Chicago Venture Summit

06/20/2018

Venture Summit is coming back this October! Follow us here for more updates.

MAYOR EMANUEL AND WORLD BUSINESS CHICAGO ANNOUNCE THE 2018 CHICAGO VENTURE SUMMIT Fourth Annual Summit to Take Place Oct. 2 and 3 to Highlight Chicago as a Leading, Global Hub for Investment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation   Mayor Rahm Emanuel and World Business Chicago today announced that the 20...

08/10/2017

We're excited for coming up this September!

A prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the former CEO of McDonald's will headline the 2017 Chicago Venture Summit, an annual showcase where top Chicago startups pitch their businesses to investors from around the US. Ben Horowitz, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, and Don Tho...

07/05/2017

"Chicago’s venture capital scene is brimming with confidence, riding a wave of both positive numbers and positive news," via Forbes

Chicago venture capitalists are riding a surge of confidence off recent successful exits, as well as a new study putting the city at the top of a list - ahead of both Silicon Valley and New York - for strong returns from startup investments.

01/20/2017

Save the date! Chicago Mayor's Office & World Business Chicago announce the 2017 Summit: September 13-14.

07/21/2016

and the startup has only scaled greater heights since! here's some recent coverage on what they're upto in NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/05/25/479346651/online-eye-exam-site-makes-waves-in-eye-care-industry

- Opternative's CEO Aaron Dallek presenting at the first Chicago Venture Summit in 2014

04/27/2016

A big thank you to all our sponsors, speakers and guests! Looking forward to the next one!

04/22/2016

http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-venture-summit-2016-bsi-20160422-story.html

Thank you Blue Sky Innovation and Amina Elahi for this thoughtful, thorough coverage for the !

More than 200 venture capitalists with billions of dollars to invest descended on Chicago Thursday, seeking connections that could lead to more riches.

04/22/2016

Former Oculus Chief Scientist talks VR/AR as the kicks off - thanks Jim Dallke & Chicago Inno for attending! http://bit.ly/1NFlkSb

When it comes to technology, Chicago historically hasn't been a fly over city as much as it's been a fly through city. When Bill Gates would fly from Seattle to Miami he'd have a layover in...

04/20/2016

ICYMI: PitchBook Data, Inc. & Illinois Venture Capital Association's custom-built report for the . "Early-stage VC & angel/seed investments in ~80% of deal flow, and nearly 50% of all capital invested." http://bit.ly/1SwlLWn

04/19/2016

“We were doing well before , and Cleversafe thrust us into another level of the business,” [OCA Ventures Chief Executive] Jim Dugan tells Chicago Inno.

http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2016/04/19/oca-ceo-cleversafe-sale-thrust-us-into-another-level-of-the-venture-capital-business/

Great story highlighting the impact of Cleversafe's exit on the Chicago tech economy. Cleversafe founder Chris Gladwin will be one of the panelists and closing speakers for , and we are also pleased to have OCA Ventures as an attending firm.

It’s been a good couple of years at OCA Ventures. The VC firm has seen several of its portfolio companies record massive exits recently, highlighted by Cleversafe’s $1.3 billion sale to IBM...

04/19/2016

Just TWO days away from 2016 -- the agenda is live at www.chicagoventuresummit.com/2016-agenda/. Take a look at some of 's most promising - Motion AI, caremerge, learnmetrics, DRYV, Synap, AMPY, Phys IQ, PartySlate and Xaptum - who will be pitching to investors: showcasing a robust, diverse tech startup ecosystem in the city and region.