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Neal Sales-Griffin

Accelerator

Managing Director, Techstars Chicago

Educator, founder, and tech accelerator leader

Chicago, USA
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Enterprise SaaSConsumerAIEdtech

Background

Neal Sales-Griffin is the Managing Director of Techstars Chicago, a position he has held since 2019. He co-founded the nation's first in-person coding bootcamp and later served as CEO of CodeNow, a Y Combinator-backed nonprofit running coding programs for underserved students. He also teaches entrepreneurship as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering.

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Enterprise SaaSConsumerAIEdtech

Based in: Chicago, USA (North America)

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026