11 ai and software companies in Chicago filed in the last 90 days, against 19 in the 90 days before. The biggest raise on record here is Chowbus, Inc. at $56.30M.
Companies raising per week
The last 90 days
| Based | People named | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empirical Security, Inc. | $20.82M | 2026-08-03 | chicago, IL | Edward Bellis, Jason Jacobs +3 |
| Imio Technologies, Inc. first filing | $6M | 2026-07-07 | chicago, IL | Charles Smith, Jeremiah Brewer +1 |
| ACQUA1 LLC first filing | $3.52M | 2026-09-23 | chicago, IL | Anthony Saliba, Joseph Piotrowski +1 |
| MODE MOBILE, INC. | $3.20M | 2026-09-16 | chicago, IL | Daniel Novaes |
| RiffleCM LLC first filing | $675K | 2026-07-27 | northbrook, IL | Dan Olson, David Waxman +2 |
| ForgeVista Inc. first filing | $550K | 2026-09-02 | chicago, IL | Kyle Rasmussen |
| ProvenAir Technologies, Inc. | $488K | 2026-09-17 | chicago, IL | Christopher Kubinski, Nate Brochmann +4 |
| ParentConnect Inc. first filing | $420K | 2026-09-24 | evanston, IL | Meera Sinha, Emma Huntley |
| Compliance Pro Technology Inc. first filing | $100K | 2026-09-11 | wheaton, IL | Kenneth Blazer, Peter Terkildsen +1 |
| LawEngine Inc. first filing | $100K | 2026-07-27 | chicago, IL | Stephen Murphy |
| Cado Inc. | $5K | 2026-09-08 | evanston, IL | Ryan Kang, Joshua Lee +1 |
First-time filers, last 90 days
ACQUA1 LLC, ParentConnect Inc., Compliance Pro Technology Inc., RiffleCM LLC, LawEngine Inc., ForgeVista Inc., Imio Technologies, Inc..
Everything on record
| Based | People named | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chowbus, Inc. | $56.30M | 2026-02-19 | chicago, IL | Linxin Wen, Suyu Zhang +5 |
| Booksy Group Corp. first filing | $44.30M | 2025-09-17 | chicago, IL | Stefan Batory, Pavel Mucha +9 |
| Booksy Group Corp. first filing | $39.75M | 2025-09-17 | chicago, IL | Stefan Batory, Pavel Mucha +9 |
| Electron Exchange Holdings, Inc. first filing | $36.53M | 2025-12-09 | chicago, IL | Samuel Tegel, Irena Spazzapan +1 |
| Architect Financial Technologies Inc. | $35.55M | 2026-01-13 | chicago, IL | Brett Harrison, Steven Venino +3 |
| Empirical Security, Inc. | $20.82M | 2026-08-03 | chicago, IL | Edward Bellis, Jason Jacobs +3 |
| Architect Financial Technologies Inc. | $19.27M | 2026-06-11 | chicago, IL | Brett Harrison, Steven Venino +2 |
| Goose Holdings, Inc. | $19M | 2026-06-24 | chicago, IL | Drew Brinkoetter, Chris Tilson |
| TIZ, INC. | $16.57M | 2026-06-11 | chicago, IL | Taylor Katzman, Kevin Price +7 |
| Track Group, Inc. first filing | $10.31M | 2026-05-14 | naperville, IL | Derek Cassell, James Berg +8 |
| Switched Source Inc. | $10M | 2026-05-20 | chicago, IL | Lane Nelson, Charles Murray |
| VISINT INC. first filing | $9.64M | 2026-04-16 | lombard, IL | Karimi Shabbir, Husain Jamil |
| Continuum Technologies, Inc | $7.23M | 2026-03-09 | chicago, IL | Alex Witcpalek, Victor Gutwein +2 |
| Imio Technologies, Inc. first filing | $6M | 2026-07-07 | chicago, IL | Charles Smith, Jeremiah Brewer +1 |
| Tradepost Markets Inc. | $4.65M | 2025-10-07 | chicago, IL | Tyler Mozeleski, Alex Perez |
| Qumis Inc. | $4.30M | 2026-02-24 | chicago, IL | Dan Schuleman, Shivam Sinha +2 |
| CASECHEK, INC. first filing | $4M | 2025-09-10 | chicago, IL | Matthew Brandt, Andrew Bouldin +4 |
| Renterra Inc. | $4M | 2025-12-18 | chicago, IL | Andrew Feis, Nicholas Hibberd +1 |
| TACKLE AI, LLC | $3.73M | 2025-12-04 | schaumburg, IL | Sergio Suarez Jr., Joseph Van Hecke |
