19 Founders in Chicago, IL building E-commerce (2026)

19 founders in Chicago, IL and building E-commerce, with company, funding, and investor detail. Includes CircleIt and Tovala.

Founders in Chicago, IL and building E-commerce (20)

Founders in Chicago, IL and building E-commerce covers 20 founders on Groupon, AYO Foods and Cars.com and 16 other companies. The most common sector is E-commerce (20). Companies represented include Chowbus, CircleIt, COCO5, Crafty, CurlMix, DudeProducts, Feastables, Home Chef, Kidsy, LandscapeHub, NakiNoku and Out Of Office, plus 4 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

Founders listed: 20
Companies represented: 19
Top sector: E-commerce (20 founders)
Top location: Chicago, IL (20 founders)

Art Shaikh — CircleIt
Bill Carr — Cars.com
David Rabie — Tovala
Dušan Šenkypl — Groupon
Eric Lefkofsky — Groupon
James Bello — Shameless Pets
Jan Seale — Out Of Office
Kimberly Lewis — CurlMix
Leeatt Rothschild — Packed with Purpose
Linxin Wen — Chowbus
Lisa Fiore — LandscapeHub
Marc Michel — Peapod
Matt Babari — Feastables
Nathan Rosenstock — Crafty
Patrick O'Boyle — Home Chef
Perteet Spencer — AYO Foods
Scott Sandler — COCO5
Sean Riley — DudeProducts
Shraysi Tandon — Kidsy
Tonny Thomas — NakiNoku

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