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Top 24 Minority-focused venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 44 minority-focused venture capital firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 360 professional contacts across them, including 87 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers minority-focused 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.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 24 largest minority-focused venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 24 of 44 minority-focused 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 minority-focused 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.
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HPAIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20056

“HPA is a leading early-stage investor.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2
OCA VenturesStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a38

“We're a hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage venture capital firm.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3
Vitalize Venture CapitalStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1029

“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
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Jump CapitalStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5021

“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
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The 81 CollectionIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1017

“We are a collection of entrepreneurs who brought our offline industries online.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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53 StationsIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1016

“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
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Corazon CapitalStrong evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1016

“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
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LongjumpPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1015

“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
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Chicago BlendStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1015

“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
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Chicago VenturesIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1012

“We give founders better odds.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Tensility Venture PartnersIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-109

“We seed and grow companies that will revolutionize business by delivering the promise of AI to the enterprise.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Spiral SUN VenturesPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-109

“We are a seed capital fund that promotes a healthier lifestyle by investing in companies that create better-for-you consumer products.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Distributed VenturesPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-108

“Distributed Ventures backs bold founders innovating at the frontier of risk.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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NEW Stack VenturesIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-107

“New Stack was founded in 2015 with a mission to invest in the Outsiders.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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E.G. WoodePartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-106

“We provide a sustainable platform where residents and business owners can leverage the capital and assets of a large institution to rebuild and reconstruct commercial corridors…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Fifth Star FundsPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-104

“Fifth Star Funds is a first-of-its-kind philanthropic venture fund dedicated to addressing the racial funding gap in entrepreneurship.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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367 VenturesIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-103

“We advise, mentor and invest in exceptional founders of early stage companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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u.venturesPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-103

“u.ventures backs technology companies from pre-seed to Series B.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Seyen CapitalPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-103

“Seyen Capital is a Chicago based VC fund.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Marquee VenturesStrong evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-102

“Marquee Ventures is venture capital fund anchored by the parent company of the Chicago Cubs and Marquee Sports Network.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Genius GuildStrong evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-102

“Genius Guild, a Chicago-based venture capital firm building a new kind of venture platform focused on creating a world where everyone gets alpha-Investors, Founders, and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Purvi CapitalPartial evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-102

“The motivation for Purvi Capital took shape as the great blizzard of 2011 poured sleet and snow at rates exceeding 4 inches/hour over Chicago streets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Urban ArrayPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-501

“Urban Array is a minority-led restorative investment nonprofit that invests in entrepreneurs of color, redirecting money, energy, and creativity into divested communities.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-501

“Diverse businesses are an engine for economic growth and community empowerment in the United States.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Minority-focused venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
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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 44 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 minority-focused 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 “minority-focused 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 minority-focused 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, 87 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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Frequently asked

How many minority-focused venture capital firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 44 minority-focused 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?

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

Which city has the most minority-focused venture capital firms?

New York leads with 221 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (202) and Los Angeles (83).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 5, 2026.

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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.