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222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1212
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312-239-0310
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Communications & Networking
Consumer Products & Services
Financial Services
Information Technology
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Media & Digital Media
Software & Internet
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1871 is Chicago's entrepreneurial hub for digital startups. The 50,000-square-foot facility provides Chicago startups with programming, access to mentors, educational resources, potential investors and a community of like-minded entrepreneurs that help them on their path to building successful businesses. 1871 is the flagship project of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC). 1871 recently launched 1871 FEMtech, an incubator program to support the best women-founded businesses from across the nation and around the globe. The newest technology incubator to come to 1871 will be the veterans-operated, veteran-focused incubator 'The Bunker' in 2014. The Bunker will be run by Todd Connor, an Operation Iraqi Freedom Navy veteran and successful entrepreneur who recently led the city of Chicago's military high schools program. 1871 involves 350 Mentors,100 Partners, and 650+ Alumni.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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