芝加哥风险峰会的超过75名创业公司和140家投资公司


峰会特色各种面板,创始人故事,启动Spotlights和主题演讲

Mayor Rahm Emanuel和Worl亚博游戏网站d Business Chicago(WBC)最近欢迎在谷歌芝加哥办事处举行的第三次芝加哥风险峰会的400多名投资者,创业公司和商业领袖。WBC技术领导人芝加哥大学议员主持,2017年风险峰会推出了超过75家新兴公司,并突出了芝加哥作为领先的投资,创业和创新的领先技术中心。

“我很自豪能够再次欢迎来自美国的科技领袖。”Mayor Emanuel表示,即2017年芝加哥风险峰会。“首脑会议利用芝加哥作为投资和企业家的全球枢纽的力量,并与当地,国家和全球投资者的初创公司联系起来推动世界级的创新和工作增长。”

This year’s Venture Summit featured a diverse range of panels, founder stories, startup spotlights and keynote addresses from nationally-recognized leaders, opening with a conversation between Silicon Valley investor Ben Horowitz, co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz, and Don Thompson, former CEO of McDonald’s and founder and CEO of Cleveland Avenue, LLC, a food-industry innovation hub. Matt Maloney, co-founder and CEO of GrubHub, the leading online food ordering company with more than 50,000 restaurants in more than 500 cities, provided the closing keynote address.

此次峰会在芝加哥市中心的五个创新中心举行,包括克利夫兰大道、MATTER、TechNexus、芝加哥大学波尔斯基创业与创新中心和1871年,共有250多人参加了行业展示活动。

2017年芝加哥风险峰会建立了2014年和2016年过去两首峰会的成功。2014年的第一个创业峰会推荐了30家公司,自会议以来统称至少4.31亿美元。2016年风险峰会的投资者在投资资本中占超过20亿美元。在2016年的特色初创公司中,在过去的一年内超过了三分之一的新资金,包括Shothero(5040万美元);4C见解(2600万美元);加工(1400万美元);采购健康(1000万美元);和项目44(880万美元)。

“Chicago is not only one of the best cities for the next generation of entrepreneurs to build a business – it’s also a national leader for return on investment, outpacing New York, Los Angeles and the Bay Area,” Mark Tebbe, chairman of ChicagoNEXT said. “The Chicago Venture Summit provides a front-row seat to our booming tech ecosystem, showcasing why Chicago continues to grow as a leading global startup hub.”

As evidence of the Chicago ecosystem’s continued growth, local tech companies are on pace to have one of their best years ever in venture funding, raising more than $1.04 billion as of June 2017, compared to $930 million and $910 million in 2016 and 2015, respectively, according to Chicago Inno. Additionally, the Chicago area’s pool of total tech occupations was more than 143,000 in 2016, representing 32.8 percent growth since 2011 and outpacing large tech talent markets, including Seattle, Los Angeles and Boston, according to a recent report from CBRE.

谷歌,JPMorgan和William Blair返回2017年芝加哥风险峰会的主要赞助商。额外的赞助商包括高盛,Pritzker集团,专用库,硅谷银行,美国家庭企业,芝加哥企业,海德公园风险伙伴,跳跃资本和LightBank。

2017年芝加哥风险峰会议程和其他信息,访问www.chicagoventuresummit.com

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