Top Chicago Startup Companies to Watch in 2022

Connor Leech
Employbl
Published in
3 min readJun 28, 2022

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In this post we’ll look at startups headquartered in Chicago. We look at the largest tech startups that have raised billions from investors as well as Series A, Series B and Seed startups in Chicago.

Photo by Alex Azabache

Chicago is the third largest city in the United States by population, following New York and Los Angeles. It’s freezing cold in the winters and beautiful in the summers. Basecamp formerly had their headquarters office in Chicago before 2020 when they went full remote with no office. Though the world has shifted dramatically towards remote work, for many of us company headquarters location still matters. In this post we’ll look at startups and tech companies that have their headquarters in Chicago.

💡 About our data

In the Employbl database we have nearly 700 tech companies and startups that have their headquarters in Chicago, IL. You can view, filter and sort those companies by logging in to the Employbl dashboard. It’s totally free. In this post I’ll pull curated lists primarily based on the founded year and the amount of money companies have raised from investors. For the purposes of this article we’re only going to be looking at private (i.e. those that have not gone public) and independent (i.e. those that have not been acquired) companies. We harvest data about tech companies and startups from the…

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Connor Leech
Employbl

Girl Dad x 2. Cofounder @Employbl. Software Engineer @CommentSold.