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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 investors for Finance startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
| Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Street Partners | https://www.adamsstreetpartners.com/ | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Linkedin | |
| Origin Ventures | http://www.originventures.com | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Linkedin | |
| M25 | https://m25vc.com/ | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Linkedin |
| OCA Ventures | http://www.ocaventures.com | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Linkedin | |
| Energize Ventures | https://www.energize.vc/ | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Venture | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Linkedin |
At Early Stage Life we track over 1,000,000 investors and over 3,800,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 30 Finance investors in Chicago. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Finance Investors & Funds (Chicago)
Adams Street Partners
Adams Street Partners operates as a global private market investment management firm.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Industries: Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Origin Ventures
Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in software and marketing businesses enabling the Digital Native economy.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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M25
M25 is the most active early-stage VC firm investing in Midwest headquartered startups (14 states, 100+ companies) across most industries
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Consumer, Enterprise, Enterprise Software, Finance, Venture Capital
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OCA Ventures
Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage VC.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Venture Capital
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Energize Ventures
Energize Ventures is a leading global alternative investment manager focused on the digitization of energy and sustainable industry.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Venture
Industries: Construction, Energy, Finance, Financial Services, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Venture Capital
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WP Global Partners
Institutional investor in venture capital, private equity, and private debt.
Investment Rounds: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Secondary Market
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Chicago Ventures
An early-stage venture capital fund, investing in exceptional entrepreneurs in the Central US.
Investment Rounds: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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New Stack Ventures
New Stack Ventures is a venture firm investing in startups that are pre-revenue, in pilots/PoCs, or early commercialization.
Investment Rounds: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Internet, Venture Capital
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REACH
REACH is an accelerator with a focus on technology companies in real estate and adjacent industries.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, Marketing, Real Estate
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GTCR
GTCR LLC is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, leveraged recapitalization, growth capital and rollup transactions.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Finance, Financial Services
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EVC Ventures
EVC Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital fund that focuses on early-stage startups.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Higher Education, Venture Capital
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Moderne Ventures
Moderne Ventures is a venture fund that invests in tech real estate, mortgage, finance, insurance, and home service companies.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Venture Capital
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Guggenheim Partners
Guggenheim Partners is a diversified financial services firm, offers investment management and banking, and insurance services.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Listen
Listen is a consumer-only venture capital firm focused on backing and building the brands of tomorrow.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Sterling Partners
Sterling Partners is a private equity firm with a history of generating extraordinary returns for their investors.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services
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BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners
Blue Venture Fund is a corporate venture fund program to which twenty-nine BCBS entities have committed over $500 million across three funds
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Relish Works
Relish Works is an innovation hub focused on challenging the status quo and pioneering the next evolution of the food industry.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
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JK&B Capital
JK&B Capital is a venture capital firm focused in the software, IT and communications markets.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Sandalphon Capital
Sandalphon Capital is a micro venture capital firm focused on Seed to Series A investments
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Venture Capital
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Financial Solutions Lab
The Financial Solutions Lab is a catalyst for innovations that improve financial health.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Non Profit
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R7 Partners
R7 Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies building transformational technologies.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: AgTech, Air Transportation, Enterprise Software, Finance, FinTech, Robotics, Transportation
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True North Venture Partners
True North Venture Partners invests in and supports early stage businesses that have the potential to transform, expand and lead global
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Industries: Banking, Finance, Venture Capital
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Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Pritzker Group Venture Capital is a trusted partner helping entrepreneurs build market-leading technology companies
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Garland Capital Group
Founded in 2013, Garland Capital Group facilitates equity investments in high-growth companies and is a Chicago-based investment firm.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Thirty-5 Capital
Thirty-5 Capital is a venture capital firm with the mission of helping start-up, early stage, and family businesses.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Phenom Ventures
A holding company for Eric Muschinski’s various investments, operating businesses, and advisory services.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Late Stage Venture, Venture
Industries: Finance
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Adams Street Partners
Adams Street Partners operates as a global private market investment management firm.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Industries: Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Origin Ventures
Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in software and marketing businesses enabling the Digital Native economy.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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M25
M25 is the most active early-stage VC firm investing in Midwest headquartered startups (14 states, 100+ companies) across most industries
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Consumer, Enterprise, Enterprise Software, Finance, Venture Capital
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OCA Ventures
Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage VC.
Investment Rounds: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Industries: Finance, Venture Capital
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