Medical fundraising platform GiveForward rallied the Chicago startup scene to raise money for local families struggling with medical expenses around the holidays. The group effort raised $152,367 for 22 families.
This month Chicago branding agency Smart Owl Creative has launched a contest offering $5,000 worth of branding services to a local startup.
One New York-based startup has come up with an incredibly simple and effective solution for earbud frustration called earhoox — a specially shaped silicone attachment for earbuds that helps keep them in your ear.
The new service has been dubbed the “Yelp for entrepreneurs” by Forbes, connecting founders with a variety of experts to help them get their ventures off the ground.
This week Kit, Skipping Stone Technology’s multifunctional smartphone case, is on the last stretch to finish its Kickstarter campaign.
AskMeEvery works by letting users input a basic question like “Did I go to the gym?” or “When did I wake up?” that can be scheduled for a specific time each day either by text or email. Users can reply directly to these prompts and access the data online to see how they’re progressing with their goals.
St. Louis won’t avoid the Series A crunch because of freakishly high local investments in local tech next year, but rather because the startup community is great at keeping the startups afloat who deserve it.
This month Melissa Pierce, documentary filmmaker and founder of Chicago Women Developers, has joined the EverPurse team as a marketing and sales strategist leading up to the product’s launch in the Spring.
The 1871-based program will run startups through a three month program to get them ready to take on untapped markets beginning in the summer.
ParkWhiz, Chicago’s longest running parking startup, announced this week that it has completed a funding round at $2 million featuring investments from Hyde Park Ventures, Amicus Capital, and Alexis Ohanian.
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