Howard Orloff
Co-Founder | VestLo
VestLo
VestLo is an equity crowdfunding portal for businesses and investors in Illinois. It lists local investment opportunities and enables investors to purchase an equity or debt stake in those companies.
Jorge Samayoa
Founder | Tripmate
Tripmate
Tripmate is a travel startup that lets you discover trips made by locals and enjoy with them. The site helps you plan your trip and enjoy your time using its advice and tips.
A.J. Mortega
Founder | Game Seed Inc.
Game Seed Inc is an eSports company that’s building the first ever eSports Academy for eSport student athletes.
Jim Montelongo
President & CEO | EngineeringPeople
EngineeringPeople is a company that connects engineers with companies that are hiring. It’s a tool for recruiters, job-seeking engineers and the engineering community that brings thousands of qualified engineers in contact with top companies.
Victoria Elena Nones
Founder | Satira
Satira is reinventing comedy education by providing you one on one access to the top comedy pros across the country. Supplement or replace traditional classroom education with dedicated attention through Satira.
We are innovating the way comedy engages with the world. Our virtual comedy coaching, writing feedback, and comedy career strategy sessions allow the top comedy educators to connect with you one on one from anywhere in the world. Invest in yourself and your comedy goals with our dedicated comedy coaching – and see the difference in your personal growth.
Satira is based out of the comedy mecca of the nation: Chicago, IL.
Our founding team is comprised of comedy experts from all the major institutions including The Second City, Improv Olympic, The Laugh Factory, and more.
Mark Vargas
President | Licentiam
Licentiam is a healthcare tech platform that connects health professionals, health-systems and government regulators through easy to use communication technology tools.
Hector Robles
Co-Founder | VestLo
VestLo is an equity crowdfunding portal for businesses and investors in Illinois. It lists local investment opportunities and enables investors to purchase an equity or debt stake in those companies.
Kristen Sonday
Co-Founder & COO | Paladin
Paladin
Paladin connects lawyers to pro-bono cases they’re passionate about. Lawyers receive emails with cases matched specifically to their skills, interests and availability.
Pablo Mitre
Founder & CEO | Tandlr
Tandlr is a platform that matches students to tutors. The startup allows students to find tutors who can help with college courses or test prep, and meetings can take place face-to-face or online.
Raul Rosas
Co-Founder | Fluxee
Fluxee is a virtual reality company whose first chapter is focusing on the real estate industry, both residential and commercial. Founded in May of 2016, Fluxee began leveling the learning curve and making virtual reality accessible to everyone. In November 2016 Fluxee was accepted into the inaugural cohort of the 1871/IHCC Hispanic technology incubator. Then, in June 2017 Fluxee was accepted into the 2017 elmspring Chicago cohort, an accelerator program focusing on accelerating real estate technology.
Fluxee is changing the current model of unflattering and misleading 2D pictures of properties into an immersive virtual reality experience. By simply snapping and uploading photos to the Fluxee platform, users are granted immediate access to a shareable virtual scene of a selected property. Through Fluxee, realtors will not only gain broader exposure for their listings but will be able to save time by attracting qualified buyers to showings and increase their closing rates while decreasing lead times. Fluxee is positioning itself to be the virtual reality tool for the everyday real estate professional.