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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 keen on investing in a lucrative, calculated viable business, either by partnership or as a financier, I will welcome any profitable business plan/proposal (Long or short term). I will be willing to invest independently. I am a sincere and straightforward individual when it comes to business. I am ready to increase or reduce the investment sum to meet with the required amount, provided you will guarantee good returns for my investments.

$1,500,000 to $100,000,000

United States > Illinois

40, Chicago, IL (suburbs). Serial entrepreneur. Multiple businesses. Great at generating leads, SEO, logistics, growing a company, and management.

$50,000 to $150,000

United States > Illinois

I started a service business from zero and built it into a very profitable business, I willing to invest with like minded individuals or companies that have the potential for growth

$5,000 to $100,000

United States > Illinois

Objective is agressive growth, been a small business owner for over 15 years, Private investor

$5,000 to $100,000

United States > Illinois

I’m a Corporate Banker by trade and looking to invest in the right team with my personal capital. I am highly analytical and understand numbers quite well . I am a trainee accountant and have worked at big 4 accounting firms before making a switch to banking . In my current role I am a Vice President specializing in Securitization.

$5,000 to $100,000

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

We are an international investment banking firm committed to the highest standards of integrity and service in providing corporate financial advisory services, merger and acquisition expertise, financial opinions, and valuation services to publicly and privately held businesses. We have offices in North America, Asia, and Africa. We have specialized expertise in partnering with middle-market firms in hundreds of industry verticals and niche markets to achieve the best possible outcome through a variety of transactions. We analyze each client’s unique needs to obtain the best match between buyers and sellers, arrange appropriate financing, and create capitalization structures that optimize the client’s potential. We are atrusted partner and leading provider of financial advisory services, M&A assistance, and valuations.

$500,000 to $90,000,000

United States > Illinois

I am registered pharmacist and an entrepreneur dedicated to simplifying the pharmacy care experience for patients using specialty medications. I believe in the fundamental principal of providing patients with the choice to select their pharmacy and their pharmacist for their medications and pharmaceutical care needs. I am the founder and former CEO of company whose mission was to improve the patient experience by using technology to enable the next generation of care coordination between various industry stakeholders. I successfully built and sold the company in 2020 to an industry strategic. With my experience building a startup and taking it to a mid-market level with a successful exit, I can help entrepreneurs build their companies, scale technology with offshore resources, and help raise funds. I am forward to working with passionate founders with proven innovation and committed work-ethic.

$25,000 to $500,000