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Reed said he met Ready, the Braintree CEO who also serves as senior vice president and global head of merchant and next-generation commerce at PayPal, while working on the Obama campaign.

PayPal acquires Harper Reed’s mobile-commerce startup, Modest

May 20, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

PayPal is back for another bite of the Chicago startup community. The company announced Wednesday it has acquired Modest, the mobile-commerce startup founded in 2012 by former Obama for America...

SpotHero, LaunchPoint each raise $20M in funding

May 20, 2019 at 10:07 p.m.

Chicago-based SpotHero and Itasca-based LaunchPoint have raised a combined $42.5 million in new funding, the companies announced Wednesday — continuing a trend of large investment rounds for Illinois companies. SpotHero,...

Sprint customers who pay a monthly fee for 22 months can now upgrade their iPhones as often as they become available.

Sprint iPhone Forever offers upgrade anytime — for a price

May 20, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

Apple observers are expecting the company to announce a new iPhone or two Sept. 9. Will you be eligible for an upgrade or — gasp! — willing to pay full...

Motorola Mobility to cut 500 jobs in Chicago; layoffs underway

May 20, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

Motorola Mobility began laying off about 500 employees Thursday, cutting 25 percent of its Chicago workforce just over a year after moving from Libertyville into a new headquarters in the...

4 Chicago-area companies grace top 100 of Inc. 5000

May 20, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

Four Chicago-area companies appear in the top 100 of the annual Inc. 5000 list of the country's fastest-growing companies. Inc. released the new list Wednesday. ReVamp Electronics ranks No. 50,...

This year's headliners include Martha Stewart, who will participate on an all-female panel about entrepreneurship.

Martha Stewart, global issues on the menu at Chicago Ideas Week

May 20, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

The lineup for Chicago Ideas Week in October includes big names, hands-on labs and attempts to address global issues ranging from terrorism to race relations to renewable energy. "We are...

Research engineer Alberto Peralta works on a charging system at NuCurrent, a company specializing in wireless electronic device charging. It is one of 15 companies chosen to work with TechNexus in the Emerge Accelerator.

TechNexus reveals 13 companies in Homeland Security accelerator

May 20, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Chicago venture collaborative TechNexus recently announced the 13 companies participating in the Emerge Accelerator program, a pilot in partnership with Homeland Security. The program is working to develop innovative wearables...

Groupon gives up control of India business unit

May 20, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Groupon has given up control of its India unit to Sequoia India, an arm of the Menlo Park-based venture capital firm. Groupon India is now known as Nearbuy and has...

WeDeliver’s Daniela Bolzmann takes a leadership role at Techweek

May 20, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Daniela Bolzmann, who was co-founder and chief marketing officer at recently acquired startup WeDeliver, has joined Techweek. Bolzmann, whose title will be vice president of marketing, is taking over the...

The city announced it will delay implementation of the "cloud tax" from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1.

City delays business side of controversial cloud tax until Jan. 1

May 20, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

The start date for the business end of the so-called 'cloud tax' that drew ire from Chicagoans and tech companies last month is being pushed back to Jan. 1, the...

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