Chicago Venture Summit

Save the date! Chicago Mayor's Office & World Business Chicago announce the 2017 Summit: September 13-14.

“We were doing well before , and Cleversafe thrust us into another level of the business,” [OCA Ventures Chief Executive] Jim Dugan tells Chicago Inno.

http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2016/04/19/oca-ceo-cleversafe-sale-thrust-us-into-another-level-of-the-venture-capital-business/

Great story highlighting the impact of Cleversafe's exit on the Chicago tech economy. Cleversafe founder Chris Gladwin will be one of the panelists and closing speakers for , and we are also pleased to have OCA Ventures as an attending firm.

OCA CEO: Cleversafe Sale 'Thrust Us Into Another Level of the Venture Capital Business' It’s been a good couple of years at OCA Ventures. The VC firm has seen several of its portfolio companies record massive exits recently, highlighted by Cleversafe’s $1.3 billion sale to IBM...

Just TWO days away from 2016 -- the agenda is live at www.chicagoventuresummit.com/2016-agenda/. Take a look at some of 's most promising - Motion AI, caremerge, learnmetrics, DRYV, Synap, AMPY, Phys IQ, PartySlate and Xaptum - who will be pitching to investors: showcasing a robust, diverse tech startup ecosystem in the city and region.