TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

What follows are four favorites from the Techstars’ Boston , Chicago and “ workforce development ” programs. Building off TechCrunch’s coverage of the recent 500 Startups demo day , we’re back today to talk about some favorites from three more accelerator classes.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Where we went: Chicago, IL? What we did: The Rise of the Rest team kicked off October with a trip to Chi-Town to catch up with portfolio companies Blueprint , Unreal Estate , and Rheaply and co-investor, Chicago Ventures. Check out our Q4 travels in photos and itineraries below. Where we went: Denver, CO?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Chicago-based serial entrepreneur Dan Pinto has raised new cash and launched a new company looking to commercialize a years-old open-source project that purports to solve one of the web’s hardest problems — fraud prevention.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2023

It’s time for businesses to step up and create a more inclusive and supportive environment for working parents. — Becky Feinberg-Galvez, EO Chicago, CEO, Candor Threads Stop making assumptions Let’s eradicate gender biases about roles and responsibilities from the workplace.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2024

Contributed to EO by Justin Breen, a former EO Chicago member and recent guest on the EO Wonder podcast. More importantly, focusing on network creates an ever-expanding growth mindset, and the “business owner” stuff takes care of itself with others in place who like to focus on those aspects.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Congrats to Divey Gulati and Dhruv Saxena, the co-founders of ShipBob, for being listed in the 40 Under 40 Class of 2022 list from Crain’s Chicago Business. After raising a $200M Series E round last year, the leading cloud-based ecommerce logistics platform became a Chicago unicorn. Read more in Crain’s Chicago Business.

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Source Link

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. The most recent startup, Pyxis Oncology , was spun out of the University of Chicago.

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Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lyneir Richardson, co-founder and CEO of Chicago TREND Corporation, discusses the company's efforts to accelerate economic development in urban neighborhoods.

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HPA

MARCH 16, 2023

Additionally, he served as the City of Chicago ‘s CIO and Commissioner of Department of Innovation & Technology, where he leveraged technology to improve citizen services. Hardik is heavily engaged within Chicago’s civic fabric and the city’s tech ecosystem.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Read more about the round in the press release or in Crain’s Chicago Business , Chicago Inno , Built In Chicago , or Black Enterprise. Congrats to CEO & Co-Founder Thru Shivakumar and the entire team at Cohesion for this exciting milestone! We look forward to the continued growth ahead.

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HPA

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Everyone in the program will work from Chicago. I never considered a career in tech because I was never exposed to tech,” the Chicago native said. “I The post How Discovery Partners Institute is Driving Tech Talent in Chicago appeared first on HPA. What’s next? Another cohort of 15, also destined for Cognizant, will start.

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HPA

MARCH 12, 2024

CHICAGO, Illinois – March 13, 2024: Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is excited to announce the promotion of four outstanding investment professionals. Bess Goodfellow , Stephen Ross , and Michael Sachaj have been promoted to Partners, while Michelle Rogoff has advanced to an Associate role.

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HPA

JUNE 2, 2021

“HPA is excited to support the oak9 team as they deliver the promise of the Cloud right here in Chicago.”. Read more about the round in the press release and in VentureBeat , Chicago Inno and Built In Chicago. Congrats to the oak9 team! We look forward to the continued growth ahead. The post oak9 raises $5.9M

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HPA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Read more about the round in the press release or in Chicago Inno , Crain’s Chicago Business or Business Insider. As an early-stage investor in the company, we are confident about the continued future impact on behavioral health from this exciting growth. The post NOCD Raises $33M in Series B appeared first on HPA.

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HPA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Read more about the round in the press release or in Chicago Inno , Crain’s Chicago Business or Business Insider. As an early-stage investor in the company, we are confident about the continued future impact on behavioral health from this exciting growth. The post NOCD Raises $33M in Series B appeared first on HPA.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

OurCrowd, the global venture investing platform and Israel’s leading venture investor, has announced the opening of a new office in Chicago, Illinois. Operations, Opens Office in Chicago appeared first on OurCrowd. This will mark OurCrowd’s 3rd U.S. location, and the 12th dedicated location worldwide. Read more here.

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500

MAY 8, 2020

” He believes that the best entrepreneurs in Chicago, Amsterdam or Bangalore have more in common with the best entrepreneurs in São Paulo than they do with those in San Francisco, but no one. The post Look Outside of Silicon Valley to See How Founders Can Be Successful Post-Covid-19 appeared first on 500 Startups.

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HPA

APRIL 13, 2021

The Chicago-based company has been steadily adding markets since it began selling insurance in 2018 and now sells in 15 states. Read more about the round in the press release or Crain’s Chicago Business. This new capital will allow us to continue our growth across the country, providing better insurance to more customers.”.

