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Chicago Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2011 · Active in 2026

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7 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #274 · Global · 7 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
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Chicago Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2011. The page below shows 7 Power Law outcomes from Chicago Ventures's portfolio — 6 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Marketing · Transportation; top portfolio geographies are USA. Chicago ranks #274 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 7 Chicago Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA7
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech3
  2. Marketing2
  3. Transportation1
  4. Health Tech & Medtech1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+1
  2. Series A2
  3. Seed4
01 · Portfolio market map

Chicago's 7 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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02 · Founder talent

Where Chicago's founders come from — and where they study.

26 founders across the 7 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Texas at Austin and AVG are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Israel11
United States10
Iran2
United Kingdom1
Mexico1
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UniversityCount
University of Texas at Austin8
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev5
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem2
The University of Chicago2
Tel Aviv University1
Missouri State University1
Harvard Business School1
Northwood University1
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business1
Harvard University1
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Origin companyCount
AVG2
Groupon2
PayPal1
Marketo1
Virtustream1
Apple1
Vrbo1
Meta1
Amazon1
Alphabet | Google1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Chicago.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Chicago stack up?

Chicago in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Chicago Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Chicago on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Chicago Ventures

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