Hyde Park Venture Partners

HPVP is thrilled to back Benji. We're so excited to partner with such a strong team again! Nick Anastasiades, Arik Gaisler and Jon Elron ?? ?? ?? ??

It was our pleasure to host a guest lecture for students in the Engineering City Scholars program last week. Allison Lechnir and Jim Conti had a blast teaching students about HPVP and investing in the Midwest!

This week, we’re thrilled to share that Caroline McManus will be joining our team as an Investor! Please join us in wishing her a warm welcome — we're so excited to have her onboard. Read more about Caroline and her past experience here: https://lnkd.in/g6RRRCJp

?? ?? Our December newsletter is out! ?? ?? Check your inbox ?? , subscribe today or visit the link below ?? ?? Slip Robotics raises $28M Series B ?? Product updates from trainwell & RoadSync ?? Open roles at InvestNext & Dentologie Catch up Here ?? https://buff.ly/400kX3h #SlipRoboticsSeriesB #SeriesB #AtlantaStartup #ChicagoVC #VCNewsletter

?? We’ve raised $28M in Series B funding! Led by DCVC, this milestone powers Slip Robotics mission to revolutionize logistics with 10x improvements in speed & safety at every loading dock. SlipBots cut trailer loading/unloading times from 50+ minutes down to just 5 minutes and eliminate risks at the dock. Our industry leading customers like John Deere, GE Appliances, a Haier company, Valeo, Nissan Motor Corporation, and many more are running 100s of SlipBots in daily 24/7 operations — and that’s just the start. A huge thank you to our investors — DCVC, EVE ATLAS, Tech Square Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Overline, Pathbreaker Ventures, our team, and everyone else who believes in our vision.? Together, we’re shaping the future of freight - one 5-minute truckload at a time! ?? ?? ??

?? A heartfelt thank you from all of us at Hyde Park Venture Partners & Marsh McLennan Agency to everyone who joined us last month for the fifth edition of Techsgiving! ?? ?? Always a special shout-out to Joe Spallina, Moira Hagy, Jim Conti, & Olivia Zdeb?for gathering such a wonderful group of attendees & coordinating the event. ?? Congratulations to Kimiko Fujioka Guillermo Guillermo, the lucky raffle winner of a new Le Creuset bundle! Kimiko's referrals have helped grow our community and share the Techsgiving experience with so many! ?? ?? Our appreciation extends beyond our fantastic guests and hosts to the incredible vendors who made the evening even more special! If you're ever looking for top notch vendors, here's our favorites: ?? Town Hall at One North State Street ?? Bartending by Ross Hunt with unMuddled Bartending Company ?? Grazing Table by Joanna Benkowski with The Cheese Maven ?? Photography by Rena Naltsas with Rena Captures ?? Captivating magic from Magic by Brielle ?? Custom s’mores by XO Marshmallow ?? Local honey from Honey Bee Lake Co #Techsgiving #ThankfulThursday #HolidayCheers #NetworkingMagic #GivingBack ????

?? November Featured Portfolio Jobs ?? Interested in working for one of our portfolio companies? For all open positions across our portfolio, visit our job board ?? buff.ly/3xKcYvb Our job board has countless jobs at high-growth technology companies including: NoRedInk | Head of Demand Generation ?? https://buff.ly/4hwMG27 Paladin | Full Stack Software Engineer ?? https://buff.ly/48ysR6t Aegle Capital | Partnership Manager ?? https://buff.ly/4fdIFhk FourKites, Inc. | Senior Director, Network Operations ?? https://buff.ly/3AC88C3 #NowHiring #NewOpportunities #NextBigMove #HPVPJobBoard

Zengines Announces Major New Software Release After Closing $9M Round of Financing. We are excited to share the news of this oversubscribed Series Seed Preferred round of financing, led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with participation from HPA and 1809 Capital. The growth and momentum continues with Zengines' Fall 2024 release of the company’s #AI-led #DataMigration platform and the introduction of a new #DataLineage solution. https://lnkd.in/gh7YpKAA #AI #ML #datamigration #dataconversion #datalineage #legacytechnology #legacydata #mainframe #modernization #COBOL

?? Our October newsletter is out! Check your inbox ?? , subscribe today or visit the link below ?? ?? FinOpsly Joins the Portfolio! ?? Product Updates from Bridgit, Paladin & Upfront Healthcare ?? Open roles at FourKites, Inc., NoRedInk & more! Catch up Here ?? https://buff.ly/48DVZcv #vcinvestment #finopslyfundraise #vcnewsletter #chicagovcnews #chicagovc #hiring

I am excited to be speaking on VC & Startups in the Midwest at the @main street summit Venture and Startup Track hosted by @redbud vc and @mercato. Join me next week in Columbia, MO with hundreds of other investors and operators! Reach out if you'll be there too.