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. first filing | $3.72M | 2025-09-17 | chicago, IL | Xun Wu, Yiran Gu +6 |
| Gearflow Inc. first filing | $3.65M | 2026-03-31 | chicago, IL | Luke Powers, Benjamin Preston +3 |
| ACQUA1 LLC first filing | $3.52M | 2026-09-23 | chicago, IL | Anthony Saliba, Joseph Piotrowski +1 |
| MODE MOBILE, INC. | $3.20M | 2026-09-16 | chicago, IL | Daniel Novaes |
| Step Into AI Inc. first filing | $3.15M | 2025-09-08 | chicago, IL | Karan Mishra, Santoash Rajaram +1 |
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | $2.59M | 2026-01-05 | chicago, IL | Xun Wu, Yiran Gu +6 |
| AlphaBitCore Inc. first filing | $2.50M | 2026-04-09 | chicago, IL | James Rhodes, Kang Changshen +1 |
| Pimly Inc. | $2.26M | 2025-09-19 | chicago, IL | Michael Dannenfeldt, Michael Fitzgerald |
| Forms Logic Inc. first filing | $2.05M | 2026-02-24 | wheaton, IL | Richard Burgess, Frederick Aalbue +5 |
| Plutus Technology Solutions Inc. first filing | $2M | 2025-09-16 | chicago, IL | Chirag Jindal, Kara Anderson +1 |
| Moonnox Inc. first filing | $2M | 2025-09-22 | chicago, IL | Robert Ong, Glen Stoffel +2 |
| Rent Butter, Inc. | $1.92M | 2025-09-03 | chicago, IL | Christopher Rankin, Thomas Raleigh +1 |
| IRD Holdings Corp. first filing | $1.80M | 2025-10-24 | chicago, IL | Vincenzo Iozzo |
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | $1.80M | 2025-09-25 | chicago, IL | Xun Wu, Zhang Hao +4 |
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | $1.62M | 2025-12-08 | chicago, IL | Xun Wu, Yiran Gu +6 |
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | $1.58M | 2025-12-08 | chicago, IL | Xun Wu, Yiran Gu +6 |
| Vecna AI, Inc. first filing | $1.55M | 2026-05-29 | chicago, IL | Aaron Brown, Preeti Rathi |
| UncommonX Inc. | $1.50M | 2025-12-12 | chicago, IL | Richard Pasewark, Susan Atristain +4 |
| HIDENN-AI, Inc. first filing | $1.50M | 2026-04-17 | evanston, IL | Gino Domel, Wing Liu +1 |
| Northernvue Corp | $1.30M | 2026-04-08 | northbrook, IL | Lei Zhang, Minglun Qian |
| Stridekick, Inc. first filing | $1.30M | 2026-06-17 | chicago, IL | Maria Kreighbaum, Anthony Knierim |
| Step Into AI Inc. | $1.20M | 2026-03-18 | chicago, IL | Karan Mishra, Santoash Rajaram +1 |
| yHLSoft, Inc. first filing | $1.05M | 2025-11-13 | lisle, IL | Shane Young, Hailin Li +1 |
| Northernvue Corp | $1M | 2025-08-15 | northbrook, IL | Lei Zhang, Minglun Qian |
| NuCurrent, Inc. | $982K | 2025-10-08 | chicago, IL | Jacob Babcock, Daniel Einhorn +7 |
| Oku Money, Inc. first filing | $945K | 2025-08-25 | chicago, IL | Roger Hill, Edward Lee |
| Tiv Inc. first filing | $875K | 2022-12-30 | chicago, IL | Edward Strong II, John Pillat +3 |
| Moto Acquire LLC first filing | $810K | 2026-05-04 | chicago, IL | Michael Crothers |
| Catch Bio, Inc. | $750K | 2026-03-30 | chicago, IL | Pradyumna Siddhartha, Nicholas Green |
| VNTANA, INC. | $750K | 2025-12-30 | chicago, IL | Ashley Crowder, Benjamin Conway +1 |
| Step Into AI Inc. | $750K | 2026-02-24 | chicago, IL | Karan Mishra, Santoash Rajaram +1 |
| Northcenter Ventures LLC first filing | $700K | 2026-03-04 | chicago, IL | Brian Portnoy |
| RiffleCM LLC first filing | $675K | 2026-07-27 | northbrook, IL | Dan Olson, David Waxman +2 |
| MODE MOBILE, INC. | $600K | 2025-11-05 | chicago, IL | Daniel Novaes |
| QodeX Quantum, Inc. first filing | $575K | 2025-10-17 | chicago, IL | Stuart Pino, Ethan Evans +2 |
| QodeX Quantum, Inc. | $550K | 2026-01-20 | chicago, IL | Stuart Pino, Ethan Evans +3 |
| ForgeVista Inc. first filing | $550K | 2026-09-02 | chicago, IL | Kyle Rasmussen |
