Midwest House

We're closing out Midwest House at RALLY w/ a FlyOver This Party w/ our friends from Sixty8 Capital, Be Nimble Foundation, IDA Ireland, & ShipSigma. Cinderwood Event Space 601 S Meridian 5p-8p Help us say see ya next time to Rally 2024 - come thru for drinks, bites (did someone say 'smores?), and all kinds of good hangs. Joshua Kline Dev Mendenhall Christopher (Toph) Day Erica Schweyer, MBA Brighid King Muhammad Yasin Kevin Martin Nicole McCarthy Elle Ramel Belvin Liles III Abin Kuriakose Kelli N. Jones Corey Hart Adam Berk Hiền Lâm Wolf Starr James Edward Feagin IV James Chapman Aman Brar Hilary Rushe Ted Velie

The outdoors matters more now than ever. The Midwest can and should be the picks and shovels provider to the outdoors. If you’re at RALLY today, come spend some time with us exploring outdoor content at Midwest House! Here is what we have on tap: 8-12: Tinker Coffee Co. street Barista Cart + Networking and Co-Working 10-12 VC & Founder Matchmaking powered by Silicon Valley Bank 12-1: Lunch and Networking 12:30-1: The Opportunity Outdoors: A Trillion Dollar Industry In The Midwest's Backyard featuring Brad Garmon of the Michigan Outdoor Recreation Industry Office 1-2: Outdoors for Everyone:Technology as a Driver for Outdoor Engagement presented by Element Three and featuring Chris Pendl of Nomadics, Steven H. of Roadpass Digital, Michelle Erikson of Plymouth Growth & the Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund, & Grant Chapman of Glassboard 2-3: Nature's Remedy: The Outdoors as an Antidote to Burnout presented by ground game ventures and featuring Joshua Kline, Nick Smarrelli of Butler University, Jason Mejeur of OWN IT System, Andrew (Diff) Diffenderfer of Foundation Direct & Catherine Baxter of Nettie Pickleball Co. 5-9 Flyover This Closing Party w/ Sixty8 Capital, Be Nimble Foundation, IDA Ireland, & ShipSigma

Beyond excited to be partnering with World Business Chicago, Venture 313, ID Ventures for the first stop of Midwest Founders Exchange at RALLY next week in Indy. In total, we're hosting 15(!) Founders from around the Midwest at the two day event. They'll get a glimpse at Indy's startup ecosystem during a tour and mixer at 16 Tech Innovation District, meeting VC's and investors from around the region at Founders N' Funders VC reverse pitch (hosted at Midwest House on 8/27), getting 1:1 time with a lot of those very same investors at our Matchmaking Session powered by Silicon Valley Bank, and enjoying all the incredible programming that the Rally team has put together. 🗣 Shout out to Nicole McCarthy, Elle Ramel, Arantxa Valverde, Abin Kuriakose and the entire team at WBC for making this trip a reality. 🗣 Shout out to Belvin Liles III, Jeff Ponders II, and everyone at ID Ventures, Venture 313, & the Gilbert Family Foundation for helping Detroit join in the fun. 🗣 Shout out to our friends Cooley LLP (Alya Adamany Woods & Gregory Grossman) and ActiveCampaign for supporting the effort. And of course much love to Christopher (Toph) Day, Dev Mendenhall, Erica Schweyer, MBA, Nida Ansari, Kelli N. Jones, & Joshua Kline for hosting us in Indy. Midwest is best, y'all!!! Meet the Founders Noelle Curtis, Bisi Blvd - Chicago, IL Huayi He, Bilin Academy -Chicago, IL Jill Miller, Lunum - Chicago, IL Karen Laing, Okkanti - Chicago, IL Meghan Doyle, Partum Health - Chicago, IL MALVINA DE SALVO, Plateful LLC - Chicago, IL Jessica Bussert, Wave Therapeutics - Chicago, IL Vanessa Lane, Better Play - Ann Arbor, MI Audric Serador - DataPull - St. Charles, IL Jolly Nanda, MBA - Altheia Inc - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Matthew Stone - PathlessProductions - Columbus, OH Max Albert - Adrenaline Interactive - Ann Arbor, MI Brittany M. - OptimizeEV - Detroit, MI Andrea Michele Taylor - Lucy.rent - Detroit, MI Katy Kelly - Total Entry Solutions - Detroit, MI Get Rally Tickets (use code RALLYxMidwest): https://lnkd.in/eUKZrkN9 RSVP to Midwest House at Rally: https://lnkd.in/eegcNtPg

Those who don't know Joshua Kline might think it's a little intense to ride 147 miles on your bike to prove to a point. Those who know Josh know that's just another Thursday. This week on the Substack I talk to my guy, Josh of ground game ventures, while he rides his bike from Northern Indiana to the Convention Center in Indy where RALLY will take place next week. We talk Midwest House. We talk "showing up" as a VC. We talk pork sandwiches. Give it a read...(and take a lesson from Josh and get yourself down to Rally next week. Use discount code: RALLYxMidwest for all kinds of savings!!!) https://lnkd.in/gWsZF9yN RSVP to Midwest House at Rally: https://lnkd.in/gPV_yhf2 Dev Mendenhall Christopher (Toph) Day Erica Schweyer, MBA Brighid King Muhammad Yasin Kevin Martin Nicole McCarthy Elle Ramel Belvin Liles III Corey Hart Adam Berk Hiền Lâm Wolf Starr James Edward Feagin IV Kelli N. Jones Aman Brar Jeff Erickson Amber Ferrari Brendan Sullivan Elevate Ventures World Business Chicago Venture 313 ID Ventures Silicon Valley Bank Stellar Element Three Founders N' Funders Flywheel Fund TechPoint Cintrifuse Capital ShipSigma Start Something Ventures Wabash College IDA Ireland Allos Ventures Mercato

