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