207 Founders in Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL founders (207)

Chicago, IL founders covers 207 founders on Basis, Booksy and HOPPR and 180 other companies. The most common sectors are SaaS (48), Healthtech (26) and Fintech (21). The remaining members span E-commerce (20), Climate (12), Logistics (10), Biotech (9), AI Infrastructure (8), Education (8), Media (6) and Private Equity (6) and 15 further sectors. Companies represented include Packback, 86 Repairs, Basecamp, DataForge, EvenFlow AI, GeoWealth, Groupon, Hallow, Keeper, Nimblemind.ai, NuCurrent and Ocient, plus 168 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 207
• Companies represented: 183
• Top sector: SaaS (48 founders)
• Top location: Chicago, IL (207 founders)
• Sectors represented: 26

• Aaron Mobarak — Dixon Midland Company LLC
• Adam Hughes — Amount
• Alejandro Castellano — Caddi
• Alessandro DiSanto — Hallow
• Alex Kerr — Trajektory
• Ali Akhtar — Letter AI
• Andrew Glantz — Packback
• Andrew Gostine — Artisight
• Andrew Perlman — GreatPoint Energy
• Andrew Swinand — Abundant Venture Partners
• Andy Feis — Renterra
• Andy Freivogel — Science On Call
• Annie Tsai — Hallow
• Anurag Verma — PriceLabs
• Arik Waldman — Nucleai
• Art Shaikh — CircleIt
• Ashish Rangnekar — BenchPrep
• Ashtyn Bell — Open Ledger
• Ben Frisch — Point C
• Bill Carr — Cars.com
• Billy Dec — Sunda New Asian
• Brad Peterson — Fruition Partners
• Brad West — Pritzker Private Capital
• Brendan King — Wavvest
• Brent Rasmussen — Visibly
• Bret Taylor — Quillbot
• Brian Mandelbaum — Attain
• Brian Sugar — Sanarai
• Brittany Chibe — AQUA Cultured Foods
• Bryant Keil — Potbelly Sandwich Works
• Carlos Gutierrez — Angeles Investors, Inc.
• Charlie Olson — Pando
• Chris Gladwin — Ocient
• Chris Nicholas — Lakril Technologies
• Christine Izuakor — Cyber Pop-up
• Christopher L. Riley — 4C Insights
• Christopher Shutts — Logik.ai
• Colin Falls — GeoWealth
• Corbett Drummey — Popular Pays
• Curtis Vester — Backstop Solutions
• Daisuke Aoki — CADDi
• Dan Abel — Pilot Project Brewing
• Dan Hesse — GeoWealth
• Daniel Estrada — 86 Repairs
• Daniel Lev — Coinflow Labs
• Dan Schuleman — Qumis
• David Anderson — EvenFlow AI
• David Heinemeier Hansson — Basecamp
• David Kang — Keeper
• David Ormesher — CG Life
• David Rabie — Tovala
• David Skopec — Booksy
• Dhruv Saxena — ShipBob
• Dominik Mazur — iAsk Ai
• Donna Salvatore — Megalytics
• Doug Matthews — Orion Steel Group
• Drew Fallon — Iris Finance
• Dr. Richard Chaifetz — ComPsych
• Dušan Šenkypl — Groupon
• Edward Woodford — zerohash
• Eilon Elhadad — Echo
• Eric Alvarez — Grapefruit Health
• Eric Lefkofsky — Groupon
• Eric Lefkofsky — Tempus
• Feyi Ayodele — CancerIQ
• Francis Wang — NanoGraf Corporation
• Gabriel Wyner — Fluent Forever
• Gary E. Holdren — Huron Consulting Group
• Gary Ong — Celadyne Technologies
• Gerry Galloway — FoodReady
• Gustavo Vasquez — Amplify Dynamics
• Inna Plumb — Auxira Health
• Isaac Chambers — Silkline
• Jack Mallers — Strike
• Jackson Denka — Azura
• Jacob Babcock — NuCurrent
• Jake Kozloski — Keeper
• James Bello — Shameless Pets
• James Oberman — Omeda
• Jan Seale — Out Of Office
• Jasmine Shells — Five to Nine
• Jason Fried — Basecamp
• Jason Park — Coldcart
• Jeff Garzik — Hemi Labs
• Jeffrey Osuji — Eventnoire
• Jesse Lydon — Popular Pays
• Jim O’Brien — Ringleader Ventures
• Joe Gallagher — 86 Repairs
• John M. Fife — St. George Investments LLC
• John Morris — Ocient
• John P. Balen — RightPoint
• Julie Novack — PartySlate
• Justin Holland — HealthJoy
• Kasey Gandham — Packback
• Katsuya Ito — INDX
• Kevin Conroy — NuCurrent
• Kevin Honaker — BiomeSense
• Khan Siddiqui — HOPPR
• Kimberly Lewis — CurlMix
• Kurt Johnson — p3rceive
• Lars Veelaert — XFA
• Laura Epstein — Pulse Charter Connect
• Leeatt Rothschild — Packed with Purpose
• Linxin Wen — Chowbus
• Lisa Fiore — LandscapeHub
• Luke Saunders — Farmer's Fridge
• MadSci Heinz — ManifestHQ, Inc.
• Manuela Zoninsein — Kadeya
• Maple Private Holdings LLC — Madison Scientific, Inc.
