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Best Small Places to Work in Chicago:
Companies Hiring Now
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Braviant Holdings
14 Open Jobs
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Pareto Intelligence
14 Open Jobs
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CardX
12 Open Jobs
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Sittercity
10 Open Jobs
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Narrative Science
8 Open Jobs
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Kalderos
7 Open Jobs
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Yello
7 Open Jobs
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CityBase
5 Open Jobs
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CarrierDirect
5 Open Jobs
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Black Spectacles
5 Open Jobs
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Ascent
4 Open Jobs
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CPI, the OpenFox Company
4 Open Jobs
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Pangea Money Transfer
3 Open Jobs
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Purchasing Platform
3 Open Jobs
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Brad's Deals
2 Open Jobs
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Camelot Illinois
2 Open Jobs
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Otus
1 Open Job
What's Best Small Companies?
Built In's “Best Small Companies” list rates companies with less than 100 employees based on their employer benefits and employee submitted compensation data. Rank is determined by combining a company’s score in each of these categories.
50 Best Small Companies to Work For in Chicago
This is the Live Best Places to Work list. It will update daily to display the top-ranked companies.
Braviant Holdings
Fintech
About us
Braviant Holdings is a digital lending platform that combines breakthrough technology and cutting-edge machine learning to empower consumers with better credit solutions. This next-generation approach to lending is reducing credit barriers and creating a Path to Prime to help millions of underbanked consumers.
40
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Pareto Intelligence
Big Data + Healthtech
About us
Pareto Intelligence is a leading healthcare solutions company modernizing the way health plans and providers succeed in value-based care. We deliver analytics, technology and advisory solutions, supported by predictive models and advanced data science, that demystify complex healthcare data and deliver actionable predictions that improve outcomes.
85
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Pangea Money Transfer
Fintech + Mobile
About us
Founded in 2012, Pangea Money Transfer started with the mission of giving everyone the power to move money effortlessly, starting with those who need it the most. Receivers in our 15 active countries across Asia and Latin America can collect the money at available cash pickup locations or directly into any bank account in minutes.
24
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Otus
Big Data + Edtech
About us
Otus brings the entire school community together on a common technology platform reducing the number of disconnected solutions educators use while providing actionable insight to school leaders.
43
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Camelot Illinois
Consumer Web + eCommerce
About us
Camelot Illinois operates the Illinois Lottery, a modern enterprise that truly benefits the people of Illinois. We place consumers and social responsibility at our core, providing funding for schools, capital projects, and special causes.
98
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Ascent
Artificial Intelligence + Enterprise Web
About us
We’re leading the world of regulatory compliance forward by offering greater efficiencies, greater cost savings, and greater accuracy. Using market-leading RegulationAI, Ascent helps customers in financial services automate their compliance programs, significantly reducing their risk while saving time and money.
31
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
ClearCut Analytics
Big Data + eCommerce
About us
ClearCut is a leading provider of retail analytics for CPG brands. With billions in eCommerce and Amazon sales data analyzed, our intelligence delivers actionable insights into today's complex retail marketplace to power successful product innovation and optimize digital shelf performance. Beyond analytics, we offer expert-led services for brands
30
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
CityBase
Information Technology + Other
About us
Our technology helps people find, apply, and pay for public services — and helps staff manage those interactions. The CityBase platform equally serves people who want to complete a task from their phones, those who are underbanked and must pay a bill in cash, and the public servants who keep government and utilities running smoothly.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Kalderos
Healthtech + Machine Learning
About us
Kalderos delivers technology that solves the challenges around drug discounts in the US healthcare system. We work with healthcare providers, drug manufacturers, payers, and government agencies alike to increase transparency and restore trust — lowering the cost of healthcare and enabling everyone to focus on improving the health of all people.
50
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Yello
Enterprise Web + HR Tech
About us
Yello is reinventing recruiting by replacing outdated practices with innovative solutions. Organizations from Fortune 500 companies use our technologies to modernize talent acquisition processes. Our culture emphasizes collaboration and supports rapid professional growth.
84
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
CarrierDirect
Information Technology + Logistics
About us
We are a band of strategy consultants, technologists and industry veterans who focus on the hard problems facing transportation and logistics companies. Our portfolio includes everything from management consulting to custom software products to integrated service design.
