Atland Ventures’ Investment in Loper: Transforming How Students Engage with Educational Opportunities
Along with Data Tech Fund, Chicago Early Growth Ventures, Gener8tor, and others, Atland Ventures is proud to announce our newest investment into Loper. Loper, an EdTech startup based in Chicago, IL, is an app helping [...]
Investing in AI & Hospitality Tech: Welcoming Tavolo to Atland Ventures
Atland Ventures is thrilled to announce our investment into Tavolo! Tavolo is an AI-driven content creation and automated marketing platform for hospitality businesses that helps drive revenue for business owners. There are over 700,000 restaurants [...]
Bridging Cultures, Building Businesses: The Story of Immigrant Entrepreneurship
When my parents immigrated to America, they didn’t understand what being an American meant in practice - after all, how could they? While some would say that being an American is a mere form of [...]
B2G: The Intersection Between the Public and Private Sector
At one point, all of us have experienced being a customer of a business, or a part of one itself. So, as a VC analyst or an entrepreneur, we tend to focus on B2B (business-to-business) [...]
SaaS: Growth Breeds Competition
“Every business is a software business.” A line from Watts S. Humphrey, often regarded as the father of quality in software. A line that hasn’t rung more true than in the present day. In recent [...]
From Esports to Betting : The Digitization of Sports
Sports. Where raw athleticism and human passion collide, a transformation has been taking place: - one that transcends the boundaries of stadiums and playing fields. Over the years, sports have undergone remarkable changes as the [...]
The VC Landscape of Quantum Computing
Recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been plastered all over the headlines of every major media outlet since the latest release of GPT-4 by OpenAI. This is no surprise, as AI & [...]
From Taylor Swift Tickets to Venture Capital: Navigating the Challenges of High Demand and Limited Supply
On November 15, 2022, a staggering 14 million people flocked to Ticketmaster with the hope of securing a ticket for Taylor Swift's Eras Concert (Revell, 2022). It was a scene of chaos, with thousands of [...]
Revolutionizing Construction: The Emerging Market for Autonomous and Remote-Controlled Heavy Equipment
The construction industry is one of the oldest and largest industries in the world, but it has been slow to embrace technological change. However, in recent years, there has been a significant shift in the [...]
The Why Behind the Growth of the ESG Sector
Startups heavily rely on trends in investor and consumer behavior. Amid volatile venture capital (VC) conditions and Gen-Z becoming more influential in the market, the ESG sector specifically is going to see growth. According to [...]