Bryant L. Keil

Merrick Ventures LLC (Merrick Ventures ) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Michael W. Ferro. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Potbelly Sandwich Works LLC owns and operates sandwich restaurants. Their stores is filled with antiques, vintage signs, old photographs, music memorabilia and, of course, a potbelly stove. They also provide live local musicians to its customers. The company was founded by Bryant Keil and Peter Hastings in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center /Incubator/ (Chicagoland Entr Center) is a venture capital subsidiary of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The Field Museum of Natural History houses biological and anthropological collections of specimens. It supports both informal and more structured public learning through exhibits and educational programs. Its curatorial and scientific staff conducts research on the fields of Anthropology, Biology, Geology, and Zoology. The Field Museum was founded in 1893 and is located in Chicago, Illinois.

The Big Shoulders Fund provides financial services. The company was founded by James J. O'Connor, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and Fred O'Connor in 1986 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Vignette Soda LLC manufactures and market beverages. It offers soft drinks in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir flavors. The firm markets its products through cafes, restaurants, specialty markets, and wine shops. The company was founded by Patrick M. Galvin and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Accelerate Institute is an organization that aims to close the achievement gap by training school leaders to transform schools into healthy, safe environments that are culturally relevant and centered on student learning outcomes. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company provides practical day-to-day strategies to improve leadership practice in schools for principals, assistant principals, deans, and other leadership team members in order to improve teachers ’ instructional practice and positively impact academic outcomes. The company was founded by Patrick G. Ryan, and Nora Ligurotis has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center provides business development advisory services. It helps clients by providing financing, sales and client development, mentoring, peer-to-peer exchange, grant and new ventures accelerating services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.