List of Chicago Venture Capital Companies

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|-style="background: #ececec;"|Name
! Name
! Web site
! Phone
! Founding date
! Managing director(s)
! Speciality
! Capital managed
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[AAM Capital Partners, L.P.]]
| [http://www.aamcompany.com/ link]
| 312.263.2900
| 1982
| --
| STOCK, Mutual Funds, Insurance
| $14.4 Billion
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[ABN AMRO Private Equity]]
| [http://www.abnequity.com/ link]
| 312.855.7292
| 1996
| Keith A. Walz<br>Daniel J. Foreman
| Technology
| $300 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Adams Street Partners]]
| [http://www.adamsstreetpartners.com/ link]
| 312.553.7890
| 1979
| Terry Gould
| Software, communications
| $400 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Allied Capital Corporation]]
| [http://www.alliedcapital.com/ link]
| 312.828.0330
| 1959
| Managing Director
| Private Finance Investing
| $10 Billion
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.]]
| [http://www.alphacapital.com/ link]
| 312.322.9800
| 1984
| Gary L. Stark
| Growing businesses, recapitalizations of established companies
| $135 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Apex Venture Partners]]
| [http://www.apexvc.com/ link]
| 312.857.2800
| 1987
| --
| Technology
| $500 Million+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[ARCH Development Partners, LLC]]
| [http://www.archdp.com/ link]
| 312.442.4400
| ??
| Thomas L. Churchwell<br>Teri F. Willey<br>Robert Schriesheim
| Technology, Unique Intellectual Property
| $??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[ARCH Venture Partners]]
| [http://www.archventure.com/ link]
| 773.380.6600
| 1987
| Clinton W. Bybee
| Technology
| $1 Billion +
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Ark Capital Management]]
| [http://www.arkvc.com/ link]
| 312.541.0330
| 1991
| ??
| Corporations, Insurance Companies, Banks
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Baird Capital Partners (BCP) / Baird Venture Partners (BVP)]]
| [http://www.rwbaird.com/ link]
| 312.609.4700
| 1919
| Bryce P. Edwards
| --
| $11.9 Billion
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Batterson Venture Partners]]
| [http://www.battersonvp.com/ link]
| 312.269.0300
| 1995
| --
| Technology
| $400 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Beecken Petty & Company Healthcare Equity Partners]]
| [http://www.beeckenpetty.com/ link]
| 312.435.0300
| ??
| Greg Moerschel
| Healthcare Industry
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[BlueStar Ventures LP]]
| [http://www.bluestarventures.com/ link]
| 312.384.5000
| ??
| Patrick Pollard
| Technology / Telecommunications
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Capital For Business, Inc.]]
| [http://www.capitalforbusiness.com/ link]
| 773.867.8532
| ??
| ??
| Industrial products/parts
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Cardinal Growth L.P.]]
| [http://www.cardinalgrowth.com/ link]
| 312.913.1000
| 1958
| ??
| Various
| $100 Million +
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Ceres Venture Fund]]
| [http://www.ceresventurefund.com/ link]
| 847.492.1111
| 2005
| Laura Pearl<br>Sona Wang<br>Donna Williamson
| Various
| --
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[CID Equity Partners]]
| [http://www.cidequity.com/ link]
| 312.578.5350
| 1981
| John C. Aplin
| Various
| $300 Million +
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[CIVC Partners]]
| [http://www.civc.com/ link]
| 312.873.7300
| ??
| --
| Financial Services, Media/Communications
| $1.3 Billion +
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC]]
| [http://www.chsonline.com/ link]
| 312.876.1840
| 1988
| --
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Devers Group]]
| [http://www.deversgroup.com/ link]
| 847.920.1678
| 1983
| --
| Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[DN Partners LLC]]
| [http://www.dnpartners.com/ link]
| 312.332.7960
| ??
| John E. Dancewicz
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Duchossois TECnology Partners]]
| [http://www.duchtec.com/ link]
| 630.530.6105
| ??
| ??
| Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Edgewater Funds]]
| [http://www.edgewaterfunds.com/ link]
| 312.649.5666
| 1991
| Jim Gordon
| Business services/healthcare/IT/Consumer
| $1.0 billion
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Essex Woodlands Health Ventures]]
| [http://www.essexwoodlands.com/ link]
| 312.444.6040
| 1985
| James L. Currie
| Healthcare Industry
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[First Analysis Venture Capital]]
| [http://www.firstanalysis.com/ link]
| 312.258.1400
| 1981
| --
| Technology
| $300 Million+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Frontenac Company]]
| [http://www.frontenac.com/ link]
| 312.368.0044
| 1971
| Many (10 Total)
| Health / Financial
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Gaebler Ventures LLC]]
| [http://www.gaebler.com/ link]
| 312.207.1190 x102
| 1999
| Ken Gaebler
| Having a website with a font that's too SMALL
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[genYcapital]]
| [http://www.genycapital.com/ link]
| 312.222.1990
| 2007
| Dan Bartfield<br>Jon DeLuca<br>Jason Weingarten
| Software / Web Services / Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC]]
| [http://www.gtcr.com/ link]
| 312.382.2200
| 1980
| --
| Healthcare / Outsourcing
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Gryffindor Capital Partners, LLC]]
| [http://www.gryffindorcapital.com/ link]
| 312.821.2280
| 1996
| ??
| Early stage technology companies
| $2 Billion
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[High Street Capital]]
| [http://www.highstr.com/ link]
| 312.423.2650
| ??
| ??
| Business Services, Industrial
| $120 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[IEG Venture Partners]]
| [http://www.iegventure.com/ link]
| 312.644.0890
| ??
| ??
| ?
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[IFC Credit Corporation]]
| [http://www.ifccredit.com/ link]
| 847.663.6700
| 1988
| ??
| Various
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Inroads Capital Partners]]
| [http://www.inroadsvc.com/ link]
| 847.864.2000
| ??
| Ellen Rudnick
| Various
| $50 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[JK & B Capital]]
| [http://www.jkbcapital.com/ link]
| 312.946.1200
| 1996
| ??
| Various
| $900 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[KB Partners, LLC]]
| [http://www.kbpartners.com/ link]
| 847.714.0444
| ??
| Byron Denenberg<br>Keith Bank<br>Robert Garber<br>Bob Zieserf
| Technology / Medical Devices
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Kettle Partners]]
| [http://www.kettlevc.com/ link]
| 312.329.9300
| ??
| --
| Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Leo Capital Holdings, LLC]]
| [http://www.keystoneventures.com/ link]
| 847.418.3420
| --
| --
| Technology
| --
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Lunn Partners, LLC]]
| [http://www.lunnpartners.com/ link]
| 312.629.1800
| ??
| ??
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Madison Dearborn Partners]]
| [http://www.mdcp.com/ link]
| 312.895.1000
| 1993
| Many (10 Total)
| Financial Services / Health Care
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Marquette Venture Partners]]
| [http://www.marquetteventures.com/ link]
| 312.932.9230
| 1987
| Lloyd D. Ruth
| Health Care / Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[MidMark Capital Inc.]]
| [http://www.midmarkcap.com/ link]
| 630.325.0123
| 2002
| David M. Kauppi
| Mergers and Acquisitions, Information Technology, Healthcare, Heavy Equipment and Construction, Food and Beverage
| $20 Million+
|-

!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Midwest Mezzanine Funds]]
| [http://www.midwestmezzanine.com/ link]
| 312.992.4580
| 1992
| David Gezon<br>J. Allan Kayler<br>Michael Foster
| Buyouts / Acquisition
| $300 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[MK Capital]]
| [http://www.mkcapital.com/ link]
| 312.324.7703
| 2002
| Bret Maxwell<br>Mark Koulogeorge
| Software / Digital Media / Outsourced Services
| $150+ Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[New World Ventures]]
| [http://www.newworldvc.com/ link]
| 847.328.0300
| 1996
| Christopher E. Girgenti
| Various
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[North American Funds]]
| [http://www.northamericanfund.com/ link]
| 312.332.4950
| 1989
| --
| Industrial
| $115 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Northern Illinois Angels, LLC]]
| [http://www.northernillinoisangels.com/ link]
| 312.223.8393
| ??
| Many (5 Total)
| Various
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[OCA Ventures]]
| [http://www.ocaventures.com/ link]
| 312.542.8954
| 1999
| James Dugan
| Technology; Financial Services; For Profit Education
|
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Open Prairie Ventures]]
| [http://www.openprairie.com/ link]
| 217 351 7000
| ??
