Sprout Social

Sprout Social is a global leader in social media management and analytics software. Sprout’s unified platform offers comprehensive customer care solutions, connected workflows and AI-powered business intelligence to more than 34,000 brands. Founded in 2010, Sprout has a hybrid team of 1,200 people located across the globe. Sprout Social has been recognized as a 2023 Glassdoor Best Places to Work, PEOPLE Companies that Care, Great Place to Work Best Workplace for Parents and more.

Affinitiv

Affinitiv is the largest provider of end-to-end, data-driven marketing and software solutions exclusively focused on the automotive customer lifecycle. Backed by 20+ years of automotive and marketing expertise, we pride ourselves on being the go-to experts in the industry. Our Mission is to drive the next generation customer experience by partnering with OEMs and retailers to accelerate performance and inspire loyalty. Our Vision is to create customers for life through reimagined experiences. AFFINITIV CORE VALUES PASSION Passion generates excitement for what we do and how we do it. With Passion at the heart of everything we do, we nurture ideas, inspire excellence, and find creative ways to eliminate obstacles for cultivating growth.     INTEGRITY Integrity creates trust. As an organization, collectively, it's our most valuable asset. Individually, it's the constant choice to infuse every action with honesty, fairness, and respect for clients and colleagues alike.  UNITY Unity celebrates diversity. Synergizing the collective experiences, varied skills, and unique talents of every team member builds unstoppable momentum and drives unimaginable achievements.  INNOVATION Innovation motivates action: to take risks, encourage curiosity and new ideas, learn from mistakes, and constantly strive to exceed expectations. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our customers and raise the bar - both within our workplace and throughout our industry.    IMPACT Impact demonstrates the immeasurable power of our shared values and collective effort to effect positive, ground-breaking change and deliver excellence for our customers, colleagues, and communities. 

Smartly

Smartly is the leading AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers. We are the only company managing creative and media for 600+ brands worldwide and $5B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands and advertisers to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best. Visit Smartly.io to learn more.

Grindr

With more than 13.5 million monthly active users in virtually every country in the world, Grindr has grown to become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community since its launch in 2009. The company continues to expand its ecosystem to enable gay, bi, trans, and queer people to connect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015 Grindr for Equality has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world. Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York City. The Grindr app is available on the App Store and Google Play.

Logical Media Group

Logical Media Group is a full-service digital marketing agency located in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. Logical specializes in Search Engine Marketing (SEO and PPC), Amazon Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Display Advertising, and Website Design & Development. Over the past 10 years, Logical has evolved from an SEM agency to a full-service partner for our clients in all areas of design and digital marketing. Logical has been listed on the Inc. 5000 list for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 for the fastest-growing companies in the U.S and is excited to continue the growth!

Cameo

Cameo’s mission is to create the most personalized and authentic fan connections on earth! Cameo is celebrating another busy and exciting year as the world’s leading fan engagement platform having enabled over 27,000 hours of personalized connections across the globe. From TV stars and notable athletes to TikTok creators and comedic legends, Cameo has helped fulfill 2.5 million magical moments since our launch in 2017, and just in this past year, we have welcomed almost 10,000 new stars. In support of our employer brand efforts, we’ve grown our employee base by 30% and reached 50/50 gender parity on our global leadership team. In addition, in March of 2021, we announced Cameo’s $100M Series C funding, which brings our total funding to more than $165M, at a valuation of just over $1B. Some of the recognition we're most proud of includes LinkedIn's Top 50 Startups in 2021, our very own Steven Galanis being recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021, Cameo was ranked #1 on The Information’s TI50 Most Promising Startups, among Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Inc.’s Best In Business 2020, and Business Insider’s Top 100 Startups of 2020. Read more on our Cameo Blog today: https://cameoblog.medium.com/

wingmate

Ground-floor startup looking to impact online dating for the better. Will compete in University of Chicago New Venture Challenge. Currently hiring a Mobile App Developer to partner with the business on a long-term basis and lead technology strategy.

Social Integration

<p>Social Integration is a single-point solution that helps brands create, monitor and manage their social media presence and online reputation. The comprehensive solution caters specifically to businesses with a corporate entity and multiple retail locations.<br><br>Social Integration provides corporate-to-retail brands with:</p><ul><li>Social media management</li><li>Online reputation management</li><li>Social advertising expertise</li><li>Content syndication</li></ul>

Handshaking.com

Interviews with today's top entrepreneurs on networking and personal branding. Apply to be a handshakin guest at handshakin.com/apply, or take your personal brand to the next level at handshakin.com/handbrander

Nomwell

The Nomwell mobile platform was created because the most reliable restaurant advice comes from people you know and trust. Keep track of recommendations from friends, share your own favorites, and discover which spots are loved by your inner circle. With a pocketful of trustworthy recommendations, deciding which awesome place to go next is a piece of cake (pun intended).

