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Polsky Center Panel and Food Navigator Interview

CompanyFirst recently had an opportunity to sit down with Mary Ellen Shoup from Food Navigator while at the University of Chicago for the Polsky Entrepreneurial Outlook 2020: Retail and Food Panel. Thank you to the University of Chicago for the invitation to be on the panel! Watch the full interview at FoodNavigator: https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2020/03/13/Polsky-Center-CompanyFirst-talks-startup-investment-strategy For more info, be sure to follow CompanyFirst …

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CompanyFirst Presents at ACG Future of Food Conference

CompanyFirst presented at the 9th Annual ACG “Future of Food” conference in Chicago on April 19…thank you to ACG for another great event! ACG Future of Food Conference Website Below is a link to the our presentation at the event: The Do’s and Do Not’s of Pitching an Early Stage Consumer Company For more info, be sure to follow CompanyFirst …

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CompanyFirst Attends FoodBytes San Francisco

CompanyFirst attended the FoodBytes by Rabobank pitch competition in San Francisco.  Congrats to the all the winners, with special shout out to the strong showing from Chicago companies I Heart Keenwah and Farmer’s Fridge!!! Judges’ Choice Award: I Heart Foods of Chicago FoodBytes! People’s Choice Award: Farmer’s Fridge of Chicago FoodBytes! Highly Commended Award: BioFiltro, of Davis, Calif More info… …

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CompanyFirst on Chicago Booth SeedCon Panel

We were honored to be on one of the panels at SeedCon, Chicago Booth’s annual entrepreneurship and venture capital conference hosted by the Chicago Booth Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Student Group (EVC) and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. For more info, be sure to follow CompanyFirst on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Back to News

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