Startups Chicago

Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Chicago.

33 B2B Startups View all

Quality GPTs - Custom designed GPTs for businesses

QualityGPTs

GPTs, personalized for you.
Agency providing easy to use AI tools to small businesses.

Kurikku - SaaS B2B software

Kurikku

Rap Genius for Code
Kurikku is a website that allows anybody to annotate code. In a sense it's like Rap Genius for code. You can use it to create tutorials and annotate it line by line or do code reviews to see how you can improve your code. There are two customers, although we're ...

Kapow Events - B2B marketplaces events none

Kapow Events

An online marketplace for corporate events.
Kapow Events is an online marketplace for corporate events. Corporate planners and professionals can easily come to Kapow to browse unique event ideas and quickly book packages online. We also have event professionals on our team who can provide recommendations, ...

ExpertBids - B2B business services marketplaces professional services

ExpertBids

Businesses can get proposals from lawyers, accountants, and consultants.
We believe project-based employment will continue to take over a larger and larger chuck of the economy (http://hbr.org/2012/05/the-rise-of-the-supertemp/ar/1). Companies are increasingly looking for experts to complete projects rather than hiring full-time generalists. ...

Vidless - enterprise software video B2B video chat

Vidless

DVR for Business
One click video conferencing. Host, record, and review business meetings.

Fueloyal - enterprise software B2B logistics internet of things

Fueloyal

Smart Fuel Cap
Fueloyal Developed smart fuel cap that prevents fuel theft made by inside (drivers) or outside (thieves) company factors. Install it in just 30 seconds on any truck in USA or Canada and start saving money!

Weave The People - SaaS enterprise software B2B fortune100 hr divisions

Weave The People

Raising consciousness in the workplace
Fortune 500 companies use us to raise consciousness in the workplace. We make Weaves for our customers and teach them how to use them effectively. You can see Weaves at: http://weavethepeople.com/what-we-make/sample-weaves/

Creative Genius

Branding & Financing
B.E.G.I.N.℠ Brand your ideas. Earn income. Generate business. Invest in yourself. Network with like-minded people.

Lowcost Email cheap flights alerts

NowBoarding ✈️

Invite-only mailing list.
We search the best weekend and long-haul flight deals so you can book before everyone else.

Rise Science - B2B analytics sports health care information technology

Rise Science

Sleep analytics for elite athletics.
We help elite athletic teams improve performance through sleep in 2 ways. 1) We help players improve their sleep through daily personalized recommendations 2) We give coaches actionable insights on their players to drive communication and training optimizations.

SmartLine - mobile B2B restaurants software

SmartLine

A virtual queuing system for restaurants, nightclubs, and everything else.
Simply put, SmartLine is a a free app that makes line more efficient and less unbearable for consumers. Less simply put, SmartLine is a customer engagement and marketing iPad application that replaces traditional pen and paper and buzzer systems for restaurants. ...

Launch Innovative Design & Development - B2B startups legal

Launch Innovative Design & Development

Innovative Cross-Generational Marketing
Launch Innovative Design & Development is a pioneering marketing and information technology consulting firm. Launch unites traditional research and advertising, cutting-edge technology and online marketing to develop holistic strategies around new brands and ...

Cardoona - SaaS B2B food and beverages restaurants

Cardoona

Food price monitoring for restaurants
Cardoona alerts restaurants when prices change on any of their items, and they can also log in to view trends on items, helping them better understand the big picture. Restaurants can significantly increase their profitability by streamlining food purchases, which ...

ConceptDrop - B2B business services marketplaces marketing

ConceptDrop

Visual content on demand. Agency quality. Faster & Affordable.
ConceptDrop is a leading marketplace that provides an on-demand solution for corporate design tasks. When clients send projects to ConceptDrop, they are instantly matched with high-quality specialists who can turn around projects in under 24 hours.

Invitation codes

The referral community
Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

Group Gift Service - B2B payments facebook applications social commerce

Group Gift Service

BuddyMedia + WePay
Group Gift Service is a B2B service that that lets merchants launch branded group-commerce applications on Facebook. Merchants control the look and feel, customize messages and links from the catalog. GGS manages the backend, which includes provisioning a custom ...

Farehelper - B2B online travel travel & tourism personalization

Farehelper

Netflix of travel
Farehelper provides highly-personalized, real-time price alerts to travelers. We are building tools to empower consumers to make the most informed travel purchasing decisions possible. Our customers are leisure travelers whose biggest concerns when purchasing ...

Storymix Media

Crowdsourced content and automated video creation platform (Capital Factory 2011)
Millions of videos are taken at events like your child's soccer game, SXSW, or the CES. Yet 99% of those videos are never seen, much less transformed into something of value. Enter VideoStitch. Easily crowdsource and access the video clips and photos from everyone ...

