About
David Carman, Venture Critic for Blackline Review, selects, interviews, evaluates, and rates Chicago’s most promising high-growth startups. Prior to joining Blackline Review, David founded the BNC Venture Capital Group in October 2006 where three startups pitch every month to a sophisticated audience of entrepreneurs, senior-level executives, and investors. David also mentors startups for the Cleantech Open global competition, qualifies 10 later-stage companies to compete in the GCCA global competition, and frequently attends the quarterly New York Private Equity Forum where startups pay up to $15,000 to pitch in front of 200+ investors. At BNC, David has interviewed many of Chicago’s top entrepreneurs including Mark Achler of Redbox; George Deeb of iExplore and Media Recall; Mike Evans of GrubHub; Troy Henikoff of TechStars Chicago and SurePayroll; Ross Kimbarovsky of CrowdSPRING; Matt Moog of Viewpoints, ’1871,’ Built in Chicago, and the FireStarter Fund; Chuck Templeton of Impact
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- • 1 investors hold the Founder and Venture Critic role in VCSift. David Carman is one of them.
- • 1,718 investors are based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated June 2026.
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