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Top 25 Micro venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Micro venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 150 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 150 micro venture capital firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,729 professional contacts across them, including 446 with verified work emails. San Francisco is the largest hub.

This list covers micro venture capital firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

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The 25 largest micro venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States

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Top 25 of 150 micro venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names micro venture capital firms: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Portal InnovationsPartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	67
	“Portal Innovations is a premier venture development engine that bridges scientific ideation in life sciences, medtech, and bioinformatics through commercial proof of concept by…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	First AnalysisIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	59
	“For over 40 years, First Analysis has been at the forefront of supporting emerging growth companies and established leaders across high-growth, technology-driven sectors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	HPAIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	56
	“HPA is a leading early-stage investor.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	G SquaredPartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	54
	“Founded in 2011, G Squared is aligned to a fundamental shift: venture-backed companies are staying private longer.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Allies For Community BusinessPartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	47
	“Allies for Community Business (A4CB) provides the capital, coaching, and connections entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	IrishangelsIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	47
	“IrishAngels is a Notre Dame inspired angel investing group for experienced operators, executives, and founders who want to invest thoughtfully in early-stage companies and stay…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	OCA VenturesStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	38
	“We're a hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage venture capital firm.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Hyde Park Venture PartnersStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	33
	“Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	Technexus Venture CollaborativePartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	30
	“TechNexus Venture Collaborative (TechNexus) invests in relationships between leading corporations and ambitious entrepreneurs to Rethink Growth™.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Moderne VenturesPartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	30
	“Moderne Ventures invests in technology companies in and around real estate, finance, insurance, home services and sustainability.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Vitalize Venture CapitalStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	29
	“VITALIZE Venture Capital is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund and angel community investing in the future of work.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	LightbankIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	24
	“Disruptive technology investors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	Jump CapitalStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	21
	“Jump Capital is a founder-focused, low-ego early-stage venture firm investing in Fintech, application software, and infrastructure.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	11 Tribes VenturesPartial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	19
	“11 Tribes Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that proactively invests in the resilience of entrepreneurs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	The 81 CollectionIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	17
	“We are a collection of entrepreneurs who brought our offline industries online.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	Origin VenturesStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	16
	“Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with extraordinary founders building the defining companies in the fifth economic era - the Artificial…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	53 StationsIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	16
	“We partner with founders for their journey ahead, investing with flexibility and scale to build companies that last.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Corazon CapitalStrong evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	16
	“Born out of a love for building startups and a passion for backing entrepreneurs with heart, Corazon Capital (Spanish for “heart”), a leading Chicago-based venture fund, brings a…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	LongjumpPartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	15
	“LongJump is a first-check venture fund, based in Chicago, designed to invest in the next generation of founders.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	Chicago BlendStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	15
	“Chicago:Blend is a 501c3 nonprofit organization working to create a more inclusive venture capital and startup ecosystem.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Earth FoundryStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	12
	“Earth Foundry is a pioneering early-stage venture capital firm, recognized globally for our ability to identify, invest in, and scale the most transformative startups in critical…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Chicago VenturesIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	12
	“We give founders better odds.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Bridge Venture FundStrong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	12
	“Bridge is a Chicago-based, seed-stage venture capital firm investing in software and consumer businesses in overlooked categories underserved by innovation.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Venture Forward CapitalIndirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	11
	“A Global VC firm, led by entrepreneurs turned investors, backing repeat successful founders accelerating the future of Applied AI” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	IDL VenturesPartial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	11
	“IDL Ventures is an innovative Internationalization Platform and Fund focused on onboarding 2 Cohorts a year of early-stage Deep Tech foreign companies with emerging tech and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Micro venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 150 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among micro venture capital firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “micro venture capital firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among micro venture capital firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and an evidence rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 446 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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Micro venture capital firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

How many micro venture capital firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 150 micro venture capital firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Portal Innovations, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most micro venture capital firms?

San Francisco leads with 654 headquartered companies, followed by New York (632) and Los Angeles (208).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.