24 companies. All Chicago startups.
Premier marketplace for in-home beauty service deliveryStylisted is a website and mobile application that allows women to book in-home hair styling and makeup appointments from a network of vetted freelance beauty professionals. Women…
Location technology platformDonde is a mobile marketing platform for brands and retailers that helps drive foot traffic, improve mobile SEO performance and deliver an omnichannel strategy. Our location aware…
The mobile storefront to your neighborhood.Goshi is the community-curated storefront to your neighborhood, a smartphone application for browsing, discovering, and buying the interesting items nearby. These items are surfac…
Location-based customer acquisition Earshot™ helps leading brands more effectively manage, interpret, and respond to social media posts being created at or nearby designated locations of interest. Through the Earsho…
Social shift trading for hourly workersHaveMyShift is an online marketplace for the 74 million hourly workers in America. The company allows workers to trade shifts with their coworkers, giving them the option to choos…
Location-based MarketplaceGrabio is a mobile marketplace where you can buy or sell things with people and businesses nearby. Grabio addresses some of the issues users have encountered with Craigslist: mobi…
social discovery platformNuPal…social decision-making, made easy. NuPal is a hyper-local discovery platform that allows users to connect with and discover the world around them. The app is simple—it intro…
Real-time location sharingFinding friends at large social events like football games and concerts is challenging, stressful, and time-consuming. Despite 180 million smartphones in use in the US, it remains…
eHarmony Meets SittercitySitterworks.com is a new website focused on matching parents with the right sitters and nannies for their families. With comprehensive caregiver questionnaires that cover over 60…
Geo Networking: ANY Time, ANY PlaceJabalong is a patent pending real time geonetworking application that allows people to connect to groups, events, and organizations through geocentric Jabberboxes. By using Jabalo…
Local Services Connector (Uber)Aidhenscorner is an on-line concierge service for all things kids. We focus on making the power to discover amazing things to do with your kids more accessible. We are to parents…
Giving the power of shopping negotiation back to the consumer.Project Selfridge is a stealth mode start-up spinning out of the Incisent Labs Group. We are working to revolutionize online shopping by building a team, technology, and culture t…
Apps and Content Publishing for Location Aware Devices (GPS, phones)We publish premium content onto location aware devices and services. Our first suite of consumer products are expert branded GPS Travel Guides and GPS Voices. We have developed an…
Find My Friends + events and photosPinpoint is a private social networking application for iOS and Android that lets you create an event with your friends and view their locations during the event. You can also tak…
Map-Based Job Search(Foursquare) with Social Network Traits(Facebook)Portalhut is a map-based job searching platform that helps businesses find jobseekers and jobseekers find open job positions. It utilizes the features of what you may see in other…
The Better Professional Networking Mobile AppClover promotes real connections by setting up in-person meetings. We link people through warm introductions or prior connection, so that Clover is a great way to meet people you…
Making brand loyalty socialswigBIG is an early stage geo-based platform that aims to engage customers with brands and venues by offering rewards that accelerate when they complete loyalty acts such as Likes…
Location-based loyalty programHow does your local coffee shop tell you they have this great new egg sandwich? TV is too expensive Radio/Newspapers are dying So how do they do it?? They use ComVey! ComVey enabl…
Discover great local deals, places, and thingsPostster is transforming the way that consumers discover, review, and share the best products and services the world has to offer.
Connecting you with starsCeleb Spotter - Finding celebrities with a tap. What does it do? - Helps fans, photographers, and journalist find musicians, models, and athletes with a tap of a button. - Makes t…
Friends sharing foodDinnDinn is a virtual fridge for all the drinks, dishes, and desserts you love or hate! Make sure to choose the tastes you like on the 'tongue' inside your profile, it will help y…
Space Sharing for RetailersWhile e-commerce retail sales are a multi-billion dollar industry, e-commerce still makes up less than 10% of all retail sales made in the US. Consumers still want to touch, smell…
Comprehensive and tailored event searchMVP: -We will aggregate and organize all events in major metropolitan areas by collating event listings from city specific resources with citation then tagging them with interest…
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