Paul Bragiel
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Paul Bragiel is an internet entrepreneur and currently a managing partner of i/o Ventures
Bragiel, the oldest child of Mary and Walter Bragiel, was raised in Mt. Prospect & South Barrington, Illinois
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Bragiel graduated from University of Illinois in 1999. Shortly after graduating he founded his first company Paragon 5 with offices in Chicago
and Poland
. In 2004 he founded the first location based social network Meetro
. In 2008 he founded Lefora which was sold to Crowdgather in the summer of 2010.
Often he travels around the world to give lectures on startups and advise governments on their entrepreneurship policies.
I/o Ventures
i/o Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based startup funding firm, started in 2009 by Aber Whitcomb , Ashwin Navin , Jim Young , and Paul Bragiel . i/o Ventures provides seed money, advice, and connections during a 6-month program conducted at company's San Francisco Mission District office...
Bragiel, the oldest child of Mary and Walter Bragiel, was raised in Mt. Prospect & South Barrington, Illinois
South Barrington, Illinois
South Barrington is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States south of Barrington, Illinois. The population was 3,760 at the 2000 census. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of Chicago and home to the famous megachurch Willow Creek Community Church. The village is known throughout the area...
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Bragiel graduated from University of Illinois in 1999. Shortly after graduating he founded his first company Paragon 5 with offices in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. In 2004 he founded the first location based social network Meetro
Meetro
Meetro was a multi-network social messenger with location-based services . It was compatible with AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, GTalk, XMPP, and ICQ. Meetro's features made it useful for meeting people with similar interests in a given area, as well as bundling multiple...
. In 2008 he founded Lefora which was sold to Crowdgather in the summer of 2010.
Often he travels around the world to give lectures on startups and advise governments on their entrepreneurship policies.