- List of Chicago venture capital companies
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-style="background: #ececec;"|Name! Name! Web site! Phone! Founding date! Managing director(s)! Speciality! Capital managed
-!style="background: #ececec;"|AAM Capital Partners, L.P.
[http://www.aamcompany.com/ link]
312.263.2900
1982
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Stock, Mutual Funds, Insurance
$14.4 Billion
-!style="background: #ececec;"|ABN AMRO Private Equity
[http://www.abnequity.com/ link]
312.855.7292
1996
Keith A. Walz
Daniel J. Foreman
Technology
$300 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Adams Street Partners
[http://www.adamsstreetpartners.com/ link]
312.553.7890
1979
Terry Gould
Software, communications
$400 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Allied Capital Corporation
[http://www.alliedcapital.com/ link]
312.828.0330
1959
Managing Director
Private Finance Investing
$10 Billion
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.
[http://www.alphacapital.com/ link]
312.322.9800
1984
Gary L. Stark
Growing businesses, recapitalizations of established companies
$135 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Apex Venture Partners
[http://www.apexvc.com/ link]
312.857.2800
1987
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Technology
$500 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|ARCH Development Partners, LLC
[http://www.archdp.com/ link]
312.442.4400
??
Thomas L. Churchwell
Teri F. Willey
Robert Schriesheim
Technology, Unique Intellectual Property
$??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|ARCH Venture Partners
[http://www.archventure.com/ link]
773.380.6600
1987
Clinton W. Bybee
Technology
$1 Billion +
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Ark Capital Management
[http://www.arkvc.com/ link]
312.541.0330
1991
??
Corporations, Insurance Companies, Banks
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Ascent Equity Capital
[http://www.ascentequitycapital.com/ link]
312.265.6706.
2003
Chad Mollman
Business services, Consumer products & services
$5.0 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Baird Capital Partners (BCP) / Baird Venture Partners (BVP)
[http://www.rwbaird.com/ link]
312.609.4700
1919
Bryce P. Edwards
--
$11.9 Billion
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Batterson Venture Partners
[http://www.battersonvp.com/ link]
312.269.0300
1995
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Technology
$400 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Beecken Petty & Company Healthcare Equity Partners
[http://www.beeckenpetty.com/ link]
312.435.0300
??
Greg Moerschel
Healthcare Industry
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|BlueStar Ventures LP
[http://www.bluestarventures.com/ link]
312.384.5000
??
Patrick Pollard
Technology / Telecommunications
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Capital For Business, Inc.
[http://www.capitalforbusiness.com/ link]
773.867.8532
??
??
Industrial products/parts
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Cardinal Growth L.P.
[http://www.cardinalgrowth.com/ link]
312.913.1000
1958
??
Various
$100 Million +
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Ceres Venture Fund
[http://www.ceresventurefund.com/ link]
847.492.1111
2005
Laura Pearl
Sona Wang
Donna Williamson
Various
--
-!style="background: #ececec;"|CID Equity Partners
[http://www.cidequity.com/ link]
312.578.5350
1981
John C. Aplin
Various
$300 Million +
-!style="background: #ececec;"|CIVC Partners
[http://www.civc.com/ link]
312.873.7300
??
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Financial Services, Media/Communications
$1.3 Billion +
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC
[http://www.chsonline.com/ link]
312.876.1840
1988
--
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Devers Group
[http://www.deversgroup.com/ link]
847.920.1678
1983
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Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|DN Partners LLC
[http://www.dnpartners.com/ link]
312.332.7960
??
John E. Dancewicz
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Duchossois TECnology Partners
[http://www.duchtec.com/ link]
630.530.6105
??
??
Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Edgewater Funds
[http://www.edgewaterfunds.com/ link]
312.649.5666
1991
Jim Gordon
Business services/healthcare/IT/Consumer
$1.0 billion
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Essex Woodlands Health Ventures
[http://www.essexwoodlands.com/ link]
312.444.6040
1985
James L. Currie
Healthcare Industry
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|First Analysis Venture Capital
[http://www.firstanalysis.com/ link]
312.258.1400
1981
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Technology
$300 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Frontenac Company
[http://www.frontenac.com/ link]
312.368.0044
1971
Many (10 Total)
Health / Financial
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Gaebler Ventures LLC
[http://www.gaebler.com/ link]
312.207.1190 x102
1999
Ken Gaebler
Having a website with a font that's too SMALL
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|genYcapital
[http://www.genycapital.com/ link]
312.222.1990
2007
Dan Bartfield
Jon DeLuca
Jason Weingarten
Software / Web Services / Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
[http://www.gtcr.com/ link]
312.382.2200
1980
--
Healthcare / Outsourcing
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Gryffindor Capital Partners, LLC
[http://www.gryffindorcapital.com/ link]
312.821.2280
1996
??
Early stage technology companies
$2 Billion
-!style="background: #ececec;"|High Street Capital
[http://www.highstr.com/ link]
312.423.2650
??
??
Business Services, Industrial
$120 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|IEG Venture Partners
[http://www.iegventure.com/ link]
312.644.0890
??
??
?
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|IFC Credit Corporation
[http://www.ifccredit.com/ link]
847.663.6700
1988
??
Various
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Inroads Capital Partners
[http://www.inroadsvc.com/ link]
847.864.2000
??
Ellen Rudnick
Various
$50 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|JK & B Capital
[http://www.jkbcapital.com/ link]
312.946.1200
1996
??
Various
$900 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|KB Partners, LLC
[http://www.kbpartners.com/ link]
847.714.0444
??
