On September 2, 2020, Sandalphon Capital and midwest.tech hosted a webinar (part of the midwest.tech/connect 2020 programming series) on Hiring for Diversity, featuring moderator Sarah Goldberg (Sourcing Engagement Lead at Objective Paradigm), and panelists Uzo Akotaobi (VP of Human Resources and Inclusion & Diversity at Prologis), Tess Jenkins (Talent Acquisition…

On September 1, 2020, as part of the midwest.tech/connect 2020 programming series we explored risk management with panelists Cailie Mau (SaaS Practice Leader, TriNet), Jessica Schultz (Venture Capital & Private Equity Practice Leader, TriNet), Tom Firestine (Managing Principal, Calculated Risk Advisors), and Horace Flournoy (Co-Founder, SwayBrand), moderated by Jonathan Ellis…

On August 28th, 2020, Sandalphon Capital and midwest.tech partnered with Sales Assembly and VentureSCALE to host a webinar on “How to Build a Foundation for Sales” as part of the midwest.tech/connect 2020 programming series. Sales Assembly is a Chicago-based company that provides ongoing training, education, development, and peer communities for…

On August 26th 2020, Sandalphon Capital and midwest.tech hosted a Startup PR 101 webinar, part of the midwest.tech/connect 2020 programming series, featuring panelists Josh Inglis, founder and CEO of Propllr and Heather Farr Edwards, Senior Manager of Brand & Communications at Reverb. …

On August 25, 2020, as part of the midwest.tech/connect 2020 programming series, we tackled the topic of venture debt and venture banking featuring panelists from Signature Bank, including Jeffrey Lampe (Managing Director, Midwest Technology Banking Group), JC Simbana (SVP Venture Capital Relationships & Healthcare Banking), and Michael Fulton (Managing Director…

On August 21 2020 we kicked off the midwest.tech/connect 2020 programming series with our first webinar, covering Fundraising Fundamentals, featuring moderator Jonathan Ellis (Founder/Managing Director of Sandalphon Capital and midwest.tech) and panelists Michael Gray (Partner at Neal Gerber Eisenberg) and Nicole Staple (Founder/CEO of Brideside). We discussed three core topics…

Not all doom + gloom — Following our recent survey on Midwest VC activity during COVID-19, Sandalphon Capital conducted a survey of Midwest Startup CEOs to gauge the impact COVID-19 has been having on their companies. …

As the Managing Director of Sandalphon Capital, a Chicago-based, Midwest-focused, early stage VC firm, I was recently asked to share my thoughts on how startups can try and survive COVID-19. I pointed out that “many institutional VCs and angels are pausing new investments and the bar will be high for…

This article was first published by Chicago Inno on April 7th 2020 at https://www.americaninno.com/chicago/from-the-community-chicago/how-to-ensure-your-startup-survives-covid-19/ A black swan is a metaphor for a catastrophic, rare event that comes as a surprise. Since the global financial crisis of 2008, I have kept a small figurine of a black swan on my desk…