• Marc Michel — Peapod
• Marco Ribeiro — Ostium
• Maria Ferrante-Schepis — Ringleader Ventures
• Mark Lawrence — SpotHero
• Mathew Elenjickal — FourKites
• Matt Babari — Feastables
• Matt Harpe — Basis
• Matthew Gitelis — PatientIQ
• Matthew Kosovec — DataForge
• Matt Kiesler — Buildout
• Matt Silver — Cargado
• Max Kanter — Grid Status
• Meghan Doyle — Partum Health
• Michael Helmstetter — EvenFlow AI
• Michael J. Cavanagh — United Airlines (UAL Corporation)
• Michael Krasman — UrbanBound
• Michael Polsky — Invenergy
• Michael Ramos — Noah System
• Michael Rhee — Wavlake
• Mike Brennan — Water Street Healthcare Partners
• Mike McEvily — Lightstream
• Mike O'Neill — HAAS Alert
• Mike Pena — SafeHill
• Mitchell — Rent Like A Champion
• Mitchell Troyanovsky — Basis
• Mithat Ulubay — Flora
• Nathan Rosenstock — Crafty
• Navin Kumar — Nimblemind.ai
• Nick Huber — newtrul
• Nicole Doucet — Open Water
• Nilay Parikh — Arvist
• Noelle Curtis — Bisi Blvd
• Odai Ammar — Elmnts
• Oscar Munoz — United Airlines Holdings
• Patrick J. Spain — First Stop Health
• Patrick O'Boyle — Home Chef
• Patrick O'Rahilly — FactoryFix
• Paul Couston — Ascent Integrated Tech
• Paul Foley — Visibly
• Paul J. Carbone — Pritzker Alternative Strategies
• Paul J. Carbone — Pritzker Private Capital
• Paul Kang — Exicure
• Perteet Spencer — AYO Foods
• Pete Foley — ModelOp
• Pi Zonooz — Nimblemind.ai
• Prarthana Gupta — OrdrSmart
• Pryce Adade-Yebesi — Open Ledger
• Rachel Lin — Basis
• Rafal Plutecki — Booksy
• Ralph Keener — Nature's Fynd
• Rich Gallun — Sprocket Sports
• Robert Bakos — HOPPR
• Robert Kennedy — Aeternal Upcycling
• Robert Ong — MOONNOX
• Rob Schoder — Vinyl Equity
• Rohan Puri — Stable
• Roy Daniel — definity
• Ruben Garcia — Certiverse
• Ryan Fukushima — Pathos
• Ryan Leavitt — Catapult Chicago
• Ryan Leavitt — LearnCore
• Saman Farid — Formic Technologies
• Samir Bhatia — Education Funding Partners
• Sam Tegel — ElectronX
• Sanjay Dhawan — Tagomi
• Sanjay Mehta — MathCo
• Sasha Kucharczyk — Easymove
• Scott Sandler — COCO5
• Sean Harper — Kin
• Sean Harper — Kin Insurance
• Sean Riley — DudeProducts
• Shanti Elangovan — inquirED
• Shawn Riegsecker — Centro
• Shraysi Tandon — Kidsy
• Siddiqui Khan — HOPPR
• Spencer Gore — Bedrock Materials
• Stefan Batory — Booksy
• Stella Ashaolu — WeSolv
• Sterling Douglass — Chowly
• Steven Galanis — Cameo
• Steven Zoll — Amylu Foods
• Ted Schwartz — Schwartz Capital Group
• Terry Graunke — Lake Capital
• T.J. Parker — Packback
• Toby Harris — State of Play Hospitality
• Todd Schwartz — OppFi
• Tonny Thomas — NakiNoku
• Trevor Gruenewald — Amper Technologies
• Troy Henikoff — Jellyvision
• Tyler Wanke — Madison Scientific
• Vadim Orlov — DataForge
• Vadim Vladimirskiy — Nerdio
• Vasu Goyal — Dose
• Vinay Bhagat — VMock
• Virginia Rangos — Clever Carnivore
• Vrishank Saini — SimCare AI
• Ward McNally — McNally Capital
• Ward McNally — McNally Capital Fund II, LP

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Narrow Chicago, IL founders

• Chicago, IL · SaaS (38 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Healthtech (24 founders)
• Chicago, IL · E-commerce (19 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Fintech (16 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Climate (11 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Logistics (9 founders)
• Lucy Brennan · Chicago, IL (9 founders)
• Chicago, IL · AI Infrastructure (7 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Biotech (6 founders)
• Keith Kravcik · Chicago, IL (5 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Media (5 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Education (4 founders)
• Chicago, IL · Cybersecurity (4 founders)
• Andrew Bluestein · Chicago, IL (4 founders)
• Eric Lefkofsky · Chicago, IL (4 founders)
• Eric Lefkofsky · Chicago, IL (3 founders)
• Rafiq Ahmed · Chicago, IL (3 founders)
• Techstars · Chicago, IL (3 founders)

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