Xcellent Life is building the Xcellent Life Cloud Platform (XLCP), which will be the central nervous system for connecting biometric sensors, mobile applications, & software systems for healthcare & wellness applications. Xcellent Life will revolutionize healthcare and wellness by using real-time data from a broad array of sources.
PT Nurse is a mobile app that offers nurse recruiting and healthcare facility staffing solutions. Their app provides easy shift scheduling, integrated support, shift updates, custom billing, and verified clock-in features.
Olimp Corp. is a technology company that operates a platform designed to facilitate the connection between carriers and warehouses. Founded in 2019 and based in Long Grove, Illinois, the platform enables users to quickly find temporary storage solutions or cross-docking services within a network of warehouses. This service addresses a significant challenge in the supply chain, where approximately 200,000 trucks face delays or rejections daily due to the lack of immediate short-term storage options. By streamlining the process of locating available warehousing services, Olimp Corp. offers a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional methods, which often involve time-consuming searches and phone calls. The company charges a 15% transaction fee for its services, significantly reducing the time and effort required for carriers to secure necessary storage and distribution solutions.
Drugviu combine data from FDA clinical trials, with physician and pharmacist expertise plus demographic relevant crowdsourced reviews to give you and your family trusted medication information. They have intentionally focused on Asian, Black, Latino and Native American populations because these groups have traditionally been underrepresented in medicine starting with clinical trials to measuring outcomes. They strongly believe everyone is important and everyone’s experiences matter. They believe that information is power not just for one’s self but when shared can really change communities.
Hello Patients is a medical fintech service provider that aims to offer pricing transparency and payment efficiencies. Hello Patients' platform offers a clear and transparent option for patients. Increase patient responsibility collection rates and streamline your RCM effectiveness. From point of service to recurring payments the company's platform will allow the user to manage repayment effectively. The company was founded in 2019 and based in Springfield, Illinois.
Rentgrata, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that operates a mobile application designed to facilitate apartment leasing through social networking. Launched in 2016, the platform allows users to browse vacant apartment listings and connect with current residents, enabling potential renters to ask questions and receive insights about the community. Rentgrata also helps existing tenants take advantage of referral programs by rewarding them for bringing in new renters. This system not only aids property owners and managers in reducing turnover but also empowers residents to earn referral rewards from property management companies. The application is available on the App Store and aims to create a more informed and connected rental experience.
Digs, Inc. operates a personal finance and guidance platform for home buying process and managing a house as an asset. The company offers Digs Saver, a platform to track savings goals, monitor credit, and provide information about the buying process. It also offers Digs Homeowner, a platform to monitor the value of a house, receive refinance alerts, and get guidance to optimize mortgage. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. As of October 15, 2020, Digs, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of OJO Labs Inc.
Autobon Holdings, Inc. specializes in developing vehicle assistance software aimed at enhancing fuel efficiency, safety, and operational effectiveness for truckers and fleet owners. The company's innovative technologies, including Autobon Visor and CargoCam, facilitate the tracking and monitoring of cargo and trucks, thereby improving overall logistics management. Founded in 2016 and based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Autobon is committed to transforming existing semi-trucks into safer and more automated vehicles. By providing a low-cost autopilot platform, Autobon empowers America's truck drivers and fleets to engage with the evolving landscape of autonomous transportation.
Advocatia Solutions, Inc. is a provider of benefit advocacy and enrollment software aimed at helping hospitals and employers support uninsured and underinsured patients in accessing available benefits. Founded in 2016 and based in Lake Bluff, Illinois, Advocatia offers a range of tools, including Benefit Screening, Benefit Text, and Benefit Triage, which facilitate the navigation of healthcare options. By partnering with Advocatia, hospitals can reduce bad debt, enhance internal workflows, and establish an audit trail for enrollment processes. The platform streamlines the financial assistance process, enabling healthcare organizations to effectively engage and enroll patients in programs that improve health outcomes and reduce costs, thus promoting better access to care for individuals after hospital discharge.
4Degrees AV Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in relationship management software designed to enhance professional networking. Founded in 2017, the firm’s platform utilizes machine learning to help users identify and strengthen key professional connections. By categorizing important contacts, 4Degrees aims to democratize access to social capital, making it easier for clients to find suitable candidates for various roles, whether within their organization or externally. The software integrates seamlessly with existing enterprise applications, catering to sectors such as venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, commercial real estate, and consulting. Through its innovative approach, 4Degrees seeks to empower professionals and improve their ability to activate their networks when needed.
