Founded in 2011, Chicago Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm prefers to invest in seed-stage and early-stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in business products, business services, consumer products, consumer services, financial services, healthcare, materials, resources, information technology, SaaS, TMT, advanced manufacturing, b2b payments, big data, e-commerce, gaming, industrials, infrastructure, internet of things, wellness, life sciences, manufacturing, mobile, mobile commerce, robotics, and technology-based sectors.