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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for FinTech startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jump Capital | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America | ||
Lightbank | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America | ||
Promus Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America | ||
Origin Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America | ||
Financial Solutions Lab | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top FinTech Seed investors in Illinois. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top FinTech Investors & Funds (Illinois)
Jump Capital
Jump Capital is an early-stage venture firm that provides capital and strategic resources for companies within the fintech, IT/Data infrastructure, crypto, future of commerce/media, and B2B SaaS sectors. Strong attraction to companies focused on prescriptive/deep data, passionate and tenacious management teams, and founders with an execution-focused mindset. Jump’s philosophy is to align with talented management teams that desire a trusted partner with real-world operating experience and a firm with an operating platform targeting initial investment checks between $2M to $10M.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: B2B, Cryptocurrency, Digital Media, FinTech, IT Infrastructure, SaaS
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Lightbank
Lightbank VC is a $380M AUM venture fund that invests in early-stage consumer, enterprise, healthcare, crypto, fintech and climate companies. It focuses on pre-seed, seed and Series A opportunities where they write initial checks between $250k – $5m. They have invested in over 150 companies such as Tempus, Udemy, Fiverr (NYSE: FVRR), Sprout Social (NYSE: SPRT), Boom Supersonic, Tastytrade (acq. $1B+), Clearcover, Extend and Expel.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: EdTech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Human Resources, Internet, Local, Mobile, Small and Medium Businesses
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Promus Ventures
Investing in visionary and tenacious early-stage software and hardware teams.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, AgTech, FinTech, Robotics, Software, Space Travel, Venture Capital
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Origin Ventures
Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth software, marketplace, and consumer businesses shaping the ‘Digital Native Economy’. Founded in 1999, the firm has the unique distinction of having multiple funds in the top 5% on realized performance. Typical check size is $500K to $8M. Select exits include Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), BacklotCars, Tock, Ahalogy, and Teem. To learn more, visit www.originventures.com.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Financial Solutions Lab
The Financial Solutions Lab was established in 2014 to cultivate, support, and scale innovative ideas that help improve financial health. We focus on solutions addressing acute and persistent financial health challenges faced by low- to moderate-income (LMI) individuals, Black and Latinx communities, and other underserved consumers. The Financial Health Network manages the Financial Solutions Lab in collaboration with founding partner JPMorgan Chase and with support from Prudential Financial.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Non Profit
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Binance.US
Binance.US is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that combines digital technology and finance. The platform features a portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more.
Stages: Seed
Location: Malta, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Stock Exchanges
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R7 Partners
R7 Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies building transformational technologies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: AgTech, Air Transportation, Enterprise Software, Finance, FinTech, Robotics, Transportation
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Financial Health Network
The Financial Health Network is a trusted resource for business leaders, policymakers, and innovators united in a mission to improve the financial health of their customers, employees, and communities. They envision a future where all people, especially the most vulnerable, have the financial systems they need to be resilient and thrive.
Stages: Convertible Note, Grant, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
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Method Capital
Method Capital is a Chicago-based venture capital firm specializing in growth stage investments in B2B technology companies. We look to invest in companies that have completed initial software development, recurring revenue and scalable business models. Method Capital is primarily focused on working with firms based in the Midwest, although we will invest anywhere. We are seeking to fund initial investments ranging from $1million to $10 million, although exceptions will occur. Ideal initial investment size is $5 million.
Stages: Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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METEOR MCCK LLC
MVP along with our investors partner with founders empowering them to scale their business for long term excellence. Working collaboratively, providing a strategic approach that pairs an operational focus with unparalleled investment opportunities, giving us the highest probability of success
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: FinTech, Health Care, SaaS
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Chicago Venture Summit
Chicago Venture Summit highlights Chicago as a leading, global technology hub for investment, entrepreneurship and innovation. Hosted by ChicagoNEXT, World Business Chicago’s council of technology leaders, the summit offers investors one-on-one access to entrepreneurs, emerging companies and leaders of Fortune 500 firms in Chicago.
Stages: Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Events, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, Venture Capital
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Hygeia Capital LLC
Hygeia Capital is a revolutionary technology development firm that incubates and monetizes cutting edge, analytics intense technologies for the Financial and Healthcare sectors.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: FinTech
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