# Harvard Business School Angels Chicago

> Harvard Business School Angels Chicago is a VC fund backing Software. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-school-angels-chicago/
- Website: http://www.hbsangelschicago.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HBSAngelsLondon/

Harvard Business School Angels Chicago is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Software and Health Care. The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels and Entrepreneurship Council of Chicago provides a forum for our entrepreneurially inclined alumni members to invest in and directly support the growth of early stage ventures, primarily located in the Chicago area and surrounding region. Recognized as one of Chicago's most active early stageinvestors, the organization consists of current and former executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists with a serious commitment to investing their capital, expertise, and time into high potential entrepreneurial ventures in order to enable their success. The program serves as a complement to our Distinguished Speaker Series in Entrepreneurship and our Alumni New Venture Competition. Together these programs enable our alumni to continuously make a very real impact on our entrepreneurial ecosystem.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Harvard Business School Angels Chicago. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Harvard Business School Angels Chicago. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/harvard-business-school-angels-chicago?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 24% |
| Health Care | 8 | 19% |
| Medical | 5 | 12% |
| Hardware | 5 | 12% |
| Medical Device | 5 | 12% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 36% |
| Series A | 8 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 10% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 64% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Drew Thomas | Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drew-thomas |
| Alexander Meyer | Chairman & Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-meyer-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ClearCut Surgical | ClearCut Surgical is a medical device company that offers electrocautery surgical tool with on-demand fluid suction. | $4.5M | Seed | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| Flow Medical | Flow Medical offers multi-function catheters to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolic illness. | $2M | Seed | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Outlier | Colorcast is a mobile app that brings live audio commentary to the masses. It is a developer of an audio-first platform designed to enhance live shared visual events with a diversity of choice in the audio commentary. Its platform connects streaming commentators to audiences of sports fanatics and event consumers that enable users to add a take onthe latest sports game, controversial political episode, live awards show, or any engaging event.Colorcast was established in 2019 and operates in Austin, Texas. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Shakers | Shakers connects companies with freelance professionals through an AI-powered platform. It matches organizations—ranging from startups to enterprises—with freelance experts and small teams ("freeworkers" or "squads") for project-based work, using features like Shakers AI and Talent Insight to streamline talent selection. Theplatform enables secure payments, contract management, and project coordination within a single interface. | $580K | Pre-Seed | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| Ping Corporation | Ping is a B2B, SaaS-based company that utilizes wearables and AI to improve caregiving for older adults. We focus on the safety, wellness, and social connection of our elders. By using wearables data collected from our elderly users, our Machine Learning algorithms capture and present critical and actionable data to their families and caregivers. | $240K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Gearflow | Construction's First Parts MarketplaceIn an industry where costs have doubled and margins are tight, there can be no lapse in productivity. With equipment downtime being a contractors largest cost, there is an enormous amount of productivity wasted due to the pains that come with parts procurement.At Gearflow, we are on a mission toaddress construction's productivity problem, one that we have experienced first hand, by digitizing equipment parts procurement and eliminating the pains that come with it.We set out to empower all of the small and mid-sized businesses that make up the construction industry by building a marketplace that works for them.A marketplace where vetted part suppliers can easily become an e-commerce enabled business and build their business's brand online. A marketplace where equipment owners can find the parts they need from suppliers they can trust so they can get back to work.Who are we?We are an eclectic, diverse group of thinkers that are all energized by this massive problem we are tackling for construction's underserved majority.On the surface, we are all very different. And that is what makes our days so fun.We are a group of low ego, high impact individuals where thought leadership is not defined by a hierarchy. | $3M | Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| Gearflow | Construction's First Parts MarketplaceIn an industry where costs have doubled and margins are tight, there can be no lapse in productivity. With equipment downtime being a contractors largest cost, there is an enormous amount of productivity wasted due to the pains that come with parts procurement.At Gearflow, we are on a mission toaddress construction's productivity problem, one that we have experienced first hand, by digitizing equipment parts procurement and eliminating the pains that come with it.We set out to empower all of the small and mid-sized businesses that make up the construction industry by building a marketplace that works for them.A marketplace where vetted part suppliers can easily become an e-commerce enabled business and build their business's brand online. A marketplace where equipment owners can find the parts they need from suppliers they can trust so they can get back to work.Who are we?We are an eclectic, diverse group of thinkers that are all energized by this massive problem we are tackling for construction's underserved majority.On the surface, we are all very different. And that is what makes our days so fun.We are a group of low ego, high impact individuals where thought leadership is not defined by a hierarchy. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| SWARM | SWARM is an AI-powered operational optimization company that builds decision intelligence software for agrifood and manufacturing. The company focuses on helping organizations improve efficiency and reduce costs by using AI systems that model operational challenges and generate optimized decisions across areas such as supply chain planning,logistics, workforce allocation, pricing, and production management. Its platform is designed around an agent-based architecture that uses intelligent systems to interpret business data, identify inefficiencies, and recommend or execute improved operational plans. Rather than requiring users to build models or write code, SWARM allows organizations to define operational problems in a structured way and then uses AI-driven engines to compute optimal solutions. | $2.7M | Seed | Apr 15, 2021 |  |
| NovaScan | NovaScan provides diagnostic products that apply bioelectrical impedance to assess tissue characteristics relevant to cancer detection. Its MarginScan device performs ex vivo and in vivo margin evaluation by generating immediate electrical measurements during clinical procedures. The nsCanary tool examines biopsy cores directly after sampling toindicate whether malignant tissue is present. NovaScan also uses machine-learning models to interpret impedance signatures and distinguish cancerous from non-cancerous tissue. These products are designed to support clinical decision-making through rapid, instrument-based analysis. | $3M | Convertible Note | Jan 22, 2021 |  |
| Tire Agent | Tire Agent is an online tire retailer that provides at-home/on-site installation. It offers consumers a premium service at a value price. Tire Agent provides consumers with personalized tire recommendations, live tire experts, warranty claims, and great prices. | $5M | Seed | Jul 27, 2020 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HPA (Hyde Park Angels)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-angels) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [M25](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/M25-VC) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Sandalphon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandalphon-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Impact Engine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-impact-engine) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CEAS Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceas-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Harvard Business School Angels Chicago invest in?

Harvard Business School Angels Chicago invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Harvard Business School Angels Chicago?

Public channels for Harvard Business School Angels Chicago include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Harvard Business School Angels Chicago?

The team at Harvard Business School Angels Chicago includes Drew Thomas (Investor) and Alexander Meyer (Chairman & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co