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 *Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center was the first entrepreneurial focused center for Chicago. TiE Midwest and IVCA followed in the early 2000’s

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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

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