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CME Ventures

North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago

Description

CME Ventures is the strategic investment arm of CME Group focused on managing a portfolio of external minority equity investments

Investor Profile

CME Ventures has made 24 investments, with 1 in the past 12 months and 13% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Series B (29%)
  • Series A (25%)
  • Series Unknown (21%)
  • Series D (8%)
  • Seed (8%)
  • Series C (4%)
  • Series E (4%)

Country Focus

  • United States (71%)
  • Canada (8%)
  • Switzerland (4%)
  • Germany (4%)
  • United Kingdom (4%)
  • Israel (4%)
  • Brazil (4%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Fintech
  • Financial Services
  • Analytics
  • Machine Learning
  • Saas
  • Blockchain
  • Big Data
  • Finance
  • Cryptocurrency
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does CME Ventures frequently co-invest with?

Accenture
Europe, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin
Co-Investments: 3
GS Growth
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Citi
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Seagate Technology
North America, California, United States, Cupertino
Co-Investments: 3
Digital Currency Group
North America, Connecticut, United States, Stamford
Co-Investments: 2
Mouro Capital
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 3
Verizon Ventures
North America, New Jersey, United States, Basking Ridge
Co-Investments: 3
Lux Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 3
Andreessen Horowitz
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 2
DCVC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does CME Ventures often collaborate with?

PP
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
JC
North America, California, United States, San Jose
Shared Deals: 1
NM
North America, United States
Shared Deals: 1
CC
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
Dalip Jaggi
North America, California, United States, Irvine
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by CME Ventures?

Grão Direto

Uberaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Grão Direto is a digital commodities trading platform that offers market intelligence insights on gains for producers and buyers.

AgricultureAgTechFarmingSoftwareTrading Platform
Series BMar 10, 2025
Amount Raised: $15,468,702
OpenFin

New York, New York, United States

OpenFin provides financial institutions with a unified workspace and developer platform built for productivity.

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechOperating Systems
Series DMay 24, 2023
Amount Raised: $35,000,000
Axoni

New York, New York, United States

Axoni is a real-time data replication technology company serving the world’s largest financial institutions.

Financial ServicesFinTechSoftware
Series UnknownApr 26, 2023
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Kemiex

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Business information, Market Intelll and Procurement SaaS for food/feed/pharma/ag ingredients and chemicals

Animal FeedChemicalFood and BeverageInformation TechnologyMarket ResearchMarketplacePharmaceuticalProcurementSaaSSupply Chain Management
Series UnknownFeb 24, 2023
Revelate

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

SaaS data fulfillment platform providing a suite of capabilities for data sharing and commercialization to fully realize the value of data.

B2BCloud Data ServicesData IntegrationEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Series AJan 26, 2022
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Blockfills

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Blockfills is an institutional digital asset liquidity provider.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInformation Services
Series AJan 19, 2022
Amount Raised: $37,000,000
Blockfills

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Blockfills is an institutional digital asset liquidity provider.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInformation Services
SeedJun 24, 2021
Amount Raised: $7,000,000
OpenGamma

London, England, United Kingdom

OpenGamma is the analytics company dedicated to reducing the costs of trading derivatives.

AnalyticsFinancial ServicesFinTechSoftware
Series EApr 3, 2019
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
SparkCognition

Austin, Texas, United States

SparkCognition is an AI technology startup operating a machine learning software to analyze increasingly complex data stores.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityMachine LearningSoftware
Series BFeb 20, 2018
Amount Raised: $24,000,000
1QBit

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1QB Information Technologies is a quantum computing software company.

Information ServicesInformation TechnologyQuantum ComputingSoftware
Series BNov 28, 2017
Amount Raised: $35,110,990