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Chicago Inno@ChicagoInno
26 Oct 2022
Calling all #founders, #entrepreneurs, #educators, #startup companies, #innovative companies, #investors, #venture firms, co-working spaces, #accelerators, meetup groups, community orgs, & innovation programs - FIRE nominations are now open. Nominate: bizj.us/1qgt0z
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Where startup CEO pay is up, where it's down and how a gender pay gap persists among men and women founders. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Tracking startup CEO salaries: Here's how much founders make

Where startup CEO pay is up, where it's down, and how a gender pay gap persists among men and women founders.

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'What is ... surprising is the way it went down. No one was given any notice.' bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Local food community reacts to Foxtrot closure, laid-off workers want 60-days pay

This week's shutdown affected sites in Chicago as well as Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas.

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Learn more about how leaders in Chicago's food innovation scene want to 'step up' at Future-of-Food Week in the wake of Dom's and Foxtrot's recent closures. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Chicago's Future-of-Food summit begins next week in the wake of Dom's, Foxtrot closures

Future-of-Food, a World Business Chicago Venture Summit, returns next week with a bigger space and a full week of events focused on the city's food startup scene.

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Why a Silicon Valley battery startup is moving its R&D headquarters to Chicago. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Battery startup Bedrock Materials announces R&D headquarters in Chicago

Bedrock Materials, a Silicon Valley battery technology startup, said it’s moving its research and development headquarters to Chicago's Fulton Market after raising $9 million in seed funding.

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A Chicago fintech startup that provides a payment platform for businesses raised new funding this week. Learn more here. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Aeropay raises $20 million for payment platform, readies expansion

Aeropay has become a platform of choice for many cannabis firms and will be expanding to new industry segments following the raise.

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Midwest VC firm M25 is staying active despite the overall fundraising slowdown. Learn more about its newest investment. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

AI-powered logistics startup Continuum raises pre-seed funding

M25, one of the Midwest's most active venture capital firms, has led an oversubscribed pre-seed round for Chicago-based artificial intelligence-powered startup Continuum.

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How AI heavyweights are looking to combat election disinformation bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

National Beat: Florida's beef with lab-grown meat, AI election disinformation, and Startups to Watch

This week's The National Beat explores OpenAI's fight against AI election disinformation, Florida Governor's beef with lab-grown meat and Startups to Watch.

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Meet the company that came out on top in our 2024 Inno Madness competition. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

TegoTech crowned 2024 Inno Madness winner

One venture rose to the top in our month-long competition in which readers cast votes to advance companies based on this question, "Which company would you invest in?"

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Find out what Chicago startups should make of the fundraising decline seen in the first quarter of 2024. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

After down Q1, could a 'window open' soon for Chicago tech IPOs?

PitchBook released its Q1 2024 startup fundraising numbers, and while Chicago saw a slight bump compared to year-over-year and national numbers, founders continue to face a difficult road as exits...

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Chicago cleantech startup Mycocycle, which trains fungi to eat trash, announced some follow-on investment this week. Learn more here. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Chicago startup growing trash-eating mushrooms raises $3.6 million seed extension

Chicago cleantech startup Mycocycle, which trains fungi to eat trash, announced some follow-on investment this week.

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Chicago startup Honeycomb Insurance announced new funding and plans to grow in 2024. Learn more here. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Honeycomb Insurance raises $36 million, plans expansion

Chicago-based Honeycomb Insurance plans to double its head count of 90 employees to 180 within the next 18 months.

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Chicago-based crowdfunding platform GigaStar wants to support YouTube creators in a new way. Here's how. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Why Chicago startup GigaStar launched a $1 million fund for YouTube creators

GigaStar announced its $1 million YouTube Creators Fund this week to provide discretionary grants to established YouTube creators.

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Startup funding continues to decline, another shakeup at OpenAI, and more startups to watch in the latest National Beat bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

National Beat: Shakeup at OpenAI fund, Guy Fieri backs fintech startup and Startups to Watch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is no longer the owner or a managing partner at the eponymous "startup fund" he has been associated with for over two years. In this week's National Beat, we cover that story,...

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Rosalind Franklin University spinout gets a key drug designation from the FDA. Learn more here. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

FDA grants drug designation to biotech startup from Rosalind Franklin University incubator

The designation ties to the company's pursuit of treatment for scleroderma.

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Why LanzaJet thinks sustainable jet fuel is ready to take off in Chicago bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Why LanzaJet thinks sustainable jet fuel is ready to take off in Chicago

LanzaJet was one of 40 companies and organizations that joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel coalition this week and is currently in the middle of a $100 million as the federal government has...

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Which of these Chicago-area companies would you invest in? Vote now in the semifinals of this year's Inno Madness competition. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Four companies reach Chicago Inno Madness semifinals

Find out which four companies advanced to the next round of our annual bracket-style contest — where readers determine the outcome.

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An early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Chicago announced the close of its newest fund. Learn more here. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Hyde Park Venture Partners raises $98 million fund

Hyde Park Venture Partners, a Chicago-based VC firm that invests in early-stage startups, recently completed the raise of a $98 million fund.

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There were 67 new U.S. names on Forbes' annual billionaires list, more than a quarter of which were tech founders or investors in tech startups. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Tech's new billionaires: The founders, investors who are newcomers on Forbes' list

Thirty U.S. tech titans have made their debut on Forbes' annual list.

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Find out what SpotHero executive Elan Mosbacher is working on next. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Chicago startup Pinch raises $3.5 million to bring med spas to you

A former SpotHero executive is shifting from parking to medical spa services designed to provide nurse practitioners with new career opportunities.

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A new Chicago venture wants to give anyone the opportunity to have their own personal wine cellar, accessible at their fingertips. bizjournals.com/chicago/inno…

Unicorn launches platform for wine and spirits collectors with $5.8 million raise

Unicorn enables wine and spirts collectors around the world to buy, sell, store and digitally manage their collections online and through an app.

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