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Top 25 Venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Oct 1, 2026 88 companies tracked

The Chicago venture capital firms directory lists 88 companies, 638 contacts, and 163 email addresses. Use this directory to research venture capital firms and identify relevant business contacts. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (452 companies); Chicago has 88.

Venture capital firms invest in privately held companies, typically in exchange for an ownership stake. This list covers companies that invest or manage capital in privately held businesses through venture capital funds or related investment vehicles. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of October 1, 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 Oct 1, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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638Contacts tracked

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 88 venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Oct 1, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to venture capital firms: 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	HPA	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	51-200	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HPA is a leading early-stage investor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
2	Allies For Community Business	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Partial 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 Oct 1, 2026
3	Irishangels	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	n/a	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
4	OCA Ventures	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	n/a	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We're a hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
5	Vitalize Venture Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “VITALIZE Venture Capital is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund and angel community investing in the future of work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
6	Jump Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jump Capital is a founder-focused, low-ego early-stage venture firm investing in Fintech, application software, and infrastructure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
7	The 81 Collection	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a collection of entrepreneurs who brought our offline industries online.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
8	53 Stations	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We partner with founders for their journey ahead, investing with flexibility and scale to build companies that last.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
9	Corazon Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
10	Longjump	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LongJump is a first-check venture fund, based in Chicago, designed to invest in the next generation of founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
11	87	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “87 is an affiliate of Sterling Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm founded over 35 years ago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
12	Earth Foundry	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
13	Chicago Ventures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We give founders better odds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
14	Bridge Venture Fund	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bridge is a Chicago-based, seed-stage venture capital firm investing in software and consumer businesses in overlooked categories underserved by innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
15	Chingona Ventures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Investing in the next generation of badass founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
16	Tensility Venture Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We seed and grow companies that will revolutionize business by delivering the promise of AI to the enterprise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
17	Distributed Ventures	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Distributed Ventures backs bold founders innovating at the frontier of risk.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
18	Sandalphon Capital	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sandalphon leads, co-leads or meaningfully participates in Pre-Seed and Seed stage rounds for B2B healthtech startups Primary industries of interest: HealthTech Tech-Enabled…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
19	Motivate Venture Capital	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Motivate Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
20	NEW Stack Ventures	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “New Stack was founded in 2015 with a mission to invest in the Outsiders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
21	August Hill	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “August Hill was formed to partner with founding teams at the most critical inflection points in their company’s journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
22	Uncommon Impact Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a team of technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, and senior executives with deep expertise in our industries, building belonging, and driving impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
23	CIC Angels	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CIC is an angel syndicate investing in early-stage founders building turnkey solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
24	Kerosene	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Kerosene is a two-sided network connecting exceptional early-stage founders with 300+ venture capital firms across the US.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 2026
25	Promus Ventures	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Oct 1, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “An experienced and globally focused venture capital company, we are split between the US and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Oct 1, 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 firms. 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 firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of venture capital firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name venture capital firms. 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 firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Oct 1, 2026

25.5%Verified-email coverage

7.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Oct 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200

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 88 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 firms, 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 firms”. 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 firms), 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 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 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, 163 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 October 1, 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.

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Frequently asked

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

This directory includes 88 venture capital firms based in Chicago, United States as of October 2026.

Which city in the United States has the most venture capital firms?

New York leads the United States with 452 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (437) and Los Angeles (124). Chicago has 88.

How can I find contacts at venture capital firms?

This directory includes 638 contacts and 163 email addresses associated with the listed venture capital firms.

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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.