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CHICAGO—The non-profit organization Chicago:Blend and the Office of the Illinois State Treasurer announced today a new partnership to develop new data collection standards and best practices to help venture capital and investment firms measure diversity amongst their portfolio companies.
Read MoreCHICAGO—The non-profit organization Chicago:Blend announced today the formation of an advisory board tasked with guiding the organization’s strategic direction. This group of 33 external advisors represents a diverse mix of thought leaders from local venture capital (VC) firms, tech companies, and other strategic partners.
Read MoreThe Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation partnered with Chicago:Blend, an organization dedicated to bringing diversity to the Chicago business sector, to compile data on Chicago’s increasing diversity in startups. Findings were presented in a virtual town hall event on Tuesday, January 12 (view recording below).
Read MoreChicago: Blend, which was founded by a group of venture capitalists, is working to increase diversity within their industry and the startups they invest in.
Read MoreChicago’s startups are becoming more diverse, according to new data from Chicago Blend, a local organization working to bring more people of color and women into Chicago’s startup and VC industries.
Read MoreThe data, released Thursday by Chicago Blend, shows that the number of women working at Chicago VC firms has increased from 28% in 2018 to 32% in 2020. When it comes to race and ethnicity, people of color make up about 19% of the local VC industry compared to 14% two years ago.
Read More“There is no parity at any level,” said Lindsay Knight, founder of Chicago Blend, an organization launched by Chicago Ventures that aims to close the gap for women and minorities in the city’s tech ecosystem. “Upending decades of systemic segregation and discrimination takes time and is no easy task.”
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