8 Seed Investors in Indianapolis

It can be hard find local investors that back companies at your stage. In person meetings (still) matter, and you want to exhaust your local options before searching for investors outside of your city. Here are 8 investors based in Indianapolis that invest at Seed.

1) Austin Westerfeld

  • Fund: Heartland Ventures
  • Title: Associate
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, Agriculture Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Logistics, Manufacturing, Proptech, Transportation, Other

2) Christopher Carbajal

  • Fund: IU Ventures
  • Title: Venture Analyst
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Internet of Things, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, Marketplaces, Media, Sales Tech, Proptech, Robotics

3) Ginger Rothrock

  • Fund: HG Ventures
  • Title: Senior Director
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, Manufacturing, Chemicals

4) Hunter Babcock

  • Fund: High Alpha Innovation
  • Title: Senior Analyst
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: Marketing, E-Commerce, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Marketplaces, Sales Tech

5) Katie Kopan

  • Fund: High Alpha
  • Title: Venture
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cloud, Developer Tools, Future of Work, Fintech, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, DEI, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Sales Tech, Recruiting, Communications, AR/VR

6) Samantha Ginther

  • Fund: High Alpha
  • Title: Associate
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AI, Agriculture Tech, Marketing, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Fintech, Recruiting, Government Tech, eSports, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Media, Travel, Transportation, Space, Sales Tech, Food Services, Proptech, Professional or Technical Services, Enterprise, Other Tech

7) Seth Corder

  • Fund: High Alpha
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, Cloud, Developer Tools, Future of Work, Enterprise

8) Trey Buck

  • Fund: Gravity Ventures LLC
  • Title: Managing Partner
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN
  • Stages: Pre-Seed
  • Sectors: Marketing, Clean Tech, Internet of Things, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Future of Work, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Manufacturing, Other Tech, Sales Tech, Other, Transportation, Food Services

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies at your stage. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC