Top 54 Illinois startups by funding raised
54 companies headquartered in Illinois disclosed $4.77B across 69 SEC Form D offerings of $20M or more between Q3 2021 and Q2 2026.
Most funded in Illinois
By total disclosed across the period, one row per company. Combine filters to narrow — "Recently funded" plus "Hiring now" is who just raised and is actively recruiting.
Filter definitions — Hiring now: open roles on the company's public job board as of Sep 12, 2026. Hiring remote: that board lists remote or distributed roles. Recently funded: a Form D filed in the trailing twelve months. $100M+/$500M+: cumulative disclosed amount across all offerings. Repeat raisers: more than one offering on file. Up-and-coming: incorporated within the last four years and recently funded — incorporation year is disclosed by roughly half of filers, so this undercounts.
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Source: SEC Form D structured data. Amounts are self-reported by the issuer on a notice filing — not audited, and cumulative across amendments. Full methodology →