16
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
NexLP
Artificial Intelligence + Big Data
About us
Founded by a team of data scientists, programmers, and eDiscovery experts, NexLP uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to derive actionable insight from unstructured and structure data. Powered by a proprietary cognitive computing engine, NexLP uses next generation text analytics to help corporations uncover answers in their data.
21
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Brad's Deals
Consumer Web + eCommerce
About us
Brad’s Deals is a team of real people committed to saving shoppers time and money by connecting them with validated online deals and discounts. Since 2001 the company’s mission, "create the consumer advantage" provides users with an honest and transparent shopping experience, helping them to make the best choices and saving them $200M+ annually.
75
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Narrative Science
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
About us
We live at the intersection of technology and humanity. We believe in the power of data and the power of stories. When the two come together, they empower everyone to understand and use data in a way that has never been possible before.
We are innovators. We are data storytellers. And we are redefining the future of data + analytics.
65
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Sittercity
Kids + Family + Software
About us
Sittercity, a Bright Horizons company, is a technology platform working to reimagine the child care industry. Finding, hiring and managing high-quality, trustworthy and enriching child care has never been simple, for parents or caregivers. We want to change that. At Sittercity, you can imagine and create solutions that will revolutionize a multi
51
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
CardX
Fintech + Payments
About us
CardX provides solutions for businesses to accept credit cards at 0% cost, making payments more fair for everyone. We offer technology-enabled compliance with the card brand rules, allowing businesses to keep their payments acceptance simple while providing their customers the option to pay by card.
30
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
CPI, the OpenFox Company
Software
About us
Computer Projects of Illinois, Inc. (CPI), is a privately held corporation that delivers market-leading software solutions to the law enforcement industry. CPI develops & maintains many different best-in-class, mission-critical criminal justice solutions to law enforcement & public safety agencies around the world with their OpenFox® Product Suite.
80
Local Employees
Founded
Bolingbrook
Location
Inspirant Group
Consulting + Information Technology
About us
Founded on two basic ideas--people matter and delivering value is the highest priority--Inspirant Group is a digital transformation "consulting" (we prefer Unconsulting) firm intent on changing the way consulting is done.
10
Local Employees
Founded
Naperville
Location
Purchasing Platform
eCommerce + Real Estate
About us
Purchasing Platform is an innovative spend management, analytics, and B2B online marketplace that connects property management companies with vendors by revolutionizing and simplifying their buying process. By centralizing procurement, our software brings stronger corporate controls and greater spend visibility to portfolio operators of all sizes.
30
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Black Spectacles
eCommerce + Edtech
About us
Black Spectacles helps educate and inspire architects around the world to thrive in their career. We are an online learning platform, offering ARE® prep, software curriculum and career insight from the best and brightest in the biz. We are the industry leader as the first NCARB-approved test prep provider for all six divisions of the ARE 5.0.
15
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
UPshow
Digital Media + Marketing Tech
About us
UPshow, the leading in-venue entertainment and marketing platform, is the first and only provider of white-labeled, digital interactive networks for retail and hospitality brands to engage customers and employees directly from their mobile devices.
UPshow’s technology makes it simple for large brands to build and launch engaging and promotional
45
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Buildout, Inc.
Cloud + Marketing Tech
About us
Buildout is the only commercial real estate (CRE) software developed for the entire brokerage. Since launching in 2010, Buildout has pioneered the leading marketing solution for CRE—now, Buildout Elite is applying that power to the rest of the brokerage with Database, Marketing Projects, and Back Office tools. Developed in direct conversation with
85
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Supernova Technology
Cloud + Fintech
About us
Supernova is the technology leader in securities-based lending ("SBL") solutions that connect and empower the entire financial ecosystem. We offer the world’s first and only cloud-based, fully-customizable, end-to-end software solution to automate securities-based lending from origination through the life of the loan.
56
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
ReviewTrackers
Enterprise Web + Marketing Tech
About us
ReviewTrackers is the award-winning customer feedback software that helps businesses measure and transform the customer experience. The platform collects review data from 100+ review sites to surface customer insights that enable brands to listen, comprehend and make data-driven decisions about what their customers truly need or want.
80
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Apervita
Healthtech
About us
Apervita is the trusted healthcare collaboration platform for quality measurement, clinical intelligence, value optimization and interoperability. We empower payers and providers and other stakeholders to more efficiently and effectively measure clinical and financial performance, improve clinical quality and administer and run analytics on value
58
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
PatientIQ
Healthtech + Software
About us
PatientIQ is a fast growing health tech company empowering healthcare providers, industry, researchers, and others to collaborate on the mission to improve patient outcomes.
