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BrightTag Scores Big In Yahoo! Japan Partnership

Chicago startup BrightTag announced this week that its tag management platform has been selected to support Yahoo! Japan’s web infrastructure.

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Big Banks Funnel $167M Into Renewable Energy Company

E.ON Climate & Renewables, whose North American division is headquartered in Chicago, announced this week that it has received a $167.7 million equity investment from JP Morgan and Wells Fargo.

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Pick A Founder’s Brain At 1871’s Digital Leaders Office Hours

Entrepreneurs seeking mentorship will have the chance to meet up with some of the biggest minds in the Chicago startup community over the next year thanks to a new initiative at 1871.

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GoSoapBox Celebrates First Year With Juicy Stats

GoSoapBox circumvents the issue of classroom passivity by allowing students and teachers to connect on a web platform that can be utilized during class time to anonymously ask questions or quiz students on what they’ve learned so far.

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Grab A Shirtfull Of Arabic Humor At Habibtees

Arab American and entrepreneur Ramzey Nassar has set out to corner an entirely untapped market, bringing Arabic humor to the masses one t-shirt at a time.

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Braintree Nabs 2012 Momentum Award

This week the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center held its fifth annual Momentum Awards Dinner to honor entrepreneurial champions and give one Chicago startup the prestigious Merrick Momentum Award.

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Discover What Informatics Is At Chicago Informatics Week

The early days of November bring to mind many important events: Election Day, the release of Halo 4, but this year the first week of November will mark another special occasion, at least in the city of Chicago.

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Crowdfunding Site Benevolent Announces Expansion

Chicago-based nonprofit Benevolent announced plans for national expansion during a forum on innovation in philanthropy sponsored by the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in September.

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Chicago: Verge Game Studio’s Kick Ass “MaK” Video Game On Kickstarter

Verge Game Studio has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for their latest title — a gravity-centric space title called MaK that gives players the freedom to build (and destroy) their own creations in a sandbox environment.

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The Prospects Of Digital Learning

The concept of digital learning is taking over political discussions about education, and startups are rushing to fill the gap.

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