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Chicago-based startup finishes near top of HIMSS pitch contest
Chicago startup TeleHealthRobotics finished tied for second place at a pitch contest at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society yearly conference, which concludes today at McCormick Place. Fifteen companies presented. [HIMSS conference: TeleHealthRobotics ties for 2nd in pitch competition: Chicago Tribune Blue Sky Innovation]
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MSDSonline now works with 10k+ businesses
MSDSonline, the leading provider of cloud-based environmental, health and safety (EHS) solutions, announced it has reached new milestones in the number of businesses and workers that use its solutions to meet critical safety and compliance tasks. As of April 1, more than 8 million employees are using MSDSonline's chemical management, on-demand training, incident management and authoring solutions to help perform their jobs safely. The number of businesses using MSDSonline to fulfill complex regulatory compliance tasks has surpassed the 10,000 mark.
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Pay for your meal like you pay for an Uber: Reserve launches in Chicago
Reserve, the app that allows users to easily reserve a seat at a restaurant that suits them, announced April 14 that it is launching in Chicago. In a blog post on the site, Reserve CEO and co-founder Greg Hong called this launch the company’s biggest yet. Reserve is starting with 20 restaurants in Chicago. [Built In Chicago]
[ibimage==46540==Original==none==self==ibimage_align-center]Avant launches new $400M-financed lending program
Chicago-based online lending platform Avant announced April 13 the launch of Avant Institutional Marketplace. The program allows institutional investors to buy loans created by the Avant tech platform. Global investor KKR led the $400 million financing for the new program, and Victory Park Capital and Jefferies contributed, as well. [Built In Chicago]
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Northwestern-born startups score half of available funding at Clean Energy Challenge
Two Northwestern University-born cleantech startups walked away from yesterday’s Clean Energy Challenge with half of the $1 million made available for funding. AMPY, an Evanston-based startup that creates a wearable device designed to track one’s kinetic energy in order to recharge his or her smartphone and other USB-powered devices, scored $200,000. Likewise, NuMat Technologies, a Skokie-based startup with technology that limits the need to highly compress gases, netted $300,000. [Built In Chicago]
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Languallama wins 2nd annual Campus 1871
The second annual Campus 1871 was held last weekend, bringing together 84 students from 1871’s collegiate affiliates for a weekend hackathon. Languallama, an app and website designed to help people learn new languages, won the contest, beating out 11 other ideas that students had voted into the competition. For winning, Languallama received a year-long membership to 1871. [Language App (With A Social Twist) Wins Campus 1871: ChicagoInno]
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