🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Congrats to our CEO Joey Mak on being included in this year's "40 Under 40" list by Crain's Chicago Business! chicagobusiness.com/awards/joey-ma…

S/O to our amazing board of directors + party co-hosts Lindsay Knight Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE Jackie DiMonte Jonathan Ellis Tessa Flippin Devon Leichtman Ryan Mundy Jason Mercer!

Congrats! GreenLite, a startup that streamlines ‘nightmare’ of construction permitting for businesses, raises $8M from Trust Ventures, Chicago Ventures and @LiveOakVP bit.ly/47wetdp

Congrats to Joey Mak & Lindsay Knight on Chicago:Blend’s 5 year bday! Chicago:Blend has helped dozens of under-represented fellows find VC roles, and we have made a push to track data in startups and VCs. In Chicago, the % of women & people of color in VC roles has ~2xed! ✨

We're now accepting applications for the Spring '24 cohort of the Chicago:Blend Venture Fellowship, a 4-month cohort program that has helped 82% of our alums seeking VC roles land a job post-program. Apply by Nov. 19 for early consideration! chicagoblend.org/venture-fellows

The Chicago:Blend Venture Fellows, a program to diversify Chicago's VC talent pipeline, just launched their application for the spring cohort! Apply today at ctt.ec/Q5TeS+ Early applications due 11/19. Chicago:Blend

🥳 The party was poppin’! Thanks to our partners, friends & sponsors for riding along this 5y journey w/us & shoutout to the amazing Chicago:Blend board and staff for their tireless dedication to the cause! ❤️

I'm very honored to be included on the 2023 Axios #Chicago Power Players list! Thanks to Mike Allen Justin Kaufmann Monica Eng Carrie Shepherd and the entire Chicago team for throwing a beautiful honoree reception last night! Congrats to all the winners! axios.com/local/chicago/…

A state with already-draconian women’s health and abortion laws goes full-on theocracy via deranged religious Supreme Court. npr.org/2024/02/21/123…

🎟️ Tickets for our #WomensHistoryMonth luncheon on 3/19 are going fast! Get your ticket today before they're gone! lu.ma/whmlunch2024 Lindsay Knight Lynessa Rico Elle Ramel of GETCities Thru Shivakumar of cohesion All Raise iBIO HPA TechNexus Venture Collaborative

1st Founder & Leader workshops complete! 💡🙌 Thank you to our speakers Tricia Martinez, Lindsay Knight & Kasia Bednarz for insights on 💰‘The Truth About Funding for Women Founders’, and Bridget Lohrius & Delia Coleman for their chat on ⚖️ ‘Action for Equal Pay.’ #IWD

ICYMI, check out our photos from yesterday's #WomensHistoryMonth event w/All Raise, iBIO, GETCities, HPA & TechNexus Venture Collaborative! Special thanks to our incredible speakers Lindsay Knight, Lynessa Rico, Ann Vogel, Elle Ramel & Thru Shivakumar! 📸 photos.app.goo.gl/1fqQyafQ4BYs5H…

Cannabis industry and gaming payments startup Aeropay is now offering an alternative to Mastercard and Visa - raises $20M Series B from Group 11, Chicago Ventures, Continental Investment Partners bit.ly/44JNXwF

Congrats! GoodShip.io raises $8M to ramp up procurement platform features - led by Bessemer with continued participation from Ironspring Ventures, Chicago Ventures, FUSE & new participation from 53 Stations, Andrew Silver, and Nichole Wischoff bit.ly/4bg3Mh8

We're so excited to announce that Elle Ramel and Samir Mirza are joining the Chicago:Blend board of directors! Read the full press release! chicagoblend.org/news-insights/…

Congrats Kenny Rose and FranShares!

For decades now, Lookingglass Theatre has occupied a special place in this community — its ambition and innovation helping define our world-class theatre scene. I’m deeply proud to be celebrating its return today.

Calling it. Canceling the rest of the week(s) travel and heading home. I’ve spent the last 3 weeks bouncing coast to coast, and I'm grateful to everyone who made that possible, but it’s time to call it. DMs, texts, email, signal, slack have all become unusable. I’m posting this