Funding drops, but more deals made by venture capitalists in 2016
The number of venture capital deals in Illinois rose last year, even as companies brought in less overall money than in 2015, according to a new report. It's the second...
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Snapchat Spectacles land at Lincoln Park Zoo
Spectacles, the video-recording sunglasses from the maker of Snapchat, are back in Illinois. On Wednesday morning, a Snapbot vending machine opened at the Lincoln Park Zoo, where it will dispense...
Are you eligible for food stamps? MRelief wants to help you find out
The challenges of scaling a young organization are myriad, but mRelief co-founder and executive director Rose Afriyie said the people her tools help inspire her to persist. She recalled a...
Women business leaders use tech to take on Trump
Washington politics will command the world's attention in 2017, and in Chicago, women business leaders are prepared to step up. Entrepreneur Genevieve Thiers ?, who is well-known as the founder...
Networked Insights raises $30M to analyze social posts for marketers
Networked Insights, a Chicago-based company whose tools crawl the social web and analyze data for marketers, has raised $30 million in Series E funding, the company announced Friday. The company...
Mediafly, which makes software for salespeople, raises $10 million
Mediafly, a 10-year-old Chicago-based company that makes software for salespeople, has raised $10 million, it announced Wednesday. The company started in 2006 as a platform for distributing podcasts. A pivot...
Hindsight 2016: Why didn’t equity crowdfunding take off?
Equity crowdfunding in Illinois didn't quite take off in 2016 the way proponents expected it to, despite new state and federal laws permitting everyday Americans to buy stakes in small...
Year in deals 2016: These companies brought in cash, made big buys
Although no Chicago tech companies went public or sold for more than $1 billion this year, many continued to make deals, drawing funding at a rate that surpassed 2015 for...
Tech leaders use personal email as direct line to Rahm Emanuel
Technology leaders used Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's private email to send complaints, praise and brags in the past several years, documents released late Wednesday showed. Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs including...
Election hacking shouldn’t surprise you, Obama’s former tech chief says
Political campaigns could be as vulnerable as businesses when it comes to hacking, says Harper Reed ?, who was the chief technology officer of Barack Obama's 2012 campaign. In a...