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
Principal, @lightbank Ventures;
Founding member @peacock-equity-fund (NBCUniversal); @comcast-ventures
Partner, @new-world-ventures & @dfj-portage
http://www.vcconfidential.com/
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
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
Analyst at lightbank, former management consultant, born and raised midwesterner, always eating, Michigan and Detroit sports fanatic
principal @ @lightbank - scrabble master - indie music aficionado - yoga enthusiast - cheese lover - physics buff
Managing Director of @HydeparkVP and @HydePark Angels, Professor at University of Chicago @BoothThinking School of Business, and former partner at RK Ventures
Chicago Angel, CEC, Xoogler, New World Ventures
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
Partner at @lightbank
COO @contextmedia, Partner @jumpstart-ventures
Co-founder and Managing Partner of @lightbank
Managing Partner @promus-ventures, @masters-capital-nanotechnology-1 • Worked @Masters Capital (hedge fund), @merrill-lynch (M&A)
http://mikecollett.com
Managing Director at Hyde Park Venture Partners. Big fan of fast growth.
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.
Venture Capital Analyst at Sandbox industries.
chief of staff @groupon; former associate @lightbank, consultant @bain
Venture Partner at OCA Ventures
http://dwyerlab.com
Investor in @groupon, @sprout-social, @watermelon-express, @mediabank.
Managing Director of @sandbox-industries, led a buyout of The NutraSweet Company and served as CEO
Creating, developing, and investing in new businesses
Partner at New World Ventures
Board Member Techstars Chicago
Sandbox Industries
General Partner at @new-enterprise-associates leading seed & early stage. Chairman of @harvard University Experiment Fund. Forbes Midas List.
VC @Pritzker Group Venture Capital (f.k.a. New World Ventures)
Founder & Managing Partner @cornerstone-angels
Partner at Serra Ventures. Mentor to seed stage start ups and accelerators.
http://www.robschultz.com
VC at @PritzkerVC, Founder/CEO of VentureUP.info
General Partner at @oca-ventures. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at @booth-school-of-business.
VC: @lightbank;
@lehman-brothers , @barclays-capital , @ICICI Venture ; Sweat: @benchprep ; High-Performance Computing @inria, Studied CS @cornell-university , Chicago Booth MBA
Senior Associate at Jump Capital, a Chicago-based private investments firm.
@lightbank Associate, experimenting at @thelunchread, writing @ABrewingThought. Formerly @bcg and @university-of-michigan.
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.
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
Senior Vice President
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.
associate @newworldvc, early-adopter, wahoo alumn, sportsfan, lover of any combination of food, music, and beer, happier when traveling
Entrepreneur. Hacker. Founder. Hipster. IU Kelley School of Business.
Founder Ariso Partners • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @novartis • Investor @zocdoc, @tethys-bioscience • Studied at @northwestern-university
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.
Works at GVW in Highland Park, IL. GVW Group is a private investment and holding company.
Venture Capitalist @OCAVentures and Founder of @MouseHouseApp