Investor profile
Derek Ferguson
Accelerator, Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Founding Member at Illinois Ventures
Derek Ferguson works as a Founding Member at Illinois Ventures. The firm's known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- BiotechEnterprise SaaSIllinois-focusedIoTMedTechSolarTherapeuticsUniversity Spinouts
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founding Member at Illinois Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Mesh
- Ascent Integrated Tech
- Excelsior Sciences
- Cadenza Bio
- Natrion
- Pathlit
- ClimeCast
- Elion Therapeutics
- GrayKea
- Integrated Dynamics
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Climate, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas Biotech, Enterprise SaaS, Illinois-focused and IoT fall inside that listing.
Illinois Ventures appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Derek Ferguson is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Illinois Ventures
John Mueller
Founding Member
Austin, United States
Thomas Parkinson
Senior Director
Champaign, United States
Alan Braverman
Founding Member
Chicago, United States
Craig Vodnik
Founding Member
Austin, United States
Mark O'Connor
Venture Capital Associate
United States
Todd Ofenloch
Founding Member
Boston, United States
Rishit Parikh
Investor
United States
Jackie DiMonte
Advisory Group
New York, United States
Phillip Lachman
Member
Boston, United States
Nancy Sullivan
Managing Director
United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Derek Ferguson?
Derek Ferguson is an accelerator partner and syndicate member based in Glencoe, Illinois, United States, listed as Founding Member at Illinois Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Derek Ferguson personally.
What does Derek Ferguson 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 portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Derek Ferguson invest at?
Illinois Ventures appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Derek Ferguson is listed there as Founding Member. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Derek Ferguson listed at?
Derek Ferguson is listed as Founding Member at Illinois Ventures. 10 other people in the database share a firm with Derek Ferguson.
How do I contact Derek Ferguson?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Derek Ferguson. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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