Part-Time 2000

Jason Apple recently joined a sector-focused private equity firm called Akoya Capital. Akoya was founded in 2005 and makes investments in food and beverage, technology-enabled business services, consumer products, and specialty chemical companies.

After nearly 14 years in San Francisco working in microfinance, Ivan Barriga returned to Chicagoland in 2014. He is bootstrapping a diabetic training and supplies startup, and looks forward to putting his experience to the test in saving the lives of fellow diabetics online. The site’s aim is to help diabetics with lifestyle change and creating new habits around diet, exercise and diabetes care.