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Chicago Growth Partners

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Total investments 16
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$24M
Portfolio companies 7
Rounds per year 0.89
Lead investments 3
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.56
Exits 6
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Medical Device
  • Health Diagnostics
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
Summary

Chicago Growth Partners appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2004. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Chicago.

The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Biotechnology, Mobile Payments. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight EndoGastric Solutions, 2Checkout, TargeGen. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2009. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Chicago Growth Partners performs on 7 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 1 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2010.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Chicago Growth Partners, startups are often financed by Foundation Medical Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, DeNovo Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Advanced Technology Ventures, Foundation Medical Partners, DeNovo Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Advanced Technology Ventures, Radius Ventures, Foundation Medical Partners.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

2Checkout

Billing
E-Commerce
Mobile Payments
Payments
$60M16 Jul 2014 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Zogenix

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$35M15 Dec 2009 San Diego, California, United States

Compete

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Business Intelligence
Market Research
$13M06 Oct 2003 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 16
Average round size 24M
Rounds per year 0.89
Peak activity year 2009
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.56
Exits 6
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

2Checkout

Billing
E-Commerce
Mobile Payments
Payments
$60M16 Jul 2014 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Zogenix

Biotechnology
Health Care
Pharmaceutical
$35M15 Dec 2009 San Diego, California, United States

Compete

Advertising
Analytics
Business Intelligence
Market Research
$13M06 Oct 2003 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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