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Crain’s Chicago Business: A startup takes on the country’s 2 biggest booze distributors
Chicago tech firm Provi sues Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and Republic National Distributing, saying the alcohol distributors unfairly boycotted its e-commerce platform.
Built in Chicago: TimeDoc Health Got $48.5M, Motorola’s Acquisition, and More Chicago Tech News
Here’s what you may have missed in the world of Chicago tech.
Built in Chicago: Goldman Sachs Acquiring Robo-Investing Startup NextCapital
Goldman Sachs, one of the premier financial institutions in the U.S., announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Chicago-based NextCapital. Among the startup’s services is a robo-advisor used for retirement plans.
Innovating Women: Leading Midwest Tech into the Future
To close out Women’s History Month 2022, Verizon’s Nia Mathis spoke with Patty Hagen, T-REX; Elle Ramel, GET Cities Chicago; Michelle Reaves, Detroit Area Pre College Engineering Program (DAPCEP); and Marie Mackintosh, EmployIndy about creating intentional lanes for women and girls in tech – and ultimately how to create a more diverse workforce. Catch the replay below:
Built in Chicago: These 5 Chicago Tech Companies Raised the Most Funding in March
See which companies raked in the most venture capital last month and what they plan to do next.
Crain’s Chicago Business: JPMorgan, Techstars to invest $80M in minority startup founders
It’s the latest effort to bring more money to entrepreneurs of color launching companies in Chicago.
Yahoo Finance: Chicago:Blend and GET Cities Scale Program to Increase Opportunities for Aspiring VCs From Underrepresented Backgrounds
Chicago:Blend announced the launch of the Chicago Venture Fellows, a program that was initially incubated at GET Cities in 2021.
Polsky Center: UChicago Startup 4SR Biosciences Selected to Participate in Illumina Accelerator
A University of Chicago startup, 4SR Biosciences participated in the Polsky Center’s Compass Deep Tech Accelerator Program and is now set to participate in the prestigious Illumina Accelerator.
WGN TV: Tech space for minority & women-owned startups
1921 is named after the historic Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is the only coworking and incubator space of it’s kind on the far Southside of Chicago.