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Hey Chicago Tech Community 👋 Join us for our first Twitter Space of 2024 We’ll have an open mic, so you can share what you’re working on, ask for advice, meet new people & learn more about what’s going on in local tech Pls share & see you then ❤️🙏👊 teapawt.org/i/spaces/1djGXNnXyLvxZ – at Chicago, IL

In the wake of a monumental win for Chicago safety with @EileenCookCnty earning the Democratic nomination for Cook County States Attorney, I would like to share a few run-ins I’ve had with Chicago’s crime epidemic #1 Our babysitter’s mother was robbed while driving for @uber – at Chicago, IL

Sooo much great stuff coming to the @LoftyVentures platform in 2024 to support our 160+ founders & 300+ angels in: ❤️#LoftyFamily & 👼#LoftyAngels Here’s a taste… • EXPANDED 🔥#LoftyCamp 2.0 retreat at @OffMapGlamping with 30+ founders, angels, VCs & partners • NEW Lofty community concert with @comtruise!!! • RELAUNCH of Lofty’s nonprofit engagement program Invest It Forward • 5th year of ~$40k in partnership grants to power our Invest It Forward program & amazing local nonprofit partners like @WorldBizChicago @Chi_Innovation @FutureFounders @P33Chicago @TechRiseChi @chicago_blend @OWLSLAX @IllinoisScience @1871tech @mHUBChicago @itsCodeNation @fifthstarfunds & many more • NEW XiR mentor program to further support the Lofty Fam (ie Entrepreneur in Residence, Angel iR, Executive iR, Roboticist iR, etc.) • NEW Lofty Fellows program to nurture promising young talent • EXPANDED Lofty Roundtable series with 6-8 intimate events at my home (past guest speakers include @m_evans @jheltzer @TheFullRatchet @wanderlust_erik • 2nd year of our FREE 👼#LoftyAngels community & education program via monthly Lofty Lunch & Learn zoom chats with industry experts (past guest speakers include @KatManalac @MindaBrusse @AmandaLannert @TroyHenikoff @RyoDogg) • 2nd year hosting 4 seasonal IRL parties in Chicago for the Lofty Fam/Angels, co-investors & partners • 2nd year of partner program with newly revamped 5-tier offering • 4th year of our scholarship program to send a female founder (or team member) to Lofty co Bonfire’s women’s leadership accelerator • 3rd year of Lofty Syndicate with 4-6 new opportunities • 3rd year of ❤️#LoftyFamily’s exclusive super preferred terms (0% carry & only $1k minimum) for our syndicate deals • NEW access for non-Lofty founders to our Syndicate deals at preferred/low $1k minimums • NEW Lofty Camp micro-site • MAJOR Lofty website update Now we just need to find a Lofty associate to help us build, launch & manage all these programs 😬 And finally HUGE thanks to our inaugural partners that helped power all of @LoftyVentures’ programming in 2023: @tsx_tsxv @Verizon @Insperity & @awscloud 🙏🙏🙏

Just updated the @LoftyVentures founder/company stats, so thought I'd share the details... If this shows anything at all, it clearly demonstrates that we (both angels & VCs) can all be doing a much better job supporting diversity within the startup community but it's a start

I’m a HUGE fan of Chicago & our tech community Chicago is LITERALLY my investment thesis as a first-check angel investor but I refuse to be a cheerleader with blinders on We need to fix our problems before it’s too late Here’s my take in @CrainsChicago chicagobusiness.com/opinion/…

I believe the biggest gap we have in Chicago tech is first-check writing angels, so @LoftyVentures is building more of them through our syndicate, with a big emphasis on turning founders into angels. Read more in this @ChicagoInno article and this 🧵 below… – at Chicago, IL