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| 7wire Ventures7wireventures.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Illinois | $217M+ Growth & Opportunity Fund | 2023 | Glen Tullman, Lee Shapiro, Robert Garber, Alyssa Jaffee | https://www.7wireventures.com/contact-us/ | |
| Allstate Strategic Venturesallstatecorporation.com | Mostly Lead | $1M–$10MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.allstatecorporation.com/strategic-ventures.aspx | — | Specialist | Fintech, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Enterprise Software, Deep Tech, Cybersecurity, Climate / Energy | Illinois | — | — | Tarik Galijasevic, Josh Lumer | asv@allstate.com | |
| Arch Venture Partnersarchventure.com | Mostly Lead | $25k – $30m+$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Life Sciences, Deep Tech | Illinois | $3B+ Fund XIII | 2024 | Robert Nelsen, Keith Crandell, Kristina Burow, Steve Gillis, Paul Berns, Mark McDonnell, Corey Ritter, Nilay Thakar, Brian Cuneo, David Moore, Carol Suh, Ari Nowacek, Sean Kendall, Peter Mintun | emailinquiries@archventure.com | |
| Baird Capitalbairdcapital.com | Mostly Lead | $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Enterprise Software | Illinois | $218M Fund VI | 2023 | Joanna Arras, Mark Donnelly, Jim Pavlik, Benedict Rocchio | https://bairdcapital.com/contact/ | |
| Bluestein Venturesverifiedbluesteinventures.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 5–12%5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Consumer, Commerce / Marketplaces, Food / Agriculture | Illinois | — | — | Andrew Bluestein, Ashley Hartman, Amira Khatib, Bram Bluestein | info@bluesteinventures.com | |
| Bravo Victor Venture Capitalbv.vc | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | Joe Musselman | — | |
| Bridge Investmentsbridgeventurefund.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Commerce / Marketplaces, Consumer | Illinois | — | — | Daniel Goldberg, Jason Thomas, Connor Ryan | jthomas@bridgeinvestments.com | |
| Buoyant Venturesverifiedbuoyant.vc | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Climate / Energy | Illinois | — | — | Amy Francetic, Laura Katzman, Alex Behar | https://airtable.com/app3l337O2NkDnyzj/shrZbvB8YpVqeo7Ra | |
| Capitalize VCcapitalizevc.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Commerce / Marketplaces, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Gaming / Media / Sports | Illinois | — | — | Tessa Flippin, Simmone Seymour | https://airtable.com/apppvODtMSw09eCae/pagdarmEj6iMMvBob/form | |
| Chaifetz Groupchaifetzgroup.com | Mostly Lead | $100k – $10m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Richard A. Chaifetz, Ross D. Chaifetz, Ryan Brown | info@chaifetzgroup.com | |
| Chicago Ventureschicagoventures.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Rob Chesney, Eric Duboe, Lindsay Knight, Stuart Larkins, Ford Johnstone | info@chicagoventures.com | |
| Chingona Venturesverifiedchingona.ventures | Can Lead | $250K–$2MInitial check · Official website · https://www.chingona.ventures/ | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Fintech, Food / Agriculture, Education / Future of Work | Illinois | — | — | Samara Mejia Hernandez, Fernando Carranza | https://www.chingona.ventures/apply | |
| Cleveland Avenueclevelandavenue.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Consumer | Illinois | — | — | Don Thompson, Mingu Lee, Randall Lewis, Booker Whitt, Evette Williams, Andrea Zopp
Keith Kravcik | info@clevelandavenue.com | |
| CMT Digital Venturescmt.digital | — | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3 | Illinois | — | — | Scott Casto, Jan-Dirk Lueders, Sam Hallene, Charlie Sandor | bitcoin@cmtam.com | |
| Consumer Venturesconsumer.vc | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Consumer, Food / Agriculture | Illinois | — | — | Jason Starr | hello@consumer.vc | |
| Cooperative Venturescooperativeventuresllc.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | — | — | Beth Kearns, Kevin Jones, Scott Lenet | — | |
| Corazon Capitalcorazon.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Consumer, Commerce / Marketplaces | Illinois | $100M — latest fund | 2026 | Sam Yagan, Steve Farsht, Phil Schwarz, Alison Stillman, Greg Johnston, Smriti Jayaraman, Josh Graves | info@corazon.com | |
| CTC Venture Capitalctcventurecapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Crypto / Web3 | Illinois | — | — | George Kalant | George.Kalant@chicagotrading.com | |
