42 investors have funded 19 Internet First Brands companies head-officed in Chicago, across 53 rounds (Apr 2013 – Jan 2026). They are ranked by how many Chicago companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Chicago" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Listen VC | Chicago, United States | Series ASeries B | 4 | 6 | 3 | Aug 2022 | 21 |
| 2 | HPA | Chicago, United States | Series CSeed | 2 | 2 | — | May 2020 | 94 |
| 3 | Peterson Partners | Salt Lake City, United States | Series BSeed | 1 | 3 | 2 | Mar 2018 | 81 |
| 4 | Pritzker Group | Chicago, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 148 |
| 5 | Jumpstart Ventures | Cleveland, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2015 | 59 |
| 6 | Breakout Capital | Washington, DC, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 5 |
| 7 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2023 | 3,580 |
| 8 | True Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2021 | 364 |
| 9 | SOSV | Cork, Ireland | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2014 | 446 |
| 10 | HAX | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2014 | 283 |
| 11 | Innovation Endeavors | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2018 | 147 |
| 12 | Fifth Wall | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 116 |
| 13 | Lightbank | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2014 | 121 |
| 14 | GreatPoint Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | 77 |
| 15 | Service Provider Capital | Golden, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 98 | |
| 16 | Detroit Venture Partners | Detroit, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2014 | 64 |
| 17 | Finistere Ventures | San Diego, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | 43 |
| 18 | Cleveland Avenue | Chicago, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | 37 |
| 19 | DNS Capital | Chicago, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | 30 |
| 20 | TechNexus | Chicago, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 37 |
| 21 | Bridge Investments | Highland Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2014 | 33 |
| 22 | Danone Manifesto Ventures | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | 25 |
| 23 | TSG Consumer Partners | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 31 |
| 24 | TowerBrook | New York City, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | 28 |
| 25 | Guild Capital | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2017 | 19 |
| 26 | Powerplant Ventures | Hermosa Beach, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | May 2017 | 17 |
| 27 | Salveo Capital | Northbrook, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2020 | 12 |
| 28 | Capital Q Ventures | Maitland, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2026 | 15 |
| 29 | Prelude Growth Partners | New York City, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2025 | 10 |
| 30 | Verance Capital | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2022 | 11 |
| 31 | Watchfire Ventures | Santa Barbara, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 10 |
| 32 | Vice Ventures | Brooklyn, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 8 |
| 33 | The Pritzker Organization | Chicago, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2022 | 8 |
| 34 | Proterra Investment Partners | Minneapolis, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2024 | 9 |
| 35 | 2.0 Ventures | Salt Lake City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2022 | 6 |
| 36 | Spacestation Investments | Layton, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2022 | 6 |
| 37 | Mastersfund | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 4 |
| 38 | BrainTrust Founders Studio | Los Angeles | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2023 | 2 |
| 39 | Innlife | Maadi, Egypt | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2020 | 3 |
| 40 | DOM Capital Group | Chicago, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2018 | 2 |
| 41 | SLoFIG | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2017 | 2 |
| 42 | UTC Venture Group | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Internet First Brands companies head-officed in Chicago that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer's Fridge farmersfridge.com |
9 | 9 | $250M | Series C Sep 2018 |
| Black Buffalo blackbuffalo.com |
5 | 5 | $150M | Series A Aug 2022 |
| Interior Define interiordefine.com |
5 | 10 | $102.2M | Series B Mar 2018 |
| Catch catchco.com |
4 | 5 | $89M | Series B Apr 2021 |
| Stix stix.golf |
3 | 3 | $30M | Series A May 2022 |
| BucketFeet bucketfeet.com |
3 | 4 | $18.8M | Series A Feb 2015 |
| Equilibria myeq.com |
2 | 2 | $3.9M | Seed May 2020 |
| Spirit Shop spiritshop.com |
2 | 2 | $2.5M | Seed Jan 2014 |
| Everpurse everpurse.com |
2 | 2 | $2M | Seed May 2014 |
| Amylu Foods amylufoods.com |
2 | 2 | — | PE Aug 2025 |
| Lil Bucks lovelilbucks.com |
1 | 1 | $3M | Series A Sep 2024 |
| Listener Brands listenerbrands.com |
1 | 1 | $1M | Series A Jun 2023 |
| Phyter phyterfood.com |
1 | 1 | $1M | Seed Nov 2017 |
| Dayglow dayglow.coffee |
1 | 1 | $250K | Seed Jan 2026 |
| Arch Pet Food archpetfood.com |
1 | 1 | $20K | Seed Jun 2023 |
| Heywell livingheywell.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed May 2022 |
| DUDE Wipes dudewipes.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2025 |
| Nurture Life nurturelife.com |
1 | 1 | — | |
| Sigma Fit sigmafitus.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Dec 2020 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | Capital Q Ventures | Dayglow | Seed | $250K |
| Aug 2025 | TowerBrook | Amylu Foods | PE | — |
| Aug 2025 | Prelude Growth Partners | Amylu Foods | PE | — |
| Jun 2025 | TSG Consumer Partners | DUDE Wipes | Seed | — |
| Sep 2024 | Proterra Investment PartnersLED | Lil Bucks | Series A | $3M |
| Jun 2023 | BrainTrust Founders StudioLED | Listener Brands | Series A | $1M |
| Jun 2023 | TechstarsLED | Arch Pet Food | Seed | $20K |
| Aug 2022 | Listen VCLED | Black Buffalo | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | UTC Venture Group | Black Buffalo | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | Watchfire Ventures | Black Buffalo | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | The Pritzker OrganizationLED | Black Buffalo | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | Vice Ventures | Black Buffalo | Series A | $30M |
| May 2022 | Mastersfund | Heywell | Seed | — |
| May 2022 | Spacestation InvestmentsLED | Stix | Series A | $10M |
| May 2022 | Verance CapitalLED | Stix | Series A | $10M |
| May 2022 | 2.0 VenturesLED | Stix | Series A | $10M |
| Apr 2021 | True VenturesLED | Catch | Series B | $38M |
| Apr 2021 | TechNexus | Catch | Series B | $38M |
| Dec 2020 | Innlife | Sigma Fit | Seed | — |
| Dec 2020 | Listen VCLED | Catch | Series B | $6M |
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