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Illinois Angel Investor Networks

Undercapitalization can be a death sentence for Illinois small businesses. Our Illinois angel investor directory can inject new life into your Illinois small business startup.

Want to raise money from prominent Illinois angel investors? This directory of angel investor groups in Illinois can help you find angel investors.

Heartland Angels - This Skokie angel group is a private equity network that matches up accredited investors with early stage start-up companies.
Hyde Park Angels - This Chicago angel group was founded in 2006 by a group of classmates from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Executive MBA Program.
Northern Illinois Angels LLC -- The angel investor website is no longer active. Not sure if this angel group is still active.
Prairie Angels LLC -- This website now forwards to Barry Moltz's personal site -- seems this once very-active group is no longer active.

We are constantly updating our list of Illinois angel investor groups. If we are missing a good resource, please let us know.

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