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HPA

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This funding supports onshoring of NanoGraf’s silicon anode production in Chicago, as well as the continued development, production, and supply of advanced lithium-ion technologies. Read more about the round in the press release or in Bloomberg , Axios , and Crain’s Chicago Business.

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HPA

MAY 17, 2021

Read more about the round in Crain’s Chicago Business , Chicago Inno , Built In Chicago or Progressive Grocer. We are excited to support the team as it continues to grow.”. Congrats to the Sifter team! We are excited for the continued growth. The post Sifter raises $4.6M in Series Seed Round appeared first on HPA.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 9, 2022

He quickly qualified to join EO Chicago. To create stories that people will understand and that the media wants to cover. To get those stories out into the world. Justin joined EO Accelerator and leveraged his global network to achieve success.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Midwest, it’s not just Chicago they are missing out on. Each year, the Chicago-based VC firm puts together a list of the Midwest’s most active tech scenes, using a wide range of criteria. In our discussion, we talked about Indy and Chicago, of course, but also about college towns, public funding done right and more.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 22, 2022

John List is chief economist at Walmart (a title he previously held at both Lyft and Uber) and a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He recently published a book titled The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale. In this interview, List discusses some of the book’s. The post Will It Scale?

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HPA

MARCH 23, 2021

Read more about the round in the press release or in Chicago Inno , Built In Chicago and FinSMEs. Jeff is an experienced cannabis investor and proven entrepreneur, most recently selling his mobile enterprise application company to SAP. The post Leaf Trade Raises $5.5M in Series A appeared first on HPA.

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HPA

AUGUST 10, 2021

Read more about the round in the press release or in Business Insider , Crain’s Chicago Business and Chicago Inno. Congrats to the Hologram team for this new round of funding! We look forward to the continued growth ahead. The post Hologram Raises $65M in Series B Round appeared first on HPA.

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HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Read more about the round in Chicago Inno or in Food Navigator-USA and Ag Funder News. Michael is the Founder and CEO of dscout, an online customer research tool that captures thoughts, reactions and behaviors in moments as they happen. Congrats to CEO & Co-Founder Anne Palermo and the entire Aqua Cultured Foods team!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 4, 2020

Andrea Herrera is the founder and president of Amazing Edibles Catering and an EO Chicago member. Check out our last “good news” article to see even more ways that our amazing members are making an #EOImpact. .

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HPA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Read more about the round in the press release or in Reuters , Chicago Inno , and Built In Chicago. Congrats to the Founder & CEO Taylor Katzman and the entire Provi team for your continued success! We look forward to the increased expansion and growth ahead. The post Provi Raises $100M in New Funding appeared first on HPA.

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Source Link

JUNE 3, 2019

Chicago is the latest community to join the SourceLink family and to build a stronger entrepreneurial infrastructure for its entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Founder and CEO Pritesh Kanani was exhibiting Seattle-based AIMIRR’s technology as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt and announced that the company closed on an exclusive partnership with Chicago custom clothing marketplace Balodana Inc. for its fitting room technology.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Jon Bell and Jason Weingarten launched in Chicago last July with a Michelin-trained culinary team — led by Alex Carnovale of The French Laundry — preparing restaurant-quality meals that are packaged in recyclable and plastic-neutral packaging so that food doesn’t arrive soggy or cold. Enter meal delivery startup Entrée.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 10, 2023

EO members have already shown great interest in ChatGPT—from Zoom presentations with Sagar Pandya (EO Chicago) to WhatsApp groups launched by various members, including Quan Gan (EO Los Angeles North) and social media posts by so many more members.

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HPA

JANUARY 25, 2021

Hyde Park Angels participated in the Series B round, which was led by Chicago-based OCA Ventures and Greycroft. He serves on advisory boards for various data-driven technology companies and organizations, and is the current head of Computer Science at the University of Chicago.

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HPA

APRIL 7, 2020

Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech. ChicagoInno: Chicago Startups that are Hiring Right Now. Propllr: Chicago Startups that are Hiring. Chicago Superstars: Crowd-sourced Talent Database. Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech.

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HPA

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In response to the pandemic, Rheaply notably ran the Chicago PPE Market in partnership with the City of Chicago and World Business Chicago to address critical PPE shortages among the small business community. To date, Rheaply has helped organizations divert over 14.5 metric tons of waste and produce millions in cost savings.

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Revolution

AUGUST 2, 2022

Where we went: Chicago, IL ?? an event connecting coastal investors with Chicago’s most innovative startups. Where to go: Zak the Baker for a mid-morning pick-me-up, Perez Art Museum for modern and contemporary exhibits, and South beach for people watching with an art deco backdrop.

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