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Washington D.C., February 13, 2024 — Data Society, a leader in tailored data science and AI workforce training and development solutions since 2014, announced it is joining forces with a Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP)-backed company launched in late 2023 to help organizations drive cultural change as they leverage data and AI to gain competitive advantage.…

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, January 31, 2024 LEGISLATURE MEETS NEXT WEEK Hundreds of bills are being filed in the Illinois General Assembly in advance of the Friday, February 9 deadline for filling new legislation. Many of them are quite frankly “message” bills or measures which are intended…

CHICAGO – January 30, 2024 – Pritzker Private Capital (“PPC”), a leader in family direct investing, today announced that Dwight Gibson, an accomplished industrial executive and experienced board director, has joined PPC as Operating Partner. Mr. Gibson brings over 20 years of experience leading corporations in the industrial sector. As Operating Partner, Mr. Gibson will…

Chicago, IL – January 30, 2024 – Following a successful year in 2023, RCP Advisors (“RCP”) is pleased to announce the promotion of Patrick dePenaloza to Principal, alongside several additional promotions across the firm. Patrick joined RCP’s business development team in 2016 following his earlier relevant experience at Neuberger Berman. Patrick oversees RCP’s fundraising efforts, in addition…

January 31, 2024 When GET CITIES (GET stands for Gender Equity in Tech) was founded in 2020, their goal was to tackle a burgeoning tech industry that “deliberately excludes most of the population,” which figured into the equation that tech is “100 years away from gender parity.” They have expanded into advocacy for trans and…

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, January 17, 2024 2024 SESSION OFF TO A COLD START Literally and figuratively. Bitter cold embraced Springfield this week just as it did the rest of Illinois and the Midwest, so the House has canceled a scheduled session day tomorrow (Senate may do…

Chicago, Ill., January 17th, 2024 – Wind Point Partners (“Wind Point”), a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced today that it has partnered with MOREgroup (or the “Company”), a family of leading architecture and engineering brands focused on education, healthcare and government end markets. The Company offers a turnkey suite of architecture, design and adjacent engineering…

January 17, 2024 With people coming back to work in 2024, post holidays and two years past the thick of the pandemic, what do American work offices look like right now, and what issues in personnel continues to affect the Venture Capital and Private industries. The following articles and podcasts will provide the details. Gartner.com,…

Illinois Venture Capital Association Illinois Legislative ReportDavid Stricklin / Stricklin & AssociatesWednesday, January 3, 2024 The Illinois Legislature holds its first session days January 16, 17 and 18. Governor Pritzker has been mostly out of the public eye since mid-December. YEAR IN REVIEW A plethora of new laws took effect in the new year –…

January 3, 2024 The new year is here … Happy 2024. As we begin another journey, what will 2024 indicate, and how will it affect the VC/PE world? The predictors and prognosticators in the financial media have had their say, and offer the following articles/podcasts/YouTube takes that all look forward to the new investor year …