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Board Member
Sep 2023
CarNow is a live-data automotive technology platform that helps dealers elevate the car-buying experience by transforming the way they connect with customers.
Investor
Dec 2022
Sommarøy is a lower-proof spirit named after a Norwegian island where the summer sun never sets.
A perfect place where darkness refuses to spoil the fun.
Board Member
Oct 2021
Uptake provides industrial intelligence software-as-a-service (SaaS), translating data into smarter operations. Driven by unified data management and industrial data science, Uptake enables and delivers actionable insights that predict asset failure, advance ESG initiatives, mitigate catastrophic risk, optimize maintenance strategy, and protect operator safety.
With over 60 patents and recognition by Gartner, Verdantix, the World Economic Forum, CNBC, and Forbes, Uptake is based in Chicago and has a presence around the world.
To stay up-to-date on what we’re doing, visit us at www.uptake.com.
Investor
Dec 2017
Carlease.com is the nation’s leading car leasing company. We leverage our national buying power to provide our customers with superior pricing on new leased vehicles of any make and model. We make the car leasing process simple and straightforward, and provide “white glove” service through the duration or our customers’ leases. We also specialize in enabling our clients to end their existing leases early so that they may get into a new vehicle of their choosing, often with no additional charges or increase in prior payments.
We believe the typical car leasing process is broken, as the existing model carries with it bloated costs, constrained selection, and a buying process that is both time consuming and dreaded by the average consumer. At Carlease.com, we make the leasing process as painless and seamless as possible...So you never have to step foot into a dealership again.
Investor
Oct 2017
LandscapeHub is a new website for businesses to buy and sell landscape materials. We are building—with vetted buyers and a trusted network of quality wholesale suppliers—an online marketplace for our industry.
We are dedicated to streamlining the buying and selling process for businesses in the green industry. Buyers and suppliers increase efficiency, expand their networks, and gain valuable market knowledge and insights by using LandscapeHub.
Ready to expand your reach, increase profitability and be part of this marketplace? Whether you are a buyer or supplier we invite you to join LandscapeHub and experience the future of buying and selling.
Investor
Jul 2017
Veryable is a marketplace for on-demand labor for manufacturing and distribution, which provides businesses with higher productivity and fewer administrative burdens and workers with flexible work arrangements.
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Board Member & Investor
2015
Music Dealers™ is a music agency and B2B music licensing platform whose mission is to help brands, agencies, TV networks, and film & game studios realize the full potential of authentic music to drive value for their business.
Music Dealers provides music, creative and branding services along with unprecedented 24/7 music licensing access to the world’s largest catalog of emerging talent via their online platform. By working with Music Dealers, artists have earned millions through sync placements, custom music creation, and clearance deals.
In 2011, Music Dealers cemented an exclusive partnership with The Coca-Cola Company as the brand’s global music partner. Since then, Music Dealers has formed partnerships with McDonalds, Disney, CBS, and HBO among others. Founded in 2008, Music Dealers is based in Chicago, with offices in New York, Atlanta, London, and Mexico City.
For more information visit: www.musicdealers.com.
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2025
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May 2025
United Transportation’s team of freight trucking management experts are available to recommend cost effective solutions that can help you meet any transport objective. Offering a complete range of flatbed transport services, our reliable fleet can accommodate a full spectrum of transport requirements including tandem and multi-axle hauls as well as over-dimensional loads.
United Transportation offers the highest level of customer service and efficiency. On the road 24/7, our trucks are linked to a support service which means that your goods are delivered safely to the right destination and at the right time. In addition, shipments are satellite monitored with convenient and continuous online tracking, as well as proof of delivery notification.
2023
Board Member
Sep 2023
CarNow is a live-data automotive technology platform that helps dealers elevate the car-buying experience by transforming the way they connect with customers.
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