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Christopher Day

Chief Executive Officer

Toph is the CEO of Elevate Ventures, the #1 most active Seed and Early Stage investor in the Great Lakes Region and #5 in the United States. He is also the Chief Visionary for Rally, the largest cross-sector innovation conference.  He is an innovator, entrepreneur, business creator, community builder, job maker and wealth creator throughout his endeavors over the last 30 years having co-founded eight businesses in seven different sectors with multiple exits to Fortune 500 companies. He has led companies across multiple sectors including artificial intelligence, SaaS, hardtech, broadband, entertainment, investment banking and real estate.

Christopher is the proud father of a 14-year-old son and resides in Zionsville, IN. He has been the proud papa coaching many of his son’s soccer and basketball teams. Born and raised on a small farm in the Lafayette area, Christopher is a 1992 graduate of Purdue. After graduation, he spent five years in Georgia and Texas but returned home to Indiana, drawn by family, professional relationships, and the business environment.

  • What is the most important thing you do for Elevate Ventures’ clients/constituents? Add quantifiable value.
  • What motivates you?  Seeing people succeed with what they are passionate about.
  • Any “did you know?” random facts about yourself to share? I was in the movie Hoosiers.