Pre-seed investors in Chicago
This slice of our investor database holds 43 Pre-seed Chicago investors.
About this slice
This slice of our investor database holds 43 Pre-seed Chicago investors. All of them are in Chicago. The sectors they back most often here are SaaS (22), fintech (19) and AI (14). The median firm in this slice has made 52 investments; across the slice the total is 1,872. The median number of exits is 4. By stage: Pre-seed (43), Seed (43), Series A (38), Series B (8) and Growth (7). The largest portfolios in this slice belong to Jump Capital, Second Century Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners. Every row below is shown in full except the contact details, which are the paid part of the dataset. The numbers on this page are recomputed from the database, so they change when the data does.
Who is deploying in this slice
Covered: 28% of the slice. The rest are marked no data — which is not the same as inactive. Which funds these are, and the link proving it, is in the paid export.
- 43 firms in this slice.
- Most concentrated in Chicago (43).
- Median investments per firm: 52.
- Leading sector: SaaS (22).
- 43 rows carry a contact address; those are the paid part.
| By stage | Investors |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 43 |
| Seed | 43 |
| Series A | 38 |
| Series B | 8 |
| Growth | 7 |
| By sector | Investors |
|---|---|
| saas | 22 |
| fintech | 19 |
| ai | 14 |
| enterprise | 14 |
| consumer | 13 |
| healthtech | 13 |
| mobile | 13 |
| data-analytics | 11 |
| ecommerce | 8 |
| edtech | 8 |
| By city | Investors |
|---|---|
| Chicago | 43 |
| By type | Investors |
|---|---|
| Venture funds | 40 |
| Family offices | 2 |
| Angel networks | 1 |
Number of investments made, by firm.
| Portfolio size | Investors |
|---|---|
| 10–25 | 2 |
| 25–50 | 9 |
| 50–100 | 5 |
| 100+ | 8 |
Preview — 15 of 43
| Investor | Type | Location | Stages | Investments | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump Capital | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Series B, Seed, Growth, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Second Century Ventures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Series B, Seed, Growth, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Hyde Park Venture Partners | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Series B, Seed, Growth, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| OCA Ventures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Valor | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Chicago Ventures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| JK&B Capital | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Series B, Seed, Growth, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Origin Ventures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Series B, Seed, Growth, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Moderne Ventures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Impact Engine | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| 7wireVentures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| New Stack Ventures | Angel networks | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| New Stack Ventures | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Pre-seed, Seed | ||
| Higher Ground Labs | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A | ||
| Sfermion | Venture funds | Chicago, US | Seed, Pre-seed, Series A |
The first three rows link out to the funds themselves. Investment counts and contacts for every row come with the export.
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- Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, sectors, stages, portfolio and exits
Access follows the list, not a file: the export is rebuilt regularly and you always download the current version. Last rebuilt October 19, 2026.
- Every investor in the database, with working email — this slice included
- One-time payment — no subscription, no recurring fees
- Instant download in XLSX and CSV
- Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, sectors, stages, portfolio and exits
Access follows the list, not a file: the export is rebuilt regularly and you always download the current version. Last rebuilt October 19, 2026.
Questions
What is free here?
Name, type, stages, sectors, city and country, website, investment and exit counts — as aggregates across all 43 rows and row by row for the first fifteen. Contact addresses are not part of the free view and are physically absent from this page.
What does buying add?
The full export of all 43 rows in XLSX and CSV, including contact email (43 rows have one). Access follows the list, not a file: the export is rebuilt and you always download the current version.
Where does the data come from?
Source and method are described on the investor data sources page. We do not claim verification that did not happen — each row carries a confidence level. An investor who asks to be excluded is removed from both the preview and the export.
Updated 10/19/2026