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BlueTape Raises $55M to Transform Financing and Payments for SMBs in the Construction Industry
San Francisco, CA – August. 19th, 2022, BlueTape, a leading payments and financing provider for the construction industry, today announced the closing of a $50M debt funding led by Arcadia Funds and a $5M seed round led by Chicago Ventures.
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Why now? Infertility is a crisis. Women’s healthcare should be a basic right.
By Emma Lawler, CV EIR
Now is the time to invest in women’s healthcare startups. We’ve hit an inflection point where the fertility care market is shockingly inefficient and women are losing their right to basic healthcare.
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From MBA Intern to EIR: Creating a Career Path in VC
Written by Emma Lawler, our new EIR. Read ‘How working in VC has make me a better entrepreneur’ on her Substack here.
A career in venture capital is an entrepreneurial winding path.
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Vancouver based Olive chooses Chicago as the base for US expansion
Originally posted on the Olive company blog by Chris Heard, Founder and CEO at Olive.
We have been blessed at Olive with a growth trajectory showing no signs of slowing down and our position as the leading software selection platform for consultants and IT leaders is becoming solidified.
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#NowHiring: Social and Communications Contractor
Hello 👋 ,
we’re Chicago Ventures, a venture capital firm that leads investment in early-stage startups (you may recognize companies in our portfolio like Cameo, project44, SpotHero and G2). We’re hiring a part-time Social and Communications Contractor to work alongside our Partner Lindsay Knight.
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Unveiling Protégé: Be heard. Get discovered.
Talent is distributed globally, but opportunity is not.
(This is a post written by the company founders: the original can be found on the Protégé website here.)
The reality of life is that we are all born into a lottery of where we grow up,
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LandscapeHub announces $9 million in Series A funding to expand its national footprint
A Klaff Realty, LP Affiliate and Hyde Park Venture Partners co-led the round with new funding from Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, Concentric Equity Partners,
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project44 Receives $420 Million Investment led by Thoma Bravo, TPG and Goldman Sachs Valuing Business at $2.2 Billion Pre-Money
– With $100+ million in ARR, 1,000+ team members, 1,000+ customers, 1+ billion packages tracked annually and the top performer in analyst reports, project44 leads the supply chain visibility market
CHICAGO – January 11,
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Help Wanted: CV is hiring an analyst
Update February 23, 2022: This role has been filled and we are no longer accepting applications.
Chicago Ventures invests in early-stage enterprise and consumer software companies in the middle of the country.
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Ureeka Announces $8.15M Series A-1 Funding Round
The platform is paving a new pathway for entrepreneurs to build their digital presence and acquire more customers
Burlingame, CA – Ureeka, the small business growth engine,
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