Private equity firms in Illinois
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
255
Private equity firms in Illinois
100
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100 rows
| # | Name | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valor Equity Partners | Chicago, United States | 299 | 85 | 33 | 41 |
| 2 | Adams Street Partners | Chicago, United States | 259 | 71 | 107 | 141 |
| 3 | S2G Investments | Chicago, United States | 194 | 90 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Moderne Ventures | Chicago, United States | 117 | 24 | 30 | 6 |
| 5 | JK&B Capital | Chicago, United States | 113 | 41 | 38 | 0 |
| 6 | The Blue Venture Fund | Chicago, United States | 113 | 40 | 29 | 1 |
| 7 | Victory Park Capital | Chicago, United States | 84 | 49 | 18 | 37 |
| 8 | Comdisco Ventures | Rosamond, United States | 78 | 8 | 46 | 0 |
| 9 | Madison Dearborn Partners | Chicago, United States | 57 | 23 | 37 | 38 |
| 10 | Balyasny Asset Management | Chicago, United States | 56 | 5 | 27 | 480 |
| 11 | WP Global Partners | Chicago, United States | 55 | 13 | 21 | 0 |
| 12 | Keystone Capital | Chicago, United States | 55 | 10 | 22 | 12 |
| 13 | Driehaus Capital Management | Chicago, United States | 54 | 0 | 39 | 30 |
| 14 | Thoma Bravo | Chicago, United States | 53 | 39 | 26 | 44 |
| 15 | BDT & MSD Partners | Chicago, United States | 52 | 27 | 11 | 181 |
| 16 | Bridge Investments | Chicago, United States | 47 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 17 | Creation Investments Capital Management, LLC | Chicago, United States | 46 | 35 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | Advanced Equities | Chicago, United States | 46 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | Deerfield Capital Management | Rosamond, United States | 46 | 12 | 30 | 0 |
| 20 | Peak 6 | Chicago, United States | 46 | 11 | 7 | 49 |
| 21 | Magnetar Capital | Evanston, United States | 45 | 19 | 10 | 57 |
| 22 | Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company | Chicago, United States | 45 | 9 | 26 | 11 |
| 23 | GTCR | Chicago, United States | 43 | 17 | 19 | 88 |
| 24 | Sterling Partners | Chicago, United States | 40 | 25 | 15 | 16 |
| 25 | CIVC Partners | Chicago, United States | 35 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
| 26 | Duchossois Technology Partners | Elmhurst, United States | 33 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
| 27 | Prospect Partners | Chicago, United States | 32 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 28 | Chaifetz Group | Chicago, United States | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 29 | Mesirow Financial | Chicago, United States | 26 | 9 | 10 | 224 |
| 30 | Alpha Capital | Chicago, United States | 24 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 31 | Salveo Capital | Chicago, United States | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Flexpoint Ford | Chicago, United States | 22 | 18 | 8 | 19 |
| 33 | Frontenac Company | Chicago, United States | 22 | 6 | 16 | 25 |
| 34 | Cumberland | Chicago, United States | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Akoya Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 20 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| 36 | GCM Grosvenor | Chicago, United States | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | Palo Santo Fund | Highland Park, United States | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 38 | Chicago Atlantic Group | Chicago, United States | 17 | 16 | 6 | 47 |
| 39 | Granite Creek Partners | Chicago, United States | 17 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| 40 | Edgewater Funds | Chicago, United States | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 41 | Twin Brook Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 16 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 42 | Equator Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Chicago Growth Partners | Chicago, United States | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | InvestBev | Chicago, United States | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
| 45 | Water Street Healthcare Partners | Chicago, United States | 15 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 46 | The Pritzker Organization | Chicago, United States | 15 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 47 | Wynnchurch Capital | Rosamond, United States | 15 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 48 | Pritzker Private Capital | Chicago, United States | 15 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 49 | Continental Investment Partners | Chicago, United States | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | Linden Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| 51 | Antares Capital | Chicago, United States | 13 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
| 52 | Concentric Equity Partners | Chicago, United States | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 53 | PSP Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 54 | Shore Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 11 | 11 | 3 | 127 |
| 55 | Sheridan Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 56 | Cressey & Company | Chicago, United States | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 57 | Mosaix Ventures | Chicago, United States | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 58 | Periscope Equity | Chicago, United States | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 59 | Waud Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 10 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 60 | Prudential Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 61 | Equity Group Investments | Chicago, United States | 10 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 62 | Growth Catalyst Partners | Chicago, United States | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 63 | Svoboda Capital | Chicago, United States | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 64 | Chicago Pacific Founders | Chicago, United States | 9 | 8 | 2 | 35 |
| 65 | Tercera | Chicago, United States | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 66 | High Street Capital | Chicago, United States | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 67 | BMO Harris Bank | Chicago, United States | 9 | 3 | 5 | 711 |
| 68 | Channel Medical Partners | Skokie, United States | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 69 | Maranon Capital | Chicago, United States | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 70 | Sherpa Capital | Chicago, United States | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 71 | Chicago Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 72 | New Harbor Capital | Chicago, United States | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 73 | Vistria Group | Chicago, United States | 8 | 6 | 3 | 62 |
| 74 | L Squared Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 75 | Thoma Cressey Equity Partners | Chicago, United States | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Dunrath Capital | Western Springs, United States | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 77 | Knox Capital | Chicago, United States | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 78 | Opportunity Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | Winona Capital Management | Chicago, United States | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 80 | Garland Capital Group | Chicago, United States | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 81 | Kemper | Chicago, United States | 8 | 0 | 4 | 74 |
| 82 | McNally Capital | Chicago, United States | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 83 | Industrial Opportunity Partners | Evanston, United States | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 84 | ParkerGale Capital | Chicago, United States | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 85 | Prairie Capital | Chicago, United States | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 86 | BNH | Ohio, United States | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Origami Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 88 | Autonomy Capital | Malta, United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 89 | Dom Capital Group | Chicago, United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 90 | Inoca Capital | Chicago, United States | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 91 | Transition Equity Partners | Chicago, United States | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 92 | Matthew Pritzker Company | Chicago, United States | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | Talon Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | Clover Capital Partners | Evanston, United States | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 95 | The Banc Funds | Chicago, United States | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | Downsview Capital | Deerfield, United States | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 97 | Pritzker Group | Chicago, United States | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 98 | Entrepreneurial Equity Partners | Chicago, United States | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 99 | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital | Chicago, United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 128 |
| 100 | Hughes & Company | Chicago, United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Table 1. Private equity firms in Illinois, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 255.
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Private equity firms elsewhere
New York967
California771
England544
Texas351
Beijing264
Florida225
Ile-de-France213
Massachusetts207
Shanghai202
Central Region173
Ontario165
Connecticut158
Hong Kong Island158
Seoul-t'ukpyolsi143
Guangdong134
Maharashtra114
Pennsylvania101
Colorado89
New South Wales83
NA - South Africa81
Noord-Holland81
Bayern80
Georgia80
Dubai74
Cite: FundingWatcher, 255 private equity firms in Illinois, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/illinois-united-states/