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Welcome to Cardigan.

We are a family office of successful entrepreneurs in Chicago. We invest our time, experience, and capital in early stage companies, commercial real estate, and other alternative direct and fund investments.

Please check out our portfolio below and reach out if you’d like to explore working with us.

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Earny

Earny

Talkable

Talkable

LeadIQ

LeadIQ

UpCity

UpCity

Vennli

Vennli

Uvize (acquired)

Uvize (acquired)

Polymorph

Polymorph

Vango

Vango

Trace

Trace

OnTheGo Platforms (Acq. by Atheer)

OnTheGo Platforms (Acq. by Atheer)

RIVS

RIVS

Unsplash (fka Crew)

Unsplash (fka Crew)

Evention

Evention

Chime

Chime

Cratejoy

Cratejoy

Preferral

Preferral

Deskpass

Deskpass

OneModel

OneModel

AppCast

AppCast

MoviePass

MoviePass

Recruiter.com (acquired by Truli)

Recruiter.com (acquired by Truli)

Influitive

Influitive

Datanyze (acquired by ZoomInfo)

Datanyze (acquired by ZoomInfo)

Schoola

Schoola

Change.org

Change.org

Techstars Austin and Chicago

Techstars Austin and Chicago

PopularPays

PopularPays

HomeChef (acquired by Kroeger)

HomeChef (acquired by Kroeger)

Good&Co (acquired)

Good&Co (acquired)

OnGig

OnGig

Please email your pitch deck to pitch at cardigan dot com.