Top Chicago, IL Co-Working Space or Incubator Companies (71)
TechNexus is a Venture Collaborative, a unique combination of businesses, corporate joint-ventures, private equity funds, and a fast-growing investment portfolio. Since 2007, TechNexus has managed a robust platform to empower entrepreneurs, transform business models at scale and drive innovation through ecosystems. The company has accelerated business opportunities between dozens of leading corporations and more than 600 startups and is among the most active venture investors in the US.
Startup Port is a hybrid startup support platform that offers venture development to seed stage technology operators with specially tailored solutions in intellectual capital via mentors and related matter experts, providing deep dive knowledge, expertise, skills, wisdom and judgment that the founders need to succeed.
SmartHealth Activator is an incubator and activator of extraordinary biotechnology. Located at the epicenter of an enormous biotech cluster just north of Chicago, SmartHealth provides biotech startups direct access to customers, investors, elite mentors, co-working space and seed funding.
Panzanzee is Chicago's social enterprise incubator, co-working space, and continuous community. Providing discovery, resources, trust and traction for entrepreneurs and professionals pursuing social impac
"Sabbatical is a startup hospitality management company that plans to create a series of physical assets designed for Millennial professionals to cowork while traveling, both domestically and internationally. Sabbatical's focus will be creating a collaborative space to remain productive while having an incredible travel experience.
Forum West Loop (Forum) is a community of thinkers & doers, designers & makers, entrepreneurs and startups. We provide the framework necessary—from space to in-house technology services to events—for our diverse member community to cultivate a network, develop synergies, and fulfill their vision.
Housed in 600 W. Chicago, a growing tech hub in the community, we believe that The Warehouse can be a helpful resource for startups hoping to secure a home and the opportunity to work next to other rapidly growing companies.For more information and to apply to join The Warehouse, please check out: www.TheWarehouseChi.com
Non-profit coworking space dedicated to Chicago's hardware focused entrepreneurs.
WorkChew is a Techstars backed company that helps people find and book flexible workspace in beautiful hotels and restaurants across the US. By partnering with hospitality venues and turning their underutilized space into a network of workspaces, WorkChew provides its members with reserved seating, private meeting space, secure-high-speed WIFI, and exclusive food perks. Founded by two... remote workers who suffered through inconsistent experiences, missed deadlines due to unreliable WIFI, and lost time on the road trying to find a place to drop in to send an important email. WorkChew is rethinking the office and hospitality industries and is revolutionizing how and where people find workspace.
Level Office is conveniently located in the heart of the Loop with 4 prestigious locations. Our professionally designed and furnished private offices start at $499/month. That price is inclusive of direct fiber internet, a dedicated phone and line, 24/7 secured access, and the best executive suite amenity space in Chicago. Our office and service rates are the most competitively affordable in the downtown area. And you have to come and see our conference rooms and 60" 3D plasma TV's! We want you to spend less on office rent and to stop getting nickeled and dimed, have better amenities, and to enjoy a newly built out space with unmatched technology and services. Our location, offices, amenities, and customer service will exceed your high expectations. We look forward to the opportunity to show you around Level Office! CALL 877.301.6217 or visit www.leveloffice.com to book a tour today!
New Coast is the newest addition to the River North co-working community! We are located in one of the most vibrant business and nightlife districts in Chicago, next door to some of the city's best restaurants and bars, and just three blocks from the Merchandise Mart.We cater more to small companies than independent workers - our early members are all venture-backed businesses. We offer our members 24/7 secure access, private desks, shared conference rooms and phone rooms, and plenty of other first-rate amenities.In addition, we strive to create a harmonious balance between work, education, and play. We host and/or plan monthly speaker engagements, networking events, and social outings. We want to create a vibrant startup community that works with and learns from one another.
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Where Startups Come To ScaleCatapult Chicago is the uniquely collaborative start-up community located in the heart of Chicago's River North neighborhood. Catapult adheres to the values that are essential to early stage companies – creativity, ambition, collaboration and camaraderie - and adds to that seasoned business expertise in a world class location. Catapult's mission is to grow the next generation of premier startups in Chicago. Catapult creates a community of startup companies that can use their shared experiences and network to accelerate growth for one another by providing peer proximity, a professional network with execution experience, regular topical programming, education and social events, and unparalleled physical space with open collaborative areas and private offices for each company. Catapult Chicago is run for start-ups by start-ups. We only reach our full potential through the collective participation of Chicago’s best and brightest entrepreneurs.
