Lauren DeLuca
Managing Partner at Motivate Investor
Lauren DeLuca
Managing Partner at Motivate Investor
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2019 - Current
Motivate Ventures invests in early-stage high-growth potential technology companies. For more, visit www.motivate.vc.
Founder/Managing Partner
2005 - 2019
Private vehicle for Early-Stage and Growth investments. Select portfolio companies: Chime - chimecard.com - The bank account that helps you save money, automatically. TradingView - tradingview.com - The best interactive stock charts on the web. HomeChef (acquired) - homechef.com - We make cooking fresh food at home as easy as possible. RIVS (acquired) - rivs.com - Digital Interviews. Hire Better. Appcast (acquired) - appcast.io - The first pay-per-applicant job ad exchange. Popular Pays (acquired) - popularpays.com - Connects brands and stories with creators. Mimir (acquired) - mimir.io - Tools for instructors to efficiently teach and grade Computer Science courses. DeskPass - deskpass.com - One-pass access to a multitude of coworking spaces across the country. Jurny - jurny.com - Your home wherever, whenever. PearChef - pearchef.com - Room service reimagined for luxury apartment buildings. PostProcess - postprocess.com - The leader in the new 3D print post-processing industry. Maystreet (acquired) - maystreet.com - Market data, connectivity, and analytics for global banks and hedge funds. ElevateK12 - elevatek12.com - Live, online classroom to increase student engagement and learning. Trace - traceup.com - The world's most advanced action sports tracker. Athena Bitcoin - athenabitcoin.com - Global Bitcoin ATM network. Conservation Labs - conservationlabs.com - Smart water technology to manage consumption. Gatsby (acquired) - trygatsby.com - Free options trading, simplified.
Director (Acquired)
2012 - 2019
Digital interviews make it possible to evaluate skills and attitudes that usually don't appear on a resume, reducing the time spent interviewing by 60% while allowing companies to hire the best people before they are off the market. RIVS was acquired by Clovis Point Capital in March 2019.
Co-Founder (Acquired)
2013 - 2017
Victory Networks designs, implements, and manages high-speed networks for bulge-bracket banks, boutique financial firms, and hedge funds. Victory was acquired by QuantHouse (Paris, France) in 2017.
Co-Founder
2008 - 2017
Sumo Capital is a multi-strategy trading firm focused on Equity and Equity Index Options, International Equities, Special Situations and a multitude of other exchange-based products. With offices in Chicago and New York, Sumo provides individual traders and trading teams with financial resources and quantitative, operational, technical and compliance support.
Co-Founder/Managing Partner (Acquired)
2014 - 2015
Oxford Intelligence Partners provides specialized capital markets intelligence, customized analytics, and C-Level reporting to investor relations professionals at publicly-traded companies. In September 2015, Oxford was acquired by Q4 Inc., a SaaS platform that provides communication and intelligence solutions to investor relations officers and the C-suite of public companies