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Top 25 Venture capital advisors based in Chicago, United States

Name: Venture capital advisors based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026 99 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 99 venture capital advisors headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,585 professional contacts across them, including 1,092 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers venture capital advisors 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 6, 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 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest venture capital advisors based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 99 venture capital advisors based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to venture capital advisors: 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	Lincoln International	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,489 contacts →
	“Lincoln International, Inc.(NYSE: LCLN) is a trusted investment banking advisor to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and their portfolio…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2	Portage Point Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	173 contacts →
	“Portage Point is a business advisory, interim management and investment banking firm intensely focused on the middle market.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3	First Analysis	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	59 contacts →
	“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 6, 2026
4	Houlihan Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	“Houlihan Capital is a leading, solutions-driven valuation, financial advisory and investment banking firm committed to delivering superior client value and thought leadership in…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5	Cxponent	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	“CXponent is an advisory firm with expertise in all things “as a Service” for Mid-market companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6	The Chicago Corporation	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	“After 15 successful years, The Chicago Corporation (TCC) will be winding down operations at year end 2024.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7	Davis Capital, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	“Davis Capital is a transaction driven firm and focuses on creating, initiating, negotiating, structuring, and closing mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, management buyouts…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8	Areida Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	“Areida Group brings an institutional approach to advising companies and personalizes the experience for each client.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9	Riverwalk Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	“Riverwalk Capital Partners advises and manages Riverwalk GP and funds, offering investors access to venture capital investing and private placement deals.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10	Vcapital Management	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	“With an in-depth focus on research and exceptional due diligence plus a 30-year track record, VCapital Management Co.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11	Augusta Advisors LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	“We are a specialized M&A firm of former private equity investors, helping founders select the right partners and maximize outcomes.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12	Uplift Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	“Uplift Partners is a leading M&A advisory firm that specializes in providing top-notch advice and execution to businesses in various industries.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13	Mason Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	“We provide value to investors pre and post purchase.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14	Morris Street Advisors	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15	Synetro Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	“Synetro Group is a non-traditional private investment and strategic advisory firm.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16	EXORO	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	“We provide strategic planning, business strategy, technology,operations, fund-raising, and M&A advisory services to start-up, early stage, growth companies and private equity.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17	Banner Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	“Founded in 1993, Banner Capital is a global advisory and management services firm dedicated to the business needs of private investors.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18	Trellus	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	“Trellus is the preeminent firm exclusively dedicated to helping the world’s most innovative and discerning entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors measure, enhance, and monetize…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19	S. Jordan Associates SJA	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	“SJA Investment Banking: Fundraising required to support the advancement of scientific development programs is one of the most prominent challenges facing life sciences / medical…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20	Northwater Consulting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	“Northwater Consulting offers access to a group of highly experienced experts in the Alternative Investment Industry.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21	Hubeknowsbest LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	“Welcome to HubeKnowsBest LLC, your one stop shop for all your business services needs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22	Drummers Limited	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	“Drummers Limited is a business development organization and investment firm helping guide companies through a hands-on approach to build businesses from concept to market and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23	Seekup	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	“SeekUp Strategies is a startup advisory firm dedicated to guiding early-late stage companies through pivotal growth phases.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24	Evergreen Park Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	1 contacts →
	“Evergreen Park Capital is a Placement Advisory and Placement Agent specializing in raising capital for private equity funds, venture capital funds, independent sponsors and direct…” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25	490 Consulting LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	“Business is changing.” Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 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: venture capital advisors. 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 venture capital advisors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of venture capital advisors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name venture capital advisors. 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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Venture capital advisors based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026

42.2%Verified-email coverage

26.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

396.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 6, 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 this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 99 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 venture capital advisors, 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 “venture capital advisors”. 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 venture capital advisors), 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 venture capital advisors, 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, 1,092 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 6, 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.

Venture capital advisors by metro in the United States

Venture capital advisors in New York392
Venture capital advisors in San Francisco111
Venture capital advisors in Chicago99
Venture capital advisors in Los Angeles91
Venture capital advisors in Miami74
Venture capital advisors in Boston71
Venture capital advisors in Houston71
Venture capital advisors in Austin64
Venture capital advisors in Dallas58
Venture capital advisors in Atlanta57
Venture capital advisors in Washington45
Venture capital advisors in San Diego42
Venture capital advisors in Seattle37
Venture capital advisors in Denver36
Venture capital advisors in Charlotte26

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 venture capital advisors, 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 venture capital advisors are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 99 venture capital advisors 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?

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

Which city has the most venture capital advisors?

New York leads with 392 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (111) and Chicago (99).

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 1,092 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 99 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 6, 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 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.