Rebecca Kahnweiler

Rebecca has deep roots in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, in Chicago and internationally. Her first venture, Sector3, is active today as a Peruvian consultancy accelerating female-led businesses in partnership with local and international aid organizations. After returning to Chicago to pursue her MBA at Kellogg, Rebecca co-founded Wise Apple to scale the delivery of healthy meal options for children throughout the Midwest. She subsequently held leadership roles at Bonfire and MightyNest.

Rebecca is currently the Managing Partner of Chicago based LongJump, a first-check, founder-led fund, investing in the next generation of founders. LongJump is the most active pre-seed investor in Illinois, providing capital, connections, and community to help founders build fast-growing, scalable businesses.  

An avid adventurer, Rebecca has visited 50+ countries and spent the summer after college cycling from Texas to Alaska to raise funds for the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Rebecca has an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and degrees in Finance and History from the University of Texas at Austin.  While at Kellogg, Rebecca was a Zell Fellow and a Forte Fellow.  She lives in Glencoe with her husband, two kids and their bernedoodle Betty.