| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 03.02.2023 | Revolutionizing Employee Development: Stride Closes $750,000... | Justin Cardillo, Stride CEO
Stride revolutionizes coaching with personalized, on-demand coaching fo... | einpresswi... |
| 06.03.2021 | Lightbank Closes New Venture Capital Fund, At $180M | Lightbank, LLC, a Chicago, IL-based venture capital firm, closed its second early-stage venture capi... | finsmes.co... |
| 10.11.2020 | The Woman Adapting The Microbiome Science Of Gut Health To S... | The skincare industry is exploding right now, with consumers spending an increased amount of time st... | forbes.com... |
| 17.03.2019 | 12 Chicago VCs You Should Know About | Chicago is quietly becoming a hotbed of venture capital that fuels technology startups — not just in... | hpa.vc/12-... |
| 05.10.2018 | Chicago’s Startups Continue to Lead the Nation in Returns | PitchBook revealed its 2018 Chicago VC Ecosystem report, released in conjunction with ChicagoNEXT’s ... | hpa.vc/chi... |
| 03.10.2018 | Chicago’s startups continue to lead the nation in returns | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 03.10.2018 | Chicago’s startups continue to lead the nation in returns | Today, PitchBook revealed its 2018 Chicago VC Ecosystem report, released in conjunction with Chicago... | venturebea... |
| 08.03.2018 | Chicago’s strongest startup sector is online marketplaces li... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 08.03.2018 | Chicago’s strongest startup sector is online marketplaces li... | As an investment leader in Chicago, I get asked about startup trends on a regular basis. Most often ... | venturebea... |
| 08.03.2018 | Chicago’s strongest startup sector is online marketplaces
T... | As an investment leader in Chicago, I get asked about startup trends on a regular basis. Most often ... | hpa.vc/chi... |
| 25.09.2017 | Groupon’s billionaire cofounder Eric Lefkofsky just raised $... | Chicago billionaire Eric Lefkofsky has started five companies, none of which would seem to lead him ... | techcrunch... |
| 07.07.2017 | Why Groupon’s cofounder is diving head first into healthcare... | “It’s an amazing time,” he said in a recent phone interview. “We’ve seen several of these kinds of t... | medcitynew... |
| 21.02.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, February 21 | “HIGH REGARD”
Welcome back from the long weekend, those of you who had yesterday off. Lots to catch... | fortune.co... |
| 14.01.2017 | Why I’m NOT a ‘B2B SaaS’ investor | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 14.01.2017 | Why I’m NOT a ‘B2B SaaS’ investor | People often categorize me as a ‘B2B SaaS’ investor, when in actuality I haven’t invested in a singl... | venturebea... |
| 17.10.2016 | GREE Is Good: How PerBlue Sold Its DragonSoul to Japanese Fi... | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Earlier this month, PerBlue, a Mad... | xconomy.co... |
| 25.09.2016 | Nyca Partners Joins $2.5M Seed Round for Zero | Zero, a startup building a new mobile banking experience with transformative functionality, economic... | citybizlis... |
| 25.09.2016 | NEA Joins $2.5M Seed Round for Zero | Zero, a startup building a new mobile banking experience with transformative functionality, economic... | citybizlis... |
| 06.09.2016 | A Dorm Room Entrepreneur's Guide to the Chicago Tech Ecosyst... | World changing ventures from Facebook to Dropbox, as well as local startups Moneythink to UProspie, ... | bizjournal... |
| 23.08.2016 | RiskMatch receives a boost | CT-based RiskMatch, a portfolio management and analytics platform, has raised $3 million in a seed r... | coverager.... |
| 05.07.2016 | First international Botathon picks up steam: Apply by Friday... | We’re delighted to announce that the international Botathon VentureBeat has organized with a group o... | venturebea... |
| 29.06.2016 | SF, New York, Austin, Chicago, Toronto, and Melbourne: VB’s ... | The innovations coming out of the bot and messaging space are starting to explode.
How about a bot ... | venturebea... |
| 29.06.2016 | SF, New York, Austin, Chicago, Toronto, and Melbourne: VB’s ... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 03.02.2016 | Learn When to Raise Venture Capital or Bootstrap | Join Hyde Park Angels at 1871 on Thursday, March 3 from 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm to learn from the seasoned... | hpa.vc/lea... |
| 01.12.2015 | Eric Lefkofsky Comes Back to Lightbank as Managing Partner | Groupon Chairman and Co-founder Eric Lefkofsky has come back to his position of Managing Partner at ... | finsmes.co... |
| 11.10.2015 | You’re Not In The Valley Anymore | Rick Zullo Contributor
Rick Zullo is vice president of LightBank.
