Chicago Ventures
Chicago Ventures last closed a fund in February 2022 — 57 months ago. By its own rhythm, that is already past its usual gap.
Chicago Ventures has raised 4 times about every 35 months. The last was Chicago Ventures Fund IV, LP. That pointed to Jan 2025. It is 22 months past its own gap and has not filed a new fund.
Historically about 1 in 4 firms in this position filed within a year. The month is approximate — how often this is right.
Late-cycle This firm is deep enough into its last fund that a new one would not be a surprise.
- Funds on file
- 6
- Capital raised
- $271M
- Latest close
- February 2022
- Based in
- IL
Vehicles on file
| Vehicle | First close | Amount | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Ventures Opportunity Fund, LP | February 2022 | $25M | 0001908430 ↗ |
| Chicago Ventures Fund IV, LP | February 2022 | $65M | 0001908426 ↗ |
| Chicago Ventures Fund III, L.P. | May 2019 | $75M | 0001770762 ↗ |
| Chicago Ventures Founders Fund, L.P. | November 2015 | $6M | 0001688432 ↗ |
| Chicago Ventures Fund II, L.P. | January 2015 | $60M | 0001644873 ↗ |
| CHICAGO VENTURES FUND, L.P. | March 2012 | $40M | 0001544082 ↗ |
Dated from filing date; no date of first sale was reported.
Each row links to that vehicle’s Form D filings on EDGAR — the name, date and amount above should match what is filed there.
Named on filings
Stuart Larkins, Kevin Willer, Rob Chesney
What Chicago Ventures invests in
- Typical fund
- $60M median, seed to early stage
Service providers
- Fund administrator
- Carta (6 funds)
- Auditor
- Frank Rimerman (3 funds), Plante Moran (1 fund)
From Form ADV filed by CHICAGO VENTURES FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC CRD 321050 ↗, latest filing March 2026, covering 6 funds linked to this firm by Form D file number. Form ADV is filed once a year, so a provider may have changed since. How this is matched.
What this is. Every figure on this page comes from Form D filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — public records, reproduced here as filed. Service providers, where shown, come from the adviser’s Form ADV and are dated.
What it is not. Single-deal SPVs, feeder vehicles and GP or employee commitment funds are listed but excluded from fund counts and capital totals: an SPV is one investment, a feeder holds the same capital as its master, and a “Principals” or “Entrepreneurs” fund closes alongside a main fund rather than being raised in its own right. Capital deployed from a family office, a corporate balance sheet or an evergreen structure never arrives as a fund close, so a firm doing that looks quiet here. Amounts are as of the last amendment and go stale. Dates are the date of first sale — a fund's first close, not its final one. Funds filed as “Indefinite” are excluded from totals rather than counted as zero, so a total is a floor.
“No recent fund” is a statement about filings. It is not a statement about whether a firm is solvent, investing, or still in business.