The Midwest's deal Conference 2017 | Fund Conference | 26 October 2017 | Filini at Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, 221 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60601, USA

Thought leadership conference bridging the gap between early stage investors and growing companies.

The Midwest thought leadership conference bridging the gap between early stage investors and growing companies.

2017 Speakers:

Manual Amezcua
President, CEO
MassMutual Great Lakes

Michael Evans
President/CoFounder
Fixer GrubHub

Amanda Lannert
CEO
Jellyvision

Desmond Clark
Co-Founder (One Life) & Financial Advisor (MassMutual)
One Life Advisory & MassMutual Chicago

Gerri Kahnweiler
Founding Partner
InvestHer Ventures

Raman Chadha
Founder & Managing Partner
The Junto Institute

Kevin Willer
Partner
Chicago Ventures

Jeffrey Hayzlett
Chairman, Primetime Television & CBS Podcast Host

Sterling Douglass
Founder
Chowly

Jeff Rosset
CEO
Sales Assembly

Joseph Knecht
CEO
Proteus

Ryan Fischer
Founder
20spokes

Marianne Hudson
Executive Director
Angel Capital Association

Rajiv Nathan
Founder
RajNATION Innovation

Jason Komosa
Director of Sales
Doorman

Matthew Mccall
Founder
Crowdvest

Adam Hughes
President & CEO
Avant

John Richards
Founder & CEO
Startup Ignition, LLC

Cory Hohs
CoFounder/CEO
HAAS Alert

Krystian Gebis
Cofounder/CEO
Autobon AI

Cayse Llorens
Founder & Managing Director
Chicago Machine Learning Venture Capital Summit

Derek Lindblom
Vice President
7wire Ventures

Jochen Renz
Managing Partner
New Mobility Consulting

Megan Mccann
CEO & Founder
McCann Partners

Jonathan Pritchard
Founder
Like A Mind Reader

Jason Will
CEO
Zipkick

Crystal Pennington
CEO & Founder
NeoRM

Mohan Sawhney
McCormick Foundation Professor of Technology
Kellogg School of Management

Shagun Agarwal
CEO & Founder
MS Consulting Services

Bong Koh
Partner
KohFounders

Lakshmi Shenoy
Vice President of Strategy & Business Dev
1871

Courtney White
President & Founder
Culinary Care

Jom Kales
Chief Executive Officer
Aspire

Nick Brown
Founder
Glappitnova

Mark Vargas
CoFounder & President
Licentiam

Jeremie Bacon
CEO
Synap Software Labs

Corey Mays
Angel Investor
A-Maysing Enterprises LLC

Michael Stark
Co-Founder & President
The Chicago Leadership Alliance

Tiffany Mikell
CEO
AerialSpaces

Cassie Boorn
CEO
Modern Thrive

Carol Abrahamson
Founder & Executive Director
Illinois Business Innovation Association

Vivek Mehra
Founder & CEO
ParqEx

William Cordes
Head of Corporate Development and M&A
Infogix

Ryan Mundy
Chief Strategist
Techlete Ventures

Tricia Meyer
Founder + Managing Attorney
Meyer Law

Rumi Morales
Founder
Rumi Ventures

Ben Meyerson
Blue Sky Innovation News Editor
Chicago Tribune

Andrea Hanis
Editor, Blue Sky Innovation
Chicago Tribune

2017 Sponsors:

CIBC
idea
Deloitte
Signature Bank
MassMutual
Polsinelli
TandemHR
plantemoran