It’s tough to be a start up company in the suburbs. But it can be done. Just ask Scott Hoekman, chief financial officer of UICO LLC, a growing tech company based in Elmhurst. The company makes industrial-grade touch screens that are able to withstand temperature extremes, rough handling, and can work while wet or while the user is wearing gloves.
Read more →The June 2013 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine marked the released of their “Annual 100 Brilliant Companies” list, and Food Genius is proud to be featured!
Read more →SimpleRelevance, a leading personalized digital marketing platform, announced today that the company has raised an additional $750,000 in series A financing led by Hyde Park Angels and Hyde Park Venture Partners (HPVP) with participation from i2A fund and additional angel investors including Jim Streibich. The funding will be used to hire additional developers, to expand its enterprise-level solutions and to continue investing in innovation around its personalization engine.
Read more →Retrofit CEO Jeff Hyman has created a weight-loss tool for corporate professionals – and it’s growing rapidly in popularity.
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ParkWhiz wanted to find a charitable organization that could benefit from their service. It decided to support the 10th Annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks event on Saturday, May 18, at Soldier Field. From the Autism Speaks website, the walk “is a fun-filled, family friendly event and is our single most powerful force to fund vital research that will lead us to the answers we need.”
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