Pritzker Group Venture Fellows 2017 Presentation
Introductions Name Ablorde Ashigbi Adam Swick Eric Duboe Title Senior Associate Associate Associate Prior to PGVC Quote Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group William Blair Investment Banking Sandwiches are highly overrated. Nearly every kind of food delivered in sandwich form would be better if it wasn t. As a kid, I always considered the career path of becoming a magician. I have a whole box of tricks, and would perform at my siblings (and my own) birthday parties. I loved wow-ing the audience (not hard to do with 10 year olds). Instead of going to lunch with all of you, I m going to run over to Au Bon Pain. They are starting to know my name over there and give me free drinks 2
Program Overview Vision: Help Chicago-based entrepreneurs realize their dreams of starting a company Mission: Use PGVC s experience and network to help entrepreneurs launch new businesses and receive initial funding over the next five years WHAT $20,000 SAFE investment into each of 4 teams from Northwestern (Kellogg) and University of Chicago (Booth) Direct access to Pritzker Group Venture Capital resources WHO 4 teams (no more than 7 people per team) Teams can be composed of first or second year MBA students The companies must have full-time employees in the Chicago area dedicated to launching the businesses over the summer (product should be past MVP stage by summer) The companies must be software or IT related, and tech/engineering team members are highly recommended WHEN ~Mid-June to End-of-August, 2017 (Exact dates TBD) WHERE The teams will have the ability to work out of the PGVC office in 1871 for the summer DELIVERABLES At the beginning of the summer each team will deliver an investor presentation along with: Outline of milestones/goals ( it was a useful summer if x and y happen ) Key focus areas ( I'm really focusing on go-to-market considerations, especially trying to find channel partners ) At the end of the summer, the company will deliver another investor presentation, outlining achievements and milestones met 3
In only four years, Venture Fellows have launched promising ventures and raised follow-on capital Fellow: Brian Hill (Class of 2013) Company: Edovo (Edtech for Inmates) Accolades: Winner of 2014 Techweek Chicago Launch Competition, MSFT Small Business Challenge Finalist Funding: Raised $6M+ to date (investors include Impact Engine, Tribal Ventures, SustainVC, Kapor Capital) Fellow: Matt Elenckjial (Class of 2013) Company: Four Kites (Logistics Tracking Tech) Funding: $15M+ Raised to date (investors include Hyde Park Angels, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Cornerstone Angels) Fellows: Marko Rojnica, Jennifer Fried, Alex Langerman, Eugene Fine, Pranjal Boghara (Class of 2015) Company: ExplORer (operating room workflow platform) Accolades: Multiple NSF grants Funding: Raised $1M seed round (investors include CJM Ventures, M25 Group, SymphonyAlpha Ventures) Fellow: Jeff Eschbach (Class of 2014) Company: Page Vault (Legally Admissible Webpage Capture) Funding: Raised $3.2M to date (investors include Great Oaks VC, Irish Angels, M25, Valence Partners, Golden Angels) Fellow: David Rabie (Class of 2015) Company: Tovala (Smart Oven) Accolades: Y Combinator W16 class Funding: Raised $5.5M to date (investors include Origin Ventures, Valor Equity) Fellows: Mitch Kirby, Alyssa Jaffee, Kevin Marvinac, (Class of 2016) Company: TransparentCareer (Career Development Platform) Funding: Raised $850k seed round (investors include Hyde Park Angels, PGVC, Origin Ventures, OCA, Hyde Park Venture Partners) 4
PGVC focus areas Consumer Enterprise Digital Health Emerging Technologies Subsectors of interest: Representative investments: Digital Media ecommerce Consumer mobile apps Marketplaces Software as a Service B2B networks / marketplaces Infrastructure (e.g., storage, data center technology) Provider focused applications and networks Consumer focused applications Artificial Intelligence Augmented / Virtual Reality Drones Internet of Things 5
Program timeline Pre-summer Summer $80K in investment Milestone / Goal Setting Access to PGVC Resources Community support Introductions Battle Royale $20K per team Presentation on key milestones to achieve and focus areas to work on over the summer 1871 office space PGVC one-to-one mentorship / advice meetings o Mentor mapped to each team Access to TechStars MBA (e.g. UI / UX training, MVP creation, etc.) Events over the summer to build skills, problem solve, and create bonds with other fellows o Lunch + learns with previous fellows o Group problem solving sessions o Social events (e.g., Cubs game) Investor introductions Practice pitches with the PGVC team Customer introductions Final presentation reviewing progress over the fellowship Community event, including judging panel of journalists and high-profile Chicago entrepreneurs Winner receives an additional $50K in funding (convertible note) 6
Questions www.pritzkergroup.com aswick@pritzkergroup.com eduboe@pritzkergroup.com http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu /research/levy/activities/funding-postgrad/nwv-launchu 7