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| Jun 12, 2025 | Chicago AI Week 2025 Unveils Global Speaker Lineup to Accelerate Safe and Trustworthy AI Innovation | Chicago AI Week on June 17-18, 2025 at Kaplan at Illinois Tech
Keynote Fireside: "Work Reimagined – How AI is Reshaping the American Dream" Xiaochen Zhang, Executive Director of AI 2030, in conversation with Taylor Stockton, Chief... |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Chicago's Tech Revolution: A New Era in Education | Chicago is more than just a city of wind and skyscrapers. It’s a burgeoning hub of educational technology, where innovation meets learning. The tech scene here is reshaping classrooms, making education more engaging, inclusive, and accessib... |
| Nov 1, 2024 | How Chicago’s Tech Scene is Changing Education for Students | Share
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Chicago is known for its culture, architecture, and bustling economy, but it’s also becoming a leader in education tech. As more schools look for new ways to improve learning, Chicago’s tech industry is steppin... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | BuiltWorlds And 1871 Partnering To Better Serve The Construction Industry | BuiltWorlds (a member network and innovation catalyst for the buildings and infrastructure industries) partnered with 1871 (a global innovation hub based in Chicago). BuiltWorlds and 1871 have long worked parallel to one another, with Built... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Independent Forums Presents Future Food Systems Chicago: Igniting Innovation | Independent Forums presents Future Food Systems Chicago: Igniting Innovation, taking place at The Merchandise Mart on 24 October 2024, and featuring speakers from Mondelēz International, Beam Suntory, The Cheesecake Factory, Kerry, PURIS Ho... |
| Mar 22, 2024 | AI video leader Vyond deepens investment in Chicago | Vyond, the leading AI video creation platform for the enterprise, announced the expansion and relocation of its Chicago office. The company’s new location at 401 N. Morgan Street opens after a year of accelerated business and team growth, a... |
| Mar 20, 2024 | GET Cities Doubles Down: Distributes Nearly $2M Over 2 Years to Fuel Tech Equity Working Group Pilots In Chicago | GET Cities reaffirms commitment to partner organizations through a second round of grant distribution to three Tech Equity Working Group (TEWG) pilot spinout CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- GET (Gender... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | nuEra Cannabis Announces Sponsorship of 1871's Cannabis Innovation Lab | 1871-cannabis-innovation-lab nuEra's sponsorship of the Cannabis Innovation Lab is a reflection of the company's commitment to driving progress and innovation in the cannabis industry.
CHICAGO (PRWEB) February 08, 2023
nuEra, a leading Chic... |
| Aug 18, 2021 | Mycocycle Named a Finalist for 1871 Momentum Award as an Industry Disrupter | BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (PRWEB) August 18, 2021
Mycocycle, Inc., a leader in using mycoremediation to process toxins out of waste, was named a finalist for 1871’s Momentum Award in the Industry Disrupter category. The award is presented to a comp... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | This Female Founder Wants To Change The Way You Buy Flowers Online Forever | Sarah-Eva Marchese, CEO and founder of Florocracy, with her year-old daughter DelphineR. Hanel Photography |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Startup Spotlight: Phood is taking the uncertainty out of food waste for kitchens | Food waste has been one of the biggest themes explored by agrifoodtech entrepreneurs and investors in recent years. Images of empty store shelves may convince some that food waste isn’t an issue, but according to one founder that is far fro... |
| Jul 16, 2020 | How To Make 2021 The Best Year Ever | “2020,” quipped a friend of mine when musing about the rise of “cancel culture” and good ideas for targets. |
| Sep 23, 2019 | Chicago’s Growth and Leadership Brings It to the Forefront of Tech | Chicago has always been known as my kind of town, and that kind of inclusive thinking is precisely why it has taken on a new persona in recent years. A trip down the Chicago river highlights the city’s rich history. Colorful, familiar names... |
| Jul 26, 2019 | How Chicago Became the Top Ecosystem in the World for Women-Led Startups | Chicago is home to nine Fortune 1000 financial services companies, the Chicago Stock Exchange, and the second-largest central business district in the United States. It’s also home to the Chicago Bulls, with whom Michael Jordan won six titl... |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Insight IGNITE Innovation Roundtable: October in Austin (Day 2) | In October 2018, 40 business and technology leaders representing a range of industries – from retail to healthcare to energy – convened to discuss enterprise Digital Transformation: challenges, lessons learned and paths forward. Featured sp... |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Cameo, an App that Lets You Buy Video Messages from Celebs, Raises $12.5M | Cameo, an app that lets you buy video shout-out messages from celebrities, has become one of Chicago's buzziest consumer startups in years, getting press everywhere from the New York Times to Time Magazine. And now, investors are taking not... |
| Nov 26, 2018 | How Chicago Plans to Be a Global Tech Player Following Amazon HQ2 News | Although Chicago’s bid to become the site of Amazon’s second headquarters (“HQ2”) didn’t win, the tech giant inspired Chicago leaders to build more than a landing spot for one company; leaders are now on a quest to build a landing spot for ... |
| Oct 2, 2018 | Chicago Unites To Showcase The Midwest Venture Ecosystem | U.S. News recently reported on why Chicago has become a top city for startups and entrepreneurs, highlighting the organization that works to promote the city’s technology industry, ChicagoNEXT. On Tuesday, ChicagoNEXT will host its fourth C... |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Managing the music business from a mobile phone, Jammber is making the industry sing | The music business is littered with stories about songwriters or studio contributors and session musicians who never get the credit — or money — they’re often due for their work on hit songs.
