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ID 951

Lon Chow

Investor

General Partner, Apex Venture Partners

ID 1175

Marc Weiser

Investor

Managing Director RPM Ventures
http://greatlakesvc.com

ID 31909

Bill Pescatello

Investor

Principal, @lightbank Ventures; Founding member @peacock-equity-fund (NBCUniversal); @comcast-ventures

ID 5642

Matthew McCall

Investor

Partner, @new-world-ventures & @dfj-portage
http://www.vcconfidential.com/

ID 2155

Ryan Moore

Investor

VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs. @princeton-university graduate.

ID 1019

Stuart Larkins

Investor

Co-Founder and Partner of Chicago Ventures. Founder of @Twin Capital and active angel investor. Former @doubleclick / @performics exec.

ID 53075

Vic Morgenstern

Investor

Founder @valor-equity-partners, @harris-associates

ID 31911

David Wald

Investor

Analyst at lightbank, former management consultant, born and raised midwesterner, always eating, Michigan and Detroit sports fanatic

ID 11582

Victoria Levine

Investor

principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff

ID 55654

Ira Weiss

Investor

Managing Director of @HydeparkVP and @HydePark Angels, Professor at University of Chicago @BoothThinking School of Business, and former partner at RK Ventures

ID 5427

Kevin Willer

Investor

Chicago Angel, CEC, Xoogler, New World Ventures

ID 59689

Jeffrey Maters

Investor

Vice President at @new-world-ventures

ID 31912

Marina Dedes

Investor

Vice President at @lightbank, former consultant @duff-phelps , @university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign Engineering, born and raised in @chicago

ID 8811

Paul Lee

Investor

Partner at @lightbank

ID 197338

Brad Purdy

Investor

COO @contextmedia, Partner @jumpstart-ventures

ID 1107

Brad Keywell

Investor

Co-founder and Managing Partner of @lightbank

ID 118741

Mike Collett

Investor

Managing Partner @promus-ventures, @masters-capital-nanotechnology-1 • Worked @Masters Capital (hedge fund), @merrill-lynch (M&A)
http://mikecollett.com

ID 67245

Guy Turner

Investor

Managing Director at Hyde Park Venture Partners. Big fan of fast growth.

ID 37190

Bo Patel

Investor

Venture Capital/Angel Investor looking to help a multitude of start-ups....

ID 335388

Ryan Fukushima

Investor

VC at @Hyde Park Venture Partners. Caught the startup bug at Techstars and Tapjoy.

ID 156652

Michael Sheng

Investor


ID 249054

Kyle Gay

Investor

Venture Capital Analyst at Sandbox industries.

ID 105994

Sasha Gribov

Investor

chief of staff @groupon; former associate @lightbank, consultant @bain

ID 11984

Joseph Dwyer

Investor

Venture Partner at OCA Ventures
http://dwyerlab.com

ID 8337

Greg Caplan

Investor

Investor in @groupon, @sprout-social, @watermelon-express, @mediabank.

ID 5647

Nick Rosa

Investor

Managing Director of @sandbox-industries, led a buyout of The NutraSweet Company and served as CEO

ID 112301

Sandbox Industries

Investor

Creating, developing, and investing in new businesses

ID 59742

Adam Koopersmith

Investor

Partner at New World Ventures Board Member Techstars Chicago

ID 94342

John Bradburn

Investor

Sandbox Industries

ID 39925

Harry Weller

Investor

General Partner at @new-enterprise-associates leading seed & early stage. Chairman of @harvard University Experiment Fund. Forbes Midas List.

ID 7200

Gabe Greenbaum

Investor

VC @Pritzker Group Venture Capital (f.k.a. New World Ventures)

ID 8884

Michael Gruber

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner @cornerstone-angels

ID 7065

Rob Schultz

Investor

Partner at Serra Ventures. Mentor to seed stage start ups and accelerators.
http://www.robschultz.com

ID 363551

Peter Liu

Investor

VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info

ID 4257

Jason Heltzer

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General Partner at @oca-ventures. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at @booth-school-of-business.

ID 188597

Saurabh Sharma

Investor

VC: @lightbank; @lehman-brothers , @barclays-capital , @ICICI Venture ; Sweat: @benchprep ; High-Performance Computing @inria, Studied CS @cornell-university , Chicago Booth MBA

ID 286788

Peter Johnson

Investor

Senior Associate at Jump Capital, a Chicago-based private investments firm.

ID 324604

Adam London

Investor

@lightbank Associate, experimenting at @thelunchread, writing @ABrewingThought. Formerly @bcg and @university-of-michigan.

ID 5995

Neal Goyal

Investor


http://www.calderainvestmentgroup.com

ID 232919

A. Alexander Gillan

Investor

President of Eco Save Solutions, Inc. (Current Venture). Started my first business during college in wholesale liquidation in 2005. Conducted business in 13 countries.

ID 340311

Tyler V. Engh

Investor

Co-founder @r7-partners. Investor @bloom-energy, @tabula, @socialcrunch. Former board observer @wayport @amyris-biotechnologies @ooma @magnum-semiconductor.

ID 6002

Chris Ziobehr

Investor

I am a Partner at @caldera-venture-partners

ID 115550

Deepu Thomas

Investor

Analyst at BOLD Entertainment | Co-founder at SoapBox

ID 70077

Vincent Ma

Investor

Senior Vice President

ID 259711

Brent Hill

Investor

Partner at Origin Ventures - early stage venture firm in Chicago focused on e-commerce, software, and digital media. Ex-Feedburner, Ex-Google, Ex-Twitter.

ID 221611

Energy Foundry

Investor

An impact venture fund which supports game changing energy-tech companies, and empowers consumers to harness the benefits of the energy-tech revolution.

ID 218503

Peter Liu

Investor

associate @newworldvc, early-adopter, wahoo alumn, sportsfan, lover of any combination of food, music, and beer, happier when traveling

ID 147255

Mike Gordon

Investor


ID 234104

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Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.

ID 71937

Aristo Partners

Investor

Founder Ariso Partners • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @novartis • Investor @zocdoc, @tethys-bioscience • Studied at @northwestern-university

ID 196563

Rob Green

Investor

Worked at @blackrock-private-equity-partners • Investor @baird-venture-partners

ID 356247

Scott DeKoster

Investor

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.

ID 21147

Peter J Dedes

Works at GVW in Highland Park, IL. GVW Group is a private investment and holding company.

ID 190374

Imran Ahmad

Investor

Venture Capitalist @OCAVentures and Founder of @MouseHouseApp

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