Larry Kaplan

Steelike, Inc. offers several variations of UHPC mix designs, marketed under the trademark Steelike®. Founded in 2010 as Kulish Design Co., LLC, Steelike, Inc. has been producing and supplying Steelike® UHPC for construction projects commercially since 2014. Steelike® UHPC meets or exceeds performance specifications required by federal and state agencies for UHPC in highway infrastructure projects, and is all white, mixable in a ready-mix truck, pumpable and sprayable with Steelike’s SUPA™ technology, saves the user time, labor, cost, and is more environmentally friendly during construction. Steelike®, Steelike™, UHPC Powered by Innovation™ , SUPA ™ , Mini-SUPA™ and UHPC Reaching New Heights™ are trademarks of Steelike, Inc.

Impossible Objects, based in Northbrook, IL, has developed a completely new 3D printing technology. Our process is composite based and produces stronger, high precision, geometrically complex parts, with a wider variety of materials, faster than other methods. This gives us a clear design and manufacturing advantage. We produce parts using carbon fiber, fiberglass and Kevlar among other materials with mechanical properties many times better than other methods. Our process allows a freedom of design and build capability for geometries that were previously not possible. Our products are used for applications in the Aerospace, Aviation, Automotive, Athletics, Defense, Healthcare, Industrial, Marine and Robotics industries. For more information, please contact info@impossible-objects.com

Steelike, Inc. offers several variations of UHPC mix designs, marketed under the trademark Steelike®. Founded in 2010 as Kulish Design Co., LLC, Steelike, Inc. has been producing and supplying Steelike® UHPC for construction projects commercially since 2014. Steelike® UHPC meets or exceeds performance specifications required by federal and state agencies for UHPC in highway infrastructure projects, and is all white, mixable in a ready-mix truck, pumpable and sprayable with Steelike’s SUPA™ technology, saves the user time, labor, cost, and is more environmentally friendly during construction. Steelike®, Steelike™, UHPC Powered by Innovation™ , SUPA ™ , Mini-SUPA™ and UHPC Reaching New Heights™ are trademarks of Steelike, Inc.

Impossible Objects, based in Northbrook, IL, has developed a completely new 3D printing technology. Our process is composite based and produces stronger, high precision, geometrically complex parts, with a wider variety of materials, faster than other methods. This gives us a clear design and manufacturing advantage. We produce parts using carbon fiber, fiberglass and Kevlar among other materials with mechanical properties many times better than other methods. Our process allows a freedom of design and build capability for geometries that were previously not possible. Our products are used for applications in the Aerospace, Aviation, Automotive, Athletics, Defense, Healthcare, Industrial, Marine and Robotics industries. For more information, please contact info@impossible-objects.com

Were a hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage venture capital firm. We focus on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses.

FireStarter is an early stage investment fund focused on helping technology companies grow. We are a group of Chicago technology entrepreneurs who have come together to support the next generation of innovators. We all have direct experience founding, operating and investing in technology based businesses that leverage the developments of the past forty years. We owe a debt to the innovators who came before us and it is a debt we intend to repay by helping to fund promising new ideas and the entrepreneurs who have the passion and the drive to see their ideas become reality. Our focus: We believe that one of the most important factors in the development and growth of entrepreneurship and innovation is the growth of a business community that is open, helpful and nurturing. We know that as entrepreneurs some of the most helpful counsel and advice we have received over the years has been from successful founders who graciously made themselves available as mentors and shared lessons that gave us the confidence and insight necessary to persevere and succeed. Technology is a driving force of modern civilization Progress throughout history has been marked by the development of significant new technologies that improved people’s lives. The printing press, the telephone, the internal combustion engine, the microprocessor, vaccinations and a myriad other technologies have changed lives for the better and brought the world closer together. Forty years ago the personal computer started a revolution by digitizing content. Fifteen years ago the Internet gave rise to a global network of more than 1 billion users. And just a few years ago the introductions of smartphones and tablets have accelerated the rapid change to a digital world where everyone is connected and able to contribute to the growing body of human knowledge. These disruptive changes provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for entrepreneurs to help create businesses that can change the world.