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June 13, 2018 • Blog

A Peek into the CV Portfolio [Or, How We Engage 2,200 Startup Employees]

Since 2012, Chicago Ventures has invested in over 80 startups, which means we’ve worked closely with over 80 CEOs. But across the portfolio, our companies employ thousands of people. Some are startup veterans;

Kin Insurance Raises $13M in Financing, Welcomes New Board Member

With its latest round of funding and new board member Caribou Honig, online home insurance startup Kin Insurance moves to service national markets.

CHICAGO (PRWEB) JUNE 11,

Global SAM Leader, Flexera, Acquires Meta SaaS to Offer Most Advanced SaaS Spend Management Capabilities on the Market

With 32,000 SaaS Apps in Catalog and 250+ Direct Integrations, Now Organizations Can Rein in Runaway SaaS Spend and Reduce SaaS Risk

Itasca, IL – May 2,

Mac & Mia Secures $5M in New Funding to Grow Market Leadership Position while Delivering Personalized Value to Busy Parents

CHICAGO, IL (April 19, 2018) – Mac & Mia, the premier stylist-driven, curated children’s apparel service delivering a convenient, personalized experience to busy households, today announced that it has raised $5M in its Series A funding round.

project44 Raises $35 Million to Turn Data into True Supply Chain Visibility

Financing Led by OpenView to Bring Total Funding to $48 Million

CHICAGO, IL – project44 today announced $35 million in new funding since the company’s 2016 Series A to power true supply chain visibility,

March 26, 2018 • Blog

How We Celebrated International Women’s Day with the CV Portfolio

On March 8, we brought together the women (and some men) from the Chicago Ventures portfolio to celebrate International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

Chicago Startup LandscapeHub Closes $4.4 Million Seed Funding Round

First End-to-End Online Marketplace for the $75 Billion B2B Green Industry

CHICAGO, March 14, 2018—LandscapeHub, a startup applying digital technology to optimize the procurement process for the nursery and landscape green industry,

March 2, 2018 • Blog

The Chicago Ventures Portfolio Discusses 1st Steps for Building Diverse + Inclusive Teams

Over the last 24 months we’ve brought together the teams leading People Ops efforts at our Chicago Ventures portfolio companies to cover topics like onboarding and orientation, culture, professional development,

Student Lending Platform Meritize Secures $6.8M Seed Funding Round

The Company Uses a Proprietary Merit-Based Lending Model to Fund Skills-Based Education

FRISCO, TX, February 21, 2018 – Meritize, an educational lender that uses an individual’s academic data to enhance credit evaluation and expand funding for career-based education,

Heretik Closes $2.4 Million Seed Round

CHICAGO, Dec. 18, 2017 – Heretik, a Chicago based software company that uses machine learning to make the contract review process smarter in Relativity, today announced that it has completed its $2.4 million seed round of financing.

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