Illinois Ventures is an accelerator and syndicate. Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Mesh, Ascent Integrated Tech, Excelsior Sciences, Cadenza Bio, Natrion and Pathlit.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- BiotechEnterprise SaaSIllinois-focusedIoTMedTechSolarTherapeuticsUniversity Spinouts
Who to pitch at Illinois Ventures
Illinois Ventures portfolio companies (10)
- Mesh
- Ascent Integrated Tech
- Excelsior Sciences
- Cadenza Bio
- Natrion
- Pathlit
- ClimeCast
- Elion Therapeutics
- GrayKea
- Integrated Dynamics
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About Illinois Ventures
The firm's listing covers sectors Climate, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas Biotech, Enterprise SaaS, Illinois-focused and IoT; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A.
The team counts 11 people in our database. Alan Braverman (Founding Member), Craig Vodnik (Founding Member) and John Mueller (Founding Member) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Illinois Ventures shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Angels @ Illinois Ventures, Boyd Street Ventures and Paradigm.
Frequently asked questions
What is Illinois Ventures?
Illinois Ventures is an accelerator and syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Illinois Ventures invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include Biotech, Enterprise SaaS, Illinois-focused and IoT. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Illinois Ventures invest at?
The known deals of Illinois Ventures include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Illinois Ventures?
3 of the 11 people on file at Illinois Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm. All 11 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Illinois Ventures?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 11 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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