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 | Aug 22, 2024 | $370K | |
| FinTech & Financial Services | Evanston | Aug 20, 2024 | $2.7M | |
| Industrial & Robotics | Hinsdale | Aug 20, 2024 | — | |
| FinTech & Financial Services | Chicago | Aug 15, 2024 | $24.5M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Aug 12, 2024 | $200K | |
| Not classified yet | Champaign | Aug 9, 2024 | $10.1M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Aug 7, 2024 | $1.9M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Aug 2, 2024 | $11.0M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jul 26, 2024 | $27.7M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jul 26, 2024 | $2.0M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Chicago | Jul 23, 2024 | $56K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jul 12, 2024 | $200K | |
| Not classified yet | Bloomington | Jul 11, 2024 | $1.9M | |
| Not classified yet | Champaign | Jul 10, 2024 | $6.2M | |
| Biotech & Pharma | Chicago | Jul 5, 2024 | $44.9M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jul 5, 2024 | $4.2M | |
| Not classified yet | St Charles | Jul 2, 2024 | $100K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jun 27, 2024 | $1.2M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jun 27, 2024 | $6.5M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Rock Island | Jun 26, 2024 | $841K | |
| Not classified yet | Deerfield | Jun 24, 2024 | $1.9M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jun 21, 2024 | $3.3M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Chicago | Jun 21, 2024 | $250K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Jun 17, 2024 | — | |
| Consumer & Retail | Chicago | Jun 7, 2024 | $2.2M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 31, 2024 | $100K | |
| Biotech & Pharma | Illinois | May 31, 2024 | $160K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 31, 2024 | $250K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 30, 2024 | $15K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 23, 2024 | $5.8M | |
| Energy & Climate | Chicago | May 23, 2024 | $2.0M | |
| FinTech & Financial Services | Chicago | May 17, 2024 | $400K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 15, 2024 | $130K | |
| Other | Lake Forest | May 15, 2024 | $125K | |
| Healthcare | Chicago | May 9, 2024 | $21.0M | |
| Not classified yet | Northbrook | May 6, 2024 | $2.0M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 6, 2024 | $390K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 1, 2024 | $6.0M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | May 1, 2024 | $150K | |
| Healthcare | Lombard | Apr 22, 2024 | $660K | |
| Healthcare | Northfield | Apr 16, 2024 | — | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 16, 2024 | $16.2M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 12, 2024 | $1.5M | |
| Consumer & Retail | Schaumburg | Apr 10, 2024 | $576K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 9, 2024 | $35.0M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 8, 2024 | $648K | |
| Not classified yet | Urbana | Apr 3, 2024 | $4.8M | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 3, 2024 | $25K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 1, 2024 | $125K | |
| Not classified yet | Chicago | Apr 1, 2024 | $1.4M |
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.