Chicago Startup Retrofit Raises A Series B To Make Us Healthier
>Weight loss startup Retrofit saw some big results this year, and they’re wrapping it up with a Series B.
>Weight loss startup Retrofit saw some big results this year, and they’re wrapping it up with a Series B.
19 Chicago startups raise $265M in Q3 2013. More here.
Chicago startup Dabble is running out of runway and the women behind the company have a new tactic to try and save it.
We’re still far away from teleporting technology. In the meantime a Chicago startup called Personify has found a way to make remote presentations more personal. Using depth sensing camera’s like the one found in the Microsoft Kinect, the company’s product called Personify Life, puts someone giving a presentation as close to being in the room
Chicago startup DoggyLoot, a pets.com for the present day, raises $2.5M in real loot.
In the past decade, Chicago’s technology community experienced incredible growth. Much of the community’s success was driven by the strong history of big business in Chicago and the emergence of key stakeholders in the startup ecosystem. While the Chicago startup scene is still relatively young in comparison to some other U.S. cities, the community’s key
At first glance WeDeliver, a Chicago startup, looks like a hybrid between your typical delivery service and a courier service. That’s probably because it is, with a twist. WeDeliver connects local businesses to their customers by providing same day delivery of products and goods. Sure delivery and courier services aren’t new, but crowdsourcing the service
Digital services leaders in Chicago form new collaboration called Ensemble to help startups with a suite of services. More here.
Chicago startup SimpleRelevance has been on the startup radar for quite some time. Back in May the company, founded by Chicago serial entrepreneur and founding team member of iContact Erik Severinhaus, raised $1 million dollars. While there are several companies out there vying for the position as your mass emailer, SimpleRelevance has found a way
Wow! Builtinchicago.com has published their latest Digital Startup Report for Q2 2013. As expected the Chicago startup community has performed extremely well. 37 startups raised $146 million dollars in the second quarter of 2013. If you’ve ever been to visit Chicago’s startup and technology scene you would see for yourself the creators, the innovators and the
We’ll bet you can’t guess what this startup incubating at Chicago’s 1871 does. They do it easy, free and actually make you money.
Erica Grigg, the founder of Chicago startup GetLusty wants to End Boring Sex, see how here.
nearbox a Polish social network where you follow places instead of people, won a Google for Entrepreneurs contest to come to Chicago Techweek and present their startup in Startup City.
Impatience is one of the biggest problems that entrepreneurs try to solve with their startups. Last year at Chicago TechWeek, we saw two different startups tackling the problem of waiting in line: NoWait and LineChop. The problem is very simple, especially in large cities like Chicago. Come Friday or Saturday night, the last thing you