Will Flanagan
Chicago Inno
Chicago, IL, United States
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A Chicago Digital Media Company Will Help Twitter Live Stream College Sports This Fall
As live streaming continues to emerge as a dominant medium for consuming entertainment, social networks are in an arms race for premium live content, especially from the world of sports. That's... → Read More
Groupon Launches a Women’s Activewear Clothing Line, Its Sixth Private Label
As Groupon continues to transition from being a daily deals engine to a more holistic e-commerce company, it makes sense that the Chicago-based business would double down on a vertical that... → Read More
Hyde Park Venture Partners Invests in UMichigan Startup Behind Open-Source AI
Clinc Deal: $1.2M Investors: Hyde Park Venture Partners, Ann Arbor-based eLab, and Ann Arbor-based Cahoots Holdings. What they do: Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Clinc, developed by world-class A.I.... → Read More
Raise, One of the City's Most High-Profile Startups, Lays Off 15% of Its Staff
Raise, one of Chicago's most high-profile consumer startups, announced Wednesday that it is laying off 15 percent of its staff, nearly 45 of its 300 total employees. The marketplace for buying... → Read More
Midwest Report: All of the Region's Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in July
While we're primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech... → Read More
Introducing Our Next State of Innovation Meetup, Food Inno on 9/28
The State of Innovation (SOI) is our annual conference focused on the people, businesses, trends, and topics that are shaping the city's tech community and economy. And throughout the year, we... → Read More
Announcing Th2 2016 #CoolestCompanies Nominees!
These perks are great, but the real reason I love to come into work is because of the people around me.[/pullquote]Be cool, Chicago. Over the past month, Chicago Inno has been accepting... → Read More
This Chicago HealthTech Company Has Just Been Acquired for $145M
Valence Health, a Chicago-based provider of medical management software and data analysis for hospitals, has been acquired by Evolent Health for $145 million in cash and stock. Valence, which... → Read More
New Money: Fast-Growing Digital Marketing Agency Rise Interactive Adds $12.3M
Rise Interactive Deal: $12.3M in funding, according to a regulatory filing. Investors: Part of a strategic partnership with commercial printing business Quad/Graphics. What they do: Founded in... → Read More
Two Chicagoans in Their Twenties Launch a New $10M Venture Fund
M25 Group, an early-stage venture capital firm that's led by two Chicagoans still in their twenties, has just announced a $10M second fund. The firm, which invests exclusively in startups that are... → Read More
Bucketfeet Shifts Exclusively to Direct-to-Consumer Model, Cuts Entire Wholesale Division
Over the weekend, Crain's reported that Bucketfeet, the maker of artist-designed footwear and one of Chicago's more high-profile consumer startups, is abandoning its wholesale strategy. The... → Read More
A Chicago VC Firm is Behind a $100M Fund for the Cannabis Industry
Earlier this week, MedMen, a Los Angeles-based legal cannabis-focused management company, launched a $100 million private equity fund, one of the first and largest in the emerging category's... → Read More
Entrepreneur Lessons: You Can’t Be Successful If You Can’t Sell
Real estate is inherently entrepreneurial—you start with a vision and then build a team. Like any entrepreneur building a team, you must acquire customers and attract capital, and to do so,... → Read More
Avant to Cut Loan Rate in Half, Could Reduce Staff by Same Figure
A month after Avant, one of the fastest-growing startups in Chicago tech history, announced that the company was laying off 60 employees, the consumer lender is now reportedly cutting its monthly... → Read More
Midwest Report: All of the Region's Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in June
While we're primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech... → Read More
Everything You Need to Know About Our Next Meetup, Talent Inno
The State of Innovation (SOI) is our annual pillar event focused on the people, businesses, trends, and topics that are shaping the city's tech community and economy. And throughout the year, we... → Read More
Aces Health Wins Techweek Chicago's 2016 Launch Pitch Competition
Techweek Chicago, the annual tech conference that takes over the city for a week every summer, culminated Friday afternoon with its regional Launch competition. Launch, which sees over 60 Chicago... → Read More
Airbnb Wins in Chicago: Here's the Problem it Needs to Fix Now
Airbnb should have gotten ahead of the "condo problem," long ago.[/pullquote] This is an excerpt from Wednesday's Beat, our daily back-and-forth on local tech and innovation. If you want this... → Read More
Talent is Everything: Here's How You Find, Grow, and Retain It
The State of Innovation (SOI) is our annual pillar event focused on the people, businesses, trends, and topics that are shaping the city's tech community and economy. And throughout the year, we... → Read More
Why Venture Capitalists Should Bring in HR During Due Diligence
Today’s tech ecosystem makes entrepreneurship more accessible than ever before. Ideas born in dorm rooms transcend into billion dollar valuations and everyone wants to get their hands on the... → Read More