| ProvenAir Technologies, Inc. | $488K | 2026-09-17 | chicago, IL | Christopher Kubinski, Nate Brochmann +4 |
| hostU, Inc. first filing | $475K | 2025-11-12 | evanston, IL | Isabella Le Sage |
| CircleIt Inc. first filing | $447K | 2022-12-29 | chicago, IL | Atif Shaikh |
| ParentConnect Inc. first filing | $420K | 2026-09-24 | evanston, IL | Meera Sinha, Emma Huntley |
| Bracketology.tv, Inc. first filing | $388K | 2025-10-27 | chicago, IL | Jonah Fialkow, David Pawlan +1 |
| cohesionIB, Inc. | $250K | 2025-12-08 | chicago, IL | Thrupti Shivakumar, Raj Gupta +1 |
| Paira Technologies, Inc. first filing | $130K | 2026-05-08 | chicago, IL | Brian George, Nicholas Murphy +1 |
| Ambient Automotive, Inc. first filing | $125K | 2022-12-30 | chicago, IL | Scott Roth, John Berry |
| Bracketology.tv, Inc. first filing | $100K | 2025-10-27 | chicago, IL | Jonah Fialkow, David Pawlan +1 |
| Compliance Pro Technology Inc. first filing | $100K | 2026-09-11 | wheaton, IL | Kenneth Blazer, Peter Terkildsen +1 |
| LawEngine Inc. first filing | $100K | 2026-07-27 | chicago, IL | Stephen Murphy |
| hostU, Inc. first filing | $75K | 2025-11-12 | evanston, IL | Isabella Le Sage |
| ARIIA AI LLC first filing | $40K | 2025-11-03 | chicago, IL | Hua Qing Fong |
| Lakril Technologies Corp | $30K | 2026-06-01 | chicago, IL | Christopher Nicholas, Mel Luetkens +3 |
| Leto Tech PBC first filing | $20K | 2025-12-02 | chicago, IL | David Shepard, Nicole Adams |
| Aure Gold Inc. first filing | $7K | 2026-06-22 | chicago, IL | Robert Cooper, Atolani Olaniyi |
| Cado Inc. | $5K | 2026-09-08 | evanston, IL | Ryan Kang, Joshua Lee +1 |
| Eden Energy Technologies Corp first filing | $3K | 2025-10-24 | chicago, IL | David Lim |
| Voyadoc Inc. first filing | $517 | 2026-06-03 | chicago, IL | Justin Halford |
| Lakril Technologies Corp | $1 | 2025-10-23 | chicago, IL | Christopher Nicholas, Mel Luetkens +3 |
| SlingshotVR Inc. first filing | — | 2025-12-23 | chicago, IL | Cody Ross |
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | — | 2025-09-25 | chicago, IL | Xun Wu, Yiran Gu +4 |
| ER Logix, LLC | — | 2025-12-09 | chicago, IL | Michael Wychocki, Jim Guttosch +2 |
| FLEXERA PARENT, LLC first filing | — | 2025-12-23 | itasca, IL | James Ryan, Chris Andersen +7 |
| entigenlogic LLC | — | 2025-12-17 | schaumburg, IL | Thomas Shirley, Gordon Gruszka +3 |
| Ocient Inc. | — | 2026-06-18 | chicago, IL | S. Christopher Gladwin, John Morris +5 |
| Ocient Holdings LLC | — | 2026-06-18 | chicago, IL | S. Christopher Gladwin, John Morris +5 |
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Every company here filed a Form D with the SEC from this sector and metro. A Form D is the notice a company files when it sells shares or other securities without a public offering, so it catches seed rounds, small rounds and rounds that were never announced, alongside the large ones that make the news. Only new offerings by operating companies count: amendments, pooled investment funds, real estate vehicles and special purpose vehicles are left out, so each row is a company raising money for itself.
The amount shown is the total the filing reports as sold so far. Some filings report nothing sold yet; those rows show a dash and add nothing to the totals. "First filing" marks a company whose first Form D on record this is. Each company links to our page for the filing, or to the SEC's own copy, and the list can be copied as CSV for a spreadsheet.
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