157 Illinois startups filed a Form D in the last 12 months. Together they reported $568.2M sold in 157 new rounds. The median round was $855K.
Startups
157
filed in 12 months
Reported new funding
$568.2M
157 rounds
Median round
$855K
new rounds
Top city
Chicago
81 startups
Largest rounds
4
Architect Financial Technologies Inc.
FinTech & Financial ServicesChicago · filed Jan 2026
$35.5M25 investors
Latest filings
| Company | Industry | City | Filed | Amount sold | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | Chicago | Nov 13, 2026 | $40,000 ↗ | 1 | |
| Healthcare | Chicago | Nov 13, 2026 | $145K ↗ | 2 | |
| Healthcare | Chicago | Nov 13, 2026 | $50,000 ↗ | 1 | |
| Not classified yet | Burr Ridge | Nov 12, 2026 | $150K ↗ | 1 | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Nov 10, 2026 | $0 ↗ | 0 | |
| Real Estate & Construction | Chicago | Nov 10, 2026 | $1.9M ↗ | 3 | |
| Food & Agriculture | Chicago | Nov 10, 2026 | $3.5M ↗ | 1 | |
| Enterprise Software | Chicago | Nov 5, 2026 | $6.5M ↗ | 36 | |
| FinTech & Financial Services | Wheaton | Nov 3, 2026 | $250K ↗ | 1 | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Nov 3, 2026 | $8.1M ↗ | 17 | |
| Enterprise Software | Lockport | Nov 2, 2026 | $4.1M ↗ | 16 | |
| Education | Skokie | Oct 28, 2026 | $6.9M ↗ | 31 | |
| Consumer & Retail | Lagrange | Oct 27, 2026 | $310K ↗ | 5 | |
| Education | Chicago | Oct 27, 2026 | $25,000 ↗ | 1 | |
| Energy & Climate | Hanover Park | Oct 26, 2026 | $75,000 ↗ | 1 |
Cities
Illinois companies 480
| Company | Industry | City | Latest filing | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Mar 6, 2023 | $15.6M | |
| Industrial & Robotics | Carol Stream | Mar 2, 2023 | — | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Mar 2, 2023 | $571K | |
| Healthcare | Evanston | Mar 2, 2023 | $6.1M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Chicago | Feb 27, 2023 | $18.6M | |
| Not classified yet | Ottawa | Feb 24, 2023 | $18.7M | |
| Not classified yet | Lincolnshire | Feb 21, 2023 | $4.7M | |
| Healthcare | Chicago | Feb 17, 2023 | $1.5M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Feb 14, 2023 | $64.7M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Feb 6, 2023 | $13.1M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Lincolnshire | Feb 6, 2023 | $2.4M | |
| Biotech & Pharma | Chicago | Feb 3, 2023 | $11.9M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Feb 3, 2023 | $962K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Feb 2, 2023 | $26.3M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Feb 2, 2023 | $300K | |
| Biotech & Pharma | Itasca | Jan 24, 2023 | $1.0M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jan 20, 2023 | $2.0M | |
| Food & Agriculture | Chicago | Jan 19, 2023 | $7.5M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Chicago | Jan 17, 2023 | $650K | |
| Consumer & Retail | Lemont | Jan 9, 2023 | $960K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jan 9, 2023 | $25K | |
| Not classified yet | Park Ridge | Jan 9, 2023 | — | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jan 9, 2023 | $8.5M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jan 5, 2023 | $10K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jan 5, 2023 | $10.2M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jan 4, 2023 | $110K | |
| Consumer & Retail | Chicago | Jan 4, 2023 | — | |
| Not classified yet | Evanston | Apr 15, 2022 | $70.4M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Aug 18, 2021 | $52.7M | |
| Not classified yet | Evanston | Jun 21, 2018 | $3.7M |
How this page is built
Startups are the private companies counted as startups (see our startup funding data), placed by the address on their latest Form D. Registered-agent and virtual-office addresses (common in Delaware and Wyoming) are not counted as a location. Public companies, foreign issuers and business-combination filings are excluded.