Seed Investors & VC Firms in Chicago

135 firms in this list, with a median first check of $375K. 28 of them lead rounds. Generated from verified public data and updated continuously.

Fund	FoxScore	HQ	Invests	Stage	Check	CRM
CL Cleveland Avenue DTLTAZJQ13 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	$1M – $10M	+ Add to CRM
PR Promus Ventures MCGKSCSB10 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	—	+ Add to CRM
TE TechNexus Venture Collaborative THKDAWJA13 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series B	—	+ Add to CRM
HY Hyde Park Angels DMGCBGPW7 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	—	+ Add to CRM
KE Keystone KDBSCJDG40 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
MH mHUB BFHAKBKW35 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	$200K	+ Add to CRM
7W 7wire Ventures GTLSTMAJ17 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Growth	$100K – $5M	+ Add to CRM
CH Chicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV) JEBCJESC4 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
NI Nine Four Ventures JEKRPLSG24 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Series B	—	+ Add to CRM
ST Starting Line EGHKSHAO6 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	$750K – $2M	+ Add to CRM
BL Bluestein Ventures ABBBAHLL6 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Series A	—	+ Add to CRM
MO Motivate Venture Capital AWDWJBLD6 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	$250K – $3M	+ Add to CRM
TE Tensility Venture Partners APWBJSAW17 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
PO Portal Innovations JFAGDCGG25 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	—	+ Add to CRM
EN Energy Foundry JGSBAWBS16 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	$1M – $5M	+ Add to CRM
IN InvestBev BRGIJHRD23 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Growth	—	+ Add to CRM
SE Second Century Ventures MBTTKNAK10 people · Follows rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Growth	—	+ Add to CRM
EN Energy Capital Ventures JYRORVRO18 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series B	$2M – $5M	+ Add to CRM
LI Listen Ventures BFJCKASD7 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	$1M – $10M	+ Add to CRM
DI Distributed Ventures BDPCSDSE14 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	$1M – $5M	+ Add to CRM
SA Sandalphon Capital JENRJ(3 people	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Series A	$100K – $2M	+ Add to CRM
CH Chingona Ventures SMFCLDSS9 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	$250K – $2M	+ Add to CRM
R7 R7 Partners TEWGWUTW10 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Seed–Series A	$100K – $5M	+ Add to CRM
LO LongJump Ventures RKAABLGC9 people · Leads rounds	88🔒	Chicago	US	Pre-Seed–Seed	$110K	+ Add to CRM

Cleveland Avenue

ChicagoSeed–Series A$1M – $10M

DTLTAZJQ13 people

Promus Ventures

ChicagoSeed–Series A

MCGKSCSB10 people

TechNexus Venture Collaborative

ChicagoSeed–Series B

THKDAWJA13 people

Hyde Park Angels

ChicagoSeed–Series A

DMGCBGPW7 people

Keystone

ChicagoSeed

KDBSCJDG40 people

mHUB

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed$200K

BFHAKBKW35 people

7wire Ventures

ChicagoSeed–Growth$100K – $5M

GTLSTMAJ17 people

Chicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed

JEBCJESC4 people

Nine Four Ventures

ChicagoPre-Seed–Series B

JEKRPLSG24 people

Starting Line

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed$750K – $2M

EGHKSHAO6 people

Bluestein Ventures

ChicagoPre-Seed–Series A

ABBBAHLL6 people

Motivate Venture Capital

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed$250K – $3M

AWDWJBLD6 people

Tensility Venture Partners

ChicagoSeed

APWBJSAW17 people

Portal Innovations

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed

JFAGDCGG25 people

Energy Foundry

ChicagoSeed–Series A$1M – $5M

JGSBAWBS16 people

InvestBev

ChicagoSeed–Growth

BRGIJHRD23 people

Second Century Ventures

ChicagoSeed–Growth

MBTTKNAK10 people

Energy Capital Ventures

ChicagoSeed–Series B$2M – $5M

JYRORVRO18 people

Listen Ventures

ChicagoSeed–Series A$1M – $10M

BFJCKASD7 people

Distributed Ventures

ChicagoSeed–Series A$1M – $5M

BDPCSDSE14 people

Sandalphon Capital

ChicagoPre-Seed–Series A$100K – $2M

JENRJ(3 people

Chingona Ventures

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed$250K – $2M

SMFCLDSS9 people

R7 Partners

ChicagoSeed–Series A$100K – $5M

TEWGWUTW10 people

LongJump Ventures

ChicagoPre-Seed–Seed$110K

RKAABLGC9 people

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