Browse VC Investors in Chicago

Active investors with offices in Chicago — sourced from recent funding rounds.

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11 Tribes Ventures

Seed Series A

Early-stage VC based in Chicago backing purpose-driven tech founders outside major hubs, with dedicated capital for founder resilience and wellbeing.

Chicago
SaaS/Software · Enterprise +4
Early Stage · Founder-Led

202 Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed fund investing in deep tech, defense tech, and frontier technology startups across the United States and Israel, with a roughly 50/50 geographic split.

Chicago
DeepTech · Defense Tech +5
Solo GP · Israel-Focus

53 Stations

Seed Series A Series B

Chicago-based early-stage VC backed by The Pritzker Organization, investing in built world, digital health, wealth tech, and restaurant tech across the United States.

Chicago
PropTech · HealthTech +5
US-Centric · Early Stage

7wire Ventures

Seed Series A Series B

Founded by ex-Allscripts execs; first backers of Livongo's $18.5B exit. Invests early-to-growth in digital health for connected health consumers.

Chicago
Informed Connected Health Consumers · Digital Health +3
Bio/Health-Focused · Thesis-Driven

A1 Health Ventures

Seed Series A

Backed by hospital systems and healthcare execs as LPs; invests early-stage in health tech solving care-delivery and workforce challenges.

Chicago
Healthcare · Digital Health +4
Bio/Health-Focused · Early Stage

Adapt Nation Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed investor backing entrepreneurs building climate and sustainability solutions across carbon capture, energy storage, materials, and ecosystems.

Chicago
ClimateTech · Sustainability +6
Climate-Focused · Early Stage

Alumni Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

America's largest VC firm for individual investors.

New York · Boston +5
AI/ML · Deep Tech +25
Network-Driven · AI/ML

Angeles Investors

Seed Series A

Started as a Chicago pitch night, now a membership network backing Hispanic and Latino founders through quarterly summits and awards.

Chicago
Enterprise · AI/ML +4
Latino-Focused · Network-Driven

Angeles Ventures

Seed Series A

Finding, funding, and growing Hispanic and Latino ventures in the U.S.

Chicago
Hispanic & Latino Entrepreneurs · FinTech +8
Early Stage · Latino Focused

ARCH Venture Partners

Seed Series A Series B

Early stage venture firm focused on life science discoveries to prevent, detect and cure disease

Chicago · Seattle
Life Science · Biotechnology +7
Life Sciences · Early Stage

Blue Venture Fund

Seed Series A Series B

Corporate VC fund backed by 32 Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, investing in healthcare technology, healthcare services, and clinical sciences from seed to growth stage.

Chicago
HealthTech · MedTech +3
Corporate VC · Multi-Stage

Bravo Victor Venture Capital (BVVC)

Seed Series A Series B

Venture capital firm investing in mission-first founders in national security, defense technology, and industrial resurgence, leveraging deep ties to US Special Operations and Intelligence communities.

Chicago
National Security · Defense Technology +6
Defense Tech · National Security-Focused

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Buoyant Ventures

Seed Series A

Early-stage venture fund investing in scalable digital solutions (software and simple hardware) for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Chicago
Digital Climate Solutions · Software and Simple Hardware +9
Climate-Focused · Female-Owned

Chicago Trading Company Ventures

Seed Series A Series B

Corporate VC arm of a 650-person, near-30-year proprietary trading firm, targeting fintech and crypto plays adjacent to CTC's own trading operations.

Chicago · New York City +1
Fintech · Crypto +4
Corporate VC · Multi-Stage

Chicago Ventures

Seed Series A Series B

Leads seed rounds "before it's obvious" for founders and industries other coastal VCs overlook, taking board seats to stay operationally involved.

Chicago
Supply Chain · Logistics & Warehousing +11
Early Stage · Operator-Led

Chingona Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Chicago-based pre-seed fund led by a Latina GP backing overlooked founders in fintech, future of work, future of learning, and health technology.

Chicago
Fintech · HealthTech +3
Solo GP · Early Stage

CME Ventures

Series A Series B Series C

Corporate venture capital arm of CME Group, making Series A-C investments in financial data, emerging asset classes, and trade lifecycle tools.

Chicago
Fintech · Data Analytics +4
Corporate VC · Thesis-Driven

CMT Digital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage blockchain and crypto venture firm backed by CMT Group, a global electronic trading firm. 150+ investments across DeFi, infrastructure, fintech, and gaming.

Chicago
Blockchain · Crypto +6
Early Stage · Operator-Led

Corazon Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Venture firm providing operating expertise and counsel to early-stage founders

Chicago
Consumer Tech · Emerging Tech +3
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Create Health Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage VC investing in B2B digital health software and tech-enabled services targeting payers and pharma to improve patient outcomes.

Austin · Chicago
HealthTech · Digital Health +2
Bio/Health-Focused · Operator-Led

Decasonic

Pre-Seed Seed

Venture and digital assets fund investing in blockchain and AI innovation across Web3, DeFi, gaming, DePIN, and physical AI since 2013.

San Francisco · Chicago +1
Blockchain · Web3 +4
Web3-Focused · AI-Native

Distributed Ventures

Seed Series A

Chicago-based seed and Series A VC investing in the risk ecosystem — insurtech, healthtech, and fintech — with $1–5M checks and deep enterprise distribution networks.

Chicago · New York
InsurTech · HealthTech +4
US-Centric · Early Stage

DRW Venture Capital

Seed Series A Series B

Chicago-based venture arm backing innovative companies aligned with DRW's expertise

Chicago
Financial Technology · Enterprise Technology +8
Corporate VC · Financial Technology

Earth Foundry

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Formerly Energy Foundry, this Chicago fund uses an AI-driven data moat to identify cleantech founders in energy, water, waste, and mobility.

Chicago
Energy · Water +5
Climate-Focused · Thesis-Driven

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