Excelerate Labs (now TechStars Chicago) is looking for the best digital startups out there, and to find the best we need to encourage a broad range of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity and nationality. In our first three years as…
Excelerate Labs has always been a busy place in the summer with 10 amazing companies in the throws of intense programming. Now that we are part of TechStars and sitting on a national platform, it will be even more exciting…
Blackline did this interview of Troy the day the TechStars-Chicago deal was announced. Great way to get some more perspective on the history and why it is an important step for the program.
Q. What do First Round Capital, Battery Ventures, SV Angel, Founder Collective, and countless other VC firms have in common? A. They have all invested in alums of Excelerate Labs in its three short years of existence and none of…
Chicago’s SpotHero Raises 2.5mm to Bring Sanity to Urban Parking The influx of West Coast VC money to Chicago continued today with the announcement that SpotHero, a recent graduate of top incubator Excelerate Labs, has raised USD2.5 million from an…