My friend and fellow investor Jo... | techcrunch... |
| 14.09.2015 | 10 Chicago VC Firms You Need to Know About | Chicago is usually towards the top of the list when it comes to startup hubs in the United States. I... | tech.co/ne... |
| 09.07.2015 | Roniin Connects Experienced Entrepreneurs with New Blood | Paul Lee is an experienced entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He spent years investing in startups... | tech.co/ne... |
| 20.10.2014 | The Midwest Is On Track For Its Strongest Year In Startup In... | From Chicago’s city of big shoulders to the new businesses bolstering Detroit’s renaissance; in Clev... | techcrunch... |
| 05.09.2014 | Flywheel Raises $1.2M For Its Designer-Centric WordPress Hos... | The open-source WordPress software runs a huge chunk of all of the sites on the Internet, so it’s no... | techcrunch... |
| 27.06.2014 | Sprout Social Keeps Growing and Raises $8 Million from Light... | Sprout keeps growing.
John Pelz at Crain's is reporting that Sprout Social has raised another $8 mi... | bizjournal... |
| 29.05.2014 | Madison, WI-based Mobile Gaming Startup PerBlue Raises $3M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 5/30/14, 11:02 am. See be... | xconomy.co... |
| 04.10.2013 | Amplify at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay is next week! | First come. First serve. Get complimentary tickets before they run out!
Girls in Tech, Thomson Reut... | vator.tv/n... |
| 25.09.2013 | Calling all female entrepreneurs! Amplify is Oct. 8 | Join leading female investors and entrepreneurs at The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Oct. 8
Are yo... | vator.tv/n... |
| 28.08.2013 | Belly Announces $12.1 Million Series B-1 VC Funding | Loyalty rewards company Belly today announced that they secured $12.1 million in a Series B-1 round ... | tech.co/ne... |
| 07.08.2013 | Investors Cheer Groupon’s Appointment Of A CEO, Narrow Earni... | Groupon today reported the appointment of Eric Lefkofsky as its CEO, Ted Leonsis as the Chairman of ... | techcrunch... |
| 16.07.2013 | TalentBin Raises $2M in Series A Funding | TalentBin, a San Francisco, CA-based “talent search engine”, raised $2m in Series A funding.
The ro... | finsmes.co... |
| 03.05.2013 | Here Is How Not To Decorate Your Office | Image via Twitter, click to enlarge
Lightbank, the venerated Chicago-based venture capital firm, ma... | techcrunch... |
| 10.04.2013 | Lightbank Invests $650,000 In Walk.by, A New Platform Connec... | Lightbank has invested $650,000 in its own Founder-in-Residence Josh Hernandez’s new startup, Walk.b... | techcrunch... |
| 09.04.2013 | Sunnybump Raises $375k from Lightbank | According to TechCrunch (read here), Sunnybump, a Chicago, IL-based service that collects and curate... | finsmes.co... |
| 29.03.2013 | Soundsupply Secures Seed Funding from Lightbank | Soundsupply, a Chicago, IL-based music startup, secured seed funding from venture capital firm Lightb... | finsmes.co... |
| 05.03.2013 | Select two travel destinations, GetGoing gives you one | YC-backed discount travel site opens up for the public this Wednesday
I love the Web for all the va... | vator.tv/n... |
| 30.01.2013 | Groupon founders choose NYC for Lightbank’s second office | When it came time for VC firm Lightbank to open its first office outside of Chicago, its partners — ... | venturebea... |
| 30.01.2013 | Lightbank Heads East, Opens Office In New York | As we reported a few weeks ago, VC firm Lightbank is looking to expand its investments beyond Chicag... | techcrunch... |
| 07.01.2013 | CES Is So Uncool It Might Finally Be Cool | Even though I once built a slideshow called “Gadget Porn and Actual Porn,” I have never been to CES.... | techcrunch... |
| 07.01.2013 | Ovuline Raises $1.4M in Seed Funding | Ovuline, a Boston, MA-based provider of in healthcare IT solutions for pregnancy, raised $1.4m in se... | finsmes.co... |
