I’m a HUGE fan of Chicago & our tech community Chicago is LITERALLY my investment thesis as a first-check angel investor but I refuse to be a cheerleader with blinders on We need to fix our problems before it’s too late Here’s my take in Crain's Chicago Business chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicag…

This is one of the big things I care about and very related to why my colleagues and I founded Rise Chicago to help us retain our talent and brilliant graduates from places like University of Illinois Kellogg School Chicago Booth and so many other great local institutions 🙏❤️👊

Great chart on the best universities in each state based on the number of unicorn startups from them Love seeing UniversityofChicago and University of Illinois on here but where’s Northwestern?!? via Landon 👊

My buddy Jonathan Treble is running for congress in the same district I lived in 12 yrs ago while I was in Scottsdale (98-13) He’s a centrist, pro-biz, common sense Dem, so please follow/support him as he runs in a critical race I met Jonathan while he was a Chicago-based founder

Absolutely nailed it, Marty! “The Chicago my family arrived in more than 130 years ago was still rising from the ashes of the Great Fire. It grew — not because it was easy, but because people believed in what it could become.” Marty Ozinga CEO of Ozinga via Crain's Chicago Business

Pretty cool that 3 of the remaining 8 companies are in the Lofty Fam! Good luck Mycocycle Flow Medical & Dimension Inx…bring home the 🏆 🙏❤️👊

Spent the day judging some great student led startups at Kaplan Institute’s pitch competition at Illinois Tech w/ Troy Henikoff Scott Metcalf & other friends My fam have some strong ties to IIT too…my wife just got her PhD in psychology there & my father is also an alum 🙏❤️👊

I truly hope that all our Lofty Ventures founders from Chicago (and beyond) get white-smoked asafp 🙏🙏🙏🤣🤣🤣

Hello from Chicago! Had the pleasure of meeting the Lofty Ventures family last night with their fearless leader Christopher Deutsch! What an incredible group focused on helping founders make big social impact. ❤️ Thanks to Troy Henikoff for the inspiring talk!

Justin Brady Lofty Ventures Troy Henikoff You’re a rockstar for making the trip in just for the Lofty Fam! I’m excited to hang out later today 🙏❤️👊

Thanks Lofty Ventures founders and Christopher Deutsch! See you in August for Lofty Week!

Can’t imagine the ripple effects that Mark Cuban has had across America by encouraging new entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams So thankful for the inspiration Mark’s given me as an angel investor & the countless other angel curious who will help power the next generation 👼🙏❤️👊

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Wow HUGE news from Lofty Ventures portco Orange Cap Games! Great work Spencer excited to see what’s next with this…

🔥 Lofty Camp 2025 is starting to take shape…Vince just wrapped up the new logo for this year! Wonder why it might be in kelly green 🤔☘️😬

I'm TOTALLY addicted on Aurascope 1.0 so 2.0 might melt my brain 😲😱🙀 Disclaimer...I'm also thankfully a very grateful investor in Saba Karim’s brainchild 🙏❤️👊

Lofty portco Orange Cap Games and its fearless leaders clur & Spencer are makin moves… 👀

“I had no idea what I was doing at first. But getting accepted into the New Venture Challenge changed everything. That program was foundational, it gave me the framework, mentors & network to turn an idea into a real company.” Zenblen founder Tom Xinyuan Zhang on the significance of

Angels & early-stage startup investors 📢 Announcing Lofty Ventures’ inaugural Lofty Angels Summit 👼 Join us in Chicago’s Loop on 8/11 for talks, panels & relationship-building w/18 rockstar speakers & an intimate group of fellow angels More info 👇👇 loftyangels.com

The entire Lofty Ventures team is excited to welcome local & out-of-state angel investors to our inaugural Lofty Angels Summit in downtown Chicago during Lofty Week 2025! Please join us on 8/11 in B of A’s building Link with more info & registration in the next tweet 👇👼👇