And for every storied session musician in “The W... |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Tyson Ventures Managing Director Dives into Strategy at Future Food Tech Conference | Tyson Ventures has made some attention-getting investments in the 15 months since it came onto the scene with $150 million to deploy in December 2016.
The company has been tight-lipped on what might come next, largely refraining from speaki... |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Ag Industry Brief: Tyson Partners with Accelerators, CRISPR 3.0 Gets a Patent, Unilever Moves Toward Transparency, more | Tyson Foods Partners With Incubators Plug and Play and 1871
Tyson Foods is partnering with two incubators: Plug and Play, based in Silicon Valley, and Chicago’s 1871. Whether Tyson is eyeing the next disruptor in animal protein or seeking t... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | How Midwest tech organizations are working to increase the number of female founders in the region | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
How bad is the diversity in tech problem? Serious... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | How Midwest tech organizations are working to increase the number of female founders in the region | How bad is the diversity in tech problem? Seriously bad. And seriously long-standing.
For almost 30 years, women have made up less than 10 percent of the entrepreneurial and venture capital market labor forces, while Hispanics hovered at 2 ... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Midwest tech organizations working to increase number of female founders | How bad is the diversity in tech problem? Seriously bad. And seriously long-standing. |
| Nov 21, 2017 | Co-Working in Every Neighborhood: Chicago's 120+ Shared Work Spaces | Picture this: You’re an entrepreneur with a great idea, a few employees and a whole lot of potential. Now you just need an office.
Turns out you’ve hit the the office space jackpot if you’re building a company in Chicago. Over the last few ... |
| Oct 24, 2017 | What I learned about building a successful startup hub from visiting 12 cities in 12 weeks | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The city or area you live in is a bubble. It has ... |
| Oct 24, 2017 | What I learned about building a successful startup hub from visiting 12 cities in 12 weeks | The city or area you live in is a bubble. It has a uniqueness to the people, culture, and opportunities. I have spent the entirety of my life living within the bubble of the Midwest, specifically growing up in Central Illinois and then bein... |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Q&A: Wala CEO on tackling financial exclusion in emerging markets | Imagine life without access to crucial financial services, the convenience of having a bank account, the means to save towards a goal or put away money for a rainy day, or even the ability to send money to loved ones quickly and securely in... |
| Oct 13, 2017 | Q&A: Wala CEO on tackling financial exclusion in emerging markets | Imagine life without access to crucial financial services, the convenience of having a bank account, the means to save towards a goal or put away money for a rainy day, or even the ability to send money to loved ones quickly and securely in... |
| Aug 22, 2017 | Female founders in Chicago still struggle to secure funding | The well-documented gap in venture capital funding also exists in Chicago.
In the last five full years, Chicago startups with at least one woman founder never received more than 20 percent of the venture capital funding or deal flow in the ... |
| Aug 22, 2017 | Female founders in Chicago still struggle to secure funding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The well-documented gap in venture capital fundin... |
| Apr 19, 2017 | Healthbox launches subscription research service for providers with deep dive on health IT companies | “We’re bridging the education gap,” Patel said. He described the reports as an extension of the Healthbox Catalyst program.
Patel noted that one question Healthbox gets asked about a lot is startup failure rates. He acknowledged that even f... |
| Nov 10, 2016 | How a Quadriplegic Navy Veteran Overcame the Struggle of Starting a Business | When Kaney O’Neill started her business, it was out of frustration more than anything else. The Navy veteran had a master’s degree from Northwestern University, but was struggling to find work.
