Standing behind us, and you, is the LongJump network: a growing community of founders, operators, investors, and supporters ready to help you build, grow, and scale.
Our Network
Our investors have committed more than their money - they are eager to support our founders, lending their expertise & connections to fuel your growth.
Aaron Rankin, CTO & Co-Founder of Sprout Social
David Kalt, Founder of Reverb.com
Coleman Greene, Entrepreneur + Founder
Jennifer Fried, CEO & Co-Founder of ExplORer Surgical
Jeffrey Eschbach, Founder & CEO, Page Vault
Jeff Judge, CTO of Arrive
Deji Jimoh, Co-Founder / CTO of WealthBlock
Michael Preuss, Founder & CEO of Visible.vc
Ira Weiss, Partner, Hyde Park Venture Partners & Professor at Chicago Booth
Logan LaHive, Co-Founder at Frank
Guy Turner, Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners
Jonathan Ozeran, Director of Product at Tempus
Jonathan Ellis, Managing Director of Sandalphon Capital
Jereme Holiman, VP, People Ops & Co-Founder at Clyde, Co-Founder at UrbanStems
Sam Walder, CEO of Trala.com
Rebecca Kahnweiler, Founder & Consultant
Nate Turner, Co-Founder of tenspeed.io
Ayo Jimoh, VP of Product at Fetch Rewards, Chief Technology Advisor at Visibly
Aristotle Loumis, Co-Founder, Chief Business Officer, Fyllo. Co-Founder, Wesana
Brad Henderson, CEO of P33
Eric Duboe, Head of Corporate Development at Relativity
Godard Abel, Cofounder & CEO of G2.com
Harper Reed, CEO of General Galactic Corporation
Jeremie Bacon, CEO of The Forge Adventure Parks
Matt Meltzer, Founder & CEO, Sage Corps; Co-Founder & Co-Director, Experience Lab at Penn
Nick Cromydas, CoFounder & CEO of Hunt Club, Founder of New Coast Ventures
Pek Pongpaet, CEO of Impekable.com
Ryan Coon, CEO/Co-founder of Avail, VP Realtor.com
Scott Wang, Partnerships @ Stripe, Ex-Amazon and ShopRunner
Shay Howe, SVP of Platform Strategy at ActiveCampaign
Tony Coglianese, Vice President - Tenant Representation at CBRE
Vishnu Indukuri, Founder & CTO of Trala
Caroline McCarthy, Co-Founder, Forward Foods
Jon Siegler, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at LogicGate
Matt Pulley, Technology Leader & Entrepreneur
Brad Serot, Vice Chairman at CBRE
Haley Kwait Zollo, Partner at Starting Line
Omar Duque, President of the Hispanic IT Executive Council
Jimmy Zollo, CEO at Collaborara | CoFounder at Joe & Bella
Kristi Ross, Co-CEO & President at tastytrade
Adam Zadikoff/3Z Ventures
Adam Swick, Principal at Refinery Ventures
Jessica Watts, Co-Founder, Mud City
Jeremy von Halle, Co-Founder, Mud City
Sam Yagan, General Partner at Corazon Capital
Adam Tilton, Engineering Fellow at Nike
Chris Gladwin, CEO and Co-Founder at Ocient
Mike Gamson, CEO at Relativity
Jason Pariso, Seed Stage Investor
Kevin Price, Consumer start-up / growth executive
Maria Christopoulos Katris, Co-Founder & CEO at Built In
Matt McCall, Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Rafiq Ahmed, Managing Director, Dipalo Ventures
Rob Chesney, General Partner at Chicago Ventures
Troy Henikoff, Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
Adam Hecktman, Microsoft Philanthropies
Brad Schnitzer, Program Manager at Techstars Chicago
Dan Dal Degan, Operating Executive @ Marlin Equity Partners
Dylan Richard, NERD!
Erik Severinghaus, Executive Vice President Business Development at Conexiom
Esther Barron, Director, Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Ezra Galston, Founding Partner at Starting Line
Sean Harper, Co Founder at kin
Jack Kent, Design Consultant
Jonathan Treble , Founder & CEO at PrintWithMe
Justyn Howard, Founder, CEO - Sprout Social
Amrit Kanesa-thasan, Chief of Staff, Director of Strategy at Relativity
Margaret (MJ) Jastrebski, Chief Growth Officer at Table XI, Co-founder & CEO at Walkshop
Riana Lynn, CEO - Journey Foods
Matt Spurr, Director Software Engineering at Relativity
Al Goldstein, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Amount, Avant, Pangea
Bill Pescatello, Founder and Managing Partner @ Evolv Ventures
Arnav Dalmia, Founder & CEO at Cubii by Fitness Cubed
Shivani Jain, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Cubii
Jared McKiernan, SEO/PPC/Analytics Consultant
Davion Chism, Restructuring Associate at Kirkland & Ellis
Jason Weingarten, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Subconscious Ventures
Rick Desai, Partner, Listen Ventures
Melissa Hamilton, Venture Capital l Digital Health l Social Impact
Coco Meers, CEO & Co-Founder at Equilibria
Erin Braddock Guthrie, Public and Private Sector Strategist and Leader | McKinsey and Uber Alum
Josh Evnin, Founding Team and President at Fixer
Steven Galanis, Co-founder & CEO of Cameo
Peter Tucker, CTO at Rheaply
Shane Smith, VP of Paid Media at Home Chef
Fred Hoch - Founder and General Partner, TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Jessica Droste Yagan, CEO, Impact Engine
Steve Miller, Founding Partner at Origin Ventures
Semhar Amdemichael, VP, Programmatic @ Media Assembly
Rich Lee, CEO & Co-Founder, New Era ADR
Steven Baumgartner; Vice President of Global Sales at inRiver
David Mann, Partner at Dundee Venture Capital
Pavel Sokolovsky, Founder at P.S. Development
Tom Firestine, Cofounder of Calculated Risk Advisors.
