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Chicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV) portfolio
Chicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV) has 2 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is an angel network based in Chicago, US. Its most recent investment on record is CareLumi's $2.5M Pre-seed round in November 2026, alongside SCS Innovations, LongJump, Fifth Star Funds and 4 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Legal and compliance (2) and Health and bio (1).
About Chicago Early Growth Ventures
What Chicago Early Growth Ventures invests in
- Legal and compliance · 2 · 100%
- Health and bio · 1 · 50%
- Data and analytics · 1 · 50%
- Logistics and mobility · 1 · 50%
How Chicago Early Growth Ventures invests
| Stage | Deals | Capital in rounds |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 1 100% | $2.5M |
Chicago Early Growth Ventures portfolio companies
CCareLumi$2.5MPre-seed · Nov 2026
SSmartCertbacker
| Company | Round with Chicago Early Growth Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Legal and compliance |
Pre-seed · $2.5M | $2.5M | Nov 3, 2026 Pre-seed |
Legal and compliance |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
- SSCS Innovations1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
LLongJump1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
FFifth Star Funds1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
TThe University of Chicago Booth School of Business1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
WWellForge1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
IIllinois Department of Revenue1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
IIzou Partners1 shared round · last Nov 3, 2026
Similar investors
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Legal and compliance).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 1 round on Recent Funding that name Chicago Early Growth Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Chicago Early Growth Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/chicago-early-growth-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.