JIC Speaker Series: Building A Tech Startup in School with Landon Campbell

Jarvis College of Computing & Digital Media

Join us on Nov 6th to hear from Landon Campbell, DePaul alum and investor at Drive Capital, a venture capital firm backing tech founders.

DePaul University -  Jarvis Student Center for Innovation and Collaboration

Landon W. Campbell is a DePaul alum and Investor at Drive Capital in Chicago, a $2.3B venture capital firm backing founders who are shaping the next generation of market-defining companies. He oversees the firm’s $80M pre-seed fund in Chicago, giving him a front-row seat to the earliest stages of innovation and entrepreneurship.In this session, Landon will dive into professional development, cultivating an ownership mindset, and what it takes to build a startup while in college, with insights from both sides of the founder–investor table.The talk and Q&amp;A will take place at the Jarvis Innovation Center, 1 E Jackson Blvd, Concourse Level, Chicago IL 60604Light fare will be provided. Landon W. Campbell is an Investor at Drive Capital in Chicago, a $2.3B venture capital firm committed to investing in exceptional founders who are shaping the future of market-defining companies between the Hudson River and the Rocky Mountains. Landon oversees the firm’s $80M pre-seed fund in Chicago. On the weekends, he publishes a newsletter called LandonsLoop.com about Chicago's innovation economy.