Investors in Illinois

Chicago, IL

FireStarter Fund is a Chicago-based self-managed investment fund. It consists of 42 members and has $5.7 million in committed capital. The Fund focuses primarily on companies in the digital media &...

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Vernon & Park Capital is a private equity firm that focuses on investments in the Exchanges and Financial Markets Sector (the "Sector"). Since 2001, Vernon & Park and affiliated parties have...

Chicago, IL

Chicago Growth Partners (CGP) is a Midwest US based private equity firm that provides expansion and buyout capital to middle-market companies. For expansion capital financings, CGP will invest $5 to...

Naperville, Illinois

Chicago, IL

TRIBUNE is one of the country's leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in broadcasting, publishing, and interactive. The company's broadcasting group owns or operates 23 television...

Schaumburg, IL

Motorola Ventures helps turn great new ideas into thriving businesses. They are not a lab, but like one, they are about discovery. They focus on opportunities that complement Motorola's total...

Rosemont, IL

Deerfield Capital Management ("DCM") is a global fixed-income investment adviser that has managed institutional, alternative accounts since 1993.

Rosemont, IL

Comdisco emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002. The purpose of reorganized Comdisco is to sell, collect or otherwise reduce to money in an orderly manner the remaining...

Lisle, IL

Ritchie Capital Management, LLC is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It invests in the public equity and alternative investment...

Chicago, IL

Water Street Healthcare Partners is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on health care. With more than $1 billion of capital under management, their firm is one of the most active...

Chicago, IL

Chicago Ventures invests in well-managed seed-stage technology companies in Chicago and the Greater Midwest that have demonstrated a value proposition in a given market for their product or services....

Chicago, IL

Founded in 1984, Alpha Capital is a private equity investment firm which provides equity financing for promising growth businesses and for buyouts or recapitalizations of established companies. The...

Northfield, IL

Old Willow Partners focuses on purchasing established small- to mid-size, privately held companies through a combination of debt and equity financing. They structure the financing and provide...

Chicago, IL

Lurie Investment Fund is the venture capital arm of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation specializing in venture capital and private equity investments. The firm seeks to invest in biomedical...

Chicago, IL

Amiti Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago that invests alongside leading Israeli venture capital firms in late stage Israeli high tech companies. They help fund Israeli entrepreneurs...

Chicago, IL

Mosaix Ventures is an investment partnership focused on supporting innovative companies with exceptional potential. Mosaix was founded in 2000 with initial capital from a European family office....

Chicago, IL

Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide. It offers Internet, software, and print-based products for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. It also...

Chicago, IL

Tribune has a long history of making strategic acquisitions and investments in emerging media and marketing businesses. Our objective is to acquire or invest in companies that can help us grow our...

Northfield, IL

Northport Investments was founded in 1996 by David T. Shelby and is headquartered in Northfield, IL, a suburb of Chicago. We have partners located in Chicago, Indianapolis, Denver, Ft. Collins (CO)...

Chicago, IL

Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP"), based in Chicago, is one of the most experienced and successful private equity investment firms in the United States. MDP's objective is to invest in...

Chicago, IL

Coghill Capital Management (CCM) is a Chicago-based investment advisor specializing in small cap value equity management. CCM manages money for Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices, High Net Worth...

Deerfield, IL

Chicago, IL

Lake Forest, IL

Abbott Biotech Ventures, Inc. (ABVI) is a subsidiary of Abbott dedicated to making venture capital investments in emerging biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

Chicago, IL

Schaumburg, IL

Motorola Solutions is a data communications and telecommunications equipment provider.

Chicago, IL

Jump Capital invests in early-stage founders solving problems in fintech, application software, and infrastructure software. They emphasize hands-on operational support and engaging with founders...

Chicago, IL

Early-stage VC focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups (Midwest plus Toronto and Atlanta). Invests pre-seed through early Series A in SaaS, marketplaces, and tech-enabled companies,...

Chicago, IL

[Chance Technologies](http://chancetechnologies.com/) develops and operates leading businesses in sectors being transformed by the internet

Evanston, IL

Ceres Venture Fund is a new Chicago-based venture capital fund dedicated to funding high growth companies located in the Midwest in their early stages of growth. As growth-oriented investors, the...

Deerfield, IL

Baxter International Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets products for people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical...

Chicago, IL

Talon Asset Management, LLC is a diversified investment management company based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm currently has $1.1 billion under management and employs a fundamental, bottom-up...

Chicago, IL

Concentric Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago, IL. They provide capital and experience to profitable growth businesses run by outstanding management teams. Their approach is to...

Evergreen Park, IL

Jackson Boulevard Capital Management, Ltd., is an Illinois Corporation. It is the managing general partner of two hedge funds, Jackson Boulevard Equities, LP and Jackson Financial Fund, LP. The...

