Chicago Ventures

Chicago Ventures

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Overview

Chicago Ventures partners closely with exceptional entrepreneurs building companies in undercapitalized high-potential ecosystems.

Highlights

Founded

2012

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

1-10

Investment

167

Lead Investment

49

Exits

31

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Chicago Ventures, established in 2012 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Internet, Energy, Clean Energy, Price Comparison, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, FinTech, Financial Exchanges, Publishing. The organization boasts a portfolio of 166 investments, with an average round size of $12.4M and 31 successful exits. Their recent investments include Power2Switch, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, OCA Ventures, HPA (Hyde Park Angels), Betterfly (ACQUIRED). The highest investment round they participated in was $187.4B. Among their most notable exits are Power2Switch and Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Rob Chesney

Rob Chesney

Partner

imagePlace Stuart Larkins

Stuart Larkins

Co-Founder and Partner

imagePlace Kevin Willer

Kevin Willer

Partner

imagePlace Lindsay Knight

Lindsay Knight

Partner

imagePlace Peter Christman

Peter Christman

Partner

imagePlace Jackie DiMonte

Jackie DiMonte

Partner

Investment portfolio

Chicago Ventures has made 167 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 23, 2024, when FranShares raised $4.1M.

Chicago Ventures has made 47 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jul 14, 2023, when Leverage raised $3.0M.

investments

167

Diversity investments

47

Lead investments

49

Number of exits

31

Investments

167

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 31, 2023
GreenLite Technologies GreenLite Technologies
Software8.0M
May 16, 2024--20.0M
May 16, 2024
GoodShip GoodShip
Software8.0M
May 23, 2024
FranShares FranShares
Financial Services4.1M

Exits

31

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

167

Investors

0

Funds

4

Funding Rounds

167

Chicago Ventures has raised 167 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 23, 2024 from a Seed Round - FranShares round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Oct 31, 2023
Seed Round - GreenLite Technologies Seed Round - GreenLite Technologies
-8.0M-
May 16, 2024
Series B - Aeropay Series B - Aeropay
-20.0M-
May 16, 2024
Series A - GoodShip Series A - GoodShip
-8.0M-
May 23, 2024
Seed Round - FranShares Seed Round - FranShares
-4.1M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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