Icarus Ascending - B2B iphone android general public worldwide

Icarus Ascending

Creating a bond for business that lasts beyond the first visit.
How people get music in the digital age is changing quickly. ICARUS ASCENDING will be there to facilitate that change using a dual application of available technology. Traditionally others have approached the market from the consumer side. IA will give medical, ...

Internal Consistency - SaaS B2B consulting human resources

Internal Consistency

Recognition-based performance management
Point to Performance helps organizations give ongoing feedback to employees instead of the yearly performance review. Managers and subordinates can recognize another's accomplishments aligned to values/competencies, and track performance over time while analytics ...

PrintEco - enterprise software clean technology B2B green

PrintEco

Helps companies cut printing costs by up to 17%
17%. That's how much enterprises waste in printing every year (Lexmark). We solve this problem through: PrintEco Office: Plug-ins for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, & Firefox. Instead of going to File>Print, users go to File>PrintEco. PrintEco Optimize ...

The National Law Review - digital media B2B publishing legal

The National Law Review

legal news, media redistribution, looking to expand
Due to the expense of services like Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg there is a high demand for vetted, free, easy to find and use legal news and analysis for attorneys, entrepreneurs and business professionals. The National Law Review has the reputation of an ...

CounselHQ - B2B legal Legal Tech

CounselHQ

On-demand legal services for enterprise clients.
On-demand legal services for enterprise clients.

Trubildy - B2B manufacturing distribution procurement

Trubildy

Scientific scale to assess reliability of business partners
Imagine there is a scientific scale where you place a company and receive an answer whether it is a trustworthy partner... Trubildy is this scale! We exist to change the way Suppliers and Customers interact with each other by significantly reducing time, effort ...

linkt.me - consumer internet B2B

linkt.me

Digital Business Cards

independent consutant - B2B business services startups

independent consutant

dealing with startups/vc etc

Fooda - e-commerce B2B food and beverages mobile commerce

Fooda

Food tech platform connecting restaurants to people at work
Fooda is food technology platform that connects restaurants to people while at work. Companies and individuals join Fooda to get food brought right to their office everyday.

Global Petals - e-commerce B2B wholesale flowers

Global Petals

Tech enabled importing of the Dom Perignon of flowers
Global Petals is a tech enabled import business that operates within the high-end cut floral industry. The company imports the Dom Perignon of flowers and sells these unique blooms to luxury event floral designers. These elegant events have flowers budgets of $5k-$150k+, ...

WitnessAll - B2B security

WitnessAll

WitnessAll is a cloud managed IP security camera system
WitnessAll turns small business video surveillance from passive recorders into intelligent systems that identify and report important events. Our cloud software monitors multiple sensors and displays meaningful notifications in dashboard, and, if desire, sends ...

PowerDecal - B2B sports consumer electronics

PowerDecal

LED-backlit decals
PowerDecal Holdings, LLC manufactures and distributes LED-backlit automotive decals and promotional materials that use similar patented technologies. Products are licensed by the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and over 180 colleges/universities. The company also engages in ...

Justice Bid - SaaS B2B legal paas

Justice Bid

Strategic Sourcing: Advancing Legal Procurement
Strategic Sourcing: Advancing Legal Procurement. That's who we are, what we are about, and what we do. Justice Bid is creating a brand new range of enhanced Software-as-a-Service products, powered by our JB Procurement Technology. We are bringing together ...

rfpHunter - SaaS B2B marketplaces small and medium businesses

rfpHunter

rfp/bid marketplace
There is an un-explored gap in the marketplace for small to mid-size businesses needing to find a partner to contract for specific solutions. Large organizations hire consultants to perform a lengthy analysis and manage an RFP process. Small/mid-size businesses ...

Snapsheet - mobile B2B automotive insurance

Snapsheet

Mobile self-service claims solution
Snapsheet provides mobile branded apps to help auto insurance carriers settle claims in hours instead of days. Our self-service mobile app enables customers to take photos of their damaged vehicles on their own time without the hassle of scheduling an adjuster ...

GFC2016 Conference & Expo - B2B education sales and marketing finance

GFC2016 Conference & Expo

Global Business Management Conference & Expo
The GFC2016 Conference & Expo for the first time anywhere combines the latest in technologies to the world wide web streaming our conference & expo worldwide via the web to provide global business management professionals educational discussion meetings and peer ...

ReviewTrackers - B2B small and medium businesses reviews and recommendations reputation

ReviewTrackers

Online Review Monitoring and Reputation Management for Business
ReviewTrackers is the award-winning review monitoring and reputation management software platform trusted by tens of thousands of business locations across North America. Reliable, accurate, and easy-to-use, ReviewTrackers specializes in aggregating and analyzing ...

MFGTrade - e-commerce advertising B2B vertical search

MFGTrade

A Leading U.S. B2B Trade Portal
MFGTrade.com is a leading U.S. b2b trade portal for import export and international trade businesses including manufacturers, suppliers, buyers, purchasers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, distributors...

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