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1 | Firm | Angel | Early/Seed | Growth | Late | BiC Presence | VentureUp | Research Priority | Hot? | Continue Focus? | Partners | Associates | Chicago Portfolio Companies | Chicago Exits | Typical Deal | Funding | Target Industry or Sector | Comments | |
2 | Apex Venture Partners | x | x | x | 1 | Yes | Lon Chow Wayne Boulais George Middlemas Armando Pauker | None? | Advanced Equities Financial Corp. - Specialized investment banking and brokerage firm Analyte Health - Online healthcare clinic for consumers. Appolicious - Mobile applications online media company. Digitalwork - Provider of complete, affordable, easy-to-use web site solutions for small businesses and consumers. EnvestNet - NYSE: ENV - Provider of wealth management solutions to the financial advisory industry. IfByPhone - Provider of hosted web-integrated voice services for small and medium sized businesses. SitterCity - Online information source for child care, pet care, senior care, housesitting, housekeeping and tutoring. Target Data - Provider of an end-to-end platform for integrated mover marketing solutions. Timelines - Developer of online information services for consumers and businesses. Trunk Club - Apparel shopping service for men. | Initiate Systems, Inc. - Acquired by IBM - Master Data Management (MDM) software developer | $200k-6M | $600M | Technology-enabled services (consumer & business) Information technology Clean technology | ||||||
3 | Baird Venture Partners | x | x | x | x | 1 | Yes | Gordon G. Pan Michael Liang, Ph.D. James E. Pavlik Benedict P. Rocchio David Gregorka Don Layden Frederick Robertson Rob D. Ospalik Aaron Rudberg | Rob Green | Arroweye Solutions, Inc - a card marketing and production partner that provides just-in-time, highly customized plastic gift, incentive and payment cards and carriers. BrightTag - a technology provider for the digital marketing industry, with a unique approach to tag management PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation - leading provider of outsourced pharmacy compounding services to the hospital market. Sittercity - America's largest and most trusted website connecting families with child care, pet care, eldercare, home care and tutoring solutions. | $15-35M | Technology-Enabled Services/ Business Services (Outsourced Services, Information Services, Financial Services) Healthcare (Medical Device & Equipment, Tools & Diagnostics, Healthcare Services) | Big healthcare focus | ||||||
4 | Chicago Ventures | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | Stuart Larkins Kevin Willer | Ezra Galston Jason Duboe | donde, Rocketmiles Spring, catalyze.io mdotlabs, Bloomnation TempoDB, findit zipments, blitsy pangea, picturelife betterfly, cartavi shift gig, Kapow Events UpCity, SimpleRelevance Retrofit, healthfinch Food Genius, Power Switch | Viewpoints Network | $250k-1M | $40M | Technology-Enabled Products and Services New Media and Education Products and Services Consumer Web and Mobile | - 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 - Formerly I2A Fund | ||||
5 | Drive Capital (Columbus) | x | x | 1 | x | ? (location) | Mark D. Kvamme Chris Olsen Robert Hatta | Matt McDonough | (midwest, not Chicago): Roadtrippers, CrossCHX, ChannelIQ, FarmLogs | $100k+ | $250M | Technology Technology-Enabled Services Healthcare Consumer | |||||||
6 | Duchossois Technology Partners (Elmhurst) | x | x | x | 1 | Yes | Rohit Seth Daniel Phelps | None? | $2-7M | Information Technology, Communications, Semiconductor, and Software - consumer, enterprise, wireless, telecommunications, and component sectors. | |||||||||
7 | Energy Foundry | x | x | x | x | 1 | x | ? (industry) | Jason Blumberg Sara Hochman Jeremy Adelman | Bryan Halloy | Grid and Energy Technology companies | - private, non-profit impact venture fund, created to invest, mentor and strategically support game-changing grid and energy startups - Initial funding was provided by ComEd and Ameren. | |||||||
8 | Garland Capital | x | x | 1 | No | Preston Holdren Gary Holdren | Graham Holdren Ross Holdren | Tax Lien Certificates, Oil Field Services, Distressed Ranch Properties, and Healthcare Consulting. | Not really technology investors | ||||||||||
9 | Hyde Park Venture Partners | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | Ira Weiss Guy Turner Sam Yagan Jim Gagnard | Ryan Fukushima | Ahalogy - Pinterest Marketing Platform FarmLogs - ERP and big data for the farm FindIt - Find files across the cloud FoodGenius - Big data for the food industry InContext Solutions - 3D virtual shopping Iris Mobile - Rich media SMS marketing LevelEleven - Gamifying sales team metrics NoRedInk - Tablet based grammar learning ParkWhiz - Click here. Park anywhere. Protean - Your wallet on one card SimpleRelevance - Targeted 1:1 e-mail campaigns Sqrl - File Request Engine TempoDB - Time series database service Zaranga - Vacation rental marketplace Tap.me - Engaging in-game ads | $750k-2.5M | $25M | Technology-Enabled Business Consumer Services Healthcare IT | ||||||
