Talent

Meet two new up-and-coming venture analysts, Nathan Hahn and David Steckler with Elevate Ventures. As venture analysts, they are responsible for focusing on market research and investment due diligence for prospective companies, as well as secondary engagement in providing solutions for existing portfolio companies.

When looking to hire a great software engineer, technical skill is an obvious necessity. However, I’ve found that building the best development teams require so much more than a knowledge of technical minutia. At Greenlight Guru, we have the most high performing development team I’ve ever worked with and there are a few key reasons […]

As the world continues to evolve and products of innovation are constantly being introduced to mainstream audiences, there has been one constant phenom over the most recent decades that is continuing to disrupt the standard culture norm we once knew — that innovative invention and now widespread career industry is known as technology. The tech […]

As 2017 came to a close, Alexandra Liggins, co-founder of South Bend Code School, found herself on stage with some of tech’s most notable executives: Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of business development at Microsoft, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube.  The reason? South Bend Code School was […]

Jackie DiMonte serves as a venture analyst at Hyde Park Venture Partners where she spends her time evaluating companies, performing deal work and coordinating the firm’s data and reporting processes. With headquarters in Chicago and Indianapolis, the firm has a number of Indiana tech companies in their portfolio including Bolstra, DemandJump, Vibenomics and Sigstr. We asked Jackie, a Sr. Associate based in the Chicago office, a few questions about what it means to be a venture analyst.