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Telepath Tactics: Chicago Indie Studio Crafting Love Letter To Strategy RPGs

Sinister Design, an independent game studio operating out of Chicago, has just launched a Kickstarter for its multiplayer, highly customizable love letter to tactical RPGs.

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LockerDome Continues Explosive Growth At 4 Million Users

St. Louis sports networking startup LockerDome has continued its meteoric rise this week, announcing that it has reached a new milestone of 4 million unique visitors each month.

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Monsanto Ups Its Venture Capital Game To Grow Product Pipeline

St. Louis-based Monsanto aims to get a sneak peek at emerging agricultural technologies by boosting the company’s venture capital arm in 2013. The company signaled its investment-focused ramp up by hiring venture capitalist John Hamer in September who joined the company as investment director of Monsanto Growth Ventures.

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Polsinelli Shughart Joins WGN Toy Drive To Give Back This Holiday Season

This year the law offices of Polsinelli Shughart have joined forces with Presence Healthcare to participate in WGN’s annual holiday toy drive.

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SLU Researchers Land $1.8 Million For Lupus Research

Researchers in Saint Louis University’s division of rheumatology in the department of internal medicine will be one step closer to understanding the disease lupus thanks to a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Health.

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Cheers To The Chicago Startup Scene With Hireology At Entrepreneur’s Eve

Toast the Chicago startup scene together with over 100 entrepreneurs and small businesses including Hireology on December 31st as part of Entrepreneur’s Eve. The employee selection management system startup Hireology is excited to support the event, which benefits The H Foundation’s cancer research initiatives. Hireology joins Uber, 1871, and Braintree among many other sponsors.

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StyleSeek Decks The Halls With Ugly Sweaters

This month the rapidly growing fashion startup has injected a healthy dose of holiday cheer into its style recommendation platform with a plethora of wonderfully tacky holiday sweaters, available for browsing throughout the season.

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CliQs Makes Friends From Facebook Acquaintances

The platform aims to establish connections between people through basic questions like “who is sexy?” or “who’s most likely to sing in the shower?” Users can pick one of their friends who best fits the category, and if that friend chooses them for the same question, the connection is revealed to both parties.

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Flash Is Not Dead (Yet) And Other Lessons From Adobe’s Create The Web Tour

As the final leg of Adobe’s Create The Web Tour draws near, one question remains in the front of web designers’ minds around the world: is Flash dead? The answer is no, according to Adobe team, as the crowd snickered during the company’s last U.S. presentation before heading overseas.

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SpotHero Raises $2.5M To Boost Tech Team

Today SpotHero, Chicago’s online parking reservation startup, announced that it has raised $2.5 million in funding in a round led by Battery Ventures.

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