Hi everyone,

The Windy City Venture Crawl is tomorrow… and we have a quick announcement to make about who is pitching🎙️

🎵 Don’t Forget: Get your WCVC Afterparty tickets today

This will be an experience, not your regular-schmegular corporate happy hour after”party”

With three local performers, an immersive venue (150 N Riverside), a local DJ, presenting brands started by GenZ founders, hundreds of young entrepreneurs/artists/changemakers, this will be one for the books.

Your ticket covers the entire experience including the immersive show, performances, and a free non-alcoholic drink at the bar. Bring your friends, this will be the only thing you want to do in Chicago that night.

You can get your tickets here.

 🎙️ Our Pitching Founders

Listen Ventures (9am-10:30am)

• Charlotte Oxnam (Cue the Curves)

• Cara Bognar (Top Tier Lessons)

• Aaqib Usman (Lightpong)

• Chirag Goel (TegoTech)

• Tony Ryan (Bet Caddy)

Drive Capital (10:45am-12:15pm)

• Dennis Trujillo (Mercurial AI)

• Julia Holovko (Corner Renovation)

• Diana Tan (Brief)

• Mitchell Leshchiner (Electrokare)

• James Martin (ezClinic)

1871 (3pm-5pm)

• Crystal Kendzior (Stryke)

• Jonathan Spungen (LetzGo)

• Adam Regent (Banquette)

• Femi Odugbesan (Sweet)

• Ravi Thakkar (ClimeCast)

📅 Schedule for the Day

✨ Community Events

For those coming in from out of town: we have several events being hosted in the days around the Windy City Venture Crawl…

• 1/25 6-8pm: StartupGrind - The Great Chicago Food Bash 2024 - sign up

• 1/27 6:30-10pm The Perception Fashion Show by the Chicago Fashion Coalition and the Chicago Symphony - sign up and learn more

  • A unique experience fusing fashion, classical music, and art, this event caters to creative young professionals looking to immerse themselves in Chicago’s culture

  • you can also join their afterparty for free that night

NOTE: we’ve had to close registrations for Listen Ventures, as we’ve reached capacity. We will be closing general registrations for the entire Crawl very soon as well.

Special thanks to our sponsors JP Morgan, JLL, Neal Gerber Eisenberg, and BKS Partners. Thanks to our hosting offices Listen Ventures, Drive Capital, and 1871. Our partners Culture Pop, Boxed Water, and Rich Minds Promotions helped make the afterparty possible as well.

See you all soon🙏

~ Toni Witt