10 | Illinois Ventures | x | x | 1 | No | John Banta Nancy Sullivan John Regan Kathryn Burrer Hyer | Jim Keating | Information Technologies Greentech Life Science Physical Science | - Conceived and launched by the University of Illinois - focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences, life sciences and clean technology | ||||||||||
11 | JK&B Capital | x | x | x | x | 1 | No | David Kronfeld Robert Humes Ali Shadman Albert DaValle, Jr. Thomas Neustaetter Marc Sokol Tasha Seitz Nancy O’Leary | None | Splunk | $2-10M | $1.1B | Communications Information Technology/Software Healthcare | JK&B is stage-agnostic and derrives its investment decisions from analysis of current trends. They then invest in the "must have" technologies that result from these trend analyses | |||||
12 | Lightbank | x | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | Brad Keywell Paul Lee Vicki Levine Bill Pescatello | Adam London | Groupon (and a LOT of others) | $100k-5M | $200M | Early-stage tech (any) - "uniquely flexible" and "have a wide focus" | |||||
13 | Mithril Capital | x | x | 1 | x | No | Ajay Royan Peter Thiel | $540M | No Chicago office? | ||||||||||
14 | MK Capital (Northbrook) | x | x | x | x | 1 | Yes | Bret Maxwell Mark Koulogeorge Karen Buckner Kirk Wolfe Yair Landau Josh Beebe | Maybe 1 in L.A.? | CellTrak Technologies | $3-8M | $250M | Digital Media Data Center Automation Software Education Technology | On Skokie Blvd. just south of Dundee | |||||
15 | New Enterprise Associates | x | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | None in Chicago? | Only in DC and SF | Nationwide, 300+ Mergers and Acquisitions, 175 IPOs | $5.1B | Technology (software & services, systems, consumer & internet, energy) Healthcare (biopharma, devices, services) | - World's largest VC firm - Small Chicago office is 1 of 6, and was opened in 2012 | |||||
16 | OCA Ventures | x | x | x | x | 1 | Yes | Jim Dugan John Dugan Peter Ianello Marc Berman Jason Heltzer Joe Dwyer David Zyer Biju Kulathakal | Imran Ahmad | 71lbs, Alert Logic, Apparel Media Group, Automated Insights, Base, Base-2 Capital, Bedouin, BrightNest, Brill Street, Campus Explorer, Cartavi, Cleversafe, CohesiveFT, Ed Map, Excelerate Labs, FeeFighters, Fitocracy, Healthfinch, Home Preview Channel, Ikadega, Iris Mobile, Javlin Ventures, National Billing Partners, Net-Hopper, OpenMarkets, Pangea, Pinpoint Health, Power2Switch, Red Foundry, Retention Education Inc, SafeShepherd, Sales Beach, Selero, Shakti Systems, Snapsheet, SpotHero, SumRidge Partners LLC, SupplyHog, SwipeSense, TechSkills, Trego Dugan Jet Management, TradeKing, Univa, Compliance Ethics and Learning Solutions (DBA Midi) designs, WebMind Corporation, Whittl | $1-6M | $50M | Industries: technology, financial services, for-profit education Sectors: technology, highly-scalable services businesses, mobile commerce, and web 3.0 | ||||||
17 | Origin Ventures (Northbrook and Chicago) | x | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | Steven N. Miller Bruce N. Barron Brent Hill | Eric Olson | GrubHub Ahalogy iris mobile doggyloot Aisle50 Whittl cityscan ifbyphone Campus Explorer shoutlet Cortex claimforce iNest | $500k-1M | $15.2M | E-commerce Digital media / ad technology Software as a service | favor investment opportunities that are enhanced by innovative use of large amounts of data; which eliminate delay and provide “real time” benefits to customers; or that benefit from the trend in mobility (smartphones, tablets). | ||||
18 | Pritzker Group Venture Capital | x | x | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | J.B. Pritzker Tony Pritzker Chris Girgenti Matt McCall Adam Koopersmith Chirag Chotalia Gabe Greenbaum Jeffrey Maters Rishi Roongta Carter Cast Dave Habiger Steve Brotman Kevin Willer | Peter Liu Timo Kim | $3-5M | Commerce Mosaic Transformation of Enterprise Applications Digital Media Technologies Interactive Health Interconnected World | ||||||
19 | Sandbox Industries | x | x | x | 1 | x | Yes | Nick Rosa Bob Shapiro Steve Engelberg Matt Downs Paul Brown Anna Haghgooie Tom Hawes Vanessa Rollings Nina Nashif | Kyle Gay David Mishkin | EduLender Inc | <$5M | $169M | Early-stage tech | Many different platforms to create, invest in, and explore new businesses | |||||
20 | 7wire Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
21 | Abundant Venture Partners | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
22 | Accel Partners | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Adams Street Partners | x | x | x | x | 2 | $5-20M | $22B | |||||||||||
24 | Allos Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
25 | Anderson Pacific Corporation | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Arch Venture Partners | x | x | 2 | $1.5B | ||||||||||||||
27 | Arthur Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
28 | Caldera Investment Group | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
29 | Capital Management Co. | x | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||
30 | Ceres Venture Fund | x | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||
31 | CHS Capital | x | x | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||