PatientIQ is headquartered in Chicago and backed by top-tier west coast venture capital, major hospital investors, and others.
18
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Neighborhoods.com
Real Estate + Software
About us
Neighborhoods.com is the first online real estate resource to put the neighborhood at the center of the home search. The platform invites visitors to imagine their life in a new area by providing a local’s perspective, including detailed descriptions and resident reviews of schools, amenities, and the surrounding community.
66
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Analytics8
Analytics + Big Data
About us
We are the data and analytics consulting firm you want to work for. We help organizations make smart, data-driven decisions by translating their data into meaningful and actionable information. We believe that organizations thrive, lives are improved, and the world is a better place when organizations understand and use the data around them.
45
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Topstep
Fintech
About us
Topstep®’s vision is to be where the world goes to safely engage in and profit from financial markets. We evaluate traders’ performance in the Trading Combine® - a real-time, simulated account. When traders follow the risk criteria and meet the profit targets, they receive a Funded Account™ where they trade real capital and keep real profits.
61
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
One North
Agency
About us
One North is a full-service digital agency helping businesses solve complex problems in creative ways. We’re makers, technologists and relationship builders guiding you toward what’s next. With capabilities in brand and communications, digital experience, technology and infrastructure, and optimization and insights, we can take on any challenge.
66
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Redstone
Artificial Intelligence + Fintech
About us
Redstone is one of the fastest growing fintech startups in the country focused on streamlining creation of esoteric alternative asset classes. The fintech disruptor dismantled the MBS ecosystem, streamlining it with a digital platform that employs AI and machine learning tools to eliminates unnecessary steps and redundant approval processes.
40
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Wyzant
Edtech
About us
We believe 1-1 instruction is the most powerful way to unlock “I get it” moments—when eyes light up and confidence is born. With an extensive selection of tutors listed, Wyzant helps more students, in more places, than anyone else. We work hard to make personalized learning accessible and affordable, and we're looking for great minds to join us.
70
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
cohesion
Internet of Things + Real Estate
About us
Cohesion is a leading Intelligent Buildings software solution that is disrupting how buildings operate and how people engage with buildings. Our cutting-edge converged IoT-enabled platform equips owners and operators with actionable intelligence through connected operations and connected communities.
36
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Table XI
Artificial Intelligence + Consulting
About us
We’re a product development firm, using software consulting to power positive change.
For 16 years, we've built our software development consultancy around three small words and one big idea: tech done right. To us, it means more than clean code and sound design. It means doing right by our partners, by our peers and by our community.
To
45
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Label Insight, a NielsenIQ Company
Big Data + Machine Learning
About us
Our purpose is to empower people with the knowledge to improve their lives through better product choices. We achieve this purpose by driving growth for our grocery retail and consumer packaged goods customers through unparalleled product transparency.
33
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
PerkSpot
eCommerce + HR Tech
About us
PerkSpot is on a mission to inspire employees everywhere to love where they work by delivering meaningful savings and recognition in their workplace. With 900+ clients like Walgreens and McDonald's, PerkSpot helps over 14 million employees save money by offering exclusive discounts on top brands such as Samsung, Target, and AMC Theaters.
89
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Arrive
Consumer Web + Mobile
About us
Arrive brings drivers, parking operators, and enterprise partners together through the power of mobility technology, offering amazing savings on bookable parking. We’re modernizing our industry by instantly connecting thousands of drivers with our massive network of spaces and investing heavily in the future of connected cars and cities.
67
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
DAIS Technology
Fintech + Information Technology
About us
DAIS is reimagining insurance by empowering agencies and carriers with a cutting edge software platform designed to handle the complexity of insurance. We have a strong and vivid vision at DAIS: A day in which agents, carriers, and policyholders are connected in real-time through a cooperatively-owned digital network.
48
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Aptitive
Big Data + Information Technology
About us
Aptitive is a Chicago-based IT consulting firm with solutions focusing on the management, design, and development of data-centric projects. Our high-aptitude consultants bring innovative technology solutions to your business problems.
38
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Mediafly
Software
About us
Mediafly is a fully customizable sales app and sales enablement solution that empowers sellers and marketers to create dynamic, interactive, value-focused selling experiences both in person and remotely.
For more information, please visit http://www.mediafly.com
100
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Arcalea
Consulting + Marketing Tech
About us
Arcalea is a privately held consultancy focused on data science and marketing. We specialize in the strategic analysis and application of marketing analytics.
