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Chase Bonhag

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Co-Founder & CEO at FirstIgnite

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

FoundedFirstIgnite · YC

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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

Co-founders at FirstIgnite

CPCody Pawlowski
Cody PawlowskiFounder

Experience

  1. FirstIgniteCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — present
  2. TechNexus Venture CollaborativeSenior Venture Associate2017 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
  3. Illinois VenturesVenture Capital Associate2016 — 2017Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
  4. iVenture AcceleratorAdvisory Committee Member2016 — 2017Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
  5. EntreCORPSAdvisory Committee Member2016 — 2017
  6. EntreCORPSProject Advisor2014 — 2016Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
  7. University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAssociate Instructor of Entrepreneurship2014 — 2016College of Business
  8. Abbott Point of CareGlobal Strategic Marketing MBA Intern2015Princeton, NJ
  9. Chase Group, LtdConsultant2013 — 2014Traverse City, MI
  10. HireStartsMarketing Director / Co-Founder2011 — 2013Kalamazoo, Michigan
  11. Western Michigan UniversityAssistant Office Manager2010Kalamazoo, Michigan
  12. Western Michigan UniversityInside Sales and Caller Trainer2009 — 2010Kalamazoo, MI

Skills & more

Leadership43Public Speaking25Strategy21Interpersonal Relationships1Management25Strategic Thinking4Due Diligence7Competitive Analysis12Competitive Intelligence7Entrepreneurship44Sales17Business Strategy11
+12 moreVenture CapitalPitch DevelopmentMarket ResearchBusiness InnovationSocial Media MarketingSocial MediaFundraisingBusiness PlanningFinancial ModelingGo-to-market StrategyAnalyticsEmail Marketing

Languages CSS · English · HTML · Java Script

  • Object Oriented Programming (Lite) — Udemy
  • Python with eclipse and InfoSec (Lite version) — Udemy

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Colleagues at FirstIgnite

Cody Pawlowski
Founder at FirstIgnite

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 and Co-Founder & CEO at 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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Cody PawlowskiCo-Founder & CTOFounded FirstIgnite

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