Chicago Ventures
Chicago Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, Marketplace, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 11 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- AUM
- $386M
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Marketplace, Other, Enterprise, Fintech, Consumer, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
Last verified: 2026-07-18
Seed
$250K – $2.0M
$386M
11+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Seed-stage fund investing in early B2B SaaS and marketplaces, primarily in the Midwest with broader reach.
How Chicago Ventures invests
Chicago Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Marketplace, Other, Enterprise, Fintech.
Chicago Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $386M in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2020, Chicago Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including Compliant, Entegrata, GoodShip. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (11)
2024
Compliant
Entegrata
2023
GoodShip
Layup
BuildForce
2022
BlueTape
GreenLite
2020
CognitOps
Other
Amount
Cameo
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Marketplace, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eric Duboe, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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