# I2A Fund

> I2A Fund is a VC fund in Chicago backing Analytics and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jun 2016
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/i2afund
- Website: http://www.i2afund.com

I2A Fund is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Analytics and Software. I2A is a Seed/Early Stage Venture Capital Fund focused on catalyzing and partnering with the next wave of successful entrepreneurial companies in the Illinois region. I2A Fund is now Chicago Ventures.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 5 | 29% |
| Software | 4 | 24% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 24% |
| SaaS | 3 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 18% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 41% |
| Series B | 2 | 12% |
| Series C | 2 | 12% |
| Series E | 2 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 12% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kapil Chaudhary | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapil-chaudhary |
| Shruti Gandhi | Investor | 57 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shruti-gandhi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Signal | Signal is the leading SaaS provider of data onboarding and real-time identity resolution. The Signal Open Data Platform helps marketers collect data from any offline or online source, synchronize the data across all touchpoints, and distribute it to any marketing or analytics endpoint – all in real-time. Signal’s technology platform empowerspeople-based marketers to enhance their customer experience by providing relevance across all channels.Signal was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. | $30M | Series E | Jun 07, 2016 |  |
| Base | Base built the first scientific sales platform that empowers businesses to grow revenue in a way that’s measurable, repeatable and scalable. Unlike legacy cloud CRM and sales force automation systems, Base offers an all-in-one solution that increases rep adoption rates and data capture across devices. With the ability to analyze big data trends inreal-time, Base’s Apollo provides sales leaders with the actionable, quantifiable insights they need to accelerate performance. Base is the #1 rated CRM and sales mobile app in the iOS and Android stores, with more than a quarter of a million app downloads. Base and its team of Sales Scientists help more than 7,000 leading companies across the globe like Cisco, Cook Medical, Dow Chemical, Groupon and Blue Raven Solar take a more scientific approach to sales. The company is venture backed and headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $30M | Series C | Sep 29, 2015 |  |
| YCharts | YCharts is a financial software company providing investment research tools including stock charts, stock ratings, and economic indicators. It builds an ever-expanding financial and economic data set - as well as the tools to access and interpret that data - to help investors and business people make better decisions. provide institutional quality data and analytics for investors and business professionals. |  | Series C | May 18, 2015 |  |
| DialogTech | DialogTech provides actionable marketing analytics for businesses that value inbound phone calls. Consistently recognized as the leader and pioneer in call analytics and optimization, DialogTech is the trusted voice management platform for Fortune 500 brands, agencies, and fast-growing companies. From call attribution to conversation analytics tocaller experience optimization, only DialogTech has everything marketers need to drive more of the conversations that drive revenue. | $30M | Series E | Sep 11, 2014 |  |
| Base | Base built the first scientific sales platform that empowers businesses to grow revenue in a way that’s measurable, repeatable and scalable. Unlike legacy cloud CRM and sales force automation systems, Base offers an all-in-one solution that increases rep adoption rates and data capture across devices. With the ability to analyze big data trends inreal-time, Base’s Apollo provides sales leaders with the actionable, quantifiable insights they need to accelerate performance. Base is the #1 rated CRM and sales mobile app in the iOS and Android stores, with more than a quarter of a million app downloads. Base and its team of Sales Scientists help more than 7,000 leading companies across the globe like Cisco, Cook Medical, Dow Chemical, Groupon and Blue Raven Solar take a more scientific approach to sales. The company is venture backed and headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $15M | Series B | Mar 19, 2014 |  |
| SimpleRelevance | SimpleRelevance's machine learning technology was acquired in December 2015 by Rise Interactive. To see more information about Rise, visit their page here: www.riseinteractive.comRead more about the machine learning technology below.SimpleRelevance is the only machine learning platform that leverages your existing tools and workflow topersonalize your digital marketing messages. SimpleRelevance is the only multi-channel optimization platform that uses internal and external data to automate and execute smarter marketing messages. SimpleRelevance combines customers’ behavioral, demographic, and psychographic data, with patent-pending technology to create digital marketing messages that are individually personalized down to the time of day the message is sent, subject line, and product recommendations shown. The result? Higher conversions, sales, and ROI. | $750K | Series A | May 23, 2013 |  |
| YCharts | YCharts is a financial software company providing investment research tools including stock charts, stock ratings, and economic indicators. It builds an ever-expanding financial and economic data set - as well as the tools to access and interpret that data - to help investors and business people make better decisions. provide institutional quality data and analytics for investors and business professionals. | $3.9M | Series B | May 09, 2013 |  |
| Cartavi | Cartavi is a cloud-based document-sharing solution designed specifically for real estate professionals. Also available as a mobile app for Apple and Android devices, it allows everyone involved in a real estate transaction to securely manage and share documents from any computer, tablet, or smartphone. Founded in 2009 by Glenn Shimkus and PaulKoziarz, Cartavi is based in Naperville, Illinois. | $1.2M | Series A | Oct 30, 2012 |  |
| Food Genius | Food Genius is a leading foodservice data provider specializing in gathering, preparing, and serving granular foodservice menu data and analytics. We support foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors with straightforward and digestible reports, services, and analytics. Our products are used to answer many complex foodservice businessquestions. From competitive price tracking for optimization to statistical analysis of current burger toppings for the development new offerings, Food Genius has smarter data and analytics. Food Genius serves nationally recognized companies and brands, including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and US Foods. As an industry leader in foodservice data and analytics, Food Genius is on a mission to provide foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors with the data analytics they need to make smarter, more informed decisions. | $1.2M | Series A | Sep 11, 2012 |  |
| MyCabbage | DealsGoRound Becomes MyCabbage. The new MyCabbage is a complete online and mobile platform for storing, tracking, sharing, and even selling this “cabbage” (aka, deals) with friends. | $950K |  | Aug 23, 2012 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HPA (Hyde Park Angels)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-angels) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Jumpstart Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumpstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Morningstar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningstar) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does I2A Fund invest in?

I2A Fund invests primarily in Analytics, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact I2A Fund?

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### Who are the partners at I2A Fund?

The team at I2A Fund includes Kapil Chaudhary (Managing Director) and Shruti Gandhi (Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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