Illinois Ventures is a seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences and life sciences, with a particular emphasis on those deriving from research conducted at the University of Illinois and other regional research institutions and federal laboratories.
Current investments reflect targeted practice areas in energy, device physics, advanced materials, biotechnology, medical devices and instrumentation, homeland security, and software.
Illinois Ventures works with inventors & entrepreneurs to mold concepts, vision, intellectual property, sweat and passion into breakthrough, high-growth companies, and was recently named by Entrepreneur magazine to its list of the top 100 venture capital firms nationally for entrepreneurs.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Chromatin | 10/11 | Series D | $10M | 4 |
| Caterva | 7/11 | Seed | $1.2M | 3 |
| Semprius | 6/11 | Series C | $20M | 6 |
| Local Offer Network | 3/11 | Series A | $1.5M | 1 |
| Semprius | 6/09 | Series B | $6.4M | 5 |
| TetraVitae Bioscience | 11/08 | Series A | $6.3M | 3 |
| RiverGlass, Inc. | 1/08 | Unattributed | $2.4M | 3 |
| Semprius | 7/07 | Series A | $4.1M | 3 |
| RiverGlass, Inc. | 2/07 | Series B | $4M | 4 |
| ShareThis | 1/07 | Series A | $6M | 5 |
| MOBITRAC | 4/05 | Unattributed | $8.3M | 5 |
| Radio One Llama | Series A | $1M | 2 |