| Decasonicdecasonic.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3 | Illinois | — | — | Paul Hsu, Abdul Al Ali, Justin Patel | https://decasonic.typeform.com/businessplans | |
| Earth Foundryearthfoundry.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | — | https://earthfoundry.com/connect/startup | |
| Energize Capitalenergizecap.com | Mostly Lead | $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | $1.7B AUM | — | John Tough, Juan Muldoon, Tyler Lancaster, Kevin Stevens, Alan Glass, Mark Tomasovic, Eileen Waris, Meredith Breach Bos, Ana Hugener, Sam Austin, Agustina Soriano Sergi, Anson MacKinney, Elisabeth Spencer, Iliana Griva | — | |
| Energy Capital Venturesenergycapitalventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | — | Illinois | — | — | — | — | |
| Evergreen Climate Innovationsevergreeninno.org | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy | Illinois | — | — | Michelle Carr, Ian Adams, Shashank Churukanti, Paul Seidler | https://evergreeninno.org/apply | |
| Expanse Venture Partnersexpansevp.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Vertical AI | Illinois | $18M — Expanse Fund I LP | — | — | info@expansevp.com | |
| First Analysisfirstanalysis.com | Can Lead | $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Commerce / Marketplaces, Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | — | — | Corey Greendale, Jim Macdonald, Tracy Marshbanks, Joe Munda, Matt Nicklin, Oliver Nicklin, Howard Smith, Richard Conklin, Andrew Walsh, Walid Elmekki, Kenny Guerrero, Nicholas Coffey, Marta Mikos | https://firstanalysis.com/contact-us/ | |
| First Trust Capital Partnersftcapitalpartners.com | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health | Illinois | — | — | Jon Phillips, Karim Botros, Rachel Kern, Mark Kroeger, Hamza Adnan, Billy Louiselle, Scott Carrick, Rohan Gupta | info@ftcapitalpartners.com | |
| G Squaredgsquared.com | — | — | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | — | — | |
| Germin8 Venturesgermin8ventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | — | — | — | hello@germin8ventures.com | |
| Hyde Park Angelshpa.vc | Mostly Follow | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Pete Wilkins, Michael Sachaj, Stephen Ross, Michelle Rogoff | — | |
| Hyde Park Venture Partnershydeparkvp.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Greg Barnes, Guy Turner, Allison Weil Lechnir, Ira Weiss | greg@hydeparkvp.com | |
| IrishAngelsirishangels.com | Mostly Follow | Typically $250K–$350KTypical check · Official website · https://irishangels.com | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Caroline Gash, Estelle Beutz | admin@irishangels.com | |
| Jump Capitalverifiedjumpcap.com | Mostly Lead | $3m – $30m$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 10%+10-12% · > 12% | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | - Sach Chitnis, Partner & Co-Founder
- Mike McMahon, Partner & Co-Founder
- Yelena Shkolnik, Partner
- Tarun Gupta, Partner
- Saaya Nath, Partner | info@jumpcap.com | |
| Jump Cryptojumpcrypto.com | Can Lead | $500k – $30m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3 | Illinois | — | — | Saurabh Sharma | contact@jumpcrypto.com | |
| KB Partnerskbpartners.com | Can Lead | $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | Illinois | $127 million (Myriad Opportunity Fund II) | 2021 | Keith Bank, Steve Ahern, Lance Dietz, John Garabedian, Matt Howard | info@kbpartners.com | |
| Lightbankverifiedlightbank.com | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | No targetNo Target | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Eric Lefkofsky, Matt Sacks, Eric Ong, Bill Pescatello | info@lightbank.com | |
| Listenverifiedlisten.co | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Consumer | Illinois | — | — | Jeff Cantalupo, Rick Desai, Brentos Fernandez, Johnnie Yu, Mike Apostal, Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, Shawn Dennis | Rick@listen.co | |
| Lofty Venturesloftyventures.com | Mostly Follow | up to $100kUp to $25k · $25-100k | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | — | https://loftyventures.com/contact | |
| LongJumpverifiedlongjump.vc | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Rebecca Kahnweiler, Tina Hrabak, Brian Luerssen, Ablorde Ashigbi, Garry Cooper, Arnav Dalmia, Ale Breuer, Betsy Fore, Kristen Sonday, Tim Grace | longjump.vc/apply; hello@longjump.vc | |
| M25verifiedm25vc.com | Mostly Lead | $500K–$2.5MInitial check · Reviewed firm submission | 7–12%7-10% · 10-12% | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Victor Gutwein, Mike Asem, Abhinaya Konduru, Ryan Coon, Guy Friedman, Jonathan Poma, Brian Powers | https://m25vc.com/pitch | |
| Marquee Venturesmarqueeventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Consumer, Commerce / Marketplaces, Gaming / Media / Sports | Illinois | — | — | — | — | |
| mHUBmhubchicago.com | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | 5–7%5-7% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health | Illinois | $20M target for Spark Fund II (first-close amount undisclosed) | 2025 | Haven Allen, Steven Koch, Derek Burling | https://mhub.org/apply-to-be-a-member | |
| Moderne Venturesmoderneventures.com | Can Lead | $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | PropTech / Construction, Fintech, Climate / Energy | Illinois | $230M+ Core Fund III | 2024 | Constance Freedman, Liza Benson, Seth Corder, Dylan Ketcham, Ahmad Tahir, Matt Burns | info@moderneventures.com | |
| Motivate Venture Capitalverifiedmotivate.vc | Can Lead | $500K–$2.5MInitial check · Reviewed firm submission | 5–12%5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Fintech, Enterprise Software, Vertical AI | Illinois | — | — | David Wieland, Lauren Deluca, Jackson Bubala, Andy Will | pitch@motivate.vc | |
| New Stack Venturesnewstack.com | Mostly Lead | $500K–$1.5MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.newstack.com/ | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, PropTech / Construction, Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | $42.6M Fund II | — | Nick Moran, Luke Skertich | team@newstack.vc | |
| Newlinnewlin.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Consumer | Illinois | — | — | Grant Newlin | grant@newlin.vc | |
| Nine Four Venturesninefour.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | PropTech / Construction | Illinois | $69.6M Nine Four Ventures LP | — | Jeffrey Elowe, Kurt Ramirez, Paul La Londe, Sophia Ghadamian Kier | https://ninefour.vc/ (contact form) | |
| Nurse Capitalnursecapital.net | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Illinois | $1M inaugural fund | 2024 | Beth Brooks, Dan Weberg, Marla Weston, Eeshika Dadheech, Omid Razmpour | https://nursecapital.net/send-us-your-pitch-deck/ | |
| OCA Venturesocaventures.com | Can Lead | $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Jim Dugan, Bob Saunders, Peter Ianello, Nick Schoewe, Kevin McQuillan, Steve Shein, Manu Sharma, Michelle Cao, Sarah Manasevit, Dave Zyer, Ian Drury | officeoca@ocaventures.com | |
| OMX Venturesomx.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $30m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Life Sciences | Illinois | $150M (Fund I) | 2021 | Dan Fero, Craig Asher, Nick Haft, Swetha Murali | info@omx.vc | |
| Open Prairieopenprairie.com | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Illinois | $81M (Rural Opportunities Fund) | 2017 | Jim Schultz, Patrick Morand, Matt McKenna, Ryan Dammeyer | — | |
| Origin Venturesverifiedoriginventures.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | No targetNo Target | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Brent Hill, Jason Heltzer, Alex Meyer, Jacquie Marshall Siegmund, Steve Miller, Scott Stern, Prashant Shukla, Carolina Galdiz, Bruce Barron | inquire@originventures.com | |
| Portal Innovationsportalinnovations.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Life Sciences | Illinois | $100 million AUM | — | John Flavin, Pat Flavin | hello@portalinnovations.com | |
| Promus Venturespromusventures.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | Mike Collett, Gareth Keane, Pierre Festal | info@promusventures.com | |
| R7 Partnersr7.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Life Sciences, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | — | — | |
| Reflexive Capitalreflexive.xyz | — | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3 | Illinois | — | — | Azhar Hussain, Sunny Parikh | — | |
| S2G Venturess2ginvestments.com | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Illinois | $1 billion Solutions Fund I; $2.8 billion AUM | 2026 | Aaron Rudberg, Chuck Templeton, Sanjeev Krishnan, Bala Nagarajan, Francis O'Sullivan, Gokul Raghavan, Priyanka Duvvuru, Nick Curran, Michelle Morales, Miles Russo, Yilin Huo, Matthew Walker, Cristina Rohr, Arthur Chow, Dan Ripma, Francis Villante, Jinchen Zou, Mason Leist, Rosario Bennett, Caroline Hogan, Elizabeth Andrews, Kate Danaher, Larsen Mettler, Mike Gilkes, Jake Reznick, Henry Hu, Andrea Woodside, Brian O'Connor, Marisa Sweeney, August O'Hern, Matt LaPorta, Victoria Liu | https://www.s2ginvestments.com/contact-us | |