| Dennis E. Beard
| Technology
| $1 Billion
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Origin Ventures LLC]]
| [http://www.originventures.com/ link]
| 847.919.3546
| 1999
| Steve Miller<br>Bruce Barron
| Early Stage E-commerce & Medical Technology
| $15+ Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Paradigm Group LLC]]
| [http://www.paradigmventure.com/ link]
| 847.562.0700
| ??
| Sheldon Drobny<br>Aaron J. Fischer<br>Patricia Metzger<br>Reevy Rosenberg
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Polestar Capital Partners]]
| [http://www.polestarvc.com/ link]
| 312.984.9090
| ??
| --
| Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Portage Ventures Partners]]
| [http://www.portageventures.com/ link]
| 847.446.9460
| 1979
| Ed Chandler<br>Judy Meyer
| Technology / Life Sciences
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Prairie Angels]]
| [http://www.prairieangels.org/ link]
| 773.837.8250
| ??
| ??
| Technology
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Prairie Capital Mezzanine Fund]]
| [http://www.prairie-capital.com/ link]
| 312.360.1133
| ??
| ??
| Various
| $350 Million+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[PRiSM Opportunity Funds]]
| [http://www.prismfund.com/ link]
| 312.464.7900
| ??
| Robert Finkel
| Technology
| $50 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Prospect Partners LLC]]
| [http://www.prospect-partners.com/ link]
| 312.782.7400
| 1998
| --
| Various
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Ravenswood Capital]]
| [http://www.ravenswoodcapital.com/ link]
| 312.327.2530
| ??
| ??
| ??
| $50 Million+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Ridge Capital Partners LLC]]
| [http://www.ridgecapital.com/ link]
| 847.381.2510
| 1992
| J. Bradley David
| Technology
| $50 Million+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[SB Partners]]
| [http://www.sbpartners.com/ link]
| 312.986.8620
| ??
| David Shyrock
| ??
| $40 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Shorebank Capital Corp.]]
| [http://www.shorebankcorp.com/ link]
| 906.228.6080
| 1973
| ??
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Sterling Capital LTD.]]
| [http://www.sterlingcap.com/ link]
| 847-480-4000
| 1983
| ??
| Healthcare / Industrial
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Svoboda, Collins LLC]]
| [http://www.svoco.com/ link]
| 312.267.8750
| 1998
| ??
| Business Services / Consumer Products & Services
| $150 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Technology Crossover Ventures]]
| [http://www.tcv.com/link]
| 847.810.4200
| 1995
| --
| Technology
| $3.3 Billion+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Thoma Cressey Equity Partners]]
| [http://www.thomacressey.com/ link]
| 312.777.4444
| 1980/1998
| --
| Software / Healthcare
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Trident Capital]]
| [http://www.tridentcapital.com// link]
| 847-283-9891
| 1993
| Many (6 Total)
| Business Outsourcing / Technology
| $1.2 Billion+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Vector Fund Management LP]]
| [http://www.vectorfund.com/ link]
| 847.374.3947
| 1998
| Buck A. Phillips<br>Douglas Reed
| Various, but mostly biomedical technologies
| $240 Million+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Ventana Financial Resources]]
| [null link]
| 847.234.3434
| ??
| ??
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Waud Capital Partners LLC]]
| [http://www.waudcapital.com/ link]
| 847.604.9550
| 1993
| Many (8 Total)
| Various
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[WGC Enterprises]]
| [null link]
| 847.441.4133
| ??
| ??
| ??
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[William Blair Capital Partners]]
| [http://www.williamblair.com/ link]
| 312.236.1600
| 1935
| Many (7 Total)
| Various
| $400 million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Willis Stein & Partners]]
| [http://www.willisstein.com/ link]
| 312.422.2400
| ??
| ??
| Various
| ??
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Wind Point Partners]]
| [http://www.wppartners.com/ link]
| 312.255.4800
| 1984
| ??
| Various
| $1 Billion+
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Wynnchurch Capital Ltd.]]
| [http://www.wynnchurch.com/ link]
| 847.604.6100
| ??
| Charles B. Grace<br>Thomas P. Guido<br>Michael J. Hering<br>Ian M. Kirson
| Various
| $200 Million
|-
!style="background: #ececec;"|[[Qexum Group Inc]]
| [http://www.qexum.com/ link]
| 312.423.7989
| 2002
| G.A.A. Sapoznik
| Energy, Agriculture, Telecommunications, Health Care, Real Estate.
| $400 Million+

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