Chicago Illinois - Toronto (Ontario) - New York | U.S.A.
| Investor Type | Firm |
| Type of Fund | VC |
| Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Impact • Local commerce • Logistics (& Distribution) • Aerospace (& Defense) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobile • Mobility • Online Social • Consumer • Woman Focused |
| Stages | Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Pre-seed |
| Investing | United States • Canada |
| Investment Range | $250,000 - $2,500,000 |
| Investment Sweet Spot | $1,500,000 |
| Assets Under Management | $75,000,000 |
About The Fund
Founded in 2011, Chicago Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. With a focus on innovative startups, they primarily invest in various sectors including technology, healthcare IT, media, education, consumer web and mobile. They lead seed rounds before it’s apparent, serving as active, operationally-involved partners from the company’s earliest days. Chicago Ventures champions startups that are often overlooked, believing that enduring companies can be built anywhere, by anyone – including those with un-scalable products, small total addressable markets (TAMs), and unproven founders. Their investment portfolio is diverse, targeting industries such as software, media, education, retail and e-commerce, sales and marketing, cosmetics and fashion, entertainment and sports, clean technology, artificial intelligence and big data, health tech and fitness, gaming and eSports, advertising, analytics, cloud services and infrastructure, developer tools, impact, local commerce, logistics and distribution, aerospace and defense, healthcare and wellness, investment management, mobile, mobility, online social, and consumer sectors with a focus on women. They offer a broad range of funding from $100,000 to $5,000,000, with a preferred 'sweet spot' of $1,500,000 for investments. As an early-stage and series A venture capital firm, they play a significant role in the formative stages of a company, including pre-seed rounds. Chicago Ventures manages a fund of $75,000,000 and is keen on writing high conviction checks and taking board seats, pledging substantial involvement and straight-shooting advice to their founders. Committed to shaping the growth trajectories of their investments, they describe themselves as a founder’s biggest advocate, prepared to invest significant effort into each venture and encouraging founders to hold them accountable to that promise. Their website showcases a selection of startups in their portfolio across a wide array of industries and stages.
What they say:
We invest in overlooked teams. We believe enduring companies can be built anywhere, by anyone. We lead seed rounds before it’s obvious, and serve as active, operationally-involved partners during a company’s earliest days. We've funded toys, rebuilds, spin-outs, un-scalables, small TAMs, and unproven founders.
Chicago Ventures's investments on record
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