Chase Bonhag
FounderFounder at FirstIgnite
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
FoundedFirstIgnite · YC
About
Chase Bonhag previously worked as a VC investor at Illinois Ventures focused on university research and at TechNexus covering corporate innovation. He is building tools for scientific companies.
Founder at FirstIgniteYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Chase went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Chase can intro founders to FirstIgnite's investors below.
FirstIgnite's investors · 7
Connetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checksFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checksID VenturesDetroit · $50K – $250K checksIllinois VenturesChampaignMichigan RiseEast Lansing · $50K – $150K checks · since 2024Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021
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Co-founders at FirstIgnite
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Cody PawlowskiFounder
Experience
- FirstIgniteCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — present
- TechNexus Venture CollaborativeSenior Venture Associate2017 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
- Illinois VenturesVenture Capital Associate2016 — 2017Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- iVenture AcceleratorAdvisory Committee Member2016 — 2017Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- EntreCORPSAdvisory Committee Member2016 — 2017
- EntreCORPSProject Advisor2014 — 2016Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAssociate Instructor of Entrepreneurship2014 — 2016College of Business
- Abbott Point of CareGlobal Strategic Marketing MBA Intern2015Princeton, NJ
- Chase Group, LtdConsultant2013 — 2014Traverse City, MI
- HireStartsMarketing Director / Co-Founder2011 — 2013Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Western Michigan UniversityAssistant Office Manager2010Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Western Michigan UniversityInside Sales and Caller Trainer2009 — 2010Kalamazoo, MI
Skills & more
Leadership43Public Speaking25Strategy21Interpersonal Relationships1Management25Strategic Thinking4Due Diligence7Competitive Analysis12Competitive Intelligence7Entrepreneurship44Sales17Business Strategy11
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Venture CapitalPitch DevelopmentMarket ResearchBusiness InnovationSocial Media MarketingSocial MediaFundraisingBusiness PlanningFinancial ModelingGo-to-market StrategyAnalyticsEmail MarketingLanguages CSS · English · HTML · Java Script
- Object Oriented Programming (Lite) — Udemy
- Python with eclipse and InfoSec (Lite version) — Udemy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chase Bonhag?
- Chase Bonhag previously worked as a VC investor at Illinois Ventures focused on university research and at TechNexus covering corporate innovation. He is building tools for scientific companies.
- Where does Chase Bonhag work?
- Chase Bonhag is Founder of FirstIgnite.
- What companies did Chase Bonhag found?
- Chase Bonhag founded FirstIgnite.
- Where did Chase Bonhag go to school?
- Chase Bonhag studied at Y Combinator (Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Western Michigan University (Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Sales).
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