Portfolio News

September 16, 2021

Gamerjibe Graduates from 500 Global!

Gamerjibe just completed the prestigious 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) accelerator.

September 16, 2021

EdTech Company, Innovare - Social Innovation Partners, Inc., Closes Oversubscribed $3MM Seed Round with Support from Diverse Fund Leaders and Social Impact Champions

Chicago-based EdTech company, Innovare - Social Innovation Partners, Inc., announced that it has raised $3MM in seed funding to scale its impact on education leadership via its cloud-based strategy and analytics platform Inno™.

August 11, 2021

Chicago United Names SupplyHive Chief Executive Officer Lou Sandoval to 2021 Business Leaders of Color List; Nonprofit honors executive-level diverse leaders

SupplyHive™ is proud to announce that President and Chief Executive Officer Lou Sandoval will be honored this fall as one of 50 selected executives joining the list of the 2021 Business Leaders of Color (BLC) presented by Chicago United. Chicago United is a nonprofit with a mission of achieving parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipeline for executive-level management and growing minority businesses.

August 7, 2021

Propellant Ventures Makes an Investment Into Edtech Company, Innovare

Propellant Ventures is excited to announce that we made an investment into Chicago-based Innovare, which empowers and guides educational leaders to develop strategies, project manage key initiatives, and measure impact in real-time for the people that they serve.

July 27, 2021

SupplyHive™ Announces Closing of $2 Million Seed Round with Diverse Major Venture Capitalists: LOUD Capital, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Cleveland Avenue

SupplyHive™, an innovative provider of Supplier Performance Management Technology, announced today that it closed $2 million in seed funding by securing investors who believe in the power of diversity and inclusion: led by LOUD Capital with co-investors Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Cleveland Avenue-CAST US.

July 26, 2021

McDonald’s to use SupplyHive to focus on diverse suppliers

McDonald’s made a commitment to increase spending with diverse-owned suppliers by nearly 10% by 2025, according to the website Restaurant Business. McDonald’s will use SupplyHive, a supplier performance management provider, to help track suppliers’ progress toward the effort.

July 19, 2021

How Would You Like to Consolidate All of Your Apps Into One?

Steve Reiss from The StylistNews.com interviews Bill Furlong, CEO and Founder of SquareStack, the Business Apps Command Center for Small Business. Bill is a Serial Entrepreneur and also serves as an advisor to, and investor in, a variety of early and mid-stage technology companies. Bill is a founder of B2BWorks, sold to LSF Interactive in 2010, and Bizo, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2014.

April 26, 2021

If You Don't Adopt the Cloud, You're Toast (Podcast)

The Grass Roots podcast dives deep into the trends, business strategies, products and personalities in the green industry. In episode 48, Bill Furlong of SquareStack is interviewed.

April 26, 2021

Greenkeepers: SquareStack CEO Walks Through the Digital Transformation of Business Operations (Interview)

In Episode 1 of Greenkeepers, Bill Furlong, SquareStack CEO and author, expands on the "digital first " idea from his book, "Appify Your Business". Furlong provides a few tips and tricks about using the latest technology in response to the challenges landscape contractors face in using all the apps to run a business.

March 28, 2021

Podcast Discussion with CEO of Gamerjibe - Knowing When to Pivot

Here is a great podcast discussion with Joe Lee, CEO of Gamerjibe - "Knowing When to Pivot"