Bailey Moore is the Co-founder & Managing Director of Wintrust Ventures, a division of Wintrust Financial Corporation. Wintrust Ventures is an early stage investment fund focused on emerging growth businesses in the Midwest.  She is responsible for investment strategy, fund operations, and portfolio company relations.  Since building the venture practice in 2015, Moore has been responsible for investments in 53 companies. She’s led WTFC’s investments in The Mom Project, Array Behavioral Care, Monica + Andy & One Cause among many others. Her investment thesis has allowed the organization to maintain a lower risk tolerance than an average early stage fund with replicable returns. Previously, Moore held various roles in commercial lending, credit and bankruptcy consulting.