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19 Clean Tech Investors Based in Chicago

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Chicago-based founders connect with clean tech-based investors that write checks into Clean Tech companies. Here are 19 investors that match that criteria.

1) Ablorde Ashigbi

  • Fund: 4Degrees
  • Title: Founder / CEO
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Proptech, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

2) Audre Kapacinskas

  • Fund: S2G Ventures
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Food and Beverage, Robotics

3) Austin Chung

  • Fund: Jump Capital
  • Title: Vice President
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, eSports, Government Tech, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Proptech, Transportation

4) Batchimeg Ganbaatar

  • Fund: Nomadic Venture Partners
  • Title: Managing Partner
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, Logistics, Transportation, Manufacturing, Internet of Things

5) Cassandra Carothers

  • Fund: Upheaval Investments
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AI, Clean Tech, Robotics, Space, Transportation

6) Christopher Wu

  • Fund: Impact Engine
  • Title: Vice President
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, Clean Tech, EdTech, Fintech, Social Impact

7) Dawn Nguyen

  • Fund: Hyde Park Venture Partners
  • Title: Associate
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Quantum Computing, Sales Tech, Food Services, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel, Proptech

8) Declan Zidar

  • Fund: TechNexus Venture Collaborative
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Travel, Food Services, Manufacturing, Logistics, Internet of Things, eSports, Food and Beverage, Future of Work, AR/VR, Digital Health and Wellness, Web3, Communications, Clean Tech, Entertainment, Media

9) Dozie Ibekwe

  • Fund: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

10) Jackson Bubala

  • Fund: Motivate Venture Capital
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Media, Enterprise, Robotics, Sales Tech

11) Jessica Murphy

  • Fund: S2G Ventures
  • Title: Business Development Manager
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Food and Beverage, Robotics

12) Julie Greco

  • Fund: Energy Capital Ventures
  • Title: Associate
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, Other Tech, Chemicals

13) Jyothi Vallurupalli

  • Fund: Lightbank
  • Title: VC
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Travel, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Sales Tech, Robotics, Food Services, Proptech, Media, Marketplaces, Manufacturing, Logistics, Legal, Internet of Things, Insurtech, DEI, Hospitality, Recruiting, eSports, Food and Beverage, Fintech, Clean Tech, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Fashion, Web3, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech

14) Rachel Resek

  • Fund: Cargill
  • Title: Cargill Ventures
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Food and Beverage

15) Sam Cavender

  • Fund: M25
  • Title: Analyst
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel, Other

16) Stefano Galiasso

  • Fund: Energy Capital Ventures
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, AI, AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, Fintech, Internet of Things, Insurtech, Marketplaces

17) Victor Pascucci

  • Fund: Energy Capital Ventures
  • Title: Managing General Partner, Co-Founder
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Clean Tech

18) Victoria Ivanova

  • Fund: Relish Works
  • Title: Manager of Food Foundry and Startup Engagement
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: Food and Beverage, Logistics, Marketplaces, Other Tech, Food Services, Robotics, Transportation, Clean Tech, Future of Work

19) Will Baine

  • Fund: Valor Equity Partners
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AR/VR, AI, Clean Tech, Web3, Cybersecurity, Electronics, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Robotics, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC