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Updated List of Recently Funded Startups in Chicago for 2025

Last update to database: March 31, 2025

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Exploring the 2025 Funding Landscape for Chicago Startups

Discover the most recently funded tech companies in Chicago's vibrant startup scene. Our list is updated every week and highlights the top Chicago start-ups that have secured funding in 2025.


We cover a range of industries, including tech, healthcare, finance, and include detailed company information and funding data.


Whether you're an investor looking for the next big opportunity or a business enthusiast, this page provides valuable insights into Chicago's dynamic entrepreneurial landscape, showcasing funding amounts, major investors, and key company details.

Comprehensive Database of Recently Funded Companies in Chicago - Updated Weekly

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Company Name
Industries Funding Amount (USD) Recent Funding Date Recent Funding Type Company Headquarters # Employees Company Description Top 5 Investors Currently Hiring
Raise E-Commerce & Retail $63M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 490 Gift card marketplace all... Bessemer Venture Partners... Subscribe to Unlock
Goose Community & Lifestyle, Op... $13M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 34 Modern operating system d... B Capital, BoxGroup, Firs... Subscribe to Unlock
ElectronX Energy & Sustainability, ... $10M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 24 Electricity exchange mana... BoxGroup, Systemiq capita... Subscribe to Unlock
Rigor Equity Real Estate and Property ... $32M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Undisclosed Chicago, Illinois, United States 2 Real estate investment fi... Subscribe to Unlock
HDVI Insurance, Business Opera... $40M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 85 Technology-first commerci... Autotech Ventures, Qualco... Subscribe to Unlock
The Vistria Group Venture Capital & Startup... $50M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Private Equity Chicago, Illinois, United States 150 Focused on investing in m... ADQ, Hunter Point Capital... Subscribe to Unlock
Tusk Logistics E-Commerce & Retail, Info... $2M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 14 Offers eCommerce, shippin... Ivy Ventures, Forum Ventu... Subscribe to Unlock
Clean Core Energy & Sustainability $16M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 4 Develops advanced nuclear... Lakshmi Narayanan, Sumant... Subscribe to Unlock
Infi Mobile & Web Applications... $12M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Series A Chicago, Illinois, United States 77 Website design, custom mo... MK Capital, Zipto Subscribe to Unlock
Qumis Insurance, Enterprise Sof... $2M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Pre-Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 6 Purpose-built AI platform... Alumni Ventures, Forum Ve... Subscribe to Unlock
Ubiety Data & Analytics, Wireles... $10M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Series A Chicago, Illinois, United States 27 Data analytics and techno... Delta Global, Leo Lion, E... Subscribe to Unlock
AwardSpring IT & Communication Servic... $2M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Undisclosed Chicago, Illinois, United States 20 Cloud-based scholarship m... Subscribe to Unlock
FieldOS Mobile & Web Applications... $526K Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 14 Software company that dev... BCR Seed Starter Subscribe to Unlock
Soda Health Health Care, IT & Communi... $50M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Series B Chicago, Illinois, United States 64 Healthcare technology com... General Catalyst, Lightsp... Subscribe to Unlock
Lakril Advanced Materials & Tech... $3M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 7 Catalyzes sustainability ... US Department of Energy, ... Subscribe to Unlock
EvenFlow AI Artificial Intelligence, ... $2M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 3 AI-driven scheduling soft... Automotive Ventures, FM C... Subscribe to Unlock
SurePeople Robotics & Automation, AR... $5M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Undisclosed Chicago, Illinois, United States 42 Computer software company... Subscribe to Unlock
Cofactor AI Financial Services, Payme... $4M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 11 Financial intelligence pl... Z Fellows, Drive Capital Subscribe to Unlock
Zarminali Health Child Care Services, Heal... $40M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 10 Transforms pediatric care... General Catalyst Subscribe to Unlock
Synapticure Life Sciences, Health Car... $25M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Series A Chicago, Illinois, United States 64 Delivers comprehensive ca... RA Capital Management, Y ... Subscribe to Unlock
Frönen Food and Beverage $3M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Undisclosed Chicago, Illinois, United States 4 Natural food company offe... Subscribe to Unlock
Hazel Agriculture, AgTech, Biot... $8M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Undisclosed Chicago, Illinois, United States 51 Develops biotechnology to... Temasek Holdings, U.S. De... Subscribe to Unlock
