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Chicago Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Chicago Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads early rounds and takes board seats. It describes itself as an active, operationally-involved partner during a company's earliest days.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsfintechsupply chainlogisticshealthcareenterprise toolsproptech
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Or find every investor that fitsChicago Ventures lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 5 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (20%), Education (13%) and Real Estate & Construction (13%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Grid Capital, 53 Stations and Ironspring Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Chicago Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 11% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 22% |
| Series B | 22% |
| Growth | 11% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 5 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 44% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 17th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 20% | 12% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 13% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Human Resources | 7% | 1% |
| Legal & Compliance | 7% | 2% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Grid Capital | 4 |
| 53 Stations | 2 |
| Ironspring Ventures | 2 |
| 8-Bit Capital | 1 |
| Aglaé Ventures | 1 |
| Arsenal Growth Equity | 1 |
| BAM Ventures | 1 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers889%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company111%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Chicago Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Chicago Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 28 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 6 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 15 Sept 2025 | Series B | |
| 12 Aug 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Chicago Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Chicago Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a platform for contractors to hire and manage electricians | Human ResourcesEducation | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company provides a freight orchestration and procurement platform | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| GreenLite combines licensed architects and engineers with AI agents to help commercial projects get permits approved faster and on a predictable timeline. | Real Estate & Construction | Sept 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| Guthrie AI provides AI preconstruction and bid management software for contractors | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Helix provides voice verification services to confirm the age and identity of individuals | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| InstaSwitch moves income, payroll, spend, vendors, and clients to a new account, automating where possible and guiding where not, to complete the switch. | FintechFintech | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |||
| OneRail provides last mile delivery software | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2024Series C+ | Funding round | |
| pubX builds agent-to-agent infrastructure for advertising | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Oct 2026Series A | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- chicagoventures.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Nov 2024
- Companies checked
- 9
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