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What does Illinois Ventures invest in?
Illinois Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep_tech, Biotech and Agtech.
Illinois Ventures highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 59% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $100K
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3 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Seed and Series A investments in a variety of Deep Tech SectorsFrom their own website
- Type
- Government (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- Deep_techBiotechAgtech
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first24 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Feb
- 2015
2 rounds
- Feb
- Jan
- 2014
3 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Jan
- 2013
4 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Mar
- 2012
1 round
- May
- 2011
5 rounds
- Oct
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Mar
- 2009
1 round
- Jun
- 2008
2 rounds
- Nov
- Jan
- 2007
4 rounds
- Jul
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2005
1 round
- Apr
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration5 named
DPDeborah PaulDirectoriFiling they signed
DHDennis HeschDirectoriFiling they signed
MTMichael TokarzDirectoriFiling they signed
NSNancy SullivanManaging PrincipaliFiling they signed
TLTodd LillibridgeDirectoriFiling they signed
We also hold 19 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
32 of 54 we have independently watched raise
Actuate TherapeuticsAmber AgricultureAptimmuneCadenza BioCast21ClimecastCoologicsCranioSenseEarthSenseEden Park IlluminationExcelsior SciencesInventablesNatrionNetwork PerceptionOcientPetrichorPhi OpticsPhoton QueuePhotonicarePsyonicReconstructRevolution MedicinesSamara AerospaceSenex BiotechnologyShareThisSkyryseTiesta TeaTop Tier LessonsVanquish OncologyVedaBioWorktrace AIcystetic MedicinesApriorityAscent Integrated TechAuvi LabsBYLD InnovationsBeyond Barriers TherapeuticsBrink BiologicsCampus InkDeepWalkFirstIgniteIntegrated DynamicsKeywiseAIMadison ScientificMesh++Pathlit.AIRectangleResolv CryptoRetMapRevivio TherapeuticsSakura MedTechSerionixSiloam VisionTandemn
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed3 in all
Local Offer NetworkBought by Catalina MarketingUndisclosedOct 2013
TetraVitae BioscienceBought by Eastman Chemical CompanyUndisclosedNov 2011
MOBITRACBought by TrackXUndisclosedSept 2006
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.