Emerson Collective
Impact investor blending philanthropy and multi-stage VC for purpose-driven companies
Energize Capital
Climate-focused VC backing software and technology companies accelerating the energy transition across power, transportation, and industrial sectors.
Exposition Ventures
Chicago fund founded by Karen Kerr, backing early-stage hardware and software reinventing the industrial value chain — inspired by the 1893 World's Fair.
G Squared
Chicago-based growth-stage VC and secondary specialist backing late-stage technology companies across fintech, SaaS, AI, and consumer internet.
Germin8 Ventures
Multi-stage AgriFood and life sciences VC investing across agriculture, food tech, supply chains, and health from seed to growth.
Giant Step Capital
Investing in the advancement of space exploration and deep technology.
GiantLeap Capital
New York-based growth equity firm making just 3-4 concentrated investments a year in AI, data infrastructure, space/defense, and advanced engineering.
Ground State Ventures
Earliest-stage VC backing quantum technology startups across computing, sensing, communications, and infrastructure; formerly QDNL Participations.
GSV Ventures
Female-led, multi-stage EdTech venture firm with $500M+ AUM, investing across the Pre-K to Gray learning and workforce spectrum globally since 2016.
Hyde Park Venture Partners
Early-stage VC investing in AI, software, and tech-enabled services startups with ties to the Midwest, Toronto, or the Southeast.
Illinois Ventures
University-affiliated deep-tech investor turning University of Illinois research and IP into startups, backing over 125 companies since 2000.
Jump Capital
Chicago-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage fintech, application software, and infrastructure software companies, founded in 2012.
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Crypto and Web3 investment and development arm of Jump Trading, building infrastructure and backing early-stage blockchain projects.
Lightbank
Early-stage venture firm supporting founders from seed to scale
M25
Chicago-based early-stage VC investing exclusively in Midwest-headquartered tech startups across SaaS, healthcare IT, fintech, and supply chain.
Marquee Ventures
Chicago Cubs-anchored early-stage VC backing founders in commerce, entertainment, and sports tech, with $1–2M initial checks into companies with demonstrated product-market fit.
Mercury Fund
Houston-based early-stage VC investing in B2B SaaS, data, and AI platforms in underserved US markets across Texas and the Central US.
Moderne Ventures
Early-stage VC and accelerator investing in tech companies modernizing real estate, finance, insurance, and home services.
Motivate Venture Capital
Empowering trailblazers at the earliest stages of their lifecycle
New Stack Ventures
Chicago-based pre-seed and seed investor backing non-traditional founders outside Silicon Valley across B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, healthcare, and legacy industries.
Nurse Capital
Venture capital for nurse entrepreneurs and nurse innovators
Origin Ventures
Early-stage VC leading seed and Series A rounds for 25+ years, now focused on AI infrastructure, AI-native software, and frontier tech.
PACE Healthcare Capital
Chicago-based VC investing in digital health and healthcare tech
PEAK6 Strategic Capital
Austin-based corporate VC arm of PEAK6, backing AI, fintech, biotech, climate, and consumer companies across all stages with operational support.
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