| 23.12.2012 | Lightbank Aims To Change The VC Game As It Expands Its Inves... | There’s a lot of talk about disruption in the venture capital world. We’ve discussed at length the s... | techcrunch... |
| 08.12.2012 | Udemy Completes $12M Series B Financing | Udemy, a San Francisco, CA-based online education marketplace, has completed a $12m Series B financi... | finsmes.co... |
| 16.11.2012 | Lightbank-Backed Social Gifting Platform Boomerang Expands T... | Boomerang, the Facebook-based gifting service that launched its beta test in Chicago earlier this ye... | techcrunch... |
| 12.11.2012 | DoubleDutch Raises $4M in Series B Funding | DoubleDutch, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of mobile CRM applications, has raised $4m in Serie... | finsmes.co... |
| 12.10.2012 | Frank & Oak Closes $5M Series A Equity Funding | Frank & Oak, a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based online clothing retailer for men, has closed a $5m... | finsmes.co... |
| 11.10.2012 | Frank & Oak rescues men from perils of ‘shop til you dro... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 05.09.2012 | Groupon insiders back a competitor [Update] | Flickr user Groupon
(MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY Groupon (GRPN) insiders have never been shy about looki... | cbsnews.co... |
| 14.08.2012 | Battle Bears creator SkyVu raises venture round for brand ex... | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
| 14.08.2012 | Battle Bears creator SkyVu raises venture round for brand ex... | Aiming to deal with rising marketing costs and expand its reach into other media, mobile gaming firm... | venturebea... |
| 19.04.2012 | Social events marketplace Lifecrowd raises $5M from Lightban... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 19.04.2012 | Social events marketplace Lifecrowd raises $5M from Lightban... | Social events startup Lifecrowd has raised $5 million in its first round of funding, with a goal to ... | venturebea... |
| 05.01.2012 | BodyShopBids Raises $1M in Series A Funding | BodyShopBids, a Chicago, IL-based startup that provides a Web and mobile platform to connect consume... | finsmes.co... |
| 12.10.2011 | Udemy gets $3M from Lightbank for online courses | The "Academy of You" gets support in democratizing learning
Not too long ago, Bill Gates ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 05.10.2011 | Hipster Changes Its Strategy, Now Wants You To Send Digital ... | Do we really need another location-based photo-sharing app?
Hipster, a service I’ve written about c... | techcrunch... |
| 04.10.2011 | Cloudbot app nabs $1 million in funding social tech | Lightbank funding could make contacting your friends on any platform easier
Slipping in just hours ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 04.10.2011 | Cloudbot Closes Funding Led by Lightbank | Cloudbot, a Chicago, IL-based developer of a mobile and web app that aggregates users’ online presen... | finsmes.co... |
| 27.09.2011 | BodyShopBids Closes Seed Funding from Lightbank | BodyShopBids, a Chicago, IL-based developer of a free online service that enables consumers to get a... | finsmes.co... |
| 19.09.2011 | Groupon Co-founders Purchase The Historic Wrigley Building | Today it was confirmed that the Wrigley Building has been purchased in a joint venture that includes... | tech.co/ne... |
| 30.08.2011 | E la Carte Closes $4M Venture Capital Round from Lightbank | E la Carte, the maker of a customer-facing tableside tablet for restaurant and related hospitality i... | finsmes.co... |
| 03.08.2011 | myRete Closes First External Financing Round with Lightbank | myRete, a San Mateo, CA and Alexandria, VA-based developer of a location-based social networking app... | finsmes.co... |
| 03.08.2011 | Mobile app WhosHere raises $1.25M for location-based social ... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 01.08.2011 | BabbaCo Closes $1.2M First Financing Round | BabbaCo, Inc., a Chicago, IL- online baby products retailer, has closed a $1.2m first financing.
