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Featured Proposals

Invest in a cafe ready to be taken to the next level
9 East Coffee is a cafe currently ran by people that don't know how to run a business. I need 50k to buy it from them and ill use the other 10k for needed updates to take this to the next level and achieve high profit margins
  Required Amount $60,000
  Minimum Investment $60,000
  Region Illinois
  Stage Profitable
  Investor Role Silent


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Dog Daycare & Boarding Business & Franchise
Growing dog daycare & boarding facility with proven concept looking for help to get to the next level with facility expansion and franchising.
  Required Amount $500,000
  Minimum Investment $250,000
  Region Illinois
  Stage Profitable
  Investor Role Any


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Peace of Mind funding with Purpose
I need 65,0000 to help fund a project that will support the community of Mchenry . Part of that money will also go towards repairing a well and septic tank for my daycare .
  Required Amount $65,000
  Minimum Investment $5,000
  Region Illinois
  Stage Pre-Startup/R&D
  Investor Role Any


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Purchase Order Funding
An investment opportunity give you a position to participate of our Oil derivatives sales, such as a Jet Fuel and Diesel being delivered to our ready customers. Your investment is limited to the delivery program via tanks or vessel to customers.
  Required Amount $5,000,000
  Minimum Investment $100,000
  Region Out Of State
  Stage Achieving Sales
  Investor Role Silent

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Investment paid back with ROI for a cattle trailer washout business
I'm looking for investors to help me start up a cattle trailer washout in my hometown Monmouth, IL I'm expecting to pay off any investment and ROI within a year an a half to two years maximum. I have insight in the business not many have.
  Required Amount $8,000,000
  Minimum Investment $400,000
  Region Illinois
  Stage Other
  Investor Role Any


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StakMax Wire Management
I've developed and patented a simple method to protect and organize an electricians most valuable material, building wire. I'm an electrical contractor with twenty years of experience who also has mechanical design expertise from a previous career.
  Required Amount $200,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Illinois
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Advisory


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Asset based short term funding
As a group of senior veterans, it is our mission to assist younger veterans in establishing and operating their own businesses i.e. lawn care services and painting. This Veterans Day 2024, a national truck manufacturer will be joining this project.
  Required Amount $15,000,000
  Minimum Investment $100,000
  Region Midwest
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Any

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Defense Company Taking Developed Products Into Production
Boutique R&D Defense Company that has been bootstrapped up to this point. Already won competitive Army contract with IP. US Gov very interested. Solved a very big problem and looking to take products into production. Process Patent Granted.
  Required Amount $300,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Illinois
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Silent


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Illinois Investors

United States > Illinois

I am an CFO of technology start up that has raised over $40M. My background is accounting and M&A consulting, I hold CPA and CFA. My specialties are financial advising, financial and operating models and I currently oversee digital marketing strategy at my Company. I am looking to invest as a silent partner or for the right opportunity become more involved or get some of my many contacts involved in a new opportunity.

$5,000 to $400,000

United States > Illinois

Investing on behalf of both large institutional investors and small private equity firms including debt, mezz and equity investments 18+ years in commercial real estate development and investment Group investor with access to $70Bln in funds

$5,000,000 to $1,000,000,000

United States > Illinois

I'm managing a private debt fund called the Good Jobs Fund - a $20M fund sponsored by Kaiser Permanente. We're focused on supporting small businesses that produce quality jobs in Kaiser's core markets: CA, GA, OR, WA, HI, CO, MD, VA, DC. We offer senior debt with more flexible terms and creative structures than traditional commercial banks can accommodate. We're targeting cash-flow positive companies with at least $5-10M in sales. Avg. loan size: $1-3M.

$500,000 to $4,000,000

United States > Illinois

I am a former private equity executive who has been living and working in the Chicago area for over 25 years. I'm married with 3 kids living in the western suburbs of Chicago. Having helped buy, grow and sell companies for over 10 years, I'm very familiar with the types of operational systems and improvements needed in growing businesses. I previously worked for middle market private equity firms located in Chicago and was formerly an investment banker. Most recently I've been helping my family run a hospital and 4 colleges in India. I received my BSBA in Finance & Accounting from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001 and received my MBA from the University of Chicago with concentrations in Finance & Entrepreneurship. Given my background, I can be a hands-on investor when appropriate and if the right opportunity exists, can try to attract more capital.

$200,000 to $2,000,000

United States > Illinois

Investment firm based just outside Chicago, IL. We are a specialized investment group focused on identifying investment opportunities in consumer products and services primarily in the household, outdoor, pet and personal care segments. We believe these segments have been overlooked and disenfranchised by traditional venture capital firms. Because these segments have been largely ignored by most capital providing sources, there are hungry yet qualified company founders who can greatly benefit from financial & managerial support thus presenting attractive investment opportunities. We look for startup companies that will become major industry participants that are built around innovative products, unique services and strategies coupled with dynamic, passionate founders that create new markets or reshape existing ones.

$25,000 to $50,000

United States > Illinois

Specialized Investment Bank

$500,000 to $50,000,000

United States > Illinois

We help businesses and their owners with the day-to-day challenges of making sure the business has adequate funds for operations or expansion. We work with all kinds of financing scenarios such as private equity, venture capital, angel investors, bank loans, lines of credit, working capital, equipment financing, SBA loans, purchase order financing, real estate financing, mezzanine financing, private equity and other combinations of debt or equity financing.

$1,000,000 to $50,000,000

United States > Illinois

I and my wife have a lots of experience in the Thai, Chinese, and Japanese Restaurant business. My wife is a head chef at a Thai Japanese restaurant for the last 10 years. I work in the area of logistics & electronics and am a graduate of the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University.

$100,000 to $500,000