1) Envestnet Envestnet provides financial advisers with technology-enabled investment and practice management tools.
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Country: United States Started in: 1999 Founders: Bill Crager, Brandon Thomas, James Lumberg, Judson Bergman Industries: Architecture, Financial Services, FinTech, Wealth Management Number of investments: 3 You can find their website here .
2) Cleveland Avenue Cleveland Avenue is a venture fund and accelerator based in Chicago that invests in food, beverage, and technology startups.
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Country: United States Started in: 2015 Founders: Don Thompson, J. Skyler Fernandes Industries: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Retail Technology, Venture Capital Number of investments: 22 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
3) Clean Energy Trust Early-stage startups working on clean energy, decarbonization, and environmental sustainability are supported by the Clean Energy Trust.
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Country: United States Started in: 2010 Founders: Amy Francetic, Michael Polsky, Nick Pritzker Industries: Advanced Materials, AgTech, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Transportation Number of investments: 37 Number of exits: 3 You can find their website here .
4) Healthbox Healthbox is an innovation consulting and fund management firm that assists businesses in developing and sustaining innovative initiatives.
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Country: United States Started in: 2010 Founders: Nina Nashif Industries: Health Care, Incubators, Venture Capital Number of investments: 97 Number of exits: 12 You can find their website here .
5) Financial Solutions Lab The Financial Solutions Lab nurtures, promotes, and scales solutions that help low-income and marginalized people improve their financial health.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Founders: Jennifer Tescher Industries: Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Non Profit Number of investments: 52 Number of exits: 6 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 51 You can find their website here .
6) 1871 1871 is a non-profit organization that assists digital designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs in launching their businesses and sharing their ideas.
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Country: United States Started in: 2012 Founders: J.B. Pritzker, James J. O'Connor, Steven Collens Industries: Advice, Consulting, Finance, Internet, Non Profit, Training You can find their website here .
7) MATTER MATTER provides digital solutions to the healthcare business in order to improve products and services.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Founders: Andrew Cittadine, David Schonthal Industries: Biopharma, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Life Science, Medical, Medical Device Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
8) TechNexus Venture Collaborative TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a venture capital organization that invests in startups and offers strategic capital.
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Country: United States Started in: 2007 Founders: Fred Hoch, Terry Howerton Industries: B2B, B2C, Business Development, Venture Capital Number of investments: 153 Number of exits: 11 You can find their website here .
9) Workbox Company Workbox is a Coworking Accelerator that equips forward-thinking businesses with the tools they need to grow quicker, better, and more collaboratively.
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Country: United States Started in: 2019 You can find their website here .
10) Techstars Chicago Techstars Chicago hosts programs that link startups with investors, mentors, and other entrepreneurs.
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Country: United States Started in: 2010 Founders: Nick Rosa, Sam Yagan, Troy Henikoff Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Venture Capital Number of investments: 133 Number of exits: 26 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here .
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11) REACH REACH is a technology accelerator specializing in the real estate and related industries.
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Country: United States Started in: 2012 Founders: Bob Goldberg, Constance Freedman, Dale Stinton Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services Number of investments: 91 Number of exits: 15 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 30 You can find their website here .
12) Sandbox Industries Sandbox connects startups and companies with three different channels: strategic venture funds, accelerators, and advisory services.
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Country: United States Started in: 2003 Founders: Jonathan Pirc, Nicholas Rosa, Nick Rosa, Ryan Schoop Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital Number of investments: 85 Number of exits: 20 You can find their website here .
13) Lofty Ventures We work with passionate founders, disruptive startups, and forward-thinking organizations to help them change the world.
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Country: United States Founders: Christopher Deutsch Number of investments: 8 You can find their website here .
14) Relish Works Relish Works is an innovation centre dedicated to disrupting the existing quo and paving the way for the food industry's next development.
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Country: United States Started in: 2017 Industries: Finance, Food and Beverage, Food Processing Number of investments: 6 You can find their website here .
