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Security analyst Brock Rollins, left, speaks by phone with a client on Sept. 4, 2018, in the Trustwave SpiderLabs Fusion Center in Chicago's Loop.

Threat hunters and ethical hackers: Trustwave’s Chicago command center battles cybercriminals

December 12, 2018 at 4:43 p.m.

Scrolling down a jumbo screen in Trustwave’s Loop office is a list of personal information. There are emails, names, passwords, credit card numbers and expiration dates — a gold mine...

Aashish Dalal, founder and chairman of ParkWhiz.com, is pictured in 2008 at a Chicago parking garage listed on the website, The company recently raised $20 million in new venture capital.

ParkWhiz raises $20 million to help ready parking facilities for driverless cars

December 12, 2018 at 4:13 p.m.

Chicago-based ParkWhiz announced Friday that it has raised $20 million in new venture capital and plans to use the investment to fund its quest to ready parking facilities for driverless...

SpotHero CEO Mark Lawrence said the parking reservation service has hired 20 software developers so far this year and plans to bring on another 15.

SpotHero raises $10 million to hire developers, upgrade its parking reservation tech

December 12, 2018 at 4:08 p.m.

SpotHero raised $10 million in funding from investors and plans to use the money to hire developers and reach more customers with its parking reservation service. The Chicago-based company has...

ShipBob, a tech company that handles order fulfillment for e-commerce businesses, is expanding and has opened a new warehouse in Cicero.

Battling Amazon: Chicago-based ShipBob lands $40M, opens Cicero warehouse

December 12, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.

With $40 million in new investments announced Thursday, Chicago-based e-commerce logistics company ShipBob is eyeing an expansion — starting with a new fulfillment warehouse in Cicero and a push to...

London has increasingly been a destination for Chicago-based companies as they look to expand internationally. The British capital has opened an office in Chicago to make it easier for for companies here to expand there, and vice versa.

London’s calling, and it wants more Chicago businesses to cross the pond

December 12, 2018 at 4:07 p.m.

The city of London has opened an office in Chicago aimed at making it easier for Chicago-based companies to expand across the pond, and vice versa. London & Partners, the...

Air Guys Heating and Air Conditioning owner Alfredo Figueroa prepares for work May 24, 2018, in Chicago. The company is a service provider of SMS Assist.

Chicago unicorn SMS Assist to open Naperville office with space for 400 employees

December 12, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

Chicago-based technology company SMS Assist said Wednesday it plans to open a second Chicago-area office in Naperville, with room for up to 400 employees. Launched in 1999, SMS Assist connects...

People walk out with bags of goods while others walk in to the Carson's store in Evergreen Park on Aug. 24, 2018, days before the store was set to close for good. The Carson's name may live on, as its parent company is selling its intellectual property to an undisclosed buyer.

Carson’s name could find second life as parent company sells intellectual property

December 12, 2018 at 3:48 p.m.

The now-defunct Carson’s may see a second life. Just as the chain’s remaining department stores were selling their last items, bankrupt parent company Bon-Ton Stores confirmed it found an undisclosed...

The Porthole infuser, seen at The Aviary cocktail lounge in Chicago, raised nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on Kickstarter.

Want $9 million on Kickstarter? Build a better jacket. See Chicago’s top 10 funded projects.

December 12, 2018 at 8:17 p.m.

Kickstarter welcomed its 15 millionth backer this summer, and since coming online nearly a decade ago, the crowdfunding platform has helped Chicago-area entrepreneurs raise millions of dollars and launch products...

Peter Favela, a worker for the Chicago Department of Transportation, finishes his work installing Waze beacons along lower roads in the city to improve location information for Waze users.

Chicago is installing beacons to keep your GPS from freaking out on Lower Wacker

December 12, 2018 at 8:16 p.m.

The panic that strikes drivers who lose GPS signal when cruising onto Lower Wacker Drive could soon be eliminated for users of the Waze navigation app. Google-owned Waze is teaming...

Cancer-fighting startup Tempus moved in late spring to the old Montgomery Ward catalog warehouse at 600 W. Chicago Ave. seen in February 2018.

Tempus, Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky’s cancer-fighting startup, raises another $110 million

December 12, 2018 at 8:07 p.m.

Chicago-based cancer-fighting data startup Tempus is now valued at $2 billion. The company, led by Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky, announced Wednesday that it raised another $110 million from new and...

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