32 | Correlation Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
33 | Dashfire | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
34 | FireStarter Fund | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
35 | First Analysis | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
36 | Hopewell Ventures | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
37 | Independence Equity (Northbrook) | x | x | 2 | $500k-1M | ||||||||||||||
38 | Karlin Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
39 | Merrick Ventures | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
40 | Microsoft Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
41 | Second Century Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
42 | Silicon Valley Bank (Silicon Valley) | x | 2 | Marc Neri | |||||||||||||||
43 | Sterling Partners | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
44 | Synetro Group | x | x | 2 | |||||||||||||||
45 | True North Vebture Partners | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
46 | Washing Pond Ventures | x | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
47 | Advantage Capital Partners (Downers Grove) | x | x | x | 3 | $500k-10M | $8B | ||||||||||||
48 | Batterson Venture Partners | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
49 | Baxter Ventures (Deerfield) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
50 | Blue Cedar Ventures | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
51 | Calumet Ventures (Madison) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Channel Medical Partners (Skokie) | x | 3 | $5-25M | |||||||||||||||
53 | Chicago Growth Partners | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
54 | Confluence Capital (Minneapolis) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
55 | Detroit Venture Partners (Detroit) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
56 | Dundee Venture Capital (Omaha) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
57 | Frontenac Company | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
58 | Gentry Venture Partners | x | x | 3 | |||||||||||||||
59 | Guild Capital | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
60 | Hercules Technology Growth Capital (Elmhurst) | x | x | 3 | $3.4B | ||||||||||||||
61 | Huron River Ventures (Ann Arbor) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
62 | KB Partners LLC (Highland Park) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
63 | Lead Lap | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | Mercury Fund (Houston) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | Mosaix Ventures | x | x | 3 | |||||||||||||||
66 | Omphalos Ventures (Minneapolis) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
67 | R7 Partners | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
68 | RPM Ventures (Ann Arbor) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
69 | Vine Street Ventures (Cincinnati) | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
70 | West Loop Ventures | x | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
71 | Wind Point Partners | x | 4 | No | $30-150M | $2.8B | Private equity investment firm that partners with top caliber executives to acquire middle market businesses | Private Equity | |||||||||||
72 | Beringea (Detroit) | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
73 | Chrysalis Ventures (Louisville) | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
74 | CID Capital (Indianapolis) | x | x | 4 | |||||||||||||||
75 | Cressy and Company | x | 4 | $10-100M | $1B | ||||||||||||||
76 | High Street Capital | x | 4 | <$20M | |||||||||||||||
77 | Innovate Indiana Fund | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
78 | Jump Capital | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
79 | LEO Capital Holdings (Northbrook) | x | 4 | $1-3M | |||||||||||||||
80 | Matthew Pritzker Company | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
81 | Motorolla Solutions Venture Capital (Schaumberg) | 4 | $1-5M | ||||||||||||||||
82 | MVC Capital | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
83 | Plymouth Ventures (Ann Arbor) | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
84 | Prism Capital | x | x | 4 | $1-15M | $190M | |||||||||||||
85 | Promus Ventures | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
86 | Range Light | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
87 | Red Barn Investments | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
88 | River Cities Capital (Cincinnati) | x | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
89 | Thoma Bravo | x | x | 4 | $25-200M | $4B | |||||||||||||
90 | Wynnchurch Capital (Rosemont) | x | 4 | $10-90M | $1B | ||||||||||||||
91 | Cornerstone Angels (Northbrook) | x | x | A | $250k-2M | ||||||||||||||
92 | Harvard Angels | x | A | ||||||||||||||||
93 | Heartland Angels | x | x | A | |||||||||||||||
94 | Hyde Park Angels | x | x | A | |||||||||||||||
95 | Irish Angels | x | A | ||||||||||||||||
96 | West Suburban Angels | x | x | A | |||||||||||||||
97 | Wildcat Angels | x | A | ||||||||||||||||
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