Music United

<p><span style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">MusicUnited.com allows musicians and content creators to manage and grow an online presence in less time, while realizing better results engaging fans across multiple social networks.&nbsp;</span><br><br>Check it out at musicunited.com!</p>

Feedolu

<p><span style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);">Feedolu is a RSS feed reader that makes it easy to read, organize and share content. Feedolu allows users to create their own profiles, customize their layout, follow and interact with other Feedolu users.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><strong>Key Features:</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><li>Subscribe to an unlimited number of RSS feeds.</li><li>View all your feeds at once, individually or in separate Feed Walls.</li><li>Customize your background and choose from three different layout views.</li><li>24/7 back-end feed processing. Feed content is up-to-date and stored whether you are on the site or not.</li><li>It’s free!</li><li>Public profiles.</li><li>Follow and be followed by other Feedolu users.</li><li>View content other users are sharing via a live social panel.</li><li>Preview and view content quicker than ever before.</li></ul>

PopList

<p>PopList is a social list app that engages consumers by acting as a personal tool that allows them to instantly make note of and remember the fun things they want to do, discover new interests and stay organized - while providing a social outlet that empowers them to influence and connect with others through the sharing of those discoveries and interests.</p>

WeClickd

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Presently we are a social community where brides can engage and source ideas from other brides through pinterest like functionality.&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Vendors are part of this community too and interact in our community, while finding targeted customers and targeted placement of their product.&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">12 million people watched Kim Kardashians wedding, there are 7 national TV shows - weddings are now entertainment. We are the social network for weddings where these socially active people can interact around a topic they love.&nbsp;</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Our next big step is to completely overhaul the planning process through social feedback and targeted vendor placement, this does not exist and the need has been expressed constantly to us.</span></p>

SenticTechnologies

<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">SenticTechnologies decodes web conversations by scanning and labeling them thematically, in other words, we are revealing stories hidden in social data. Our technology provides a solution that interprets the web's growing mass of social data by revealing the topics arising from social conversations.</p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Prevent Undesirable Events from Occurring: In healthcare, hazards and unwanted side effects can be determined at an earlier stage. Commercial companies can identify the interests and opinions of consumers to significantly increase marketing and sales effectiveness and governments can provide earlier warnings in case of an expanding disaster.</p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Crowd-Search: web search can be refined by partitioning social discussions into their main themes</p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">To date, no other company has been able to discover conversation topics. The power to derive themes from an organic context is what adds the extra layer of meaning that can make this technology useful in real-time decision making.</p>

YuuConnect

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.99993896484375px;">YuuConnect is a mobile engagement platform delivered through an interactive mobile recharging terminal that keeps mobile users connected to the things in life they value most and on-the-go. YuuConnect changes the way people connect with society and improves their quality of life by providing a mobile recharge and access to digital technology for free. Our focus starts with the end-user whom is essentially a customer to both the venue and advertiser by providing value through a free utility benefit. Our primary customers are advertisers and we understand desire to identify more creative ways to engage consumers and provide more dynamic metrics to support their ROI.</span></p>

StylePuzzle

StylePuzzle is a Q&amp;A platform that provides a welcoming interface for fashion and style, where people can share clothing related questions, like what to wear to an event, which product to buy, how to style one tricky piece, where to buy that dress and etc., and get fashion ideas or opinions from other users. They can also get customized question recommendations (questions they might be interested in) and personalized shopping guidance from our website, based on their previous activities on our site and their preferences. In addition, they will be able to see how the clothes they pick will actually look on a virtual model that we render on our site, like a virtual fitting room. We will gather product information in a crowdsourcing way, where users are able to report broken or wrong product links, in order to ensure a smooth transition.

Downsize Fitness

<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Exclusively focused on the morbidly obese, Downsize Fitness offers online/offline fitness training, nutritional guidance and a support community resulting in 4,000 pounds lost between our 2 gyms in Chicago and Dallas.</span></p>

Backersphere

<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20.9999389648438px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">For innovative or social impact startups and backers, Backersphere is the only managed crowdfunding ecosystem that provides open access to equity and the crowd.</p><p style="margin: 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20.9999389648438px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">For Startups&nbsp;<br>* Find your crowd to leverage crowdsourcing, crowd-based social media marketing, and 100s or 1000s of early adopters and evangelists.&nbsp;<br>* Equity crowdfunding provides financing on exceptional terms and gives the crowd “skin in the game.”&nbsp;<br>* Backersphere manages all investments directly. Tap into the crowd without chasing down 100s or 1000s of individual signatures.</p><p style="margin: 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, freesans, 'liberation sans', 'numbus sans l', sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20.9999389648438px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">For Backers&nbsp;<br>* Change the world by funding and contributing your talents, social networks, and enthusiasm to startups with innovative products, services, or social impact missions.&nbsp;<br>* Equity crowdfunding means backers share financially in the success they help create.&nbsp;<br>* Backersphere manages all investments directly. Get access to equity in screened and vetted startups with as little as $25 and no special knowledge, net worth, or income requirements.</p><p class="no-styles">&nbsp;</p><p class="no-styles">&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

SLAP'D (Surviving Life After a Parent Dies)

SLAP’D aspires to provide teens, who have lost a parent, with an online community of support to help ensure that they are not alone, to inspire hope, and to provide them with important resources throughout the grieving process.