“My resume got me job interviews, but it seems... |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Land Corporate Clients, Partners, and Investors | We launched the third program in our Entrepreneurial Education Series, “Fund Your Startup through Corporate Sales, Partners, and Investment” on September 21st with our partner 1871. |
| Sep 6, 2016 | A Dorm Room Entrepreneur's Guide to the Chicago Tech Ecosystem | World changing ventures from Facebook to Dropbox, as well as local startups Moneythink to UProspie, were started by university students. And as entrepreneurial energy on campus is only growing, we have to wonder: who will be the next dorm r... |
| Aug 29, 2016 | Why Shahier Rahman left Orlando’s tech scene for ‘the major leagues’ of DC | Shahier Rahman’s LinkedIn reads like whiplash.
With a switch from law to tech, Rahman’s background is an example of how many find their way into the D.C. tech scene — from an international relations background.
Rahman, 28, spent more than t... |
| Jun 29, 2016 | Impact Engine closes its accelerator and a $10 million impact fund | An accelerator that backed for-profit, for-good ventures, Impact Engine, is abandoning the bootcamp approach and shifting its focus to investing in these startups as a seed fund, according to CEO and Partner Jessica Droste Yagan.
Based in C... |
| May 27, 2016 | UChicago Innovation Fest Event Spotlight: Fundraising from Venture Capitalists | This post was originally published on the Chicago Innovation Exchange website and was written by Whitney Johnson, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications at the CIE. |
| Mar 29, 2016 | Marketplace Models Hit Education: 5 Lessons from #OnDemandEDU | From Uber to TaskRabbit, on-demand labor marketplace start-ups have taken off in recent years, and education is proving no exception. Edtech-specific applications of the “sharing economy” were the focus of an “Education On-Demand” panel las... |
| Mar 1, 2016 | 3 things you need to know about Chicago’s tech scene | Chicagoans aren’t known for talking about themselves.
As Comcast Vice President for External and Government Affairs Matthew Summy put it, “It prides itself as a city where people get things done.” But the city has been home to some influent... |
| Dec 7, 2015 | Study reveals shocking change in the hiring trends of Indian start-ups | Advertisement
A recent study conducted on start-ups hiring across the country has come up with results that reveal the sudden change in the hiring trend of start-ups. The report says that as much as 47% of the entry level positions filled i... |
| Dec 7, 2015 | Study reveals shocking change in the hiring trends of Indian start-ups | A recent study conducted on start-ups hiring across the country has come up with results that reveal the sudden change in the hiring trend of start-ups. The report says that as much as 47% of the entry level positions filled in start-ups no... |
| Dec 2, 2015 | Announcing This Year's 50 on Fire Winners | Tonight, we unveiled the 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups, and entrepreneurs that are driving the city's innovation economy forward.
From Avant, one of Chicago's four Unicorns, to Todd Connor, Executive Director of the ... |
| Aug 14, 2015 | DeVry Education Announces Edtech Startups to Participate in DV X Labs | DeVry Education Group (NYSE:DV), a global provider of educational services, announced the second cohort of education technology startups to participate in its collaborative DV X Labs ed tech incubator located at 1871, a Chicago-based entrep... |
| Jul 28, 2015 | The Hyde Park Angels Partner Network
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| Jun 16, 2015 | Microsoft partners with Techstars and others to give startups free cloud computing credits | Microsoft has struck partnerships with startup accelerators around the world in a new bid to make inroads against Amazon Web Services, Google and other rivals in cloud computing.
The initiative, announced this week, will allow startups to a... |
| Apr 20, 2015 | What Comcast is doing to help local entrepreneurs | Though Comcast is known internationally, it supports entrepreneurs locally by helping fund the tech needs of local businesses and investing in local startups.
The global media and technology company also hosts events such as meetups and hac... |
| Mar 30, 2015 | The City that Co-Works: A Map of Chicago's 80+ Incubators, Accelerators, & Shared Spaces | In the 1950s, long-time Mayor Richard M. Daley referred to Chicago as "the city that works." Today, nearly 65 years later, the old adage is still true; the city just co-works a bit more, too.
Across the entire Chicagoland area, th... |
| Jan 5, 2015 | Here’s a group getting it together in the murky world of healthcare collaboration | The class provides Life Science/Health Care entrepreneurs with real world, hands-on learning on how to rapidly:
define clinical utility before spending millions of dollars
understand who their core and tertiary customers are, and the sales ... |
| Nov 18, 2014 | Plumwise Raises $228K in Seed Funding | Plumwise, a Chicago, IL-based online recommendation and review website, raised $228K in seed funding.
The company plans to use the funds to to add staff, grow membership, and expand on existing product offerings.