Byron Denenberg
Keith Bank
Robert Garber
Bob Zieserf
Technology / Medical Devices
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Kettle Partners
[http://www.kettlevc.com/ link]
312.329.9300
??
--
Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Leo Capital Holdings, LLC
[http://www.keystoneventures.com/ link]
847.418.3420
--
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Technology
--
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Lunn Partners, LLC
[http://www.lunnpartners.com/ link]
312.629.1800
??
??
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Madison Dearborn Partners
[http://www.mdcp.com/ link]
312.895.1000
1993
Many (10 Total)
Financial Services / Health Care
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Marquette Venture Partners
[http://www.marquetteventures.com/ link]
312.932.9230
1987
Lloyd D. Ruth
Health Care / Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|MidMark Capital Inc.
[http://www.midmarkcap.com/ link]
630.325.0123
2002
David M. Kauppi
Mergers and Acquisitions, Information Technology, Healthcare, Heavy Equipment and Construction, Food and Beverage
$20 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|
Midwest Mezzanine Funds
[http://www.midwestmezzanine.com/ link]
312.992.4580
1992
David Gezon
J. Allan Kayler
Michael Foster
Buyouts / Acquisition
$300 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|MK Capital
[http://www.mkcapital.com/ link]
312.324.7703
2002
Bret Maxwell
Mark Koulogeorge
Software / Digital Media / Outsourced Services
$150+ Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|New World Ventures
[http://www.newworldvc.com/ link]
847.328.0300
1996
Christopher E. Girgenti
Various
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|North American Funds
[http://www.northamericanfund.com/ link]
312.332.4950
1989
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Industrial
$115 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Northern Illinois Angels, LLC
[http://www.northernillinoisangels.com/ link]
312.223.8393
??
Many (5 Total)
Various
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|OCA Ventures
[http://www.ocaventures.com/ link]
312.542.8954
1999
James Dugan
Technology; Financial Services; For Profit Education
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Open Prairie Ventures
[http://www.openprairie.com/ link]
217 351 7000
??
Dennis E. Beard
Technology
$1 Billion
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Origin Ventures LLC
[http://www.originventures.com/ link]
847.919.3546
1999
Steve Miller
Bruce Barron
Early Stage E-commerce & Medical Technology
$15+ Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Paradigm Group LLC
[http://www.paradigmventure.com/ link]
847.562.0700
??
Sheldon Drobny
Aaron J. Fischer
Patricia Metzger
Reevy Rosenberg
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Polestar Capital Partners
[http://www.polestarvc.com/ link]
312.984.9090
??
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Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Portage Ventures Partners
[http://www.portageventures.com/ link]
847.446.9460
1979
Ed Chandler
Judy Meyer
Technology / Life Sciences
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Prairie Angels
[http://www.prairieangels.org/ link]
773.837.8250
??
??
Technology
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Prairie Capital Mezzanine Fund
[http://www.prairie-capital.com/ link]
312.360.1133
??
??
Various
$350 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Prism Opportunity Funds
[http://www.prismfund.com/ link]
312.464.7900
??
Robert Finkel
Technology
$50 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Prospect Partners LLC
[http://www.prospect-partners.com/ link]
312.782.7400
1998
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Various
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Ravenswood Capital
[http://www.ravenswoodcapital.com/ link]
312.327.2530
??
??
??
$50 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Ridge Capital Partners LLC
[http://www.ridgecapital.com/ link]
847.381.2510
1992
J. Bradley David
Technology
$50 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|SB Partners
[http://www.sbpartners.com/ link]
312.986.8620
??
David Shyrock
??
$40 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Shorebank Capital Corp.
[http://www.shorebankcorp.com/ link]
906.228.6080
1973
??
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Sterling Capital LTD.
[http://www.sterlingcap.com/ link]
847-480-4000
1983
??
Healthcare / Industrial
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Svoboda, Collins LLC
[http://www.svoco.com/ link]
312.267.8750
1998
??
Business Services / Consumer Products & Services
$150 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Technology Crossover Ventures
[http://www.tcv.com/link]
847.810.4200
1995
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Technology
$3.3 Billion+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Thoma Cressey Equity Partners
[http://www.thomacressey.com/ link]
312.777.4444
1980/1998
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Software / Healthcare
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Trident Capital
[http://www.tridentcapital.com// link]
847-283-9891
1993
Many (6 Total)
Business Outsourcing / Technology
$1.2 Billion+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Vector Fund Management LP
[http://www.vectorfund.com/ link]
847.374.3947
1998
Buck A. Phillips
Douglas Reed
Various, but mostly biomedical technologies
$240 Million+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Ventana Financial Resources
[null link]
847.234.3434
??
??
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Waud Capital Partners LLC
[http://www.waudcapital.com/ link]
847.604.9550
1993
Many (8 Total)
Various
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|WGC Enterprises
[null link]
847.441.4133
??
??
??
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|William Blair Capital Partners
[http://www.williamblair.com/ link]
312.236.1600
1935
Many (7 Total)
Various
$400 million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Willis Stein & Partners
[http://www.willisstein.com/ link]
312.422.2400
??
??
Various
??
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Wind Point Partners
[http://www.wppartners.com/ link]
312.255.4800
1984
??
Various
$1 Billion+
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Wynnchurch Capital Ltd.
[http://www.wynnchurch.com/ link]
847.604.6100
??
Charles B. Grace
Thomas P. Guido
Michael J. Hering
Ian M. Kirson
Various
$200 Million
-!style="background: #ececec;"|Qexum Group Inc
[http://www.qexum.com/ link]
312.423.7989
2002
G.A.A. Sapoznik
Energy, Agriculture, Telecommunications, Health Care, Real Estate.
$400 Million+
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