Venture capital firms in Chicago
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
258
Venture capital firms in Chicago
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Rows shown
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100 rows
| # | Name | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARCH Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | 535 | 147 | 121 | 28 |
| 2 | Second Century Ventures | Chicago, United States | 255 | 68 | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | TechNexus Venture Collaborative | Chicago, United States | 242 | 13 | 29 | 8 |
| 4 | Pritzker Group Venture Capital | Chicago, United States | 238 | 38 | 67 | 8 |
| 5 | CMT Digital | Chicago, United States | 219 | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| 6 | Lightbank | Chicago, United States | 217 | 80 | 49 | 16 |
| 7 | Jump Capital | Chicago, United States | 202 | 69 | 48 | 11 |
| 8 | S2G Investments | Chicago, United States | 194 | 90 | 16 | 35 |
| 9 | Hyde Park Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | 185 | 47 | 49 | 11 |
| 10 | M25 | Chicago, United States | 185 | 30 | 35 | 7 |
| 11 | Chicago Ventures | Chicago, United States | 175 | 55 | 36 | 2 |
| 12 | IrishAngels | Chicago, United States | 175 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 13 | OCA Ventures | Chicago, United States | 172 | 37 | 37 | 10 |
| 14 | HPA (Hyde Park Angels) | Chicago, United States | 162 | 28 | 33 | 27 |
| 15 | Cleveland Avenue | Chicago, United States | 138 | 47 | 12 | 23 |
| 16 | TechRise Chicago | Chicago, United States | 137 | 94 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Origin Ventures | Chicago, United States | 132 | 54 | 24 | 10 |
| 18 | Ironwood Ventures | Chicago, United States | 124 | 14 | 19 | 0 |
| 19 | Moderne Ventures | Chicago, United States | 117 | 24 | 30 | 6 |
| 20 | G Squared | Chicago, United States | 116 | 16 | 39 | 0 |
| 21 | JK&B Capital | Chicago, United States | 113 | 41 | 38 | 0 |
| 22 | The Blue Venture Fund | Chicago, United States | 113 | 40 | 29 | 1 |
| 23 | Corazon Capital | Chicago, United States | 105 | 25 | 21 | 9 |
| 24 | First Analysis | Chicago, United States | 99 | 37 | 38 | 0 |
| 25 | Sandbox Industries | Chicago, United States | 98 | 14 | 26 | 15 |
| 26 | Sfermion | Chicago, United States | 90 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | Impact Engine | Chicago, United States | 89 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 28 | Motivate Venture Capital | Chicago, United States | 88 | 28 | 5 | 11 |
| 29 | Apex Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | 88 | 24 | 33 | 0 |
| 30 | New Stack Ventures | Chicago, United States | 85 | 35 | 7 | 6 |
| 31 | 7wire Ventures | Chicago, United States | 76 | 29 | 10 | 14 |
| 32 | MATH Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | 76 | 14 | 17 | 5 |
| 33 | Jumpstart Ventures | Chicago, United States | 69 | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| 34 | VITALIZE Venture Capital | Chicago, United States | 67 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 35 | Illinois Ventures | Chicago, United States | 63 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | Energize Capital | Chicago, United States | 59 | 42 | 7 | 19 |
| 37 | mHUB | Chicago, United States | 58 | 23 | 1 | 18 |
| 38 | Chingona Ventures | Chicago, United States | 55 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| 39 | WP Global Partners | Chicago, United States | 55 | 13 | 21 | 0 |
| 40 | Listen | Chicago, United States | 54 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | DNS Capital | Chicago, United States | 52 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| 42 | Evergreen Climate Innovations | Chicago, United States | 51 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| 43 | Synetro Group | Chicago, United States | 48 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 44 | Bridge Investments | Chicago, United States | 47 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 45 | Peak 6 | Chicago, United States | 46 | 11 | 7 | 49 |
| 46 | OS Fund | Chicago, United States | 45 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 47 | Starting Line | Chicago, United States | 44 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| 48 | Cultivian Sandbox Ventures | Chicago, United States | 42 | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 49 | Nine Four Ventures | Chicago, United States | 42 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 50 | Wicklow Capital | Chicago, United States | 41 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| 51 | LongJump | Chicago, United States | 40 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 52 | Sandalphon Capital | Chicago, United States | 40 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 53 | Sente Ventures | Chicago, United States | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Boeing HorizonX Ventures | Chicago, United States | 38 | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | Bluestein Ventures | Chicago, United States | 38 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 56 | Earth Foundry | Chicago, United States | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 |
| 57 | u.ventures | Chicago, United States | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | CIVC Partners | Chicago, United States | 35 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
| 59 | R7 Partners | Chicago, United States | 35 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 60 | Pallasite Ventures | Chicago, United States | 31 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 | Stella Capital | Chicago, United States | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 62 | Network Ventures | Chicago, United States | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| 63 | Tensility Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 64 | Chaifetz Group | Chicago, United States | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 65 | William Blair | Chicago, United States | 27 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| 66 | VestedWorld | Chicago, United States | 25 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 67 | Germin8 Ventures | Chicago, United States | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 68 | Lofty Ventures | Chicago, United States | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | 50 South Capital | Chicago, United States | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | Salveo Capital | Chicago, United States | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 71 | Decasonic | Chicago, United States | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 72 | Ziegler Link-Age Funds | Chicago, United States | 21 | 6 | 6 | 66 |
| 73 | New Coast Ventures | Chicago, United States | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 74 | 11 Tribes Ventures | Chicago, United States | 20 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 75 | KGC Capital | Chicago, United States | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | A195 Capital | Chicago, United States | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Newlin | Chicago, United States | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 78 | VCapital | Chicago, United States | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 79 | Kettle Partners | Chicago, United States | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 80 | Barrel Ventures | Chicago, United States | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 81 | CTC Venture Capital | Chicago, United States | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | Method Capital | Chicago, United States | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 83 | Buoyant Ventures | Chicago, United States | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| 84 | Polsky Center at the University of Chicago | Chicago, United States | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Lurie Investment Fund | Chicago, United States | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 86 | InvestBev | Chicago, United States | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
| 87 | ARK FUND | Chicago, United States | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Mazarine Ventures | Chicago, United States | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 89 | Portal Innovations | Chicago, United States | 15 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 90 | Multimodal Ventures | Chicago, United States | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 91 | Energy Capital Ventures® | Chicago, United States | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 92 | Marquee Ventures | Chicago, United States | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 | 53 Stations | Chicago, United States | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 94 | Prota Ventures | Chicago, United States | 14 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 95 | Capitalize VC | Chicago, United States | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Magna Capital Partners | Chicago, United States | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Smrti Lab | Chicago, United States | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Ekistic Ventures | Chicago, United States | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Brinson Partners | Chicago, United States | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 100 | Metapurse | Chicago, United States | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Table 1. Venture capital firms in Chicago, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 258.
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Cite: FundingWatcher, 258 venture capital firms in Chicago, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/chicago-illinois/