Chicago Ventures CV Fund IV & CV Opportunity Fund

About Chicago Ventures CV Fund IV & CV Opportunity Fund

Chicago Ventures CV Fund IV & CV Opportunity Fund is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Digital Health, Mobility Transport, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Digital Health

Mobility Transport

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI-native insurtech or logistics founder targeting underserved risk markets

insurtech

AI-native underwriting

consumer fintech

catastrophe-exposed markets

logistics & supply chain tech

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co Kin in 14 statesexternal

Kin covers 50%+ US home insurance marketexternal

AI-native portfolio co scaling fastexternal

Kin enters Oklahoma — zero new insurers in yearsexternal

HintHealth DPC membership up 837% since 2017external

Sunbit: Forbes Fintech 50 three years runningexternal

Freightpipes 2nd AI acquisition, all-cashexternal

GoodShip lands Prime Inc. as anchor partnerexternal

Telnyx: 14K+ customers, 100M+ daily API requestsexternal

G2 launches MCP integration with Claudeexternal

BookCameo integrated directly into TikTokexternal

Contrarian Signals

Heavy catastrophe exposure in portfolioexternal

Freightpipes thesis tied to geopolitical disruptionexternal

Founder Do's

Target underserved or avoided markets

Use data to outprice legacy insurers

Build AI-native core product

Show deliberate geographic expansion logic

Enter markets with structural disruption (weather, trade routes)

Founder Don'ts

Avoid broad market assumptions

Don't ignore catastrophe-prone niches

Don't skip human support layers

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$80M

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Key People

Rob Chesney, Stuart Larkins, Eric Duboe