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World Business Chicago provides economic data and statistical assistance services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago provides healthcare services to children. It offers pediatric services like acute and specialty care. It also operates a pediatric home health care agency and Children's Memorial Institute for education and research. The company was founded in 1882 by Julia Foster Porter and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Junior Achievement of Chicago engages in the provision of educational services. Its programs are funded by businesses and individuals and are designed to be taught in the classroom by business, parent, and community volunteers. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Corp. provides banking and investment services. The company is based in Wilmington, DE. Darrel Hackett has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago offers exhibitions of art. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance. Its programs include Dance, Live Art, Music, Screenings, Theater and Workshops. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

United Way of Metro Chicago, Inc. operates as non-profit organization, which allocate funds for health, education, financial stability and safety. The firm provides health, education and financial services. It offers 211 hotline support, center for human trafficking and slavery, born learning, and sports activities. The company was founded by Frances Wisebart Jacobs, Myron W. Reed, William J.O’Ryan, Dean H. Martyn Hart and Rabbi William S. Friedman in 1887 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

BMO Bank NA provides personal, business, and commercial banking products and financial advisory services. Its personal banking products and services include checking accounts; statement savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit (CD); fixed and adjustable rate mortgages; credit cards, loans and lines of credit, and retirement accounts and investments; home equity, personal loans and lines of credit, and auto loans; and online banking, mobile banking, phone banking, payment and deposit, cross-border banking for Canadians, and switch kit services. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Economic Club of Chicago provides platform to discuss economic, business and social issues. The company was founded by Lucius Teter in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center /Incubator/ (Chicagoland Entr Center) is a venture capital subsidiary of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Grindr, Inc. engages in the operations of a social networking app. The company is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA.

11 Roniin LLC provides business support services. The company was founded by Paul H. Lee in 2014 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Rush University Medical Center engages in the provision of health care services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center provides business development advisory services. It helps clients by providing financing, sales and client development, mentoring, peer-to-peer exchange, grant and new ventures accelerating services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sparknotes.com provides an academic resource site that features online study guides in a variety of subjects. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, CA.

Alpha Capital Partners Ltd (Alpha Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Andrew H Kalnow. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

bswift LLC provides software and services that streamline benefits, human resources and payroll administration services. It offers critical tasks, including the compilation of your benefit program details and rules, system configuration, data conversion, quality assurance and testing, data exchange and service integrations such as call center. The firm’s solutions cover audits, benchmarking, benefit portal, benefits administration, benefits information system, plan advisor, billing and business process outsourcing. The company was founded by Michael A. Sachs in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sg2 LLC provides healthcare market intelligence, strategic analytics and clinical consulting services. It offers health care analytics, intelligence, consulting and education services. The company was founded by Michael A. Sachs in 2001 and is headquartered in Skokie, IL.

Part of Elliott Capital Advisors LP, SparkNotes LLC is an American company that operates a platform to assist students in understanding books, writing papers, and studying for tests online. The company was founded by Sam Yagan.

ShopRunner, Inc. engages in the design, development, and operation of a shopping platform for merchants. The firm offers ShopRunner platform. The company was founded by Michael Golden in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Firestarter Fund (Firestarter Fund) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2012 by Matthew Moog, Sam Yagan and Brian Hand. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Excelerate Labs provides investment services. It offers startup capital, mentorship, and consultancy services. The company was founded by Troy Henikoff, Sam Yagan and Nick Rosa and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Meetic SAS provides online dating and matchmaking services. It offers online and mobile social networking services and markets complementary economic models. The company was founded by Marc Simoncini on October 30, 2001 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

LiveMinutes, Inc. provides free web conferencing solutions for everyday meetings. Its solutions enables users to hang out with their friends or colleagues, share videos and conference with others, join the call with their browser, skype or phone and record their calls to reports. The company was founded by Alexis Dufetel and Kemal El Moujahid in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Match.com LLC operates online dating sites. In addition to the company's flagship site, the company connects with Web-bound singles through country-specific sites. Registered members can post a personal profile and browse the site in search of a potential match. Match.com is an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp. Match.com was founded in April, 1995 and is located in Dallas, TX

LitCharts LLC provides literature guides. Its LitCharts includes a color-coded Themes Key, which assigns a specific color to each theme. Readers can then trace the prevalence of themes throughout the book. The company was founded by Benjamin Florman and Justin Kestler and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

SpotHero, Inc. provides mobile applications and website for drivers to find reserve parking spot. The company was founded by Mark Lawrence, Jeremy Smith and Lawrence Kiss in 2011 and is headquartered Chicago, IL.

Tinder, Inc. develops online dating applications. It provides a software that can be connected to social media and can be downloaded to mobile phones. The company was founded by Sean Rad, Justin Mateen, Jonathan Badeen, Christopher Gulczynski, Joe Munozm, and Whitney Wolfe in 2012 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

O'Brien Veterinary Management LLC operates veterinary services clinics. Its practice management and consulting services cover all aspects of animal hospital administration including operations, strategy, human resources, purchasing and vendor management, finance and marketing. The company was founded by Emily O’Brien and Gregory M. O'Brien in 2005 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL.

Brilliant Worldwide, Inc. provides online software that connects students to discuss and solve mathematics and physics problems. The company was founded by Sam Solomon, Silas Hundt and Suyeon Khim in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BeneStream, Inc. provides employee program services. The firm offers programs that allow employees to receive government benefits to which they are entitled, such as food stamps, Medicaid, and child health plus. It operates a web based interface system for brokers and human resources departments that uses employee payroll data to determine an individual's eligibility for government benefits. The company was founded by Benjamin Geyerhahn and Andrew Greenblatt in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Corazon Group LLC (Corazon Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Sam Yagan and Steven M. Farsht. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.