Illinois Ventures is the venture capital arm of the University of Illinois System, founded in 2000. It invests in early-stage deep tech companies with ties to the University of Illinois across sectors including AI, biotech, agtech, quantum, and clean tech.
Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $16.0M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
17
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
18 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Syntax | Series A | $14.4M | Jun 2026 |
| CCoologics | Seed | $3M | Apr 2025 |
 Elion Therapeutics | Series B | $81M | Jun 2024 |
| SSfunga Therapeutics | Series B | $81M | Jun 2024 |
 Mesh++ | Seed | $4.9M | Jan 2021 |
 Revenew | Series B | $5M | Oct 2013 |
 ZeaChem | Series C | $19M | Oct 2011 |
 Semprius | Series C | $20M | Jan 2011 |
 ShareThis | Series A | — | Jan 2007 |
| Semprius | Series B | $4.7M | Jan 2007 |
 Syntax Bio | Unknown | $14.4M | — |
 Natrion | Seed | $2M | — |
 Samara Aerospace | Seed | $10M | — |
| CCadenza Bio | Seed | $2.4M | — |
| NNatrion | Seed | $2M | — |
 Tandemn | Unknown | $1.7M | — |
 Network Perception | Seed | $2.7M | — |
 Photon Queue | Seed | $4M | — |
Top Co-Investors
TechNexus Venture Collaborative3 shared
Deerfield2 shared
AMR Action Fund2 shared
Illumina Ventures2 shared
Portal Innovations2 shared
Astellas Venture Management2 shared
Draper Associates2 shared
Civilization Ventures2 shared
Tamarack Global2 shared
MFV Partners2 shared
Applied Materials2 shared
In-Q-Tel2 shared
ARCH Venture Partners2 shared
Altos Ventures Management, Inc.1 shared
Marlin Equity Partners1 shared
Sigma Capital1 shared
Mayo Clinic Ventures1 shared
LG Technology Ventures1 shared
Techstars1 shared
Balerion Space Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026