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Illinois Ventures

North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago

Description

Illinois Ventures is a seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies,

Investor Profile

Illinois Ventures has made 59 investments, with 3 in the past 12 months and 7% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (29%)
  • Series A (24%)
  • Series B (12%)
  • Series Unknown (10%)
  • Pre Seed (8%)
  • Series C (7%)
  • Undisclosed (3%)
  • Angel (2%)
  • Series F (2%)
  • Series E (2%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Biotechnology
  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Saas
  • Analytics
  • Health Diagnostics
  • Advertising
  • Manufacturing
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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 Illinois Ventures frequently co-invest with?

SOSV
North America, New Jersey, United States, Princeton
Co-Investments: 5
TechNexus Venture Collaborative
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 4
RPM Ventures
North America, Michigan, United States, Ann Arbor
Co-Investments: 6
HPA (Hyde Park Angels)
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 3
OCA Ventures
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 3
Fox Ventures
North America, Maryland, United States, Beltsville
Co-Investments: 3
Anorak Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Pritzker Group Venture Capital
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 3
Serra Ventures
North America, Illinois, United States, Champaign
Co-Investments: 10
Alumni Ventures
North America, New Hampshire, United States, Manchester
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does Illinois Ventures often collaborate with?

SK
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Shared Deals: 1
MK
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Shared Deals: 1
MP
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Shared Deals: 1
CC
North America, Michigan, United States, Traverse City
Shared Deals: 1
MC
North America, Texas, United States, Dallas
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Illinois Ventures?

Pathlit

Chicago, Illinois, United States

A no-code platform for building, testing, and deploying reliable AI workflows at scale. Streamline enterprise AI implementation effortlessly

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer PlatformDeveloper ToolsEnterprise ApplicationsEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Generative AISaaSSoftwareVenture Capital
Pre SeedMar 17, 2025
Amount Raised: $1,012,000
Elion Therapeutics

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Elion Therapeutics is a cutting-edge biotechnology business focused on treating life-threatening IFIs

BiotechnologyPharmaceuticalTherapeutics
Series BJun 17, 2024
Amount Raised: $81,000,000
ClimeCast

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Improving the energy efficiency of commercial real estate.

Energy EfficiencyReal EstateSoftware
Pre SeedApr 18, 2024
Amount Raised: $355,000
Cadenza Bio

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Cadenza Bio accelerates and supports the development of a new class of highly selective Estrogen Receptor targeted small molecules.

Biotechnology
SeedDec 14, 2023
Amount Raised: $2,440,000
Integrated Dynamics

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Leveraging cutting-edge bioengineering to solve America's hundred-billion-pound organic waste problem.

BiofuelBiomass EnergyRenewable Energy
AngelAug 15, 2023
Amount Raised: $120,000
Natrion

Binghamton, New York, United States

Natrion is developing scalable solid-state electrolytes to enable the mass adoption of EVs.

BatteryClean EnergyCleanTechEnergyEnergy StorageRenewable Energy
SeedMay 25, 2022
Amount Raised: $1,750,000
Ascent Integrated Tech

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ascent has developed the unifying dashboard to improve the safety of firefighters, special forces, and SWAT.

GovernmentPublic SafetySaaS
SeedJan 31, 2022
Amount Raised: $1,200,000
Mesh++

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mesh++ is a wireless technology company that builds self-powered routers that run an efficient mesh networking protocol.

HardwareInternetWireless
SeedOct 21, 2021
Amount Raised: $4,900,000
GrayKea

San Francisco, California, United States

GrayKea aims to reduce financial stress experienced by college students through sustainable alumni giving.

EducationFinancial ServicesHigher EducationInternet
UndisclosedApr 26, 2021
Ocient

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ocient is a hyper-scale data analytics company that allows organizations to unlock value by analyzing petabyte to exabyte scale data sets.

AnalyticsBig DataComputerDatabase
Series BJan 25, 2021
Amount Raised: $40,000,000