China Venture Capital Seeks Investment Opportunities
Chicago entrepreneurs presented startup pitches to visiting China investors at a media kickoff at Chase Tower. The event marked the rebranding of a Chinese…
Read MoreHappening
Mayor Pitches Local Investors
Mayor Rahm Emanuel throws two challenges to more than 500 private equity investors during an address at the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA) dinner. ❒
Read More
IIT Business Innovation Students Pitch Ideas in Classroom
Many of the brightest ideas we know of today were born in a classroom. At Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), 23 students from professor Praveen…
Read More
Magazine for Upscale Chinese Presents Local Startups
Nihao Magazine, a lifestyle glossy targeted at upscale Chinese immigrants, says that it wants to help position Chicago as a global base for entrepreneurs….
Read More
Need a Free Flu Shot? Chicago Has an App For That!
It’s the season for the flu — a highly-contagious airborne disease that you can easily catch from an infected person sneezing nearby. To encourage…
Read More
Bringing Health Tech Access to Low-Income Residents
Casey Strickler is one of several dozen young people who spent a day at the Chicago Community Trust brainstorming ways to make it easier…
Read More
IL Still Looking for Startups to Fund
Arthur Williams is looking for a few good startups. At a business networking seminar, sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the Organization of Chinese…
Read More
Cook County Seeks Tech Talent
Just like the ’80s blockbuster hit movie, Back to the Future, Cook County is looking back in time to see what it needs to…
Read More
Momentum Awards Raises $1.5 Million for Chicago Entrepreneurs
Had this been any other late October evening in downtown Chicago, the tent flaps would have been closed shut. But on this night, with…
Read More
Chicago Celebrates its Best Innovators at the Harris Theatre
Which businesses created the most innovative products and services in the Chicago region? Hundreds were nominated for the 2012 Chicago Innovation Awards and judges…
Read More