Higher Ground Labs
Higher Ground Labs last closed a fund in December 2025 — 11 months ago. By its own rhythm, that is not yet halfway to the next one.
Higher Ground Labs has raised 4 times about every 24 months. The last was Higher Ground Labs Fund V LP. That points to Dec 2027.
Historically about 1 in 8 firms this early in their cycle filed within a year. The month is approximate — how often this is right.
This firm closed a fund in the last 18 months, so it has money to put to work now.
- Funds on file
- 4
- Capital raised
- $25M+
- Latest close
- December 2025
- Based in
- CA, IL
Vehicles on file
| Vehicle | First close | Amount | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Ground Labs Fund V LP | December 2025 | not stated | 0002094456 ↗ |
| Higher Ground Labs Fund IV LP | September 2022 | $4M | 0001926958 ↗ |
| Higher Ground Labs Fund III LP | March 2021 | $10M | 0001854527 ↗ |
| Higher Ground Labs Fund II, LLC | February 2019 | $12M | 0001815316 ↗ |
1 of these filed no amount (an “Indefinite” offering), so the total above is a floor.
Dated from filing date; no date of first sale was reported.
Each row links to that vehicle’s Form D filings on EDGAR — the name, date and amount above should match what is filed there.
Named on filings
Betsy Hoover, Hillary Lehr, Shomik Dutta, Elizabeth Hoover
What Higher Ground Labs invests in
- Typical fund
- $10M median, pre-seed / seed scale
What this is. Every figure on this page comes from Form D filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — public records, reproduced here as filed. Service providers, where shown, come from the adviser’s Form ADV and are dated.
What it is not. Single-deal SPVs, feeder vehicles and GP or employee commitment funds are listed but excluded from fund counts and capital totals: an SPV is one investment, a feeder holds the same capital as its master, and a “Principals” or “Entrepreneurs” fund closes alongside a main fund rather than being raised in its own right. Capital deployed from a family office, a corporate balance sheet or an evergreen structure never arrives as a fund close, so a firm doing that looks quiet here. Amounts are as of the last amendment and go stale. Dates are the date of first sale — a fund's first close, not its final one. Funds filed as “Indefinite” are excluded from totals rather than counted as zero, so a total is a floor.
“No recent fund” is a statement about filings. It is not a statement about whether a firm is solvent, investing, or still in business.