Peer Group GuideThe membership-network intelligence platform ★
185 organizations · 686 published requirements · 1115 sources Independent: no organization pays for its ranking or its eligibility analysis Every figure carries its source and the date it was verified

Cities · United States

Private equity 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.

Everything Professional leadership (17)Industry groups (14)Peer advisory (11)Business owners (9)Invitation-only (8)HNW networks (7)Women executives (7)International (7)Investor networks (7)Entrepreneur networks (6)CEO groups (5)Real estate (5)Private equity (4)Venture capital (3)Private wealth (3)Young leaders (2)Family offices (2)Masterminds (2)Next generation (2)Philanthropy (2)Business clubs (2)Alumni networks (2)
The Chicago skyline
Chicago · GazeboJake · Wikimedia Commons · CC0

With a verified local chapter or presence

4
OrganizationLocal chapterWho it is forSource
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 ↗
 A chapter is recorded only when the organization itself lists it or a named publication reports it; the source is shown. Meeting schedules are set locally — confirm with the chapter.

Also available here: virtual and national organizations

These organizations state that participation can be virtual, or operate nationally without local chapters.

Professional association

AM&AA

Middle-market M&A advisers — investment bankers, CPAs, attorneys, valuation specialists, corporate financial investors and business advisers
Networking organization

Level 20

People working in European private equity and venture capital, with the mission focused on women in investment roles
Networking organization

LAVA

Participants in the Los Angeles venture ecosystem: venture capitalists, limited partners, family offices, angel investors, founders of venture-backed companies, and the…
Investment community

Searchfunder

Search fund entrepreneurs (searchers), the investors who back them, plus lenders, business brokers and advisers working in the lower middle market

Narrow it

Which of these can I join? Filter organizations in Chicago Compare two of them