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Chicago Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads seed and Series A investments in overlooked teams across the United States. Founded in 2012, the firm serves as an active, operationally-involved partner to founders building enduring companies outside traditional tech hubs.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.6M (across 78 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
60
Fund Size
$80M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
84 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Buildforce | Series A | $10M | Jul 2026 |
 instaswitch | Seed | $4.7M | Jan 2026 |
| GGuthrie | Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 |
| GGuthrie AI | Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 |
| VVirtuix | Unknown | $11M | Jan 2026 |
 Annie | Unknown | $4M | Nov 2025 |
 Greenlite | Series B | $49.5M | Sep 2025 |
 GoodShip | Series B | — | Aug 2025 |
 Entegrata | Seed | $4.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Aeropay | Series B | $20M | May 2024 |
| Greenlite | Seed | $8M | Oct 2023 |
| LLeverage AI | Unknown | $7M | Jan 2023 |
 Mezo | Series A | $21M | Dec 2022 |
 Project44 | Growth | $80M | Nov 2022 |
 Bluetape | Seed | $5M | Aug 2022 |
| Project44 | Growth | — | Jan 2022 |
 Part3 | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2022 |
| FFranShares | Pre-Seed | $1.4M | Aug 2021 |
| Buildforce | Seed | $4M | Aug 2021 |
| Aeropay | Seed | $5M | Mar 2021 |
 Dina | Series A | $7M | Jan 2021 |
 Prisidio | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2021 |
 PULSEDATA | Series A | $16.5M | Jan 2021 |
 mayk.it | Seed | $4M | Jan 2021 |
 LinqPal | Seed | $4M | Jan 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Pritzker Group Venture Capital9 shared
Insight Partners8 shared
Emergence Capital5 shared
U.S. Venture Partners5 shared
Bullpen Capital5 shared
Draper Associates5 shared
Sapphire Ventures4 shared
Las Olas Venture Capital4 shared
Hyde Park Venture Partners4 shared
MATH Venture Partners4 shared
500 Global4 shared
OCA Ventures4 shared
Origin Ventures4 shared
Corazon Capital4 shared
Sozo Ventures3 shared
8VC3 shared
Omidyar Network3 shared
LiveOak Venture Partners3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026