Alida Miranda-Wolff heads up communications and strategy at Hyde Park Angels, crafting and disseminating the organization’s brand in all forms across all channels. In addition to single-handedly building HPA’s integrated communications plan and executing its core elements, Alida manages membership, partnerships, portfolio company support, and all community engagement.
Prior to joining Hyde Park Angels, Alida served in a variety of journalism, marketing, communications, and management roles, specializing in creating spreadable multimedia content for tech-enabled businesses at all stages. Alida has run several Kickstarter campaigns, including one of the most successful in Chicago history, and still mentors companies running their own campaigns.
Alida graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago in 2014 with multiple honors and awards. She remains active in the university of alumni network, serving on five advisory boards and committees. Alida is also a published author and poet, with two poetry chapbooks currently in print.
The Hyde Park Angels “New Investment Series” profiles the companies we most recently funded by examining the investment process and the future trajectory from the perspectives of the new portfolio company’s CEO and the HPA leader who made the deal happen. This month we invested in Luxury Garage Sale, an omni-channel consignment startup, in a […]
As technology continues to disrupt, transform, and enhance established industries like finance, education, and healthcare, we have tracked the resulting intersections and developments to better understand the different market landscapes. Recently, we brought together leaders in the alternative finance market Al Goldstein (Founder and CEO, Avant), Rumi Morales (Executive Director, CME Ventures), Scott Rose (Leader, […]
We launched the second program in our Entrepreneurial Education Series, “How to Raise Venture Capital,” on June 8th with our partner 1871. The event brought together world-class entrepreneurs and investors Al Goldstein (CEO, Avant), Rumi Morales (Executive Director, CME Ventures), Nick Solaro (Partner, Drive Capital), Adam Tilton (Founder & CEO,Rithmio), and Guy Turner (Managing Partner, Hyde […]
For the last ten years, Hyde Park Angels has been an active partner of the New Venture Challenge, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the University of Chicago. Our members and Managing Directors have served as judges, mentors, and instructors for the New Venture Challenge, and we have invested in winners and finalists like […]
As an entrepreneur, you often have more control over investment timelines than you know in the early stages. You can drive the discussions and the timing by being prepared, anticipating commonly asked questions, and managing the investment process as professionally and strategically as you manage your business. Specifically, by actively preparing for a fundraise before […]
At Hyde Park Angels, we spend a lot of time working with our portfolio companies on developing and executing communications strategies that help them achieve their unique goals, whether they are attracting new partners, generating leads, or launching a new product in the market. With over forty portfolio companies, we have worked on a variety […]
Join Hyde Park Angels at 1871 on Wednesday, June 8 from 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm to learn from the seasoned entrepreneurs and investors behind heading up the Midwest’s biggest startups and venture firms, including Avant, CME Ventures, Drive Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and Rithmio. Hear how these Chicago tech heavyweights worked together to raise capital […]
Regroup Therapy, an on-demand provider of virtual mental health teams to health entities, raised over $1.8M to grow its sales and engineering teams and expand its partnerships with healthcare entities, therapists and prescribers like psychiatrists and Advanced Practice Nurses. Hyde Park Angels led the Series Seed round, with participation fromOCA Ventures, Impact Engine, New Stack […]
Taking on capital has a cost and an inherent risk. Specifically, when you take on capital, you’re giving up equity and entering into an agreement with your shareholders to ultimately work towards delivering value back to them. There are risks associated with raising more capital than you can return that could materially impact the health […]
Last year, we focused on building a library of resources for entrepreneurs around pitching, term sheets, and cap tables. This year, we have focused on enriching this existing library and adding new resources geared towards exploring the fundamental building blocks of a business, the trends, expert advice, and insights into how to launch and grow […]