Th... | finsmes.co... |
| 14.06.2011 | Zaarly Crosses $1M In Jobs Posted, In Just Under A Month | In less than a month after its nationwide launch on May 14th, peer to peer marketplace Zaarly has cr... | techcrunch... |
| 07.06.2011 | Lightbank ventures into online pawning | Pawngo is a low-interest, high-security alternative to pawning your goods online
Pawn shops are rar... | vator.tv/n... |
| 07.06.2011 | Groupon founders invest $2.3M in online pawn shop Pawngo | Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell are investing a $2.3 million in online pawn shop st... | venturebea... |
| 03.06.2011 | Onswipe Raises $5 M. Series Awesome from Lerer, ENIAC, Betaw... | TechStars NY grad Onswipe just announced its series Awesome, complete with an actual term sheet bear... | observer.c... |
| 02.06.2011 | Spark, Lightbank And Yuri Milner Get In On OnSwipe's $5M 'Se... | Tablet publishing platform Onswipe is announcing a $5 million round of “Series Awesome” funding toda... | techcrunch... |
| 01.06.2011 | OpenChime Nabs $700K From Groupon Founders | OpenChime, a startup that allows users to get online quotes and information from an array of local s... | techcrunch... |
| 01.06.2011 | Lightbank backs OpenChime with $700K | The Angie's List for everything connects consumers and service providers
OpenChime, an Angie’s List... | vator.tv/n... |
| 01.06.2011 | OpenChime Receives $700K in funding from Lightbank | OpenChime, a Chicago, IL-based that service that connects local service providers with consumers, ha... | finsmes.co... |
| 26.05.2011 | Benzinga Raises $1.5M from Lightbank | Benzinga, a financial media source that delivers streaming news, trading ideas, commentary and analy... | finsmes.co... |
| 23.05.2011 | gtrot.com Closes Series A Venture Capital Funding Round; Off... | gtrot.com, a web site that uses the user’s social network to simplify travel sharing and planning, h... | finsmes.co... |
| 16.05.2011 | Local Q&A Site Hipster Raises $1M From Google Ventures, ... | Local Q&A startup Hipster has raised $1 million in seed funding from some prominent angel Valley... | techcrunch... |
| 13.05.2011 | Meet Lightbank's newest addition, Paul Lee | Lee explains his investment philosophy and why Groupon's swarm of clones prove Groupon's awesomeness... | vator.tv/n... |
| 05.04.2011 | Groupon For Nightlife Poggled Raises $5.6M From Groupon Inve... | Poggled, a Chicago-based daily deals site that focuses only on and club discounts, has just raised $... | techcrunch... |
| 31.03.2011 | Qwiki Raises $1M | Qwiki, a San Francisco, CA-based company that is developing a technology platform that transforms da... | finsmes.co... |
| 31.03.2011 | Qwiki raises additional $1M for Series A | The startup gets extra funding from Groupon co-founders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky
Qwiki, the ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 11.03.2011 | The top 10 start-up billionaires | The world’s major economies may have struggled to get back to pre-GFC growth levels last year, but t... | smartcompa... |
| 11.11.2010 | This Week in Social CRM: SugarCRM Goes Mobile, Sprout Adds L... | Social CRM remains the hottest topic in the world of enterprise 2.0 (or social business or whatever ... | readwrite.... |
| 10.11.2010 | Groupon founders invest $1M in Sprout Social | Lightbank is said to be gearing up to make the announcement Wednesday
Since Groupon co-founders Eri... | vator.tv/n... |
| 20.09.2010 | Betterfly Secures Venture Capital Funding from Lightbank | Betterfly, a New York-based company that operates a website that allow people who want to learn, loo... | finsmes.co... |
| 26.08.2010 | Sprout Social Debuts Social Media Management Platform For Bu... | As more businesses look to social media for marketing efforts and to drive sales, there is a need fo... | techcrunch... |
| 26.08.2010 | Can Sprout Social survive in crowded social monitoring marke... | Sprout Social, a social media management and monitoring tool for businesses, today announced its off... | venturebea... |
| 26.08.2010 | Can Sprout Social survive in crowded social monitoring marke... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 13.05.2010 | Sprout Social Raises Funding | Sprout Social, a provider of social relationship management (SRM) services, has received a Series A ... | finsmes.co... |
| 15.04.2010 | Where I’ve Been Raises Capital From Lightbank | Where I’ve Been, LLC, a Chicago, IL-based social travel network, one of the most downloaded applicat... | finsmes.co... |
| 20.03.2010 | Excelerate Labs Brings A Startup Incubator To Chicago | It seems that Y Combinator and TechStars-like incubators are popping up everywhere. BoomStartup just... | techcrunch... |
| 16.03.2010 | Chicago entrepreneurs start $100M ‘Lightbank’ fund | Promoted
Telemedicine’s potential to provide healthcare to the world’s most vulnerable
Teladoc Hea... | medcitynew... |
| 15.03.2010 | Groupon founders launch $100M ‘Lightbank’ fund to seed Chica... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 15.03.2010 | Groupon founders launch $100M ‘Lightbank’ fund to seed Chica... | Hoping to turn Chicago into the technology epicenter of the Midwest, the founders of bulk and discou... | venturebea... |
| 15.03.2010 | Groupon Directors Establish $100 Million Fund To Invest In T... | Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, two of Chicago’s best-known tech entrepreneurs, plan to invest as m... | techcrunch... |
| - | Why Groupon’s cofounder is diving head first into healthcare... | Tempus founder Eric Lefkofsky
Very few people (myself included) can convincingly use the term “para... | medcitynew... |
| - | Chicago entrepreneurs start $100M ‘Lightbank’ fund | Two Chicago entrepreneurs who founded the group-buying site Groupon have launched a fund they hope w... | medcitynew... |
| - | Paytient Raises $63M to Expand Health Payment Accounts (HPAs... | What You Should Know:
Founded in 2018, Paytient is a new type of benefit called Health Payment Acco... | hitconsult... |