The HEICO Companies, LLC

The Heico Companies is the parent holding company for a diverse portfolio of manufacturing, construction, and industrial services businesses. Today, we look to acquire performing businesses that complement our existing operations. As a buy, hold, and build investor, we have owned many of our operations for over 30 years. A key factor in our growth is our commitment to reinvest earnings in support of both organic growth and new acquisitions

TechNexus Venture Collaborative

TechNexus is a Venture Collaborative, a unique combination of businesses, corporate joint-ventures, private equity funds, and a fast-growing investment portfolio. Since 2007, TechNexus has managed a robust platform to empower entrepreneurs, transform business models at scale and drive innovation through ecosystems. The company has accelerated business opportunities between dozens of leading corporations and more than 600 startups and is among the most active venture investors in the US.

Dundee Venture Capital

<p>We are a venture capital firm in Omaha, Nebraska, that invests $50K - $1M in Midwestern seed-stage technology startups across all industries. We have extensive e-commerce and SaaS experience and seek to act quickly and provide more than just a check. We have portfolio companies in Chicago and are eager to invest in more.</p>

Ekistic Ventures

Ekistic Ventures is a fund of urban problem-solvers who are actively cultivating a portfolio of disruptive companies that bring new solutions to critical urban problems. We invest our expertise and capital in entrepreneurs and young start-ups that have great ideas to make cities more efficient and equitable.

Impact Engine

Impact Engine is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in companies driving positive impact in economic empowerment, education, environmental sustainability, and health.

Arch Venture Partners

<p>Early stage and growth Venture Firm</p>

Wildcat Venture Management

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Wildcat Venture Management, Inc. is a life sciences venture development firm that creates and manages pharmaceutical and medical device companies based on technology developed by major universities and academic medical centers. Wildcat was founded in 2006 to bridge the gap that exists between academic discoveries and the creation and management of successful venture- backed companies. Wildcat’s mission is to take academic innovations and turn them into clinically useful products (i.e. therapeutics and diagnostics).</span></p>

First Analysis

<p style="list-style-type: none; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: MyriadProRegular; line-height: 25px; color: rgb(78, 78, 78); font-size: 14px;">First Analysis is a leading private growth equity investor. We have one of the longest records (28 years) in private capital investing, having invested more than $700 million across multiple highly diversified funds.</p><p style="list-style-type: none; padding: 5px 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: MyriadProRegular; line-height: 25px; color: rgb(78, 78, 78); font-size: 14px;">First Analysis invests mainly in the United States with a focus on our three sectors of expertise: health care, broadband enabled businesses (IT applications and outsourced services), and clean-tech / infrastructure. We help established companies become profitable leaders in large markets, funding growth plans and working closely with management in areas including strategy, recruitment, sales and marketing, and corporate development. Our flexible approach targets investing $3-10 million as lead investor or as a syndicate partner who brings valuable perspective to the table.</p>

Chicago Growth Partners

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">For over 25 years and across more than 100 growth companies, the principals of Chicago Growth Partners have partnered with quality management teams to help facilitate their growth objectives. CGP executes its growth-focused investment strategy across four industries: Education, Tech-Enabled Services, Healthcare and Industrial Growth, where our expertise in information technology, marketing, and finance can often be helpful to our management teams. CGP currently manages $1.2 billion of committed capital and has offices in Chicago and La Jolla.</span></p>

New Mobility Ventures

We recognize that the future of mobility is in our hands. What should the New Mobility look like to create healthy businesses and economies that are environmentally sustainable and create opportunities for everybody? What is the role of New Mobility in fostering individual freedom and thriving democratic societies?

Urban Cottage

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MATH Venture Partners

MATH Venture Partners invests primarily in Series A and Seed rounds, managed by a seasoned team of hands-on investors and operators. We look for entrepreneurial teams that have customer acquisition as part of their core DNA. It is this maniacal focus, deep appreciation for process and exceptional talent that makes them stand out.

Ceres Venture Fund

<p>Venture capital fund dedicated to funding high growth companies located in the Midwest in their early stages of growth.</p>

Hopewell Ventures LP

<p>VC firm that invest in a variety of growth oriented companies</p>

Washing Pond Ventures

<p><span style="color: rgb(146, 146, 146); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; ">Washing Pond Ventures is an early-stage investment fund that focuses on technology-enabled ideas through either internal incubation and development or external investment and support.</span></p>

Heartland Angels

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our mission is to be a catalyst in the process of innovation. We do this by creating forums in which human, intellectual and financial capital are joined for a common purpose.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Heartland Angels' unique process has four components:</p><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A&nbsp;<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Program&nbsp;</strong>to perform a stepped due diligence analysis to review investment opportunities.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A&nbsp;<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Strategy&nbsp;</strong>to use the multifaceted experience of professionals, academics and scientists in investigating and assessing early staged investment opportunities.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A&nbsp;<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Method</strong>&nbsp;to syndicate an opt-in funding approach so as to coordinate the interests of multiple private equity ("angel") investors.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; text-indent: -1.1em;">A&nbsp;<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Protocol&nbsp;</strong>to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of negotiations. This maximizes communications and minimizes unnecessary risk and cost to the investor and to portfolio companies.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: square; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Heartland Angels operates to facilitate the investor-company matching process.</p>

Lead Lap Enterprises

<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(57, 57, 57); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lead Lap is a Northfield, Illinois-based family office and private investment firm with several current investments in private companies.&nbsp; Lead Lap seeks control investments in small to mid-size companies in the business services, consumer products/services, health services, and the education, marketing, media, advertising, information and online sectors. Lead Lap also makes non-control growth capital investments in promising businesses.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(57, 57, 57); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lead Lap was founded by operating executive David F. Zucker (“Zucker”), who serves as Managing Partner, and made his first private company investment in 1994. Zucker combines twenty-four years of operating experience as a CEO/General Manger of public and private companies, and company divisions in the media, business services, consumer, and technology businesses with deep experience in the acquisition and investment process, having overseen, completed, and integrated more than twenty business acquisitions of varying sizes during his career.</p>

Guild Capital

Guild Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm. Founded in 2009 by Iain Shovlin, Guild typically backs founders as their first institutional investor, actively partnering with them to assist in crafting growth strategies, architecting high-performance teams, creating distinctive brands, and embracing metric-driven management.