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Mid-West 2001 Venture Capital Forum
About Mid-West 2001
Springboard: Mid-West 2001, co-hosted by Springboard Enterprises and the Women's Business Development Center of Chicago, took place on May 9th, 2001 at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management's Allen Center in Evanston, IL. The forum showcased 27 women-led companies in the technology, life science, healthcare, consumer products, and software sectors. This exclusive forum attracted support from leading venture capitalists, angel networks and other private investors looking for prime investment opportunities from all over the Midwest.
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Series Sponsors:
- Deloitte & Touche
- Grant Thornton
- Hewlett-Packard
- Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
- National Venture Capital Association
- National Women's Business Council
- Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP
- Women & Co. from Citigroup
Local Partners:
- Compaq Computer Corporation
- Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs
- Kellogg Graduate School of Manaagement
- McKinsey & Co.
- Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal
- Telecommunications Development Fund
Partner Sponsors:
- AT&T Business
- LaSalle Bank
- Mesirow Financial
- ReeseMcMahon
- Ross & Hardies
- Silicon Valley Bank
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
- ARCH Venture Partners
- Baker & McKenzie
- dotspot.com
- Fisth & Richardson P.C., P.A.
- Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz
- Gordon & Glickson
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Quicksilver Associates, Inc.
- The Northern Trust
- Whitney Group
Contributing Sponsors:
Media Partners:
- ACCION
- Black Data Processors Association – Chicago Chapter
- Business Sense
- Carlson Graduate School of Management, University of Minnesota
- Chicago Women in Technology (ChicWit)
- Digital Detroit
- Edison Biotechnology Center, Inc.
- First Tuesday, Chicago
- First Tuesday, St. Louis
- Franchise Partnership
- Illinois Coalition
- Midwest Entrepreneurs Forum
- Minnesota High Tech Association
- National Association of Women Business Owners - Chicago Chapter
- National Association of Women Business Owners - Minnesota Chapter
- Network of Women Entrepreneurs
- Purdue Technology Center
- Runners' Club
- Seton Hill College's National Center for Women in Business
- Sisterfriends.com
- Society of Women Engineers
- University of Michigan – Samuel Zell & Robert Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurship
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Venture Quest, Ann Arbor
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council
- Women & Hi Tech of Indiana
- Women in Technology International (WITI)
- ABN AMRO Private Equity
- Advanced Equities
- ARCH Venture Partners
- Axxon Capital
- Black Diamond Group
- BlueStar Ventures
- Capital Across America
- Chicago Angels
- Chicago Venture Partners
- CNC Partners
- eBlast Ventures
- Flatiron Partners
- Fox Capital Fund
- Gryffindor Capital Partners
- INROADS Capital Partners
- Isabella Fund
- KB Partners
- Kettle Partners
- Mesirow Financial
- Minotaur Partners II
- Net Fuel Ventures
- New Ellis Ventures
- O'Connor Partners
- Perimeter Capital Management
- Polestar Capital Partners
- Portage Venture Partners
- Prairie Angels
- Quetzel/Chase Capital Partners
- Redwood Partners
- SB Partners/Shorebank Capital
- Smith Whiley & Co.
- Svoboda Collins
- Telecommunications Development Fund
- The Net Squad
- Third Coast Capital
- Venture Investors Management
- White Pines Ventures
- Wilhelm & Colon
- William Blair Capital Partners
- William Blair New World Ventures
- Wind Point Partners
- Women's Growth Capital Fund
