Supporters of the Chicago technology community are working to find a 50,000-square-foot space that would house technology start-ups and fledgling companies.
“This is not a traditional incubator in which we take equity stakes in the companies,” said Matt Moog, chairman of the effort, head of tech-networking group BuiltInChicago.org and founder and CEO of Viewpoints Network, which operates consumer-product review site Viewpoints.com.
“It is a service to the city and to the tech community to bring together start-ups and small companies in the belief that the more the community can network and help each other, the better.”
The effort, which will operate as a not-for-profit venture, is being backed financially by venture capitalist J.B. Pritzker, and involves Troy Henikoff, co-founder and CEO of Excelerate Labs; and Kevin Willer, president of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center.
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