Pre-Seed Investors & VC Firms in Chicago

58 firms in this list, with a median first check of $225K. 12 of them lead rounds. Generated from verified public data and updated continuously.

Fund	FoxScore	HQ	Invests	Stage	Check	CRM
SM SmartHealth Catalyzer TD1 person	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
TA Tally Capital	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Series A	—	+ Add to CRM
BI Bitnomial	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Series A	—	+ Add to CRM
CH Chicago Crypto Capital	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
IL Illinois Ventures JKNSTPCV19 people	88🔒	Champaign	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
GE GE Ventures KKBCKNLB9 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Cincinnati	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
RO Royal Street Ventures Management Company, Llc JSLBMKSS4 people	88🔒	Kansas City	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	$1M – $3M	+ Add to CRM
DE Decasonic AAATJPPH5 people	88🔒	San Francisco	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
CI CIBC JG1 person	88🔒	Toronto	CA	Pre-Seed–Late Stage	$1.5M – $29.2M	+ Add to CRM
PR proChain Ventures JKJKMG3 people	88🔒	Arlington	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM

SmartHealth Catalyzer

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed

TD1 person

Tally Capital

ChicagoPre-Seed–Series A

Bitnomial

ChicagoPre-Seed–Series A

Chicago Crypto Capital

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed

Illinois Ventures

ChampaignPre-Seed–Seed

JKNSTPCV19 people

GE Ventures

CincinnatiPre-Seed–Seed

KKBCKNLB9 people

Royal Street Ventures Management Company, Llc

Kansas CityPre-Seed–Seed$1M – $3M

JSLBMKSS4 people

Decasonic

San FranciscoPre-Seed–Seed

AAATJPPH5 people

CIBC

TorontoPre-Seed–Late Stage$1.5M – $29.2M

JG1 person

proChain Ventures

ArlingtonPre-Seed–Seed

JKJKMG3 people

Data sourced from public filings and firms' own websites — see our methodology.