Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is an American venture capital firm founded in 2007 and based in Chicago, IL. The company focuseses on angel investments in startup companies in Chicago and the American Midwest.[2][3]
| Industry | Venture capital |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Peter Wilkins (Managing Director) |
| Website | hydeparkangels |
The Hyde Park Angels' approach to investing is like a traditional venture capital firm.[4] In each round a number of companies are vetted and screened by internal Hyde Park Angels subject-matter experts. The selected companies pitch to the HPA with any investment coming from group rather than individuals.
History
editHyde Park Angels was founded in April 2007 by classmates of Chicago Booth XP-76. They were Jeffrey Carter, Ryan Humphreys, Vishal Verma, Rick Schultz, Sharon McDade and Galen Williams.[citation needed]
Peter Wilkins has been the managing director since 2014,[5] with Michael Sachaj as the principal.
Investments
editIn 2014, Hyde Park Anghels invested in NuCurrent.[6]
As of 2016[update], Hyde Park Angels has invested in: Ahaology, Base, Brilliant, Catalytic, Dabble, The Eastman Egg Company,[7] Farmlogs,[8] Fishidy.com, fourkites,[9] Geofeedia, Glidera, In Context Solutions, intellihot, kenna, luxury garage sale, motion.ai, packback, parkwhiz,[10][11] Persio, Prism Analytical Technologies, Quikly, regroup therapy, RepIQ, Retrofit, Rheaply, Rithmio, sentic technologies, ShipBob, simple mills, sonar med, stream link software, transparent career, techstars, turbo appeal, ui co, Xaptum, ycharts.[citation needed]
Acquisitions
editSeveral of Hyde Park Angels' portfolio companies have subsequently been acquired: Fee Fighters, Food Genius, Grade Beam, Moxie Jean, Power 2 Switch, Simple Relevance, Supply Vision, Tap Me, Retal Technologies, Tempo IQ.[citation needed]
Board
editBoard members include:
- Peter Wilkins
- Doug Monieson
- Bob Giammanco
- Chris Jensen
- Michelle Collins
- Joe LaManna
- Chris McGowan
- Ellen Rudnick
- Craig Vodnik
Partnerships
editHyde Park Angels works with the Chicago startup incubator 1871 to host events and educational series to help the entrepreneurial community in Chicago and the MidWest.[12][13] They also contribute to the local tech community through various other events, including TechWeek.[14]
References
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- ^ "You Can't Find Investors Without Doing This". Fortune. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Accredited Angel Group - Hyde Park Angels - Gust". gust.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Meet Hyde Park Angels' new managing director". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Funding Daily: Today's tech funding stories, from augmented reality to health-tech". VentureBeat. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Hyde Park Angels serves up $1.5 million to Eastman Egg Company". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Burns, Matt (15 January 2014). "FarmLogs Raises $4M Series A To Further Advance Farming Into The Age of Apps". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Loizos, Connie (12 October 2016). "FourKites raises $13 million to track trucks on the road for customers like Staples". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Fitchard, Kevin (2014-07-21). "ParkWhiz raises $10M as more VC cash flows to parking spot-booking startups". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Wasserman, Todd (19 December 2012). "Reddit Founder Backs Parking Reservation System ParkWhiz". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Angels, Hyde Park (2016-01-05). "2016 Hyde Park Angels & 1871 Entrepreneurial Education Series – Hyde Park Angels". Medium. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "How to Raise Venture Capital". www.f6s.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ McCarthy, Cathal (2016-05-16). "Announcing Techweek100 Chicago 2016". Techweek. Retrieved 2016-11-30.[permanent dead link]