Chicago Tech Startups over 5 years old
There’s no technical definition of a startup. A startup doesn’t have to be based in technology, it doesn’t have to be super new, it doesn’t have to be just a handful of people, nor does it have to be broke or positioning itself for acquisition. It’s a fairly mushy term, like “Series B funding” which ranges from your college roommate (aka private investor) giving you another $100 for the cell phone bill, or a VC company giving you $100, 000. It’s all series B to the clam.
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So in the spirit of “there are no rules”, here are a range of solid startups that still have big aspirations for their company, would love someone to write them a check. Actually … maybe that’s the definition of a startup after all.
| AKOO Akoo is an interactive music and advertisement channel system that invites viewers to select song requests through their mobile device, as well as view broadcasts from home and from smartphones. Akoo …  |
| CLUBEXPRESS ClubExpress is an internet platform that helps clubs manage their membership records. ClubExpress combines the existing site with ClubExpress’ own membership database program which organizes new membe… |
| EVENTWAX EventWax is an online software tool that assists corporations in executing large-scale events. Through the ticket-driven organization system, businesses can track the sales success and attendance avai… |
| FAVE MEDIA Fave is a deal search engine focused on deals local to a user’s own neighborhood in real-time. For deal seekers, Fave organizes deals by preference in order to search efficiently. For local business… |
| IFBYPHONE Ifbyphone is a marketing tracking platform that is driven by online voice automation systems. Ifbyphone provides companies with software applications that measure the amount of phone inquiries that an… |
| INKLING Inkling Markets is a software platform for businesses interested in gaining predictive market insight surrounding topics relevant to their business model. Businesses buy a software package that collec… |
| MEDIAFLY Mediafly is a mobile device application development company for businesses. Mediafly consults clients on what cross-device technologies would suit their website’s needs using native and web apps. Medi… |
| RESTAURANT.COM Restaurant.com matches users with restaurants that are offering deals that align with their personal tastes and location proximity. Users are notified through email delivery as to the availability of … |
| SITTERCITY Sittercity is an online source for child care, pet care, senior care, housesitting, housekeeping and tutoring. Users search the Sittercity.com using a four-step screening process: checking references,… |
| THE BEER MAPPING PROJECT Beer Mapping is website, with mobile capabilities, that offers users customizable POI subscription system, review comparison and vendor location system that codes visited sites for user blogs. Beer Ma… |
| TICKET TAPP (BABYLON TECHNOLOGY) Ticket Tapp, from Babylon Technology, is a mobile app with ticket scanning functions for iPod and other Apple devices. Once event tickets are scanned, Ticket Tapp helps event managers track real-time … |
Thanks for the recap. It’s great to know exactly which tech companies actually graduated from “startup” camp and are still in business.