StoryXpress Inc. is a company headquartered in Roselle, Illinois, that specializes in cloud-based video creation tools. Founded in 2017, it offers an API that allows businesses to seamlessly integrate video creation capabilities into their platforms, enabling the conversion of images, text, and video clips into promotional videos. This automation significantly reduces the time and cost associated with traditional video production, which can be prohibitively expensive for many retailers. By providing a web-based DIY application, StoryXpress empowers small and medium businesses to create high-quality promotional videos without requiring advanced video editing skills. This solution not only enhances the customer experience but also increases conversion rates on e-commerce websites by transforming existing product catalogs into engaging video content.
StoryXpress Inc. is a company headquartered in Roselle, Illinois, that specializes in cloud-based video creation tools. Founded in 2017, it offers an API that allows businesses to seamlessly integrate video creation capabilities into their platforms, enabling the conversion of images, text, and video clips into promotional videos. This automation significantly reduces the time and cost associated with traditional video production, which can be prohibitively expensive for many retailers. By providing a web-based DIY application, StoryXpress empowers small and medium businesses to create high-quality promotional videos without requiring advanced video editing skills. This solution not only enhances the customer experience but also increases conversion rates on e-commerce websites by transforming existing product catalogs into engaging video content.
Elemetric, Inc. provides an API service for the blockchain Internet, which creates a marketplace that bridges data on the Internet and data used in blockchain applications. It offers Elemetric, a data platform for blockchain applications that enables companies with APIs/data feeds to improve their network/monetize their data by listing it on the marketplace to companies building blockchain apps. The company serves various industries to improve the applications built by blockchain developers. Elemetric, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Abode is a cloud-based platform that aims to simplify and enhance the home buying experience by addressing the complexities and stress often associated with residential real estate transactions. Recognizing that purchasing a home is typically the largest financial decision an individual makes, Abode offers a user-friendly software solution that streamlines the process. The platform features a dashboard that utilizes machine learning to track real estate projects and connects buyers directly with developers, facilitating data-driven insights on property purchases. By making real estate data more accessible and understandable, Abode empowers home seekers to navigate the market independently, reducing reliance on third-party contractors and making the home buying journey more efficient and less daunting.
Specless, LLC is a digital advertising platform based in Chicago, Illinois, that facilitates the creation of innovative advertising campaigns for designers, agencies, media companies, and clients. By utilizing a proprietary API and creative toolkit, Specless allows users to separate the technical specifications of ad functionality from the creative content. This approach enables publishers to develop unique ad formats while giving advertisers the ability to scale complex creative campaigns across various media and platforms. The platform automatically optimizes ads to ensure contextual relevance across different devices, eliminating the need for multiple versions of the same message. Through its services, Specless enhances the advertising experience by offering a more flexible and efficient solution for both publishers and advertisers.
Fueloyal, Inc. is a technology company based in Bloomingdale, Illinois, specializing in GPS fleet tracking devices and fuel management solutions. Founded in 2015, the company offers innovative products, including the Smart Fuel Cap, which addresses significant issues of fuel theft and fuel card misuse in the trucking industry. This patented solution integrates smart hardware and software, providing trucking companies with comprehensive fuel theft protection and optimizing fuel purchasing through data collected from sensors on the vehicles. Fueloyal's platform enables real-time tracking of vehicle locations and movements, enhancing asset protection and management. By leveraging its unique Internet of Things technology, the company aims to deliver measurable returns on investment for corporations and original equipment manufacturers, helping them effectively utilize connected vehicle data.
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PartySlate, Inc. operates a website for event professionals worldwide. Its platform enables users to browse, search, and save event ideas for weddings, fundraisers, mitzvahs, birthdays, milestones, holidays, corporate events, etc. posted by event professionals; and provides images from decor companies, event planners, caterers, photographers, venues, entertainers, and more. The company also connects users with event professionals. PartySlate, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Bright Labs, Inc. provides a SaaS metrics and analytics platform that offers real-time metrics to increase subscription business. It tracks SaaS metrics, such as monthly recurring revenue, average revenue per account, lifetime value, and more. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois.
LogicGate, Inc. offers an enterprise process automation platform that helps organizations manage risk and compliance more effectively. Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, Illinois, LogicGate's platform enables users to create applications through a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. It focuses on various areas such as regulatory change management, enterprise risk management, incident management, and compliance, catering to industries including software, fintech, telecommunications, banking, insurance, healthcare, and energy. By streamlining disorganized processes, LogicGate enhances transparency and collaboration within organizations, allowing them to quickly adapt to changes and manage critical risks without relying heavily on external consultants. The platform centralizes data and automates workflows, ensuring that users have immediate access to essential information, which aids in effective decision-making and compliance oversight.
Wise Apple specializes in providing fresh, custom, pre-packaged lunches and snacks delivered directly to homes, alleviating the daily challenges parents encounter when preparing their children's meals. Established in 2016 by Rebecca Sholiton and Nate Cooper, the company focuses on creating chef-crafted, nutritious options that are kid-approved and cater to various dietary preferences, including gluten-free, dairy-free, and nut-free choices. The service emphasizes fun and healthy eating for children, aiming to make nutritious food appealing to kids. By leveraging a web and mobile-based platform, Wise Apple offers personalized meal options designed by nutritionists, ensuring that children receive healthy, tailored lunches delivered promptly.
Jiobit specializes in real-time location tracking technology for children, adults, and pets. Its flagship product is a compact and durable tracking device that operates through a smartphone app, enabling users to locate their loved ones in various environments, including multi-level buildings and across more than 120 countries. The device is designed for longevity, boasting several weeks of battery life, and offers features such as custom geofencing, smart alerts, and detailed location history. Jiobit's innovative platform integrates advancements in hardware, cybersecurity, and consumer software to provide comprehensive monitoring capabilities. The team behind Jiobit consists of experienced engineers, designers, and marketers who have previously developed numerous successful consumer products. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley.
AddStructure offer a white-labeled natural language understanding (NLU) platform that Retailers and Brands can use to enable conversational commerce channels.
Each day, millions of consumers interact with AddStructure's products: Signal Search, Path, and Scaffold. Applications of their technology range from review summarization (distilling thousands of reviews of a product into digestible pros and cons) to a complete conversational commerce system (chatting with an intelligent digital assistant to find and purchase products).
HAAS Alert is the leading mobility and smart city data service provider keeping emergency crews, drivers and the public safe through Cellular V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) communication. Drivers and emergency crews use the information to avoid collisions and reduce traffic delays. The HAAS Alert Safety Cloud is a real-time data stream connecting first responders, commercial, municipal, and slow moving fleets with motorists, connected and autonomous vehicles. Connected "smart" communities use the service to inform infrastructure, planning and real-time traffic management. The company is currently working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on advanced solutions and has support from leading safety organizations including NSC (National Safety Council), TSR (Together for Safer Roads), FAMA (Fire Apparatus Manufacturers' Association) and NFPA (National Fire Protection Association).
Akouba offers a cloud-based, white-labeled platform tailored for community and regional banks to streamline small business lending. This software-as-a-service solution enables financial institutions to integrate their unique credit policies into a user-friendly online process, enhancing efficiency and profitability. By simplifying the lending experience, Akouba helps banks provide businesses with the necessary capital in a quick and cost-effective manner, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and operational performance.
Hooks Technologies Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in designing and developing a mobile application for iOS. Founded in 2015, its app allows users to discover and create personalized push notifications on a wide range of topics, including television, music, sports, social media, and weather updates. The application is designed to keep users informed about concerts, shows, films, sports scores, lottery results, and even horoscopes, providing a customizable experience tailored to individual interests.
Lightstream builds live streaming creative tools and technology with a true passion for live video production, gaming and supporting the explosive growth of creators and their communities. Their cloud-based technology and products transform difficult technical hurdles into streamlined workflows – empowering creators to effortlessly share their passion, talent, and creativity on live streaming platforms like Mixer, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and more. Since 2014, they have been building a cloud-based live streaming studio with the goal of removing all the technical hurdles and putting advanced production capabilities in the hands of beginners. Today, they have thousands of creators streaming with Lightstream Studio for thousands of hours every day. They have partnered with Microsoft to offer Lightstream Studio to millions of Xbox and Windows streamers as part of the native OS experience – in addition to licensing their technology to major game studios and media companies.
Growth Geeks Inc., founded in 2014 and located in Bonita Springs, Florida, provides essential marketing services aimed at helping businesses achieve growth. The company specializes in connecting skilled marketers—referred to as "growth geeks"—with organizations seeking to enhance their marketing efforts. These professionals possess expertise in various areas, including paid traffic, content marketing, social media, data scraping, and analytics, allowing them to significantly impact a company's trajectory. By leveraging the unique skills of these marketers, Growth Geeks Inc. addresses the growing demand from businesses worldwide for effective growth strategies.
Glidera is a developer of a bitcoin trading platform that enhances digital currency wallets by enabling applications to offer seamless buy and sell services for bitcoin. Many existing wallets and applications face challenges in providing an easy way for users to obtain bitcoin. Glidera addresses this gap by offering a flexible API that allows developers to integrate bitcoin trading functionality while managing compliance, banking, liquidity, and fraud issues. Unlike other conversion services, Glidera distinguishes itself by never holding customer funds, ensuring that the trading process is specifically designed for user-controlled wallets.
NexLP Inc. is a technology company that develops a cognitive computing platform designed to transform unstructured data into actionable insights. Its primary product, the Story Engine, is a software-as-a-service solution that enables users to visualize and understand major players and topics within their data, detect patterns, and identify key events or anomalies. The platform also assists users in preparing for interviews and depositions by summarizing relevant facts and creating detailed profiles. In addition to the Story Engine, NexLP offers an on-premise version called Story Engine I3, which allows for deeper data mining and analysis. The company provides consulting services, including product customization and artificial intelligence model development, catering primarily to the legal, security, compliance, and human resources sectors. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, NexLP operates as a subsidiary of Reveal Data Corporation.
Data Everywhere is an add-in that enables spreadsheets to publish individual datasets to other spreadsheets, databases, websites, and mobile devices. It connects existing spreadsheets to a cloud data management service, which provides replication, security, revision control, basic workflow, and search for these applications. The company allows ordinary business users to publish their data to colleagues and outside parties as real data, not just embalmed files, which allows other users to easily remix the data in new ways. By treating Excel as a datasource instead of just as a document, Data Everywhere users can create new kinds of applications that formerly would have required custom development. Data Everywhere was founded by Dan McGee and Dave Bortz in November 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States.
Tangiblee, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that provides an eCommerce visualization platform designed to enhance online shopping experiences. By allowing consumers to visually try on merchandise before making a purchase, Tangiblee transforms traditional online catalogs into interactive and engaging experiences. This innovative service caters to online retailers, helping them improve customer engagement and potentially increase sales through enhanced visual merchandising.
Package Zen LLC is a mobile application company based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in January 2014. The application provides delivery and package receiving services for offices, apartments, and condominiums. Users can take snapshots of their bills, allowing the software to identify the intended recipient and manage notifications related to the delivery. These notifications include essential delivery details and confirmation instructions, ensuring that the correct individual is informed via email or SMS. Package Zen aims to streamline the process of managing deliveries, making it easier for clients and delivery partners to coordinate package logistics efficiently.
WeDeliver is a logistics company that specializes in same-day delivery services, connecting businesses with their customers efficiently. The company offers an online platform that enables retailers to track packages in real-time and obtain quick delivery quotes. Utilizing a fleet of on-demand drivers and algorithmic dispatching, WeDeliver ensures prompt delivery of goods from various businesses to customers at any time. Additionally, the platform facilitates community engagement, allowing retailers to connect with local consumers and enhance their delivery experience.
Foodini is a meal recommendation engine that tailors weekly meal plans and grocery lists based on individual food and cooking preferences. Users begin by detailing their likes, dislikes, allergies, and dietary restrictions on the Foodini website. They also indicate their preferred cooking styles and the time they wish to spend preparing meals. Using this information, Foodini's engine generates a customized meal plan that includes recipes for main courses, sides, and desserts, along with a corresponding grocery list. Members pay a monthly subscription fee and can earn discount credits by sharing their meal plans on social media or by contributing their own recipes. Founded in 2012 by Dan Roberts and Dave Shapiro, Foodini is supported by Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm. Additionally, Foodini offers an online cooking learning platform that provides access to video lessons and live interactions with professional chefs, allowing users to explore diverse global recipes.
Project Fixup, a Techstars startup, is making the process of meeting someone new as easy as ordering an Uber by curating fun and convenient dates at the click of a button. How it works: Once a prospective member is approved by a fixup specialist, we use a combination of humans and technology to find a like-minded person and coordinate a great location and convenient time for the two to meet. Members just click to confirm and meet someone with similar interests over a drink. Research has shown that there's no magic algorithm to predict compatibility and back and forth messaging, while occasionally entertaining, is also time consuming and inefficient. We are bringing the human element back into dating by helping people connect the right way - by meeting in person and seeing if there's a
WebCurfew is a cloud-based platform designed for home automation that focuses on managing existing routers to enhance internet control within households. The primary service offered is an Internet Parental Control application, which empowers parents to regulate their children's online access from any connected device. This system moves away from the outdated approach of managing parental controls on individual devices, instead providing a centralized solution through the home router. WebCurfew enables families to filter content, tailor viewing experiences, and establish various safeguards that can be applied at different times, thereby allowing parents to effectively monitor and manage their children's internet activity.
SocialCrunch LLC, founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in building a behavior graph of individuals online. The company focuses on gathering information that aids businesses in creating relevant marketing content by utilizing insights derived from audience data. SocialCrunch offers services in deep profiling, data capture, and trend research, enabling brands and agencies to unlock significant human insights. As of January 2015, SocialCrunch operates as a subsidiary of Tastebud Technologies, Inc.
FindIt is the easiest way to find emails and files across your cloud accounts using your smartphone. Search in a visual way using people, timing, and file types. Search Gmail, Google Drive, and Dropbox at the same time!
SimpleRelevance Inc. offers a marketing technology platform designed to enhance personalized digital marketing efforts for businesses. Founded in 2011 and based in Chicago, the company specializes in providing automated marketing recommendations across various channels, including emails, digital advertisements, social media, SMS, and mobile applications. SimpleRelevance utilizes machine learning technology to analyze customers' behavioral, demographic, and psychographic data, allowing businesses to tailor their marketing messages with precision. This personalization extends to aspects such as the timing of message delivery, subject lines, and product recommendations, ultimately leading to improved conversion rates and return on investment. The platform serves a diverse clientele, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies across sectors such as media, finance, and retail. In December 2015, SimpleRelevance became a subsidiary of Rise Interactive, further enhancing its capabilities in the marketing technology space.
AdYapper, Inc. operates a comprehensive platform designed to enhance advertising effectiveness by providing real-time feedback on commercials. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in New York, the company specializes in tracking display and mobile ads, offering detailed verification data, consumer sentiment analysis, and viewability monitoring for a vast majority of ad impressions. AdYapper centralizes this data within its platform, enabling advertisers to identify wasted ad spend and make informed decisions on reallocating resources throughout their campaigns. The tools provided by AdYapper facilitate direct audience engagement, allow for the submission of new advertisements, and transform television marketing into an inbound marketing opportunity, ultimately making advertising performance data actionable and optimizing ad efficacy.
Foodini is a meal recommendation engine that tailors weekly meal plans and grocery lists based on individual food and cooking preferences. Users begin by detailing their likes, dislikes, allergies, and dietary restrictions on the Foodini website. They also indicate their preferred cooking styles and the time they wish to spend preparing meals. Using this information, Foodini's engine generates a customized meal plan that includes recipes for main courses, sides, and desserts, along with a corresponding grocery list. Members pay a monthly subscription fee and can earn discount credits by sharing their meal plans on social media or by contributing their own recipes. Founded in 2012 by Dan Roberts and Dave Shapiro, Foodini is supported by Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm. Additionally, Foodini offers an online cooking learning platform that provides access to video lessons and live interactions with professional chefs, allowing users to explore diverse global recipes.
GetAFive is an online AP test prep tool that offers video reviews from expert teachers, customized study plans, practice tests, and more. In addition to AP review close to test time, students can use GetAFive to review for regular tests in AP classes during the school year. Students who purchase an AP class review from GetAFive begin with a diagnostic test to see what areas they need to work on the most. They then have access to individual video lessons from expert teachers, each of which is followed by a review quiz and includes study notes. Once the reviews are completed, students can take practice exams and opt to have their free response questions hand-graded by AP teachers. Parents with a GetAFive account can purchase classes on behalf of their students, monitor students' progress on video lessons, and see quiz and test results. GetAFive was founded in 2012 by Lindsay Cohen and Danny Levi, and is backed by venture capital firm and startup foundry Sandbox Industries.