Illinois

Chicago event planning startup Kapow acquired by major global events brand

Chicago's very own Kapow plans and caters to all corporate events, including lunches, retail-based get-togethers and sporting events, among its…

8 años ago

Reddit to open a Chicago office with advertising focus

The popular forum-based website Reddit will be opening an office in Chicago, which is the company's first headquarters not located…

8 años ago

Holistic weight-loss startup from Chicago fights obesity and chronic health diseases

Raw food diets, the paleo diet, the Atkins diet. The ways to lose weight may be endless but they often…

8 años ago

Hearken helps newsrooms break from tradition by crowdsourcing story ideas

Journalism has seen a whole world of changes since the first newspapers were published hundreds of years ago. However, it’s…

8 años ago

Tovala oven brings ready-made meals to the 21st century

Chicago-based startup Tovala is starting up the much-disparaged, ready-made meal to gourmet proportions by using a high-tech smart oven with…

8 años ago

Language learning’s a breeze, says Chicago-based startup Fluent Forever

Chicago-based polyglot Gabriel Wyner written a language-learning book and set up a website to allow others to benefit from his…

8 años ago

Chicago-based Triggr app can predict addict relapses with 90% accuracy

Chicago-based Triggr Health is an app that helps people struggling with substance or alcohol abuse to take steps to reduce…

8 años ago

Chicago startup makes new child-tracking technology for parents

A helicopter parent, a phrase coined 30 years ago, according to the Oxford dictionary is defined as, “A parent who takes…

8 años ago

Chicago-based food startups are bringing healthy fast food to the masses

When browsing traditional food delivery apps it’s easy to be seduced by the cheesy, greasy, calorific concoctions on offer. But…

8 años ago

This Chicago startup is puffing up efforts to normalize marijuana

Following California's legalization of recreational marijuana, 2018's buzz around bud continues. At least 12 states are poised to consider marijuana…

8 años ago