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MATH Venture Partners invests primarily in Series A and Seed rounds, managed by a seasoned team of hands-on investors and operators. We look for entrepreneurial teams that have customer acquisition as part of their core DNA. It is this maniacal focus, deep appreciation for process and exceptional talent that makes them stand out.
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Clean Energy Trust is a nonprofit that invests in the entrepreneurs leading the clean technology revolution.
Impact Engine is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in companies driving positive impact in economic empowerment, education, environmental sustainability, and health.
<p><strong>Hyde Park Angels</strong> is is the largest and most active angel group in the Midwest. With a membership of over 100 successful entrepreneurs, executives, and venture capitalists, the organization prides itself on providing critical strategic expertise to entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial community. By leveraging the membe
<p>Venture capital fund dedicated to funding high growth companies located in the Midwest in their early stages of growth.</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Cornerstone Angels is a membership-based private investment group composed of successful entrepreneurs and business executives. The group seeks to provide financial capital, mentorship, and advisory support to high growth organizations. The company will consider opportunities nationally, but is focused on the greater Midwest given its Northbrook, IL base. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">The group invests across sectors with particular interest within Software, Media & Entertainment, Mobile, Manufacturing & Industrial, Consumer/Retail & Food/Beverage, Business Services, Healthcare Services and CleanTech. We do not currently invest in Life Sciences, Biotech, or Real Estate. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Our goal is to provide our financial and mentor capital to help build a dynamic entrepreneurial and investor community in the Midwest, though we do consider opportunities across the country. To work towards this goal, we target opportunities which can grow quickly into large sustainable businesses, and which will fuel innovation and job creation within our region. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">We target companies raising $500K to $3MM. Our sweet spot for initial investment is in the range of $100K to $500K. With these considerations, we are either involved as a single party in a small round or as part of a larger round. Based on the specific financing needs, our investments have ranged from as little as $10k up to ~$1MM, and through our network and alliances with multiple investment parties, we can be helpful in bringing together syndicates of several million dollars. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Cornerstone Angels is a member of the Angel Capital Association and is active in collaboration and syndication with Angel groups nationwide. We actively support companies and entrepreneurs under funding consideration by making introductions to other parties as relevant and based on interest. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;">Through our efforts since our launch we have built a portfolio of 31 companies.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our mission is to be a catalyst in the process of innovation. We do this by creating forums in which human, intellectual and financial capital are joined for a common purpose.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Heartland Angels' unique process has four components:</p><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Program </strong>to perform a stepped due diligence analysis to review investment opportunities.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Strategy </strong>to use the multifaceted experience of professionals, academics and scientists in investigating and assessing early staged investment opportunities.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Method</strong> to syndicate an opt-in funding approach so as to coordinate the interests of multiple private equity ("angel") investors.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Protocol </strong>to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of negotiations. This maximizes communications and minimizes unnecessary risk and cost to the investor and to portfolio companies.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></ul><p> </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Heartland Angels operates to facilitate the investor-company matching process.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(57, 57, 57); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lead Lap is a Northfield, Illinois-based family office and private investment firm with several current investments in private companies. Lead Lap seeks control investments in small to mid-size companies in the business services, consumer products/services, health services, and the education, marketing, media, advertising, information and online sectors. Lead Lap also makes non-control growth capital investments in promising businesses.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(57, 57, 57); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lead Lap was founded by operating executive David F. Zucker (“Zucker”), who serves as Managing Partner, and made his first private company investment in 1994. Zucker combines twenty-four years of operating experience as a CEO/General Manger of public and private companies, and company divisions in the media, business services, consumer, and technology businesses with deep experience in the acquisition and investment process, having overseen, completed, and integrated more than twenty business acquisitions of varying sizes during his career.</p>
<h1 class="description summary-field-show-more" style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4em; font-weight: 100; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 48px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 1000px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);">We founded Drive Capital because the Midwest is the best place in the world to build a business.</h1><p>Drive Capital is a venture capital investor based in and focused on the Midwest. We partner with early stage or rapidly growing technology companies that want to become massive, sustainable businesses. </p>
Heartland Angels invests and supports seed and early stage companies in the Midwest. We hope to discover and develop the next generation of entrepreneurs, influence emerging industry trends, and provide advice and financial support for those beginning the long journey to success.
We started venture investing with three objectives: learning, community & philanthropy. With each investment, we seek to learn from and alongside our founders; to bring into our world a community of like minded entrepreneurs who inspire us; and to sponsor companies that bring to bear social value if they succeed. Most importantly, we look for entrepreneurs who relish execution and the opportunity to move mountains, daily, in pursuit of their aspirations.
MDT Ventures is early growth-stage venture capital fund focused on equity investments in companies with dynamic growth potential, primarily technology and highly-scalable services businesses. MDT invests in many industries, with a preference for technology, financial services, education, healthcare, and logistic/supply chain.
Guild Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm. Founded in 2009 by Iain Shovlin, Guild typically backs founders as their first institutional investor, actively partnering with them to assist in crafting growth strategies, architecting high-performance teams, creating distinctive brands, and embracing metric-driven management.
New Stack Ventures leads investment rounds in pre-seed and seed stage startups for founders outside the typical mold.
