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Chicago will host its first Venture Capital Summit on Oct. 15-16 during Chicago Ideas Week, a source close to ChicagoNext, World Business Chicago’s tech council, told the Tribune.

Entrepreneur Matt Moog, CEO of Viewpoints.com, will lead the two-day summit, the source said. ChicagoNext is chaired by billionaire investor J.B. Pritzker; billionaire Groupon CEO Eric Lefkofsky; Pat Ryan Jr., CEO of Incisent Labs Group; and Jeffrey Aronin, CEO of Paragon Pharmaceuticals.

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Matt Moog, founder and owner of Viewpoints.com, at their offices in downtown Chicago.
Alex Garcia/baiduhai/Feb. 16, 2012

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