15) EVC Ventures EVC Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chicago that invests in early-stage companies.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Industries: Finance, Higher Education, Venture Capital Number of investments: 7 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
16) IncubEx IncubEx is a product, service, and technology incubator for exchange-traded products, services, and solutions.
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Country: United States Started in: 2016 Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services You can find their website here .
17) Portal Innovations Portal Innovations invests in outstanding leadership teams in pharmaceuticals, medical technology, and bioinformatics firms.
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Country: United States Started in: 2020 Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
18) Excelerate Labs Excelerate Labs is a summer business accelerator whose purpose is to provide startups with connections, funding, and community.
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Country: United States Started in: 2010 Industries: Consulting Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
19) Elmspring Accelerator A seed-stage tech accelerator for real estate and related industries start-ups.
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Country: United States Started in: 2013 Founders: Adam Freeman, Colleen O'Toole, Tom Bretz Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Residential Number of investments: 8 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
20) INCISENT Labs INCISENT Labs is a platform for launching disruptive technologies that challenge established industries.
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Country: United States Started in: 2009 Founders: Pat Ryan Industries: Innovation Management, Software Number of investments: 4 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
21) Insight Accelerator Labs Insight's Accelerator Labs is a program devoted solely to assisting medical device startups.
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Country: United States Started in: 2012 Founders: Steve McPhilliamy Industries: Health Care Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 72 You can find their website here .
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22) University of Chicago New Venture Challenge The Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) is one of the nation's best company launch programs, having been established in 1996.
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Country: United States Started in: 1996 Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here .
23) EMERGE CoLab (Powered by TechNexus Venture Collaborative) The hub for an ecosystem of businesses, startups, first responders, and cities working to improve efficiency and public safety through technology.
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Country: United States Started in: 2015 Founders: Fred Hoch, Terry Howerton Industries: Public Safety, Robotics, Smart Cities, Wearables Number of investments: 11 You can find their website here .
24) StartUp Port Startup Port is a hybrid assistance platform that provides early-stage entrepreneurs with venture development solutions.
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Country: United States Started in: 2008 You can find their website here .
25) Chicago Venture Summit The Chicago Venture Summit is a showcase of the Midwest's greatest early-stage innovation startups.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Industries: Events, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, Venture Capital Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
26) Vantedge Ventures | Healthcare Innovation Fund Investing in and cultivating breakthrough technology, devices, and approaches to solve everyday healthcare challenges.
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Country: United States Started in: 2017 Industries: Health Care, Information Technology, Innovation Management, Venture Capital You can find their website here .
27) Kingologic LLC We are based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Country: United States Started in: 2017 Founders: Ali Khurram Industries: Advertising, Freelance, Information Technology, Logistics, Small and Medium Businesses, Software, Web Development You can find their website here .
28) SmartHealth Activator Biotech innovation is being accelerated.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Founders: Tom Denison Industries: Health Care You can find their website here .
29) DWG Business X-celerator We identify and nurture the most promising Ukrainian and international projects through strategic development plans that include seed and venture capital funding.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Founders: Anton Chepurda Industries: Automotive, B2B, Business Development, Business Intelligence, Electronics, Legal, Manufacturing, Software, Venture Capital Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 48 You can find their website here .
30) Moderne Passport Seven-month programmatic immersion that gives knowledge, positioning, exposure, and insight to help customers grow.
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Country: United States Founders: Constance Freedman Industries: Financial Services Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 28 You can find their website here .
31) The Bunker The Bunker is a program for veteran entrepreneurs created by veteran entrepreneurs for veteran entrepreneurs.
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Country: United States Started in: 2014 Industries: Incubators You can find their website here .
32) Women's Tech Accelerator by Brad Deals Brad Deals' Women's Tech Accelerator gives Chicago-based female entrepreneurs with exceptional business ideas access to tools and support.
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Country: United States Industries: Coworking, Finance, Financial Services, Management Consulting, Venture Capital You can find their website here .