Chicago Money Men

Chicago Venture Capitalist-s, etc.

lists

• http://www.builtinchicago.org/2015/09/10/top-venture-capital-firms-chicago
• breakdown by typical stage http://redrocketvc.blogspot.com/2013/05/chicago-venture-capital-firms-angel.html
• includes some portfolio companies http://www.internet-chicago.com/venture-capital-firms.html
• nice query filtering http://venture-capital-firms.findthebest.com/d/b/Early-Stage/Chicago
  • that's just early-stage - more-complete list in widget here: http://venture-capital-firms.findthebest.com/w/fdEBb3BttGZ

individuals:

• profile of Ted Koenig, Jim O Connor, Jim Dugan
• “There are (2012) really only three large venture capital firms in Chicago: JB Pritzker‘s New World Ventures; Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell‘s Light Bank (co-founded by Paul Lee); and Apex Venture Partners, led by Lon Chow and Wayne Boulais... “Next year, Nick Rosa's Sandbox Industries will join that list.
• Matt McCall, Eric Olsen, Robert Hatta, Mark Kvamme
• Kevin Willer https://twitter.com/kwiller

other local Start Up players

• Howard Tullman leads 1871 CoWorking space
• Bernhard Kappe chairs Chicago Lean Startup MeetUp http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoLeanStartup