35 companies. All Chicago startups.
Your apps. Simplified.Cloudbot is a mobile and web application that is an efficient solution to having your personal data and relationships scattered around on different services. People rely on differ…
Sprout is a social media management platform used by leading companies across the globeSprout's Social Media Management platform is used by thousands of leading countries around the world to more effectively manage social channels, audience engagement, social relati…
A marketplace for civic participation.Public Good is a community of people and nonprofits working together to inform, engage, and activate the next generation of civic champions - the donors, volunteers, and advocates…
Powering mighty livesMightyNest's affinity platform channels a parent's passion for their family and healthy living into a profitable ecommerce business while building an engaged community that gives…
We fuel your PassionsKumbuya is a unique social network that enables "many to many" communication among fans with similar interests. By creating and joining "camps", fans get and share links, photos,…
Turn the world into photosPictarine instantly turns your social networks into an amazing photo experience. Browse your interests with photos: Pictarine instantly turns social networks into photos of what y…
B2B Angie's List for professional services firmsEngage-a-Pro is an enterprise application that helps business people make better decisions about their service providers using the power of credible client feedback.
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…
shrtwv is an anonymous diary for your current locationShrtwv was built around the idea that, people, individually and collectively, engage with their surroundings through a number of short and abstract interactions. Each of these int…
Activates employees as brand ambassadors while converting social into business outcomesQUEsocial operationalizes social media across the organziation to activate employees as brand ambassadors while converting their social into measurable business outcomes. - Employ…
Our Discussions. Our Decisions. Our Future. Empeopled is a social platform that connects people through high-quality conversations about their shared interests. On Empeopled, the more you your peers value your contributions…
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…
Crowd-sourced decision-making (Instagram with voting)Ever had a question and wanted to take a quick poll? Want more feedback on questions like: "Which outfit looks better on me?" or "Which hairstyle/hair color looks better on me?" P…
Social Reputation Management PlatformSocial Defender is a social media reputation platform for businesses and agencies. This platform allows users to monitor multiple social channels like – Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr,…
Mobile wifi-direct connectivityHitcherNet uses Wifi Direct to allow for super fast data transfer directly between mobile devices without the need for conventional connectivity infrastructure. Through incorporat…
Connect, Discover, & LearnYouth Kinect is a modern social network that will serve as a virtual mentor to help users find scholarship funds and career jobs post graduation. Users will be allowed to create p…
Share.TogetherMotlee is group generated, visual sharing platform that streams peoples perspectives into a single collaborative real time experience. Apple App Store: http://bit.ly/XJ3ZfJ Google…
We sell Locally Raised Meat to consumers, restaurants, grocers and at events.Red Meat Market Inc. (also “RMM”) is a niche marketer of locally-produced natural, antibiotic free meat (“ABF”) products (beef, pork and poultry) addressing the growing demand for…
Developer of award-winning social-viewing application for live online content.LiveOne is the developer of Crowdsurfing, a proprietary social-viewing application which transforms the way live-streamed content -- from sports to concerts to news -- is consumed…
FourSquare for BeerStout allows you to check in, share and rate beers as you drink them. We look at Stout as a social drinking tool, rather than as a new social network that takes time and effort to…
In person and online Dating for Nerds
A new social network that gives people the power to communicate through music.Zaptones is a new social network bringing music and photo sharing together in one place. Unlike other social networks, Zaptones allows you to post music quotes to photos enabling…
Find the Business Apps & Softwares that are right for youQitch.com is a free online resource for SMB software buyers, to help them quickly discover, compare and objectively select the best software solution using the power of credible u…
Get What You WantGeefter.com is an online want list. Our goal is to create one place where everyone can go to find out what everyone wants. Once your want list is created you can share it with fri…
Facebook + LinkedIn for Music Music United is being created by a world class team of developers and management. Our platform offers an effective way to manage content and relationships across multiple websites…
The Woman-Owned MarketplaceliftUPlift is a hybridized social network and e-commerce marketplace, where you can shop directly from woman-owned businesses for everything from soap to software. liftUPlift prov…
Your tattoo can chat to anotherNow your Tattoo can like and be liked by other Tattoos around it! TatChat’s aim is to attract and unite all people that bare body art, becoming the biggest walking & talking body…
Dedicated Event StatusesWith the use of wazSUP, users can have a consolidated view indicating the event status of all of their friends. Ever wonder what your friends are doing on a given day? Or how you'…
Cause Marketing: Brands for Social ImpactOur services streamline operations for companies and nonprofit organizations, benefiting the user tremendously. We operate three brands: Transparency Travel, a cause related trave…
Coursera with career matching platformKnowledgeo is a platform that provides free career training and networking to job seekers, better understanding of the job seeker to recruiters, and reduced costs of recruiting an…
reddit: the next generation"Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want." In summary, the goal is to find a way to motivate users to pay for social content directly, rep…
Conquers the logistical challenges of social media sharing
The end of politics as we know itVirtual Agora provides a platform for people of diverse views to meet and debate in a structured format, which is the free market mechanism adapted to ideas exchange. It is for op…
LinkedIn for aspiring college/grad studentsHighrUp offers a more effective way to help aspiring college and graduate students manage the school search and application process from start to finish. Social features make the…