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May 28, 2019 • Blog

Help Wanted: Chicago Ventures is hiring an Analyst and Associate

Chicago Ventures invests in early-stage enterprise and consumer software companies in the middle of the country. We believe innovation is unbounded by geography. Structural conditions like higher concentrations of talent and customers are accelerating the rise of non-coastal markets.

March 13, 2019 • Blog

We’re hiring a Platform intern!

Chicago Ventures is hiring an intern to join its Platform team — the team that owns firm brand and marketing and also works operationally with the firm’s portfolio companies. (You can read more about the CV Platform strategy here.) This internship will focus mostly on the firm’s brand and marketing efforts.

HealthJoy raises $12.5M Series B to help employees make the most of their healthcare benefits

Read the full post at TechCrunch.

Viacom Has Acquired Pluto TV Streaming Service for $340 Million

Read the full post at Variety.

Gladson Acquires ItemMaster to Expand its Product Database and Retailer Reach

The latest in a series of acquisitions further enhances Gladson’s omni-channel
product content and quality audit capabilities

CHICAGO, Illinois — January 9,
2019 — Gladson, a Chicago-based portfolio company of The Jordan Company (“TJC”)
and Wicks Capital Partners (“Wicks”),

G2 Crowd builds the world’s largest business commerce platform fueled by $100M in funding

Series C round shows startup becoming ‘next Amazon for business’

CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2018 — G2 Crowd, the marketplace revolutionizing how businesses discover, buy and manage software and services,

October 10, 2018 • Blog

The Many Flavors of Venture Partners: From the Platform Braintrust

In August, I put out a call to the Global VC Platform network with the subject line “Venture Partner Framework,” asking:

Hi all,

Is anyone open to sharing a framework for how their funds think about or define venture partner roles?Read more…

October 1, 2018 • CV Portfolio Company News

Meritize Raises $13.2M in Series A Funding

Skills-Based Career Development Company Uses Proprietary Merit-Based Lending Model to Expand Education Funding

FRISCO, TX, October 1, 2018 – Meritize, an education lender that uses an individual’s academic,

project44 Secures $45M in Funding to Expand its Advanced Visibility Platform

Funding Led by Sapphire Ventures

October 01, 2018 10:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–project44 (p44), the leader in advanced visibility for shippers and third-party logistics firms,

infinite io, which Provides Data Management and Performance Optimization, Raises $10.3M in Series B Funding

Funding Round led by Former Motorola CEO and Cleversafe Chairman Chris Galvin

August 29, 2018 9:00 AM Central Standard Time

AUSTIN, Texas – (BUSINESS WIRE) – infinite io,

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