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Office Locations:
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400 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite S1700
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-982-0047
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Consumer Products & Services
Food & Agriculture
Real Estate & Construction
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DNS Capital is the investment office for Gigi Pritzker and her husband Michael Pucker, who is CEO and chairman of DNS Capital. The Chicago-based office is involved in a host of investments and does direct private equity and venture capital investing. Jean 'Gigi' Pritzker is an heir to the Pritzker family fortune (Hyatt Hotels), and is pegged by Forbes to be worth nearly $2.5B. DNS Capital takes a long-term and flexible approach to investing by building relationships with business owners, management teams and entrepreneurs. Pritzker also develops and produces live stage productions -- along with her partner Ted Rawlins -- through their company Relevant Theatricals. Relevant Theatricals produced the play Million Dollar Quartet. Pritzker is president and a trustee of the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation and the Chicago Children's Theatre. They have a typical initial equity investment of $25-100mm, with the ability to invest more for the right opportunity. They target market-leading, middle-market companies with $10-50mm in EBITDA. The firm has close to 15 employees, scores of valued advisors, and investments in 40+ companies.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
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Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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