Culture, quality, and team are of the highest importance to all of us. We blend a proprietary methodology of quantitative analysis to reveal unique industry insights for our clients. In
10
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Perfect Search Media
Agency
About us
Perfect Search Media is a Chicago-based digital marketing agency.
We’re experts in Paid Search and Social Media Advertising, SEO, Remarketing, Display, UX, Design, and Content. (And we like to think we're pretty cool, too). We’re a results-driven, remote company with teammates from coast to coast.
20
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Milyli
Enterprise Web + Information Technology
About us
Milyli builds secure, intuitive software that makes managing sensitive information tasks easier. Milyli has worked with Relativity and other eDiscovery technologies since 2008, building custom solutions and developing innovative applications like our flagship redaction tool, Blackout. The world’s top law firms, services providers, and government
27
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Adage Technologies
Consulting + eCommerce
About us
Founded in 2001, Adage Tech is a web design and development firm combines strategic thinking with a passion for technology to advance our client's purpose. We bring together a diverse team of creative and technical professionals who partner with our clients to create their digital strategy and build applications to connect with their audiences.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
BigTime Software, Inc.
Professional Services + Software
About us
BigTime is the engine behind the greatest consulting firms on the planet, delivering back-office time/budgeting and invoicing to over 2,000 firms worldwide and tracking over $2 billion in billable time each year. Our flagship product is a SaaS-based system that is custom-built for the professional services industry. BigTime is a PE-backed company
75
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Bento for Business
Fintech + Software
About us
At Bento, our mission is to give businesses the freedom to drive their vision, empower their employees and deliver business growth. We do that with our awesome financial operating platform that makes it easy for SMBs to manage daily expenses, virtual payments and cashless workflows. We are serving thousands of (very) happy customers and growing!
12
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
OneMain Financial
Consumer Web + Fintech
About us
OneMain Financial is one of the largest consumer lending companies in the country. We provide real lending solutions to real people who use their loans for debt consolidation, home improvements and much more. Through constant innovation, our mission is to simplify the loan process and be the premier branch and online lender of the 21st century.
40
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
DigitalMint
Blockchain + Fintech
About us
DigitalMint is the leading Bitcoin point-of-sale provider in the nation, enabling consumers to buy cryptocurrency instantly through Bitcoin ATM and Teller locations. DigitalMint empowers underserved and underbanked populations, utilizing digital currencies as a tool for financial access and inclusion.
35
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Smokeball
Legal Tech + Software
About us
Smokeball is a legal practice management software for small law firms. Our mission isn’t simple, but it is straightforward: help small law firms be successful businesses so that they can better serve our communities.
70
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
LaunchPad Lab
Software
About us
LaunchPad Lab is a Chicago-based software development agency that partners with businesses to transform their digital technology. We believe that great software can propel a business forward, and we have helped hundreds of organizations unlock revenue and efficiency by transforming their technology.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Livly
Real Estate + Software
About us
Livly is modern apartment software that creates convenience and community in buildings. We offer a set of user friendly applications to improve the property management and resident experiences. From an intuitive digital move-in to simple package notifications, Livly is creating a new standard of property technology amenity.
40
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Forager
Logistics + Software
About us
We're building an automated, freight-matching marketplace that connects cross-border shippers (customers) with their optimal carrier (trucking companies) based on region, price, and service rating.
26
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Entara
Cloud + Information Technology
About us
Entara (fka. YJT Solutions) is a new kind of IT Managed Services Company serving mid-sized organizations in Chicago. We’re built from the ground up to provide the strategic vision, platforms, processes and people to travel with our clients on the path to their best IT future--Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond.
50
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
OpenMarkets
eCommerce + Healthtech
About us
OpenMarkets is the leading online platform for buying, selling and managing health care equipment, used by hundreds of hospitals and equipment suppliers to facilitate transactions and communications in the $80BN health care capital market.
14
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Sertifi
Software
About us
Sertifi offers an Agreement Platform built for businesses who need a more efficient and secure way to manage the full contract process. We simplify how businesses around the world send and collect agreements and payments by bringing it all into one secure platform.
81
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Tillable
Cloud + Other
About us
Tillable was created to help landowners receive fair rent and get the insights they need about their farm’s performance, while also helping great farmers build their reputations and expand operations. We’re using the power of data and technology to make renting farmland easier, more profitable and more efficient than ever before.