Mission Artifice is Woodlawn-based Illinois not-for-profit corporation with a bold new approach to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. We seek to use project-based, hands-on learning to endow participants with the tech and entrepreneurial skills, specifically, that will make them the masters of their own destiny. Using the skills they learn at the center to create community-based social enterprises, students at Artifice will build their portfolios while benefitting the community. Ultimately, we hope to combine tech and entrepreneurial competencies in a way that will sustainably raise the economic and educational prospects of the neighborhood and surrounding areas.Vision“Artifice” comes from the Latin for “made art,” a fitting description for a hackerspace over which participants have creative control. We also like the word’s complex connotation, for what is a hacker, if not very skilled and a little mischievous? Being part of our world makes participants “Artificers,” who, in fantasy literature, are particularly powerful makers, tinkerers, and wizards--all terms used synonymously with hackers.In the tech and engineering worlds, a “hack” is a work-around for a problem. It is often used to describe the act of making machinery or technology bend to the hacker’s will, rather than its intended purpose. We see the programs at Artifice as hacks that repurpose STEM curricula to solve the problems of structural inequality in public education and in the workforce.The problem of inequality in public education--particularly in low-income areas of Chicago--has been the impetus for many STEM initiatives, but few programs are successful in setting participants up to overcome structural inequality in the workforce and thus to succeed in the long run. Tech, however, is the exceptional field; it is a meritocracy in which only the skilled prevail. Results matter far and above degrees or the ability to adhere to the arbitrary definitions of “professionalism” that exist in most work environments. Tech expertise is the great equalizer of our era and it is Artifice’s vision to prepare the underserved to take advantage of the opportunities it affords.HistoryThe project began as a series of conversations between James Crooks, computational scientist and PhD candidate in Biophysics at the University of Chicago, Adam Hammond, Curriculum Director for the Biophysical Sciences Program at the University of Chicago, and Ashley Lane, Development Associate at a youth digital media nonprofit. One of the topics was whether it would be possible to sustainably raise the median income level of a neighborhood by investing in its youth and encouraging them to stay in the community so as not to cause a “brain drain.” The other was the failure of most STEM programs to actually teach any valuable STEM lessons, change students’ trajectories as a result of participation, and/or better their lifetime earnings substantially. The outcome was Artifice, a safe community center with tech programming that endows youth with marketable skills and the know-how to monetize them without having to leave the community. In June 2013, the group began discussing the possibility of pursuing the concept in earnest. On August 23, 2013, a series of conversations with Alderman Cochran of the 20th ward culminated in the donation of a storefront space at 1500 E. 63rd St. by Dr. Rev. Leon Finney, Jr. Artifice launched its programming on December 2, 2013. Pending the conferment of tax-exempt status by the IRS, we are relying on volunteer instructors and non-grant donations for the success of our program. Please visit our website or Facebook page if you want to learn more about supporting Artifice.
MakeOffices is a collaborative coworking community for small business & startups. Cutting-edge workspaces, superior amenities, community of passionate professionals & service above and beyond.
We help bootstrap startups get traction.FounderSensei is for entrepreneurs who want to master the craft of creating a successful businesses from scratch. Newbies commit themselves to a new kind of apprenticeship under the guidance of a seasoned startup Sensei. Experienced entrepreneurs hone their skills and become more effective than ever. Unlike accelerators that focus on mentor dating, pitch training and demo days, FounderSensei focuses exclusively on business model validation through scientific customer experiments, resilience psychology and mastermind support. Entrepreneurs who join us will discover a proven process for finding a scalable, repeatable business model for any startup idea and the support they need to change the world. Our Sensei-driven model will help entrepreneurs launch 1,000 startups over the next 10 years.
At MATTER, we believe collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. The MATTER collaborative includes 200 cutting-edge startups, working together with hospitals and health systems, universities and industry-leading companies to build the future of healthcare. Together, we are accelerating innovation, advancing care and improving lives.
Platform Venture is not following in the footsteps of those companies that employ an “immersive” accelerator approach. We focus exclusively on adding value to early stage projects, partnering with entrepreneurs looking to hedge the opportunity cost and associated risk of stepping completely away from their current career path. In most cases our firm plays the role of Co-founder and Co-investor.Our process does not include spending 10 minutes each, hearing the pitch of 100′s of potential co-founders who may be very bright, but are not stepping away from ongoing successful careers. We look for those who have proven themselves both academically and in business and who are looking for a way to potentially transition into the role of entrepreneur.Our Platform is designed to deliver the right combination of resources in the form of technology development, meeting capital requirements, design, project management, sourcing pilot opportunities, etc.Our partners are what many refer to as “Serial Entrepreneurs”, founding Internet technology-based businesses beginning in 1996.
Guild Row is a new type of social club located along the Rockwell Corridor in Avondale, Chicago. Our 12,000 SF indoor/outdoor facility was designed as a place to meet new people and try new things. Guild Row opened its doors into the global pandemic this past August believing that togetherness is an essential good. Our growing community is currently comprised of approximately 220 active members with varied interests, diverse expertise, and assorted passions. Hailing from many different Chicago neighborhoods our members share a common respect of craft, desire for community, and love of a good time.
Harper Apprenticeship Programs offers job training that blends classroom learning with real-world experience. Each student works as an employee at our partner companies, with the goal of completing the apprenticeship and working full-time for the company. For Employers, the program offers the chance to build the highly skilled workforce they need.
Work Your Passion. Live Your Purpose.