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Top 25 Small business investment companies based in Chicago, United States

Name: Small business investment companies based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 114 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 114 small business investment companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,216 professional contacts across them, including 603 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers small business investment companies 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, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

114Companies

1,216Contacts tracked

603Verified emails

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The 25 largest small business investment companies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 114 small business investment companies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to small business investment companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	BDT & MSD Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	504 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BDT & MSD Partners is a merchant bank serving founders, family business owners, and long-term strategic investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	First Analysis	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	HPA	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HPA is a leading early-stage investor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Baird Capital	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments in strategically targeted sectors around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Allies For Community Business	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	OCA Ventures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're a hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Broadstreet Impact Services	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Broadstreet is an impact financial services company providing Fund Services and Fund Management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	The Copia Group, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Copia Group is a diverse-owned investment adviser that provides debt and equity capital solutions to privately held, lower middle-market, U.S-based companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	The 81 Collection	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a collection of entrepreneurs who brought our offline industries online.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Permanent Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Permanent Capital Ventures \| We help founders build the go-to-market engine for enterprise scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Capital Source	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Capital Source offers a highly unique approach to commercial lending, and as fellow Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, we have a passion for delivering funding solutions that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	The Chicago Corporation	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “After 15 successful years, The Chicago Corporation (TCC) will be winding down operations at year end 2024.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	87	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “87 is an affiliate of Sterling Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm founded over 35 years ago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Concentric Equity Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Concentric Equity Partners is a private investment firm based in Chicago, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	Riverwalk Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Riverwalk Capital Partners advises and manages Riverwalk GP and funds, offering investors access to venture capital investing and private placement deals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Vcapital Management	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With an in-depth focus on research and exceptional due diligence plus a 30-year track record, VCapital Management Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Cane Investment Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cane Investment Partners is a private investment firm dedicated to investing in people, ideas and opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Triton Capital Partners, LTD	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Triton Capital Partners provides creative, practical and affordable investment and merchant banking solutions to privately held middle market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Distributed Ventures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Distributed Ventures backs bold founders innovating at the frontier of risk.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	American Working Capital, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “American Working Capital ("AWC") is an investment firm seeking to partner with management and employees for mutual long-term growth opportunities through mezzanine and equity…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Alliance Growth Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Alliance Growth Partners is an entrepreneurial focused investment firm with the goal to acquire and grow one quality business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Breakout Capital	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WE INVEST IN BREAKOUT POTENTIAL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Morris Street Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Morris Street Advisors (MSA) is an Investment and Strategic Advisory firm providing tailored solutions to sophisticated global private market clients across a spectrum of business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	367 Ventures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We advise, mentor and invest in exceptional founders of early stage companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Synetro Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Synetro Group is a non-traditional private investment and strategic advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: small business investment companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names small business investment companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of small business investment companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name small business investment companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Small business investment companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

49.6%Verified-email coverage

10.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

450.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 114 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 small business investment companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search 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 Smart Search, 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 “small business investment companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names small business investment companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among small business investment companies, 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 its RevenueBase Smart Search 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, 603 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 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Small business investment companies by metro in the United States

Small business investment companies in New York513
Small business investment companies in San Francisco123
Small business investment companies in Chicago114
Small business investment companies in Miami113
Small business investment companies in Los Angeles108
Small business investment companies in Atlanta93
Small business investment companies in Austin88
Small business investment companies in Houston84
Small business investment companies in Dallas76
Small business investment companies in Boston70
Small business investment companies in Washington65
Small business investment companies in Denver41
Small business investment companies in San Diego41
Small business investment companies in Charlotte38
Small business investment companies in Phoenix34
Small business investment companies in Tampa33
Small business investment companies in Boca Raton32
Small business investment companies in Philadelphia30
Small business investment companies in New York City28
Small business investment companies in Newport Beach27
Small business investment companies in Minneapolis26
Small business investment companies in Scottsdale26

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names small business investment companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many small business investment companies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 114 small business investment companies 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?

BDT & MSD Partners, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most small business investment companies?

New York leads with 513 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (123) and Chicago (114).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 603 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 114 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

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 Smart Search, 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.