Brian Hand, CEO of Hand Capital
Rob Weber, Managing Partner at Great North Labs
Hayes Ferguson, Director/Clinical Associate Professor, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Phil Alphonse, Senior Partner at The Vistria Group
Terry Howerton, CEO, TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Thomas Tyndorf, Managing Director, Private Wealth Manager at Merrill Lynch
Tom Cirone, Angel Investor/Mentor
Arlan Hamilton, Founder, Managing Partner - Backstage Capital
Kurt Akers, Investor at Akers Investments
Pat Vithelic, Founder and CEO at Home Chef
Lori Eich, CEO and Co-Founder, Play Flip Repeat
Melanie Steinbach, Chief People Officer, Cameo
Nick Nieman, Director of Product at Sprout Social
Dan Willoughby, Director of Strategy and Operations at Dandy
Elan Mosbacher, SVP of Strategy & Operations at Spothero
Ivelyse Andino, CEO & Founder at Radical Health
Jeff Cantalupo, Founder and Managing Partner at Listen Ventures
Jeffrey Dirrenberger, Founder/CEO at VAULT Innovation
Justin Malina, Senior Manager, Insights & Analytics at Simple Mills
Ken Aseme, CEO at Hazic Fund Services
Nick Moran, General Partner at New Stack Ventures
Raúl Rosas, Director, Latinx Incubator (IHCC + 1871 Partnership)
Ryan Blitstein, VP, Go-To-Market & Enablement at Uptake
Ryan Redmann, Vice President of Product at LulaFit
Kevin Willer, General Partner at Chicago Ventures
Justin Fong, Creative Director, Bridgewater Associates
Sean Johnson, Founding Partner, Manifold
Ben Kohn, Vice President of Growth at Back of House
Benny Mathew, Founder at Orion3
Scott Vold, Chief Commercial Officer at Renalogic
Laura Habegger, Head of Food Foundry at Relish Works
J Cheng, Founder Gen 1 Capital
Tiffany Voltz, Founder-Wellness From Within Coaching
Christopher Conn, Founder/CEO at MightyNest
Gary Wachtel, Assistant General Counsel at Circle
Jace Mouse, CEO at Perkspot
Jacob Drucker, Co-founder and CEO at Supply Clinic
Paul Foley, CFO at Visibly
Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner at 7wireVentures
Dipa (Talati) Mehta, Corporate Development and Ventures at Advocate Aurora Enterprises
Graham Peck, Venture Partner @ Cultivation Capital
Greg Buchholz, Founder SpringCM/SVP - DocuSign
Natalie Anne Knowlton, Director, Special Projects at IAALS
Liliana Aidé Monge, Co-Founder & CEO at Sabio
Pere Rigo, Founder and CEO at Package Zen
Ross Gordon, CEO & Founder at Catch Co.
Curt Mastio, Managing Member at Founder's CPA & Adjunct Instructor at Northwestern University
Adam Koopersmith, Managing Partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Chris Girgenti, Managing Partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Emilie Hsieh, Co-founder & CEO at Allie
Eric Metelka, Lead Product Manager - Fan Experience & Growth at Cameo
Jason Komosa, Chief Revenue Officer at BlackCart
Scott Kacyn, Co-Founder & CTO at Hunt Club
Nate Cooper, Managing Partner at Barrel Ventures
Gareth Anthonisz, VP Value Stream Simplification, Tenneco
Lisa Davidson, Vice Chairman, Director, Savills US
John Higginson, CTO, Groupon
Jim Jerue, Partner, Horwood Marcus & Berk
Justin Cohen, VP, Head of Banking, Avant
Jeana Anderson Cohen, Founder/CEO, aSweatlife.com
Lilia Kogan, Program Manager, Propel at The Garage/Northwestern University
Rob Eckardt, Founder/Principal, Thrive Advisory Services
Ellen Rudnick, Sr. Advisor on Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Mark Tebbe, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at University, Chicago Booth School of Business
Ken Hooten, Partner, Concentric Equity Partners
Jennifer Steans, Partner, Concentric Equity Partners
Jason Seiden, Founder & Principal Consultant, BRNDSTRM
Brian Hall, President & Founder, Carema Consulting
Haley Altman, Global Head of Corporate Development, Litera Microsystems
John Renaldi, CEO/Co-founder, Jiobit
Matt Eatherton, Head of Product, Avail
Adam Stanley, Executive Consultant and Strategic Advisor, Cushman & Wakefield
Phil Leslie, Managing Director, TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Brian Wolfe, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis