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Investor networks in Chicago

Chicago's executive organizations are older and more institutional than the coasts': the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives' Club and the Union League Club date from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and still sit at the centre of the city's business life. The national peer groups are all present — YPO's Chicago chapters, EO Chicago, TIGER 21, R360 (with more than one chapter in the area), WPO — and the angel community is anchored by Hyde Park Angels, which has grown from an angel group into an investment firm. Manufacturing and family-owned businesses remain a larger share of the membership here than in technology-led cities, which shows in the popularity of owner-focused and family-business organizations.

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With a verified local chapter or presence

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OrganizationLocal chapterWho it is forSource
TIGER 21Peer advisory TIGER 21 Chicago group Ultra-high-net-worth entrepreneurs, investors and executives with at least US$20 million in investable assets, many of them post-exit. Source ↗
HBS Alumni AngelsInvestment community HBS Alumni Angels Chicago Harvard alumni who are accredited investors and want to invest in and advise early-stage companies Source ↗
TMAProfessional association TMA Chicago/Midwest Professionals working in corporate restructuring, turnaround and distressed business — turnaround practitioners, restructuring lawyers, lenders, investors, accountants, appraisers… Source ↗
PEWINInvitation-only community PEWIN Midwest Senior women investment professionals in private equity, venture capital, private credit and value-added infrastructure or energy — on both the GP and LP sides Source ↗
ACGProfessional association ACG Chicago Middle-market mergers and acquisitions professionals — private equity investors, corporate development officers, lenders, investment bankers, lawyers, accountants and advisers… Source ↗
Keiretsu ForumInvestment community Keiretsu Forum MWNE Chicago Accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate or institutional investors Source ↗
Golden SeedsInvestment community Golden Seeds Chicago Accredited investors who want to invest in early-stage companies founded or led by women Source ↗
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Professional association

Angel Capital Association

Individual accredited angel investors, organised angel groups, angel funds, family offices investing in private companies, equity crowdfunding platforms, and ecosystem…
Investment community

Toniic

Accredited investors and senior staff of family offices and foundations who are moving their own capital toward impact investments
Investment community

Golden Seeds

Accredited investors who want to invest in early-stage companies founded or led by women
Paid mastermind

Abundance360

Founders, chief executives and investors building or backing technology-driven ventures who want a structured view of exponential technologies.
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