Top Angel Investors & VC Firms in Chicago, IL (62)

The Heico Companies is the parent holding company for a diverse portfolio of manufacturing, construction, and industrial services businesses. Today, we look to acquire performing businesses that complement our existing operations. As a buy, hold, and build investor, we have owned many of our operations for over 40 years. A key factor in our growth is our commitment to reinvest...

MATH Venture Partners invests primarily in Series A and Seed rounds, managed by a seasoned team of hands-on investors and operators. We look for entrepreneurial teams that have customer acquisition as part of their core DNA. It is this maniacal focus, deep appreciation for process and exceptional talent that makes them stand out.

At Xerxes Global, we believe in bold. We get excited about the BIG ideas – the ones that disrupt or break open an industry to change everything. We develop innovative new ways to find insights that shake business to its foundations, new approaches to management that dare to ask “what if you could?,” and new ways of presenting information to...

Heartland Angels invests and supports seed and early stage companies in the Midwest. We hope to discover and develop the next generation of entrepreneurs, influence emerging industry trends, and provide advice and financial support for those beginning the long journey to success.

Hyde Park Angels is is the largest and most active angel group in the Midwest. With a membership of over 100 successful entrepreneurs, executives, and venture capitalists, the organization prides itself on providing critical strategic expertise to entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial community. By leveraging the membe

WLV is a seed and series A venture fund that invests in Business to Business Fin Tech. The companies we invest in will have institutions as their customers. We invest in Insurance, Banking, Trading, Capital Markets, Finance Back office, Risk, Data, Process and anything that touches finance. Target fund size is $30M. Initial check size $100-$500K

Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups. We seek companies with an exceptional founding team and fast-growth potential, looking to raise a first or second round of capital. With offices in Chicago and Indianapolis, our team is tenacious, responsive, and committed

Independence Equity is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies commercializing technologies that improve resource utilization 

Portal Innovations is a venture capital firm that helps exceptional life sciences innovators build their companies where they live. We surround these entrepreneurs with the resources and community they need: Seed capital, fully equipped lab space, and expertise and introductions to other investors and partners.

GSV Ventures is a venture firm investing in exceptional technology entrepreneurs creating scaled solutions in the “Pre-K to Gray” digital education and skills market Our portfolio companies include Coursera, Class Dojo, Degreed, Outlier, Remind, Course Hero, Master Class, and more.

Ekistic Ventures is a fund of urban problem-solvers who are actively cultivating a portfolio of disruptive companies that bring new solutions to critical urban problems. We invest our expertise and capital in entrepreneurs and young start-ups that have great ideas to make cities more efficient and equitable.

Venture Connects, LLC, was founded in 2012. VC is a startup and investor community designed to provide impactful resources to businesses seeking outside funding, as well as for accredited investors seeking qualified and vetted deal flow through our VCVetted® program and online platform.

Founder Equity is an early stage fund with a radically different approach. We provide cash and talent, giving founders a "startup team in a box". Founders get access to full time designers, developers, marketers, strategists and more.

Omkara Ventures is a hybrid growth consultancy focused on accelerating innovative entrepreneurs and startups. We're an agile and data-driven team of investors and strategists that partner with early-stage companies to develop predictable and sustainable growth through a technology-driven and customer-centered approach.

Early stage Seed and Series A investments in technology companies.

At Hangar we build products, companies, and movements. We are advocates and champions, guides and facilitators. We work with talented inventors and founders to help them adapt their creations to serve needs of national or international significance and scale them appropriately. Through unique partnerships with governments, NGOs, and large corporations we identify highest order challenges and help our companies address them. Our...

7wire Ventures is an early stage, healthcare venture fund. We help entrepreneurs who focus on empowering the Informed Connected Health Consumer. We're working on changing the status quo. Our belief: connected devices, the cloud, and sophisticated analytics will improve the efficiency of the healthcare system and improve outcomes for all.

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Clean Energy Trust is a nonprofit that invests in the entrepreneurs leading the clean technology revolution.

Sandbox is a different kind of venture capital firm. We focus on the corporate partners in our funds, sourcing investments that both advance and challenge their strategies, collaborating closely with them, and facilitating their collaboration with each other, which leads to revenue for our portfolio through our partners and extraordinary returns.