23
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Sagence, Inc.
Big Data + Business Intelligence
About us
Sagence is a data focused consulting firm working with clients in information-intensive industries such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance and Retail. We specialize in data management and analytics, assisting our clients with the acquisition, evaluation and development of data assets.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Tandem
Agency + Information Technology
About us
Tandem is a trusted strategy, design, and technology partner. We deliver custom software that inspires people and drives business forward. Our unique process brings every voice to the table. We engage with customers, researchers, engineers, and designers in order to approach every problem with a broad set of perspectives.
Founded
Chicago
Location
RoomIt by CWT
Travel
About us
RoomIt by CWT helps business travelers find the right room, right now. Our intelligent app serves up hotels rooms based on travelers preferences and behaviors making it easy to find a hotel with the price and amenities travelers crave. Plus, you can track your spending and locate travelers in an emergency - a must-have for fast-growing businesses.
100
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
GreenKey Technologies (GK)
Artificial Intelligence + Fintech
About us
GreenKey is an end-to-end platform for natural language processing (NLP). We structure complex human conversations across audio and text. Our models learn industry-specific jargon to generate insights and power automation. Our training environment can learn on-premise and is containerized using microservices.
15
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Screencastify
Edtech + Software
About us
Screencastify is the #1 screen recorder for Chrome. In 2020, Screencastify became K-12’s most used asynchronous video tool with more than 15 million users every week (!!!) recording, editing, and sharing all sorts of amazing videos. While we already had a passionate community of millions of educators, nothing could have prepared us for the growth
45
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Engtal
HR Tech + Professional Services
About us
Named as the No. 1 Company to Work For In Chicago by Crain’s last year, we are the world's most innovative engineering staffing specialists. Our vision is to build a company the world wants to work for. Whether you’re a seasoned sales veteran or a fresh graduate looking for the first step in your illustrious career, we’d love to hear from you! We
15
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Mothership
Logistics + Software
About us
Mothership's groundbreaking technology is unlocking the world's potential by making freight delivery more efficient. Started in 2017, we're backed by some of venture capital's best investors and have already become the logistics backbone for many of today's most innovative companies.
11
Local Employees
Founded
West Loop, Chicago
Location
SpotMe
Events + Marketing Tech
About us
SpotMe is the event management platform for B2B marketers. With over 2 million users and 400+ customers, G2 and Forrester say we are one of the key contenders in the space. Brands like SAP, Pfizer, and KPMG use SpotMe to drive demand, build connections and grow revenue. Our software powers virtual events, webinars, and hybrid meetings with apps,
18
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
bloXroute Labs
Blockchain + Information Technology
About us
Developed by blockchain and networking experts from Chicago's Northwestern University, bloXroute has built the crucial blockchain network infrastructure to scale Web 3.0. At the core of bloXroute is its Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) that propagates data extremely fast, solving the “scalability problem” and benefitting all network
12
Local Employees
Founded
Evanston
Location
Visibly
Healthtech
About us
Visibly, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company founded in 2012, creates digital eye care technologies that enable patient choice and convenience while providing doctors the ability to create awesome user experiences. Visibly was founded with the belief that glasses and contact lens prescriptions should be accessible and affordable to
5
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
UrbanBound
HR Tech + Software
About us
Relocating for a job can be scary, complex and overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. At UrbanBound, we build software to to help HR teams manage and track relocation benefits, while providing relocating employees access to the tools and support they need to move for their job.
20
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Casechek
Cloud + Healthtech
About us
Casechek's platform coordinates and manages medical devices for surgeries, but the entire implant supply chain is ripe for disruption. We’re building an expanded solution to automate the implant supply chain and bring greater transparency to the cost of patient care. It sounds crazy, but without Casechek, hospitals can’t be 100% sure they have
21
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Kazoo
HR Tech + Software
About us
Kazoo is an all-in-one Employee Experience Platform that brings together Real-time Recognition & Rewards, Continuous Performance Management and Employee Engagement Surveys in one powerful solution.
50
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Sagence
Big Data + Information Technology
About us
Sagence is a management advisory firm dedicated to helping our clients optimize the value of their data assets. We work with leading institutions in the acquisition, evaluation, development, and management of their data assets and in the application of analytics to discover new insights, shorten time-to-value, and drive competitive advantage.