Chicago, IL

IrishAngels is an angel investing group that provides seed and Series A capital to early stage startups affiliated with the University of Notre Dame. ? IrishAngels is dedicated to furthering startup...

Winnetka, IL

Crestview Capital Funds invests in public companies with a market capitalization that ranges from 5 million to 300 million dollars. Private placements in public companies (PIPES) are central to their...

Lake Forest, IL

Northbrook, IL

Chicago, IL

Off the beaten path; outside YC and M7 etc.

Northfield, IL

[DFJ Portage Ventures](http://www.portageventures.com) invests anywhere from $500,000 to over $20 million in seed and early stage companies in the information technology, telecommunications,...

Chicago, IL

First Analysis, founded in 1981, has a long-term commitment to its clients and industry sectors. Research is the foundation of everything they do. Their team of about 40 investment professionals...

Northbrook, IL

Leo Capital Holdings, LLC is a privately funded venture investor making investments in early and later stage private companies. Their focus is primarily in the wireless and consumer electronics...

London, IL

[BlueCrest Capital Finance](http://www.bluecrestcapitalfinance.com) concentrates on several industry sectors backed by professional and institutional investors including: communications, information...

Chicago, IL

Perfect Balance Investments focuses on post-revenue, technology-based companies (seed to Series A) with scalable business models. Typical equity investments range from $25,000 to $1,000,000+, with...

Chicago, IL

Founded in 2010, Lightbank is a venture capital firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm seeks to invest in technology sector companies. This firm is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA).

Northfield, IL

MK Capital is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm with $500 million+ in assets under management. MK Capital primarily invests in disruptive business-to-business software and technology...

Chicago, IL

Excelerate Labs conducts programs for startups to connect with investors, mentors and entrepreneurs.

Chicago, IL

Ziegler HealthVest Partners is a venture capital fund investing in early- to middle-stage healthcare services, healthcare IT, and wellness.

Chicago, IL

Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Founded in 1937, they are a primarily employee-owned, private company with more than 1,100 employees in offices...

Chicago, IL

Hopewell Ventures provides equity capital and strategic expertise to high-growth businesses, primarily in the Midwest. The principals have more than 80 years of experience investing in and growing...

Champaign, IL

Serra Ventures, LLC is a professional advisory firm offering a comprehensive suite of services to the middle market, with a special emphasis on early stage and emerging high technology companies. ...

Chicago, IL

Valor Equity Partners (“Valor” or the “Firm”) is a lower middle market private equity firm whose unique investment approach combines the disciplines of value investing with operational...

Effingham, IL

Open Prairie Ventures was founded in 1999 as a venture capital firm focused on early-stage Midwest-based technolgy companies. The first investment fund, Open Prairie Ventures I, L.P. (OPV I), was...

Northbrook, IL

Gibraltar Business Capital provides business owners with capital alternatives to a commercial bank loan.

Chicago, IL

AbbVie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott. The company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to...

Chicago, IL

We are committed to leading the future of skin health innovation by identifying, nurturing, and scaling high-growth skincare technologies in dermatology, aesthetics, and skincare. Our goal is to...

Chicago, IL

Illinois Ventures is a seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences and life sciences, with a particular...

Skokie, IL

Channel Medical Partners is a leading emerging growth investor in medical technology companies. This stage of financing has historically represented a narrow channel or bottleneck for emerging growth...

Chicago, IL

Investing in outsiders: back founders outside Silicon Valley. Lead or co-lead $500K–$1.5M checks into Angel / Pre-seed / Seed in Vertical AI, B2B SaaS, FinTech, Healthcare and legacy industries;...

Chicago, IL

Founded in 2013, PV Seed Fund is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm seeks to invest in information technology, data science, fintech, and consumer internet companies.

Chicago, IL

Groupon provides merchants with a suite of products and services such as customizable deals, payment processes and point-of-sale solutions.

Northbrook, IL

Cornerstone Angels is a membership-based private investment group composed of successful entrepreneurs and business executives. The group seeks to provide financial capital, mentorship, and advisory...

Chicago, IL

Rally Capital Services LLC ("Rally") offers financial, administrative, and operational management advisory services to under-performing and distressed companies, in or out of bankruptcy. Rally,...

Northbrook, IL

Tactics II Stem Cell Ventures General Partner manages investments in comapnies industrializing human pluripotent stem cell technologies.

Chicago, IL

Thoma Bravo is one of the most experienced and successful private equity firms in the United States. Thoma Bravo and its predecessor firms have been providing equity and strategic and operating...

Chicago, IL

The Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) is a self-financed, state authority principally engaged in issuing taxable and tax-exempt bonds, making loans, and investing capital for businesses, non-profit...

