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==History==
*Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center was the first entrepreneurial focused center for Chicago. TiE Midwest and IVCA followed in the early 2000’s
*2004—Illinois Technology Association and Heartland Angels
*2006—Increase in the number of resources available—I2A Fund, Hyde Park Angels, Tech cocktail, Tech Nexus
*2008-present—continued expansion of funding and support
==Resources (map of Chicago resources: http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2017/05/18/this-interactive-map-showcases-chicagos-connected-tech-ecosystem/==
=Chicago companies=
*Groupon, Mu Sigma, GrubHub, centro, mediabank
=Universities—Future Founder’s U.Pitch and Student Startup Madness are venture/pitch competitions open to students at any university=
*The University of Chicago
*No school of engineering, but has become a leading startup university (Groupon, GrubHub, Braintree Financial)
*Space in 1871
*Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
*New Venture Challenge
*Illinois Institute of Technology
*DePaul
*“DePaul is planning to open a space in 1871, joining a half dozen of the area’s universities already in the entrepreneurial hub” (http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-depaul-to-open-space-in-1871-bsi-20160719-story.html)
*Coleman Center
*Northwestern
*Space in 1871
*The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship, The Garage
*Venture Challenge
*Funding resources—NxtFund/Northwestern Start Fund
*Loyola
*Space in 1871
*Quinlan School of Business & Loyola Limited
*University of Illinois
*Space in 1871
*Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
*Startup Challenge, Cozad New Venture Competition, Illinois Innovation Prize
*Illinois Institute of Technology
*Space in 1871
==Capital==
*New World Ventures
*Excelerate
*Apex Venture Partners
*FireStarter Fund
*Iza Fund
*Oca Ventures
*Hyde Park Angels
*Lightbank
*Corporate HQ
*Sears
*Walgreens
*Motorla
*State Farm
*Kraft
*Allstate
==Accelerators/Incubators/Co-Working spaces (complete list: http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/03/30/chicago-co-working-spaces-a-map-of-the-citys-shared-spaces/)==
*1871—Public-private (city task force) effort to create a hub for young tech businesses
*1871 and Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced that they’re launching a new incubator focused on Hispanic-owned tech companies (October 2016) http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2016/08/22/chicago-has-a-new-incubator-to-support-hispanic-led-tech-companies/
*Inaugural cohort includes 12 Hispanic/Latinx-owned tech companies and provide educational programming, resources, funding an tech support
==Coworking Spaces==
*Grind, The Shift, WeWork, 2112, Polsky Exchange & more
==Accelerators, incubators & fellowships==
*Future Founders Startup, Northwestern Wildfire, iCorps, Techstars, Chicago Fashion Incubator, Helathbox
==Venture Capital==
Need to pull data, not consistent reports of VC
==Chicago Now==
*Nearly $500 B gross regional product, 4.3 million employees, 260,000+businesses, 400+ major corporate HQs (27 Fortune 500), 2 major *global financial exchanges, 60 public and private post-secondary educational institutions
==Looking to the Future==
*Continued VC investment
*VC investment from larger, nationwide VC funds
