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16 Best & Most Active Chicago Family Investment Offices

Family Investment Offices play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Chicago Family Investment Offices. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.

This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.

Top Chicago Family Investment Offices

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.


DNS Capital

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Venture Capital

Investment Stage:

DNS Capital is an investment office that provides long-term control and minority investments in companies.


West Capital Advisors

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

West Capital Advisors provides full-cycle corporate innovation, venture and strategic development advisory services.


Bluestein Ventures

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Bluestein is a family-backed VC that invests in the future of food. The firm focuses across high-growth CPG, food tech, commerce, & digital.


Chaifetz Group

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity

Chaifetz Group is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in early- and mid-stage growth companies.


Fulcrum Investing

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Micro VC

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Fulcrum Investing is a family office dedicated to the advancement and assistance of start-up companies and the entrepreneurial community.


Lofty Ventures

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Investor Type: Accelerator, Family Investment Office, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

We help passionate founders, disruptive startups and innovative organizations change the world.


Pritzker/Vlock Family Office

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture

Pritzker Vlock Family Office (PVFO) manages a diverse and international asset base.


MPG Equity Partners LLC

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed

MPG Equity Partners is a Chicago-based private wealth management firm seeking to acquire businesses in need of an ownership transition.


One Eighty Capital

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Private Equity Firm

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity

One Eighty Capital is an investor of private capital.


Skydeck Capital

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Private Equity, Venture

SkyDeck Capital is an investment firm that targets direct investments in lower-middle market companies, real estate, and venture capital.


The Michael Polsky Family Office

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed

The Polsky Family Office is a the investment vehicle for energy entrepreneur, Michael Polsky.


Family Office

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Investor Type: Corporate Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Program, Family Investment Office, Incubator, Private Equity Firm, Secondary Purchaser, Venture Capital, Venture Debt

Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Post-Ipo, Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed

Family Office Trust Company | Private capital creating value via non-traditional partnerships, capital structures, and talent.


Prairie Management Group

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office

Investment Stage:

The private family investment office for Gordon and Carole Segal who Co-Founded Crate&Barrel in Chicago in 1962


Kenex Holdings, LLC

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office

Investment Stage:

Building a family of companies to last forever


Maxim Partners

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Private Equity, Venture

Venture Capital, Growth Capital, Private Equity


Phenom Ventures

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Investor Type: Family Investment Office, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Late Stage Venture, Venture

A holding company for Eric Muschinski’s various investments, operating businesses, and advisory services.

Written by Mark Kendall

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