Chicago, IL

PPM America, Inc. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to other pooled investment vehicles and corporations. It also caters to high net worth individuals,...

Bloomington, IL

COUNTRY Financial serves about one million households and businesses throughout the United States. It offers a full range of financial products and services from auto, home and life insurance to...

Chicago, IL

Kettle Partners based in Chicago, Illinois, is a venture capital firm that focuses on emerging stage companies that enable Telecommunications, New Media and the Internet. Kettle's portfolio includes...

Chicago, IL

True North Venture Partners invests in and supports early stage businesses that have the potential to transform, expand and lead global industries. They are focused on industries such as energy,...

New Lenox, IL

Sopris Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring growth-oriented smaller middle-market companies.

Chicago, IL

Maranon Capital invests in a wide range of securities including leveraged loans and equity co-investments in partnership with management teams and private equity firms in the lower middle market.

Chicago, IL

Second Century Ventures (SCV) is a venture capital fund focused on promoting innovation in the real estate industry and helping to enable the entrepreneurial spirit of real estate thrive. SCV has...

Chicago, IL

Financial Advisory Services

Chicago, IL

Monroe Capital is a specialty finance company providing senior secured and junior secured debt to middle-market companies. Monroe Capital specializes in originating, structuring and providing...

Libertyville, IL

Nite Capital Management is no longer investing. It is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in private financing for small-cap and micro-cap public companies. The firm seeks to...

Chicago, IL

Sigvion was founded in 2004 to finance and support the life-saving and world-changing medicines of tomorrow, creating significant returns for our investors.

Chicago, IL

Guggenheim Partners, LLC is a diversified financial services firm with more than $160 billion in assets under supervision. The firm’s businesses include investment management, investment advisory,...

Chicago, IL

Dunrath Capital is a research-based private equity and strategic advisory firm. The Dunrath team has extensive operating and investment experience in the sectors in which they invest and advise. The...

Chicago, IL

Victory Park provides direct financing solutions to small cap and middle market companies across a wide range of industries. We focus on complex situations and seek to build long term sustainable...

Chicago, IL

Healthbox stimulates innovation, enabling entrepreneurial success while creating a collaborative, global ecosystem to catalyze advances in healthcare. The Healthbox four-month accelerator program...

Chicago, IL

Gentry Venture Partners is a specialized venture firm that leads or co-invests with some of the world’s premiere venture capital groups in mid and late-stage financing for pre-IPO companies. GVP is...

Highland Park, IL

KB Partners is a Chicago-based venture capital firm established in 1996 to make investments in early-stage technology companies in the Midwest. KB's objective is to build dominant new enterprises by...

Northbrook, IL

Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm in Chicago, IL. Origin is currently investing out of their third fund, focusing on investments in e-commerce, software, and digital media / ad...

Elmhurst, IL

Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC) is a venture capital firm investing in early, mid, and growth stages of high potential technology companies. Founded in 1998, DTEC has invested in over two dozen...

Chicago, IL

Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is a Chicago-based angel investor network that makes seed and early-stage investments in businesses, primarily in the Midwest, in a wide variety of industry sectors. These...

Chicago, IL

[Sandbox Industries](http://www.sandboxindustries.com) is an early-stage venture capital firm and startup foundry with locations in Chicago and San Francisco. Founded in 2003, Sandbox launches new...

Chicago, IL

[Advanced Equities](http://www.advancedequities.com) provides qualified high-net-worth individuals access to late-stage private equity offerings.

Chicago, IL

Promus Ventures invests in early-stage software companies delivering analytic and data-driven products and services.

Chicago, IL

Apex Venture Partners, established in 1987, has six funds and more than $600 million under management. The firm has invested in over 130 technology companies. Apex focuses on early stage investments...

Chicago, IL

Baird Venture Partners (BVP), the U.S.-based venture capital fund of Baird Private Equity, makes investments in early- and expansion-stage companies in the Business Services and Healthcare/Life...

Chicago, IL

OCA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. OCA invests in many...

Chicago, IL

JK&B Capital is a venture capital firm focused in the software, IT and commu- nications markets with over $1.1 billion of capital under management. Track Record Founded in 1996, JK&B has built a...

Chicago, IL

Adams Street Partners is a private equity investor that has been investing since 1972. They currently have over $20 Billion under management. Adams Street is a global fund of funds investor which...

Chicago, IL

Pritzker Group Venture Capital, formerly New World Ventures, helps entrepreneurs build market-leading technology companies at every stage of their growth. Since our founding in 1996, our firm has...

Chicago, IL

ARCH invests primarily in companies co-founded with leading scientists and entrepreneurs, concentrating on bringing to market innovations in life sciences, physical sciences, and information...

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

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