2x founder

Chase Bonhag

President & Chief Growth Officer at Inteum

Co-founder

FirstIgnite· Summer 2021🇺🇸 Traverse City, Michigan, United States

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2026President & Chief Growth Officer· Inteum

Founder · since 2011

Company

Inteum

Role

President & Chief Growth Officer

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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FirstIgnite

AI-Powered Business Development for Scientific Organizations

Summer 2021

Experience

Career

Inteum
President & Chief Growth Officer · 2026 – Present
2026
FirstIgnite
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · 2019 – Present
2019
TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Senior Venture Associate · Greater Chicago Area · 2017 – 2018
2017
Illinois Ventures
Venture Capital Associate · Urbana-Champaign Area · 2016 – 2017
2016
iVenture Accelerator
Advisory Committee Member · Urbana-Champaign Area · 2016 – 2017
2016
EntreCORPS
Advisory Committee Member · 2016 – 2017
2016
EntreCORPS
Project Advisor · Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area · 2014 – 2016
2014
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Instructor of Entrepreneurship · College of Business · 2014 – 2016
2014
Abbott Point of Care
Global Strategic Marketing MBA Intern · Princeton, NJ · 2015
2015
Chase Group, Ltd
Consultant · Traverse City, MI · 2013 – 2014
2013
HireStarts
Co-founder
Marketing Director / Co-Founder · Kalamazoo, Michigan · 2011 – 2013
2011
Western Michigan University
Assistant Office Manager · Kalamazoo, Michigan · 2010
2010
Western Michigan University
Inside Sales and Caller Trainer · Kalamazoo, MI · 2009 – 2010
2009

Bio

Former VC investor in university research (Illinois Ventures) and corporate innovation (TechNexus). Very focused on building tools to help scientific companies grow faster.