Kompass Diagnostics Health Care, Health Diagn... $2M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 3 Platform for remote ferti... Bass Investment, Kakao Ve... Subscribe to Unlock
Pathos Artificial Intelligence (... $62M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Series C Chicago, Illinois, United States 64 Pathos develops an AI-ena... New Enterprise Associates... Subscribe to Unlock
Wizard Perks Advertising, Human Resour... $3M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Pre-Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 1 The first free AI-powered... Sequoia Capital, Village ... Subscribe to Unlock
StreamLayer Media and Entertainment, ... $756K Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 19 StreamLayer is an online ... KB Partners, Steven Galan... Subscribe to Unlock
IN BOLD PRINT Consumer Software, Inform... $1M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Pre-Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 10 IN BOLD PRINT. is an info... VC414 Subscribe to Unlock
Logik.io B2B, E-Commerce, Informat... $25M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Series B Chicago, Illinois, United States 130 Logik.io is an ecommerce ... Permanent Capital Venture... Subscribe to Unlock
Janus Health Health Care, Management I... $2M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Undisclosed Chicago, Illinois, United States 140 Janus is leapfrogging the... Caduceus Capital Partners... Subscribe to Unlock
Cannect Wellness Agriculture, Cannabis, Ma... $7M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 9 Cannect Wellness is a pre... Subscribe to Unlock
K1X Information Technology $20M Subscribe to Unlock September 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 58 K1x is a SaaS financial t... Edison Partners Subscribe to Unlock
Lil Bucks E-Commerce, Food and Beve... $3M Subscribe to Unlock September 2024 Series A Chicago, Illinois, United States 15 Lil Bucks is an online ma... Target Takeoff, Proterra ... Subscribe to Unlock
Continuum B2B, Manufacturing, Retai... $4M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 18 Continuum is a technology... Clocktower Technology Ven... Subscribe to Unlock
FARE Food and Beverage, Organi... $2M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 20 FARE offers a dine in and... Subscribe to Unlock
Grid Status Analytics, Energy Managem... $8M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 5 Grid Status is an energy ... Nat Friedman, Evergreen C... Subscribe to Unlock
ModelOp Analytics, Artificial Int... $10M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Series B Chicago, Illinois, United States 37 ModelOp provides AI Gover... Baird Capital, GTMfund, V... Subscribe to Unlock
Amount Banking, Finance, Financi... $30M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 220 Amount is a digital techn... Goldman Sachs, Invus, Wes... Subscribe to Unlock
definity Big Data, Data Governance... $5M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 10 Data Application Observab... Hyde Park Venture Partner... Subscribe to Unlock
Livly Artificial Intelligence (... $10M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 47 Livly provides technology... Service Provider Capital,... Subscribe to Unlock
Chowbus Delivery, Food Delivery, ... $20M Subscribe to Unlock August 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 170 Chowbus is a marketplace ... Left Lane Capital, FJ Lab... Subscribe to Unlock
GeoWealth Asset Management, Financi... $18M Subscribe to Unlock July 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 110 GeoWealth is a technology... BlackRock, J.P. Morgan As... Subscribe to Unlock
SonarMD Health Care, Pharmaceutic... $1M Subscribe to Unlock July 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 19 SonarMD provides care man... The Blue Venture Fund, Ar... Subscribe to Unlock
Vanqua Bio Biotechnology, Health Car... $45M Subscribe to Unlock July 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 28 Vanqua Bio is a biotechno... OrbiMed, Eli Lilly, Casdi... Subscribe to Unlock
Pi Squared Blockchain, Software $13M Subscribe to Unlock July 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 12 Pi Squared enables trustl... Yilong Li, Harish Devaraj... Subscribe to Unlock
Evergreen E-Commerce, Food and Beve... $5M Subscribe to Unlock June 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 18 Evergreen manufactures nu... Subscribe to Unlock
Coldcart E-Commerce, Logistics, So... $7M Subscribe to Unlock June 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Chicago, Illinois, United States 9 Orchestration and optimiz... Subscribe to Unlock
Formic Industrial Automation, Ma... $27M Subscribe to Unlock June 2024 Series A Chicago, Illinois, United States 58 Formic aims to increase t... Alumni Ventures, Correlat... Subscribe to Unlock
Bettering Company Cannabis, Food and Bevera... $250K Subscribe to Unlock June 2024 Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 12 The Bettering Company is ... Peter Rahal Subscribe to Unlock
FreshX Logistics, Software, Supp... $1M Subscribe to Unlock June 2024 Pre-Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 6 Software powering logisti... Techstars, The University... Subscribe to Unlock
Tercero Artificial Intelligence (... $100K Subscribe to Unlock June 2024 Pre-Seed Chicago, Illinois, United States 2 Advanced Edge Artificial ... LongJump Subscribe to Unlock

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