After finding success as a Chicago entrepreneur with her creative marketing agency Spool, founder and CEO Catherine Merritt wanted a seat on the other side of the table.
She recently launched Spool Ventures and Spindle, which will serve respectively as the new venture capital arm and startup-focused practice for the company that are both geared toward supporting, investing and working with startups founded by women and people from other underrepresented groups.
Spool Ventures will make investments…