Company Overview
Chicago Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that is based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm primarily invests in the technology, healthcare IT, media and education products and services, consumer web and mobile sectors. It was founded in 2013.
History
Chicago Ventures was founded in 2013 by Stuart Larkins and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Ventures invests in 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. The fund looks to make initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $1 million in each company.
Investments
Chicago Ventures has made 121 investments. On Mar 8, 2019, when they invested $12.5M in HealthJoy. Chicago Ventures has raised a total of $106M across 2 funds, one of them being Chicago Ventures Fund II. This fund was announced on Oct 31, 2016, and raised a total of $66M.
Chicago Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed/startups investments. The firm primarily invests in the following sectors: technology-enabled products and services; published electronic materials; water purification; web broadcasts and cybercasts; new media; software; sales and marketing SaaS; healthcare IT; education products and services; consumer and retail products; clean technology; life sciences; e-commerce, B2B2C, nanotechnology, consumer web, and mobile. It primarily invests in companies based in the Central region of United States, Greater Midwest region, Austin, Madison, Denver, and Illinois with a focus on Chicago or those that are willing to relocate to Illinois.
Timeline
HealthJoy
$12.5M.
Chicago Ventures Fund II
$66M.
Funded Companies
NOCD provides online therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Power2Switch is a Chicago-based company founded by Philip Nevels.
Kapow Events is a company that looks to help venues book client events online
data.world is an Austin, Texas-based company founded by Jon Loyens, Bryon Jacob and Matt Laessig.
Truss is an online marketplace to help small and medium sized business owners find, tour, and lease space.
Wise Apple is a Chicago-based company founded by Nathan Cooper, Josh Evnin and Rebecca Sholiton.
infinite io is an Austin, Texas-based company founded by Jay Rolette.
eRelevance Corporation is an Austin, Texas-based company.
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