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Startups in Chicago

Companies headquartered in Chicago, and the founders who built them.

40 companies

CameoPrivate
Marketplace · USA · 2017
Steven Galanis, Martin Blencowe, Devon Townsend, Devon Spinnler Townsend
TempusPublic
Healthcare · USA · 2015
Eric Lefkofsky
ReverbAcquired
Marketplace · USA · 2013
David Kalt
GrouponPublic
Marketplace · USA · 2008
Andrew Mason, Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keywell
BraintreeAcquired
Fintech · USA · 2007
Bryan Johnson
GrubhubAcquired
Logistics & Supply Chain · USA · 2004
Matt Maloney, Mike Evans
Rise ReformingPrivate YC S26
Industrials & Manufacturing · USA · 2026 · YC S26
George Rose, Lucas Zubillaga, Jona van Oord
Perspectives HealthPrivate YC S25
Healthcare · USA · 2025 · YC S25
Eshan Dosani, Kyle Jung, Kyle Hyun Woo Jung, Nicholas Kovalsky, Jesse Tabak, Eshan Dosani Kyle Jung
Letter AIPrivate YC S23
Enterprise Software · USA · 2023 · YC S23
Ali Akhtar, Armen Forget
AviaryAIPrivate YC S22
Fintech · USA · 2022 · YC S22
Blesson Abraham, Jay Patel
BlueHill PaymentsPrivate YC S22
Enterprise Software · USA · 2022 · YC S22
Himanshu Minocha, Rohan Minocha
Charge RunningPrivate YC W21
Consumer · USA · 2021 · YC W21
Rory Graman, Julie Wallock
GenuityPrivate YC S21
Enterprise Software · USA · 2021 · YC S21
Colum Donahue, Jason Noble, Zaeem asif
KadeyaPrivate
Energy & Climate · USA · 2021
Signe Lonholdt
Liv LabsPrivate YC S21
Healthcare · USA · 2021 · YC S21
Melody Roberts, Carly Price
Fly.ioPrivate YC W20
Enterprise Software · USA · 2020 · YC W20
Michael Dwan, Jerome Gravel-Niquet, Kurt Mackey, Thomas Ptacek
ProtobasePrivate YC W20
Enterprise Software · USA · 2020 · YC W20
Ben Vogt
SynapticurePrivate YC S20
Healthcare · USA · 2020 · YC S20
Peter Wallach, Brian Wallach, Martina de Majo
ObiePrivate YC S19
Real Estate & Construction · USA · 2019 · YC S19
Aaron Letzeiser, Ryan Letzeiser
PreflightPrivate YC W19
Enterprise Software · USA · 2019 · YC W19
Mustafa Bayramoglu
TaxProperPrivate YC S19
Real Estate & Construction · USA · 2019 · YC S19
Thomas Dowling, Geoff Segal
JourneraPrivate
Travel & Hospitality · USA · 2016
Jeff Katz
TRACPrivate YC W16
Healthcare · USA · 2016 · YC W16
Griffin Kelly
mReliefPrivate YC W16
USA · 2016 · YC W16
Rose Afriyie, Genevieve Nielsen
AirfordablePrivate YC S16
Travel & Hospitality · USA · 2015 · YC S16
Ama Marfo, Craig Henry, Emmanuel Buah
BluecrewPrivate YC S15
Enterprise Software · USA · 2015 · YC S15
Gino Rooney, Cooper Newby
M1 FinancePrivate
Fintech · USA · 2015
Brian Barnes
Popular PaysPrivate YC W15
Enterprise Software · USA · 2015 · YC W15
Corbett Drummey, Steven Wanderski
TovalaPrivate YC W16
Food & Agriculture · USA · 2015 · YC W16
David Rabie, Bryan Wilcox
CodeNowPrivate YC W14
USA · 2014 · YC W14
Ryan Seashore
ShipBobPrivate YC S14
Logistics & Supply Chain · USA · 2014 · YC S14
Dhruv Saxena, Divey Gulati
Raise.comPrivate
Marketplace · USA · 2013
George Bousis
G2 CrowdPrivate
Marketplace · USA · 2012
Godard Abel, Tim Handorf, Matt Gorniak, Mark Myers, Mike Wheeler
Aisle50Private YC S11
Consumer · USA · 2011 · YC S11
Riley Scott, George Korsnick, Christopher Steiner
DebteyePrivate YC S11
Fintech · USA · 2011 · YC S11
Paul Zhang, John Sun, Kevin Yu
DraftPrivate YC S11
Enterprise Software · USA · 2011 · YC S11
Nathan Kontny
TutorspreePrivate YC W11
Education · USA · 2011 · YC W11
Aaron Harris, Ryan Bednar, Josh Abrams
ZerocaterPrivate YC W11
Enterprise Software · USA · 2011 · YC W11
Arram Sabeti
SyndioPrivate
Data & Analytics · USA · 2009
Zev Eigen
InklingPrivate YC W06
Enterprise Software · USA · 2006 · YC W06
Adam Siegel, Nathan Kontny