| Sandalphon Capitalsandalphoncapital.com | Mostly Lead | $100k – $3m$100-250k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Enterprise Software, Commerce / Marketplaces, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech, PropTech / Construction | Illinois | — | — | Jonathan Ellis | info@sandalphoncapital.com | |
| Sandbox Industriessandboxindustries.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech | Illinois | More than $850 million committed across four Blue Venture Funds | — | Dan Phillips, Jeff Carroll, Chris Zock, Matt Downs, Emir Sandhu, Kelsey Maguire, Gretchen Hayes, Tom Hawes, Nick Rosa, Noah Trapp, Ryan Lynch, Bryna Coyle, Amanda Harlan, Liam McDonald, Michelle Gouveia, Kelly Carlquist, Richard Antwi-Boasiako | info@sandboxindustries.com | |
| Second Century Venturesscv.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | PropTech / Construction, Fintech | Illinois | — | — | Bob Goldberg, Mark Birschbach, Dave Garland, Tyler Thompson | hello@secondcenturyventures.com | |
| Serra Venturesverifiedserraventures.com | Can Lead | $500k-1m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Illinois | — | — | Tim Hoerr, Dennis Beard, Rob Schultz, Eric Wilson, John Giuliani, David Hodge, Drew Beard, Jack Marck | info@serraventures.com | |
| Sfermionsfermion.io | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3 | Illinois | — | — | Andrew Steinwold, Dan Patterson | https://www.sfermion.io/contact | |
| Starting Linestartingline.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Consumer | Illinois | — | — | Ezra Galston, Haley Kwait Zollo, Scott Holloway | — | |
| TechNexus Venture Collaborativeverifiedtechnexus.com | Mostly Follow | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | Terry Howerton, Fred Hoch, Cristin Pacifico, Erin Martell, Andrew Wolohan, Kaitlyn Doyle, Declan Zidar, Neethi Nayak | collaborate@technexus.com | |
| The 81 Collectionverifiedwww.81collection.com | Can Lead | $500k-1m | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Illinois | — | — | Vijen Patel, Alex Kirshenbaum | alex@81collection.com | |
| The Blue Venture Fundblueventurefund.com | Can Lead | $1m – $30m$1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences | Illinois | Over $890M committed across four funds | — | John Banta, Matt Downs, Chris Zock, Jeff Carroll, Tom Hawes, Kelsey Maguire, Dan Phillips, Emir Sandhu, Mark Bartlett, Richard Antwi-Boasiako, Kelly Carlquist, Amanda Harlan, Liam McDonald, Bryna Coyle, Ryan Lynch, Noah Trapp | — | |
| United Airlines Venturesunitedairlinesventures.com | — | — | — | — | Climate / Energy | Illinois | — | — | — | uav.media@united.com | |
| Valor Equity Partnersvalorep.com | Can Lead | $100k – $30m+$100-250k · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Antonio Gracias, Juan Sabater, Jonathan Shulkin, Christopher Cavoli, Christopher Murphy, Vivek K. Pattipati, Bradley Sheftel | info@valorep.com | |
| Valtruisvaltruis.com | Mostly Lead | $10m – $30m+$10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Illinois | $300M initial commitment | 2021 | Anna Haghgooie, Karey Witty, Mike Spadafore, Tracy Bahl, Bo Shi, Callie Patel, Corey Lenhoff, Kathy Greer, Manav Sarkaria, Sarah Welden, Anika Satish, Isaac Ableman, Jack Tillotson, Jess Bossmann, Claire McGee Sharma | partnering@valtruis.com | |
| VCapitalvcapital.com | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Deep Tech | Illinois | — | — | Len Batterson, Jim Vaughan, Ryan Kole | — | |
| VestedWorldvestedworld.com | — | — | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | Euler Bropleh, Nneka Eze, Keziah Njeri, Peter Wamburu, Chinenye Nwigwe, Overcomer Fasan, Phylis Njongoro | info@vestedworld.com | |
| Volta Energy Technologiesvolta.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | Jeff Chamberlain, David Schroeder, Zander Arkin, Ladd Fritz, James Frith, Alex Zhang, Michael Rochman, Kara Rodby, Edmund Lee | info@volta.vc | |
| Wicklow Capital | Mostly Follow | — | — | Generalist | — | Illinois | — | — | — | — | |
| Ziegler Link-Age Fundsziegler.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health | Illinois | $49,000,000 committed capital, Ziegler Link-Age Fund III | — | — | https://www.ziegler.com/what-we-do/principal-investments-fund-management/prospective-company-submission-form/ |
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