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