Corazon Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Sam Yagan and Steve Farsht. The firm is built around a team that previously built and ran category-defining consumer platforms including SparkNotes, OkCupid, Match Group, Tinder, ShopRunner, and Grindr. Corazon invests in AI-native companies built around enduring human behaviors, with a particular emphasis on the consumer application layer where AI interacts directly with end users.
Corazon backs founders using AI to reinvent core human behaviors: communicating, working, learning, and transacting. Rather than chasing infrastructure or LLM platform plays, the firm concentrates on AI-native products built around behaviors that have existed for generations, applying its team's direct operating experience in consumer to evaluate product-market fit, distribution, and monetization at the earliest stages.
Corazon Capital closed Fund IV at $100 million on March 31, 2026, matching the size of the firm's prior fund. The fund invests at pre-seed, seed, and Series A with check sizes ranging from $250,000 to $1.5 million.
Alongside the close, Corazon promoted Greg Johnston and Smriti Jayaraman from principal to partner, and added Alison Stillman, formerly founding partner at Serena Ventures, as a new partner. The firm has expanded beyond Chicago, with partners now operating in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Roughly 25% of investments remain Chicago-based.
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