Co-Founded in 2013 by Alex ... |
| Oct 20, 2014 | The Midwest Is On Track For Its Strongest Year In Startup Investing As “The Rest” Rises | From Chicago’s city of big shoulders to the new businesses bolstering Detroit’s renaissance; in Cleveland and Cincinnati and Kansas City and St. Louis, startup economies are flourishing across the Midwest.
The proof is in events like Steve ... |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 1776 Challenge Cup to find best healthcare, technology startups kicks off next month | Last year, it received 5,000 applications and from that, 480 startups competed in 16 cities in nine countries worldwide.
Among the partnerships 1776 has cultivated are New Enterprise Associates, Revolution, the Case Foundation, and incubato... |
| Aug 21, 2014 | CancerIQ wants to make genetic testing easier for cancer patients | “We have started to understand why patients are not eligible for genetic testing,” said Feyi. “The biggest challenge is that it tends to be a time consuming process to get the full extent of a patient’s history and multiple generations of t... |
| Aug 15, 2014 | 1776 co-founder talks about how its incubator is shaking up startup landscape | It also formed a Startup Federation. The incubators and shared work spaces in the group allow their members to work at each other’s offices, share resources and take part in each other’s workshops to benefit their members, so there is plent... |
| May 21, 2014 | What City Topped the Chart for Helping Small Businesses Succeed? | May 21, 2014 3 min read
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Silicon Valley may still reign supreme for being the top startup ecosystem in the country but with obnoxious taxes and rent skyrocketing it doesn't hold ... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Why the Midwest is better for startups than saturated Silicon Valley | Matt Lautz is the president of the cloud-based contact center company CorvisaCloud.
Traditionally, top talent flocks to the coasts for the in-demand and most coveted technology jobs. The Midwest is rarely seen as a technology hub, if at all... |
| Sep 25, 2013 | Google Launches Network of Technology Hubs with Partners in 7 Cities | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Google’s outreach program for entrepreneurs is planting its flag in seven new outposts in the U.S. and Canada with new “tech hubs” that will offer technical and infrastructure... |
| Jul 3, 2013 | Turn Your Blog Posts into an E-Book with Blog Into Book | How many of you keep a blog? Whether your content is full of well-researched thought pieces on a particular subject, or stream of consciousness ramblings with a couple of photos of your cat thrown in for good measure, I’m sure, at one time ... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Swift Expo Cofounder, Serial Entrepreneur is No Joke | Bob Gillespie treats startups as no laughing matter. He’s an expert, too, as both a former stand-up comedian and a current serial entrepreneur with two successful exits already under his belt.
Bob and his cofounder, Matt Dabney, intend to d... |
| Dec 15, 2012 | Inside 1871, Downtown Chicago’s Huge New Center For All Things Tech [TCTV] | History has shown us again and again that great things can be born out of tough times. It happened in the early 2000s, when companies such as Amazon, eBay, and Google rose to great heights out of the ashes of the dot-com bust. It happened i... |
| Nov 9, 2012 | Part Incubator, Workspace & Code School, Galvanize Wants To Turn Denver Into A Startup Hub; Uber, Forkly & More Already On Board | It’s not quite as cool as working next to other startups on a boat in international waters, but when it comes to appealing settings in which to build a business, the Rocky Mountains aren’t half bad. Founded in Boulder in 2006, TechStars and... |
| CancerIQ wants to make genetic testing easier for cancer patients | It’s not every entrepreneur who hatches an idea for a business with her mother, let alone when they’re hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro. Away from daily distractions like email and a smartphone is where Cancer IQ co-founder and CEO Feyi Olopade ... |
| Healthbox launches subscription research service for providers with deep dive on health IT companies | Although many digital health startups and growth stage companies have responded to the call for technology to improve a litany of healthcare challenges, it’s tough for healthcare facilities to sift through all of these businesses to identif... |
| Here’s a group getting it together in the murky world of healthcare collaboration | The landscape for how to turn life science and health care technologies into viable companies has changed more in the last 3 years than in the last 30. New approaches to translational medicine have emerged. Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Scie... |
| 1776 co-founder talks about how its incubator is shaking up startup landscape | For an incubator set on changing perceptions of where startups need to be to succeed in regulated sectors such as healthcare, education and energy, the decision to set up 1776 in Washington, D.C., was a smart move. Mentors abound in a city ... |
| 1776 Challenge Cup to find best healthcare, technology startups kicks off next month | A competition by Washington, D.C.-based incubator 1776 in a global search for the finest startup has set down the groundwork for its annual Challenge Cup in search of technology and healthcare startups. It is working with incubators in 16 c... |
