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Analyzing Startups in Chicago USA

Recent Activity

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

Hall&Madden
Founded
06/12

Verlig
Founded
06/12

TruckSpotting
Founded
04/12

GiveBrand
Founded
04/12

MarkITx
Founded
04/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

MyCabbage
Angel Funded
03/11

Procured Health
Angel Funded
08/12

CakeStyle
Angel Funded
08/12

Fibroblast
Angel Funded
06/12

Cureeo
Angel Funded
06/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

eSpark
Series A
09/12

Target Data
VC Round
08/12

Analyte Health
VC Round
07/12

BenchPrep
VC Round
07/12

Boomerang
VC Round
07/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Open Kernel Labs
Acquired
09/12

ClearTrial
Acquired
03/12

FeeFighters
Acquired
03/12

Trio Video
Acquired
03/12

MobManager
Acquired
02/12

Historic Activity

Activity YearFoundedAngelVCExits
2011 80 38 35 7
2010 64 19 27 12
2009 63 11 11 10
2008 39 7 16 14
2007 46 4 11 3
2006 30 1 5 2
2005 15 1 8
2004 17 2 2
2003 20 1
2002 12 1

Historic Activity by Year of Founding (Cohort Analysis)

Founded YearFoundedAngelVCExits
2011 80 12 5
2010 64 31 9 1
2009 63 19 14 4
2008 39 5 8 1
2007 46 9 11 4
2006 30 8 2
2005 15 1 9
2004 17 1 9 3
2003 20 2 3
2002 12 4 4

First Funding

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2012 2
2011 7 3
2010 8 12 2
2009 6 6 2
2008 4
VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)
  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2011 1 3
2010 2 2 3
2009 1 3 6
2008 1 1 1
2007 2 2 2 1 1 1

Angel Rankings (By Investment Count)

RankingInvestmentsInvestors
1 15 Excelerate Labs
2 14 New World Ventures
3 4 Lightbank, Sandbox Industries
4 3 I2A Fund
5 1 Listen Ventures, New Control, Start DMC, TechStars, Xcel Group, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Arizona Bay Technology Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, CincyTech, Coghill Capital Management, ff Venture Capital, Fidelity Biosciences, FireStarter Fund, First Round Capital, Gravity Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Hyde Park Angels, Lakshmi Capital, OCA Ventures, Pilot Group, Tech Wildcatters, Zimmerman Ventures, Andy Russell, Aydin Senkut, Brad Keywell, Brian Hand, Brian Hand, Dan Toscano, David Greene, David Kalt, Dean Bravos, Derick Thompson, Eric Lefkofsky, Jeff Carter, Jeff Clavier, Matt McCall, Matthew G Caston, Pat Ryan Jr, Peter Thiel, Private Angels, Ron Conway, Various Angels, William Lohse

VC Rankings (By Investment Count)

RankingInvestmentsInvestors
1 7 New World Ventures
2 6 I2A Fund , Lightbank, New Enterprise Associates
3 5 Apex Venture Partners, Hyde Park Angels
4 4 Illinois Ventures
5 3 Baird Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, OCA Ventures, Western Technology Investment
6 2 Advantage Capital Partners, BIA Digital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Rembrandt Venture Partners, RPM Ventures, SoftTech VC, TomorrowVentures, True Ventures, Lon Chow
7 1 Macquarie Energy, Morningstar, Revolution, 500 Startups, Accel Partners, Adams Capital Management, Adams Street Partners, Anduin Capital, Anthos Capital, Arch Development Partners, Asset Management Company, August Capital, Azure Capital Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions, Bluecrest Capital Finance, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, BlueStream Ventures, Centerpoint Ventures, Columbia Capital, Crosslink Capital, DAG Ventures, Deep Creek Capital, DFJ Portage Ventures, DLB Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Epic Ventures, Felicis Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Fidelity Ventures, FireStarter Fund, Fortress Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Frazier Technology Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Geneva Venture Partners, Gravity Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Greycroft Partners, Grotech Ventures, Harris & Harris Group, Herald Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Howell Capital, Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois Innovation Accelerator Fund, Illinois Invest Venture Fund, Intel Capital, Jackson Boulevard Capital Management, JMI Equity, Keating Capital, KVG Partners, LaunchCapital, Learn Capital, Leo Capital Holdings, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LTC Partners, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, Meakem Becker Venture Capital, Mesirow Financial, MK Capital, Mobius Venture Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Motorola Ventures, MPM Capital, Neo Technology Ventures, NextView Ventures, North Bridge Growth Equity, Norwest Equity Partners, Novo Ventures, NTT Finance Corporation, Phoenix Insurance, Point Judith Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Polsky Holdings, Quantitative Investment Holdings, Regiment Capital, Rho Capital Partners, Runa Capital, Sandbox Industries, SAP Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, SR One, Startech Early Ventures, StarVest Partners, Summerhill Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, SV Angel, Talon Capital Partners, TD Capital, Tenaya Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund, Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Trident Capital, Trinity Ventures, Tugboat Ventures, Twin Capital / Stuart Larkins, U.S. Venture Partners, Unilever Technology Ventures, US Venture Partners, Vast Ventures, Armando Pauker, Brian Hand, Dan Toscano, Darren Mcmillan, Greg Rudin, J.B. Pritzker, Joe Mansueto, Keith Miller, Mark Friedgan, Matt McCall, Peter Barris, Ron Conway, Ted Leonsis, Wayne Boulais, Yuri Milner

Acquirer Rankings (By Acquisition Count)

RankingAcquisitionsAcquirer
1 2 IBM, Salesforce
2 1 Aegis Group, Alentus Corporation, AOL, aQuantive, Cendant, Cisco, CMG HOLDINGS, Condé Nast, Constant Contact, CounterPath Corporation, CrowdSavings.com, Danoo, Edgewater Technology, Epazz, Fluensee, ForceLogix Technologies, GALE CENGAGE Learning, Gannett, General Dynamics, Genpact, Global Capacity Group, Google, Groupon, Hewlett-Packard, In-Touch Survey Systems, Informatica, Interactive Data, Layered Technologies, Lightspeed Financial , LSF Interactive, M5 Networks, Microsoft, MSNBC, NEP Broadcasting, Nokia, Northern Trust, Oracle Corporation, Perfect Market, Perficient, Publicis Groupe, Q Interactive, Riverside Company, Snipitron, Sonicbids, Sybase, Tippr, Trading Technologies, Tri-Media Integrated Marketing Technologies, TripAdvisor, Trustwave Holdings, UK2 Group, ValueClick, VigLink, Warner Bros.

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