General Partner at Chicago Ventures. Past lives include: Trunk Club, eBay and Greylock. Proud Canadian 🇨🇦 ... and American 🇺🇸 !
Greater Chicago Area
Joined March 2008
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Our new AI SQL editor is on Product Hunt this morning! Check it out and share your feedback with the community🚀
producthunt.com/posts/velvet…
Anyone willing to reach across the aisle and collaborate in our current political environment deserves our attention and support!
And now for something completely different...
A Republican and a Democrat talking reasonably about how to work together in Congress.
I'm a big fan of the work @RepBrianFitz and @RepJoshG do leading the Problem Solvers Caucus of 64 bipartisan R's and D's who are focused on getting things done.
What did Saudis pay to "merge" LIV with PGA? With the amount they invested already + money losing performance of the LIV tour + now likely large sums committed to PGA must = horrendous looking financial return metrics ... Thus confirming that it was never about financial return.
I know you have all been waiting for the perfect generative AI use case and, more importantly, to write a song for "Drayk"... too much fun from the @stefan_mayk and the team @mayk_it_app
Check it out... drayk.it/
Very deserving recognition for the @mayk_it_app team and @stefan_mayk - exciting to see!
"During my TikTok time, I saw how a song just needs to be 30 seconds," Stefan said. "It's all about the 1 hook and the one part that's catchy. I think different rules apply now in this new world."🔗👇 businessinsider.com/top-musi… #musicindustry #musicbiz #musicnews #creatoreconomy
The digital & non-digital info we accumulate is overwhelming. Online storage does not solve the problem, it needs to be mobile friendly and allow for safe and easy collaboration with others. Excited for @prisidio_inc Congrats to @glennshimkus, @paulkoziarz & team on the launch!
In every corner of human opportunity there is true talent that remains locked out and/or undiscovered. What a waste. Protege is here to change that. @ChicagoVentures is excited to support this team and their mission…
Sequoia is leading our $8.5M seed with TQ Ventures and with participation from @RocNation, @djkhaled, Will Smith’s Dreamers, @LionelRichie, @BenSimmons25 @IJasonAlexander, @gryffinofficial, @TateMcCrae, @Mr312, @t_xu, and many other incredible supporters.
We've invested over 100 companies in 10 yrs. They have gone on to raise $3B+, with seven of them valued at $1B+. We don't add to our small team often -- if having a front row seat to this kind of work is interesting to you or your network... check out the opportunity below. Thx!
H E L P W A N T E D !
Now hiring an Analyst to
👉 find new investments
👉 support portcos
👉 manage internal fund ops
+ all the other fun that comes with working at an early-stage VC.
Read more and apply here - we look forward to meeting you! bit.ly/2022CVanalyst
robchesney retweeted
H E L P W A N T E D !
Now hiring an Analyst to
👉 find new investments
👉 support portcos
👉 manage internal fund ops
+ all the other fun that comes with working at an early-stage VC.
Read more and apply here - we look forward to meeting you! bit.ly/2022CVanalyst
robchesney retweeted
I spy @ChicagoVentures 🕵️♀️...
Turns out backing seed founders all over the country has been a great bet! 🤝
Check out the methodology for ranking here: medium.com/@brentcwestbrook/…
Not surprised to see that an iconic writer with one foot planted firmly in the future would be working with @candicedisco and the @discolearn team in this exciting way...
Today is a special day @discolearn, announcing a once-in-a-lifetime 8 week LIVE learning experience with cultural icon @MargaretAtwood + special guest experts called Practical Utopias: An Exploration of the Possible. This is the future of learning. learnlive.disco.co/MALive
Super creative idea from team @mayk_it_app. Music went through a first wave of decentralization with shift to digital/streaming… this is the tsunami behind it!
Over the last few months, we’ve built a virtual music studio for anyone to make songs for the multiverse.
Free. Simple. Superpowers4all.
But now we want to go further and help these #maykit creators mint their songs directly from the studio.
How?
Overdue and well deserved recognition Lindsay. Congrats! Pretty sure you were top 10 under 10 and everything in between too.
In good company here with @SamaraMHernandz @AlyssaJoyJaffee @priyaparrish @kristensonday - the Year of Women in VC 🙌 #crains40under40 chicagobusiness.com/40-under…
Excited to be working with @glennshimkus, @paulkoziarz and the entire @prisidio_inc team.
Announcing our investment in @prisidio_inc - the best way to keep life organized 🎉
Congrats to @glennshimkus @paulkoziarz and team!
Most American and Canadian families are fewer than 3 generations old. This is not simply a success story… it is a universal story. Amazing!
Incredibly powerful. ❤️
Leylah Annie Fernandez's father, Jorge, chats with @markhmasters about what it means to represent Canada as an immigrant family. 🇨🇦
So many forms of expression are readily available to us through our phones but, until today, creating music was not one of them. That's why I'm excited to see @mayk_it_app launch and for @stefan_mayk, @xoob and team to make music creation -- easy, fun and social.
🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨
Today we launched mayk, a social music creation app, to the app store…
AND we've raised $4m so that we can help the world sing 🎤 (btw this is my 1st ever thread :))
techcrunch.com/2021/09/07/ti…
robchesney retweeted
🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨
Today we launched mayk, a social music creation app, to the app store…
AND we've raised $4m so that we can help the world sing 🎤 (btw this is my 1st ever thread :))
techcrunch.com/2021/09/07/ti…
Love that @databrett is always giving back by sharing what he has learned with others. Now in audio and video form too... Where does this man find the time!!
robchesney retweeted
Congratulations @godardabel @thandorf and the entire G2 team! @G2dotcom Raises $157M at a $1.1B Valuation via @G2dotcom culture.g2.com/news/g2-serie… @ChicagoVentures
