio, in which VCapital participated in a 2021 offering. Batterson has publicly articulated distinctive views on venture capital, including an essay titled “Venture Capital and the P
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