30
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
The Mom Project
HR Tech + On-Demand
About us
The Mom Project is rewriting the working mom narrative. We are a digital talent marketplace and community connecting professionally accomplished women with world-class companies. Our mission is to build a more diverse and inclusive workforce so women never feel forced to choose between their families and their careers.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Shiftgig
HR Tech + Software
About us
Shiftgig connects businesses with their on-demand workforce through our industry-leading mobile platform. Our technology provides financial opportunity for hourly workers seeking flexibility and choice, while delivering powerful business agility to companies.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Upfront
Healthtech
About us
Upfront’s Care Traffic Control platform proactively reassures and directs patients to the safest and most relevant care options within the health system. Using advanced analytics, personalized content and strategic calls-to-action, Upfront aligns patient care needs with health system resources through a 1:1 digital experience based on deep
26
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
HealthMine
Healthtech + Information Technology
About us
We partner with health insurance plans in all markets to deliver solutions that improve the quality of care people receive and help them live better lives. This includes personalized, digital health improvement tools that engage members in their care through customized incentives and rewards, as well as digital survey tools to measure and enhance
23
Local Employees
Founded
Dallas
Location
EA Collective
Events + Professional Services
About us
EA Collective is a portfolio of unique divisions, each specializing in connecting brands with their audiences — from developing identities (Storyhorse) to content (Studio Sage) to experiences (Agency EA).
We believe in pushing creative boundaries, delivering the highest quality work, and serving as true partners for our clients at any stage of
80
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Spark Hire
HR Tech + Software
About us
Spark Hire is an easy to use video interviewing platform with 5,000+ customers conducting video interviews in over 100 countries. Since launching in 2012, Spark Hire has become the fastest growing video interviewing platform. Organizations of all sizes are utilizing Spark Hire to make better hires faster than ever before.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Northbrook
Location
Networked Insights
Big Data + Marketing Tech
About us
Networked Insights technology helps marketers from the world’s biggest brands and agencies understand their customers, inform their media spend, invent new products, drive amazing creative campaigns and improve their targeting by providing game-changing insights no other technology company can provide.
63
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Stride Consulting
Agency + Information Technology
About us
We build custom software for companies like Spotify, Codecademy, and Casper!
Stride Consulting is the missing piece of the puzzle that combines deep technical expertise with the ability to feel deeply and passionately about human experience. We continually learn and implement best practices to put people first, and in turn, help other
51
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Accelerated Digital Media
Agency + Digital Media
About us
Accelerated Digital Media is a bootstrapped company that has recruited some of Chicago's top talent in digital marketing. We're on a mission to create one of the country's top digital marketing firms.
ADM is a a team of performance marketers specializing in paid media management for high growth eCommerce companies. We work with our clients to
17
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Quicket Solutions
Cloud + Enterprise Web
About us
At Quicket, we understand that government needs great technology to best serve our communities. Quicket’s unified data management and operational intelligence software improves efficiencies by breaking down data silos, automates services for residents, and eliminates costs associated with managing infrastructure.
27
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Hunt Club
HR Tech + Professional Services
Convr
Artificial Intelligence + Insurance
About us
Convr is the leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) company that is digitally transforming commercial P&C insurance, enabling a frictionless underwriting experience. The platform has revolutionized the industry through data, discovery and decision intelligence (Data. Discovery. Decision.™). The Convr family encompasses commercial insurance carriers
45
Local Employees
Founded
Schaumburg
Location
Avatria
Artificial Intelligence + eCommerce
About us
Avatria’s mission is to solve our customers’ toughest problems with well-designed products and solutions informed by our vast commerce experience and strengthened further by trusted customer partnerships.
We're committed to a fresh and honest approach to business, one that focuses on doing the right thing for our customers and employees.
19
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Higi
Healthtech
About us
higi is a small, ambitious team re-thinking how to make it easier for consumers to be their healthiest by making healthcare more accessible, affordable and convenient. Each day we bring energy and enthusiasm to work because we're passionate about what we're building.
50
Local Employees
Founded
CHICAGO
Location
BRD
Blockchain + Enterprise Web
About us
BRD is the simple and secure way to get started with crypto. Our simple, streamlined design is easy for beginners, yet powerful enough for experienced users. BRD is building a global decentralized banking platform with cryptocurrencies as a vehicle for financial freedom.
