VC firm
First Leaf Capital
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-21Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
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About
As an investment firm in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, we invest capital in startup companies, make loans to small business owners, and do micro-private-equity transactions.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We are interested in a broad range of industries and types of startups. Fundamentally, we like businesses that make economic sense. Those can be found in many corners of the startup ecosystem and business community.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Eligibility
- Here are a few things we typically don’t invest in: Round sizes greater than $5M at the time of our initial investment. Drug development or other therapeutic interventions for use in humans. (Medical device and healthcare IT are ok.) Crypto. (We never did.) Cannabis. Businesses headquartered on the West Coast, or outside the U.S. Consumer-facing retail/ad tech such as promotional apps. (Back-end Ad Tech is ok.) Businesses that harm their customers such as providers of gambling or tobacco products.
- Investing status notes
- If you are a business owner or entrepreneur seeking funding, take a look at our investment criteria
Locations
- Headquarters
- Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States
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