ChicagoInno (July 15) -- About two hours outside of Chicago, some of the Midwest’s most promising startups are accelerating their ventures in a college town. Thirteen student startups are working out of the nine-week iVenture program, the newest accelerator at the Illinois. "We just decided it was a good time to have something during the summer so our teams have somewhere to go," said Jed Taylor, assistant director of the Technology Entrepreneurship Center. "A place where they could work together and take advantage of the workshops and entrepreneurship resources."