6
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Catch Co.
eCommerce + Sports
About us
At Catch Co, our purpose is to rescue people from the indoors by connecting them with America’s top outdoor sport: fishing. More than 50 million Americans fish every year and Catch Co is the industry leader in creating products, content, and experiences that modern anglers love. Most importantly, we aim to have the most loyal customers in the
Founded
Chicago
Location
Agentis
Energy + Greentech
About us
Agentis leverages billions of data points from over 2.5M businesses in North America to change the way businesses work with their utility. We believe this data will unlock new ways to reduce carbon emissions, accelerate the adoption of new technologies like solar and battery storage, and permanently change the relationship between businesses and
20
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
mHUB
Angel or VC Firm + Co-Working Space or Incubator
About us
mHUB is a leading independent hardtech and manufacturing innovation center that exists to convene the entrepreneurial ecosystem around physical product innovation to ensure that the manufacturing industry continues to accelerate, grow and thrive. The mHUB community includes over 350 active and alumni startups and small businesses supported by a
23
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Focused Labs
Agency + Cloud
About us
At Focused Labs we take a unique approach to developing high-quality, business focused, software. We believe that digital products can and should be built to evolve with your business. Our approach is structured around delivering products to market fast, testing with real customers, and iterating based on their feedback.
16
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Antenna
Agency
About us
Antenna is an award-winning public relations and integrated marketing agency specializing in cleantech, real estate, mobility, health and emerging B2B technology companies. For 24+ years, our team has partnered with industry trailblazers to powerfully impact their brands, reputations and sales.
Antenna specializes in strategic cross-channel
18
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Raise
eCommerce
About us
Raise is the leading mobile payments and prepaid gift card platform where millions of consumers earn instant cash back and save money on purchases. The company has transformed traditionally simple pieces of plastic into one powerful payment mechanism that can be seamlessly used at 300,000+ retail locations nationwide.
As a marketplace with 4,000
65
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Eight Bit Studios
Agency + Mobile
About us
Our purpose is to spread empathy so we can work together to shape a better world for all. Our mission is to incite organizations to craft amazing apps and websites with empathy.
We’ve been able to assemble a diverse team of UX Strategists, Designers, Engineers, Managers, and QA Analysts all under one roof, all-in to deliver great work.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
lulafit
Events + Fitness
About us
lulafit is a national leader in modern wellness amenity services, technology, and management. Today, lulafit works with top organizations and real estate communities to create a culture and space that supports people’s physical, social, and mental well-being. The result is increased retention, higher engagement, and healthier and happier people.
40
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Enodo
Fintech + Machine Learning
About us
Enodo is an automated underwriting platform for multifamily real estate. Utilizing predictive analytics and machine learning, Enodo’s core features allow users to achieve optimal rent, identify statistically relevant comps, and test value-add strategies.
16
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Wellspring
Software
About us
Wellspring is the world's leading provider of innovation management software for both corporations and universities. We help clients succeed in today's innovation economy by researching technology trends, finding innovation partners, identifying startups, commercializing inventions, and coordinating global R&D and innovation programs.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
YCharts
Fintech + Software
About us
YCharts, the fastest growing online financial platform, helps investors make smarter decisions. YCharts customers gain access to comprehensive data, visualization, and advanced analytics at an affordable cost. Industry professionals use YCharts for idea generation, analysis, alerts, and updates from real-time news feeds to monitor the markets.
45
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Leaf Trade
Business Intelligence + Cannabis
About us
Leaf Trade is the leading B2B marketplace between licensed wholesalers of cannabis products and dispensaries in the highly regulated cannabis markets. Leaf Trade streamlines order management and fulfillment by providing a CRM, essential integrations, and other enterprise tools that save time and help grow cannabis businesses.
18
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
Eversight, Inc.
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
About us
Eversight is the recognized leader in AI-powered pricing and promotions. Global brands and retailers rely on the Eversight platform to optimize pricing and respond to market conditions, deliver higher ROI on promotional spend, and enable data-driven collaboration on investments.
16
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
About us
The Mission Investment Fund (MIF) and ELCA Federal Credit Union are separately incorporated financial services organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Faith and finance are the core of our mission serving over 9,000 congregations and ministries and 3.3 million church members with building loans and investments. For over
49
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
ShareASale
Marketing Tech
About us
Who We Are
Of #1 importance to ShareASale, is the set of values that we represent. We believe in fair business practices, socially responsible individuals, and a general concept of “doing the right thing.” It is our goal to hire like-minded professionals and grow a positive, socially altruistic workplace. Additionally, we operate with a customer
43
Local Employees
Founded
Chicago
Location
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