37 investors have funded 13 Spatial Computing companies head-officed in Chicago, across 48 rounds (Nov 2009 – May 2023). 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 | Plymouth Growth | Ann Arbor, United States | Series DSeries ASeries E+ | 1 | 4 | — | Sep 2016 | 38 |
| 2 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 3 | Nov 2021 | 1,117 |
| 3 | Salesforce Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Nov 2021 | 364 |
| 4 | Shasta Ventures | Portola Valley, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 198 |
| 5 | Hyde Park Venture Partners | Chicago, United States | Series DSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2014 | 93 |
| 6 | Beringea | Farmington Hills, United States | Series DSeries E+ | 1 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2016 | 98 |
| 7 | Alibaba | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Nov 2021 | 72 |
| 8 | PS27 Ventures | Jacksonville, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 24 |
| 9 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2017 | 5,648 |
| 10 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2014 | 3,580 |
| 11 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2011 | 1,568 |
| 12 | Startupbootcamp | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2012 | 500 |
| 13 | SVB | Santa Clara, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2019 | 359 |
| 14 | Craft Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 197 |
| 15 | Floodgate | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 195 |
| 16 | Mumbai Angels | Mumbai, India | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2009 | 179 |
| 17 | HPA | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2011 | 94 |
| 18 | Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 106 |
| 19 | TriplePoint Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 103 |
| 20 | Intel Education Accelerator | Santa Clara, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2016 | 83 |
| 21 | Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund | Hong Kong, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2017 | 59 |
| 22 | CRCM Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 64 |
| 23 | ServiceNow | Santa Clara, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 60 |
| 24 | ProVen VCT | London | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2015 | 49 |
| 25 | AMD | Santa Clara, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2011 | 44 |
| 26 | CEAS Investments | Delray Beach, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 31 |
| 27 | Leaders Fund | Toronto, Canada | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2021 | 26 |
| 28 | Trinity Capital | Phoenix, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 39 |
| 29 | Dreamers | Calabasas, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2019 | 31 |
| 30 | Israel Growth Partners | Herzliya, Israel | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2021 | 19 |
| 31 | Wefunder | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | |
| 32 | Clal Insurance | Tel Aviv, Israel | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 13 |
| 33 | Leumi Partners | Tel Aviv, Israel | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 13 |
| 34 | Capgemini | Paris, France | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2021 | 12 |
| 35 | Discount Capital | Tel Aviv, Israel | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 11 |
| 36 | 1871 | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2014 | 3 |
| 37 | APV | Columbia, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 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.
Spatial Computing companies head-officed in Chicago that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandbox VR sandboxvr.com |
10 | 13 | $555M | Series B Nov 2021 |
| InContext Solutions incontextsolutions.com |
8 | 13 | $102.5M | Series E+ Dec 2020 |
| ThreeKit threekit.com |
5 | 7 | $215.1M | Series B Nov 2021 |
| LocusView locusview.com |
4 | 4 | $256M | Series A Apr 2021 |
| Cityzenith cityzenith.com |
2 | 2 | $214K | Seed Mar 2011 |
| levAR levar.io |
1 | 2 | $2M | Seed Feb 2022 |
| DeepWalk deepwalk.com |
1 | 1 | $1.4M | Seed May 2023 |
| General Lattice generallattice.com |
1 | 1 | $1M | Seed Sep 2021 |
| Light Art VR lightartvr.com |
1 | 1 | $316.6K | |
| LitHit lithit.com |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Mar 2017 |
| Tangiblee tangiblee.com |
1 | 1 | $18K | Seed Aug 2014 |
| Netgamix netgamix.com |
1 | 1 | $15K | Seed Jul 2012 |
| Thyng thyng.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Nov 2014 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | CEAS Investments | DeepWalk | Seed | $1.4M |
| Feb 2022 | PS27 VenturesLED | levAR | Seed | $1M |
| Nov 2021 | a16zLED | Sandbox VR | Series B | $37M |
| Nov 2021 | Alibaba | Sandbox VR | Series B | $37M |
| Nov 2021 | Craft Ventures | Sandbox VR | Series B | $37M |
| Nov 2021 | Capgemini | ThreeKit | Series B | $35M |
| Nov 2021 | ServiceNow | ThreeKit | Series B | $35M |
| Nov 2021 | Salesforce Ventures | ThreeKit | Series B | $35M |
| Nov 2021 | Leaders FundLED | ThreeKit | Series B | $35M |
| Nov 2021 | Shasta Ventures | ThreeKit | Series B | $35M |
| Sep 2021 | APVLED | General Lattice | Seed | $1M |
| May 2021 | PS27 Ventures | levAR | Seed | $1M |
| Apr 2021 | Clal Insurance | LocusView | Series A | $64M |
| Apr 2021 | Discount Capital | LocusView | Series A | $64M |
| Apr 2021 | Leumi Partners | LocusView | Series A | $64M |
| Apr 2021 | Israel Growth PartnersLED | LocusView | Series A | $64M |
| Dec 2020 | Trinity CapitalLED | InContext Solutions | Series E+ | — |
| Nov 2019 | Salesforce Ventures | ThreeKit | Series A | $20.1M |
| Nov 2019 | Shasta VenturesLED | ThreeKit | Series A | $20.1M |
| Oct 2019 | a16zLED | Sandbox VR | Series A | $11M |
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