We are excited to hear the news today that Chicago-based startup FeeFighters (formerly TransFS) has raised a round of funding from Sandbox Industries, OCA Ventures, i2a Fund and Hyde Park Angels, 500Startups and Arizona Bay Technology Partners that totals $1.6 million dollars. We expect FeeFighters to use the money to continue to expand and market…
Read MoreThis past summer Chicago-based Excelerate Labs incubated its first class of ten early-stage startups. We were on hand to cover the demo day event in August. This week, Excelerate Labs released a short video recap from demo day created by Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy. The video highlights the day which was filled with a…
Read MoreWith summer right around the corner, the Excelerate, Chicago startup incubator, has announced its first class of startup companies to receive funding. This year they supported ten startups which mostly consist of web and mobile based businesses. There is one outlier in the solar panel space but they too leverage the web to solar panels….
Read MoreSeed funding programs have been popping up everywhere the last few years and we have worked with many of them from TechStars, LaunchBox Digital and DreamIt Ventures among others as we help amplify the local startups in those various communities. We are excited to connect with the latest seed funding program in our hometown of…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More