Top Illinois Angel or VC Firm Companies (63)

The Heico Companies is the parent holding company for a diverse portfolio of manufacturing, construction, and industrial services businesses. Today, we look to acquire performing businesses that complement our existing operations. As a buy, hold, and build investor, we have owned many of our operations for over 40 years. A key factor in our growth is our commitment to reinvest...

First Eagle is an independent investment management firm that manages approximately $149* billion in assets (as of 09/30/24) on behalf of institutional and individual clients. With the core purpose of providing prudent stewardship of client assets, the firm focuses on active, fundamental and benchmark-agnostic investing, with a strong focus on downside mitigation. First Eagle’s investment capabilities include equity, fixed income...

Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP") is a private equity investment firm that focuses on control investments in the lower middle market (companies with $1-5M of EBITDA). We look for investments where we can establish true collaborative partnerships with business owners and management teams that will lead to substantial value creation over a long-term investment horizon. TDP’s track record of...

Invests in the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem. Three types of investments: 1. Equity investments into early-stage startups 2. Token investments (both liquid and illiquid tokens) 3. Direct NFT investments

Sandbox is a different kind of venture capital firm. We focus on the corporate partners in our funds, sourcing investments that both advance and challenge their strategies, collaborating closely with them, and facilitating their collaboration with each other, which leads to revenue for our portfolio through our partners and extraordinary returns.

Galaxy Ventures invests in crypto’s cutting edge founders, technologies, and business models across software infrastructure, financialized applications, protocols, and consumer use cases.

At Xerxes Global, we believe in bold. We get excited about the BIG ideas – the ones that disrupt or break open an industry to change everything. We develop innovative new ways to find insights that shake business to its foundations, new approaches to management that dare to ask “what if you could?,” and new ways of presenting information to...

Leo Capital Holdings, LLC is a privately funded venture investor making investments in early and later stage private companies. Our focus is primarily on consumer oriented technology and applications. We like ventures that target very large markets, and consider investment opportunities across the United States. Leo maintains a broad network of contacts, investors, and advisors with whom we work after investing...

We started venture investing with three objectives: learning, community & philanthropy. With each investment, we seek to learn from and alongside our founders; to bring into our world a community of like minded entrepreneurs who inspire us; and to sponsor companies that bring to bear social value if they succeed. Most importantly, we look for entrepreneurs who relish execution and...

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Lead Lap is a Northfield, Illinois-based family office and private investment firm with several current investments in private companies.  Lead Lap seeks control investments in small to mid-size companies in the business services, consumer products/services, health services, and the education, marketing, media, advertising, information and online sectors. Lead Lap also makes non-control growth capital investments in promising businesses.Lead Lap was...

The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Chicago invests in and directly supports the growth of early stage ventures, primarily located in the Chicago area and surrounding region. The organization consists of current and former executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists with a serious commitment to investing their capital, expertise, and time into high potential entrepreneurial ventures in order to enable...

Abundant Venture Partners is a purpose based incubator focused on improving the human condition by creating companies that improve; Human Wellness, Performance and Engagement. AVP was formed with core beliefs that drive our actions and investment. We seek to create or invest in early stage companies that define new markets of opportunity.

MATH Venture Partners invests primarily in Series A and Seed rounds, managed by a seasoned team of hands-on investors and operators. We look for entrepreneurial teams that have customer acquisition as part of their core DNA. It is this maniacal focus, deep appreciation for process and exceptional talent that makes them stand out.

Chicago Ventures invests in well-managed seed-stage technology companies in Chicago and the Greater Midwest that have demonstrated a value proposition in a given market for their product or services. The fund looks to make initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $1 million in each company.

TRIBUS delivers custom platforms to help real estate brokerages best engage their Clients, Agents & Staff

Portal Innovations is a venture capital firm that helps exceptional life sciences innovators build their companies where they live. We surround these entrepreneurs with the resources and community they need: Seed capital, fully equipped lab space, and expertise and introductions to other investors and partners.

We are seasoned experts in the realm of financial data applications. With a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the intricacies of financial data, we have consistently demonstrated our proficiency in developing and implementing cutting-edge solutions. Our team's expertise lies not only in harnessing the power of data but also in crafting innovative applications that leverage this data...

For over 25 years and across more than 100 growth companies, the principals of Chicago Growth Partners have partnered with quality management teams to help facilitate their growth objectives. CGP executes its growth-focused investment strategy across four industries: Education, Tech-Enabled Services, Healthcare and Industrial Growth, where our expertise in information technology, marketing, and finance can often be helpful to our...

We recognize that the future of mobility is in our hands. What should the New Mobility look like to create healthy businesses and economies that are environmentally sustainable and create opportunities for everybody? What is the role of New Mobility in fostering individual freedom and thriving democratic societies?