Midwest House at RALLY Day 2 (8/28) Hot off the success of Outdoor Day at SXSW, we're bringing the Outdoor 🏕 Innovation Conversation to RALLY on Day 2 12:30-1: The Opportunity Outdoors: A Trillion Dollar Industry In The Midwest's Backyard featuring Brad Garmon of the Michigan Outdoor Recreation Industry Office 1-2: Outdoors for Everyone:Technology as a Driver for Outdoor Engagement presented by Element Three and featuring Chris Pendl of Nomadics, Steven H. of Roadpass Digital, Michelle Erikson of Plymouth Growth & the Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund, & Grant Chapman of Glassboard 2-3: Nature's Remedy: The Outdoors as an Antidote to Burnout presented by ground game ventures and featuring Joshua Kline, Nick Smarrelli of Butler University, Jason Mejeur of OWN IT System, Andrew (Diff) Diffenderfer of Foundation Direct, & Catherine Baxter of Nettie Pickleball Co. We Midwesterners love our outdoors 🏕 and we've got four seasons 🍁 ⛄ ☔ 😎 worth of exciting ideas to explore next week in Indy. General Midwest House RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eegcNtPg Joshua Kline Aman Brar Wolf Starr Jim Tenzillo Christopher (Toph) Day Dev Mendenhall Erica Schweyer, MBA Muhammad Yasin Corey Hart Sam Shapiro Madelyn Rutter Ellie Davis Fred Hoch Renee Jones

Chicago and mHUB will be in the House at RALLY!!! How about you? RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eegcNtPg

Midwest House at RALLY Day 2 (8/28) We're getting Day 2 at Rally going with our friends at Silicon Valley Bank who are supporting Founder/VC Matchmaking sessions from 10am -12pm. Founders can apply for the sessions via the link below and VCs can hit us at [email protected] Matchmaking Application for Founders: https://lnkd.in/erMYpbTc General Midwest House RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eegcNtPg Garon Patterson Nicholas Jones Joshua Kline Aman Brar Wolf Starr Jim Tenzillo Belvin Liles III Eric Steele Max Dworin Nicole McCarthy Elle Ramel Christopher (Toph) Day Michelle Erikson Kelli N. Jones Alya Adamany Woods Corey Hart

Midwest House at RALLY Day 1 (8/27) Our very smart friends at Stellar are going to take on the questions that have been filling every Conference session that we've been to for the last two years: 1)what's happening next in AI? 2) what does that mean to my industry? Join us for a full afternoon of programming that'll dive deeper than the headlines and will take on true use cases where AI is making people and companies better at what they do. 8/27 - AI in the Midwest 8-12: Tinker Coffee Co. Barista Cart + Networking and Co-Working 10-11: AI Trends with Stellar 11-12: Ignite AI Technical Track with Indy Hackers 12-1: Lunch and Networking 1:30-2:30: "AI for Everyone" panels and content with Stellar 3-5: Snowflake Indy User Group RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eegcNtPg Joshua Kline Brendan Sullivan Aman Brar Corey Hart Nicole McCarthy Dev Mendenhall Christopher (Toph) Day Erica Schweyer, MBA Jake Oostman David Kincaid

This is a fun one, y'all!!! Made famous by Silicon Slopes Conference in Utah and following after major events in SF, NYC, & SXSW - we're beyond excited to welcome the team (Jeff Erickson & Inger Erickson et al) at Founders N' Funders for their first Midwest event: Founders N' Funders | Indianapolis - VC Reverse Pitch Event (Aug 27th) - 5pm - 7pm Midwest House at RALLY Cinderwood Event Center 601 S Meridian St Suite 400 Indianapolis, IN 46225 ➡️ Apply to attend here: https://lnkd.in/g75FVZSJ In partnership with Midwest House, FNF will bring a unique VC Reverse Pitch Event to Indianapolis, where we are turning the tables and having the VCs pitch to founders. Top VCs (line-up to come!!!) will share their investment theses, what they look for in founders, how many investments they make, check size, key differentiators, etc. The event is highly curated specifically for full-time founders who are raising venture capital. If you are a founder and would like to join, we would love to see you in Indy on August 27th! ---- Special thanks to Fidelity Investments, Forecastr, Coconut VA, Orr Fellowship, Cintrifuse Capital & TechPoint for sponsoring this event! ♻️ >>> Please share if you know founders or VCs in the Midwest who should attend this event. Joshua Kline Dev Mendenhall Christopher (Toph) Day Erica Schweyer, MBA Brighid King Muhammad Yasin Kevin Martin Nicole McCarthy Elle Ramel Belvin Liles III Caleb Conley Corey Hart Adam Berk Hiền Lâm Wolf Starr James Edward Feagin IV Kelli N. Jones James Chapman Paul Moore Aman Brar Ashley Renée Reid Landon W. Campbell Elevate Ventures World Business Chicago ID Ventures Venture 313 TechTown Detroit Silicon Valley Bank

Hey 👋 are you a Midwestern Founder that would like to come hang with us at RALLY? You might want to apply at the link below 👇 for the Midwest Founder Exchange. It's a new program we've launched with World Business Chicago and we'll be offering the selected founders free Rally badges, a travel stipend, and a curated Midwest House experience. Not too shabby, right? So hit the link. Spread the word. And let's Rally, y'all 🎉 https://lnkd.in/exiwCWws