Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Chicago.
Vice President at @new-world-ventures
COO @contextmedia, Partner @jumpstart-ventures
Principal, @lightbank Ventures;
Founding member @peacock-equity-fund (NBCUniversal); @comcast-ventures
Partner, @new-world-ventures & @dfj-portage
http://www.vcconfidential.com/
Chicago Angel, CEC, Xoogler, New World Ventures
Managing Director at Hyde Park Venture Partners. Big fan of fast growth.
Analyst at lightbank, former management consultant, born and raised midwesterner, always eating, Michigan and Detroit sports fanatic
Partner at @lightbank
Managing Partner @promus-ventures, @masters-capital-nanotechnology-1 • Worked @Masters Capital (hedge fund), @merrill-lynch (M&A)
http://mikecollett.com
Managing Director RPM Ventures
http://greatlakesvc.com
Co-founder and Managing Partner of @lightbank
Co-Founder and Partner of Chicago Ventures. Founder of @Twin Capital and active angel investor. Former @doubleclick / @performics exec.
principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff
Founder @valor-equity-partners, @harris-associates
Vice President at @lightbank, former consultant @duff-phelps , @university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign Engineering, born and raised in @chicago
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
Managing Director of @HydeparkVP and @HydePark Angels, Professor at University of Chicago @BoothThinking School of Business, and former partner at RK Ventures
General Partner, Apex Venture Partners
Managing Director of @sandbox-industries, led a buyout of The NutraSweet Company and served as CEO
Founder & Managing Partner @cornerstone-angels
General Partner at @oca-ventures. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at @booth-school-of-business.
Venture Partner at OCA Ventures
http://dwyerlab.com
General Partner at @new-enterprise-associates leading seed & early stage. Chairman of @harvard University Experiment Fund. Forbes Midas List.
Partner at New World Ventures
Board Member Techstars Chicago
Venture Capital/Angel Investor looking to help a multitude of start-ups....
Venture Capital Analyst at Sandbox industries.
VC at @Hyde Park Venture Partners. Caught the startup bug at Techstars and Tapjoy.
chief of staff @groupon; former associate @lightbank, consultant @bain
VC @Pritzker Group Venture Capital (f.k.a. New World Ventures)
Creating, developing, and investing in new businesses
Sandbox Industries
Partner at Serra Ventures. Mentor to seed stage start ups and accelerators.
http://www.robschultz.com
Investor in @groupon, @sprout-social, @watermelon-express, @mediabank.
VC: @lightbank;
@lehman-brothers , @barclays-capital , @ICICI Venture ; Sweat: @benchprep ; High-Performance Computing @inria, Studied CS @cornell-university , Chicago Booth MBA
VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info
Partner at Origin Ventures - early stage venture firm in Chicago focused on e-commerce, software, and digital media. Ex-Feedburner, Ex-Google, Ex-Twitter.
Founder Ariso Partners • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @novartis • Investor @zocdoc, @tethys-bioscience • Studied at @northwestern-university
associate @newworldvc, early-adopter, wahoo alumn, sportsfan, lover of any combination of food, music, and beer, happier when traveling
Co-founder @r7-partners. Investor @bloom-energy, @tabula, @socialcrunch. Former board observer @wayport @amyris-biotechnologies @ooma @magnum-semiconductor.
Analyst at BOLD Entertainment | Co-founder at SoapBox
Senior Associate at Jump Capital, a Chicago-based private investments firm.
I am a Partner at @caldera-venture-partners
Managing Partner and leading investor for Tend Venture Capital based in Chicago, IL - helped build CDW, ChicagoTribune.com, Vantage Blue, and CareerBuilder.com - BA from Iowa State University, MBA from UMass-Amherst, and MPPA from Northwestern.
http://www.calderainvestmentgroup.com
Senior Vice President
Works at GVW in Highland Park, IL. GVW Group is a private investment and holding company.
Venture Capitalist @OCAVentures and Founder of @MouseHouseApp
Worked at @blackrock-private-equity-partners • Investor @baird-venture-partners
Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.
President of Eco Save Solutions, Inc. (Current Venture). Started my first business during college in wholesale liquidation in 2005. Conducted business in 13 countries.
@lightbank Associate, experimenting at @thelunchread, writing @ABrewingThought. Formerly @bcg and @university-of-michigan.
An impact venture fund which supports game changing energy-tech companies, and empowers consumers to harness the benefits of the energy-tech revolution.