Sitting on Lake Michigan in Illinois, Chicago is among the largest cities in the country, famed for its bold architecture, museums, deep dish pizza, and of course… da Bears.
These eight businesses in the Chicago area each recently closed funding rounds that grew the companies by 50 million dollars or more – which means they’re potentially going places, and soon. The money will most likely be used by these companies to accelerate growth, kick off new sales and marketing efforts, and hire new employees.
Industry: B2B Software
Total Funding: 100.8M
G2 Crowd is a platform for users to share business software reviews in real-time. Their unbiased user reviews – as well as dozens of data points – help customers objectively assess what is best for their business. During their most recent funding round, the company secured 55M.
“The people are smart and fun, and the work is challenging.”
G2 Crowd is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Logistics
Total Funding: 101.5M
FourKites is an end-to-end supply chain visibility platform that major global companies use to track and manage their freight. The company helps the world’s largest shippers and logistics providers know for certain where their shipments are at all times, when they will arrive at ports, plants, and stores — and how they can get there faster. During a recent funding round, FourKites raised 50M.
FourKites employees rated their culture an A.
FourKites is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Cannibis
Total Funding: 104M
Cresco Labs cultivates cannabis for the benefit of patients and consumers across the country, enhancing the lives of Illinois patients and inciting the progressive evolution of the medical cannabis industry. The company raised 100M during its most recent funding round.
Cresco Labs is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Social Media
Total Funding: 65.2M
Cameo is a marketplace where fans can book personalized video shoutouts from their favorite people. With an aim to create the most personalized and authentic fan experiences in the world, the company currently partners with thousands of celebrities across all verticals. During its most recent funding round, Cameo raised 50M.
Cameo is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Manufacturing
Total Funding: 500M
Berlin Packaging is a hybrid packaging supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers, closures, and dispensing systems. They supply billions of packaging components annually to customers of all sizes in all industries. For their recent funding round, they raised 500M.
Berlin Packaging is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Biotechnology
Funding: 520M
Tempus is a technology company that has built an operating system to battle cancer. It is on a mission to redefine how genomic data is used in a clinical setting. Their goal is for each patient to benefit from the treatment of others who came before. During its latest funding round, the company secured 200M.
Tempus is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Software
Total Funding: 65M
With its leading-edge software and services, Vistex serves businesses of all sizes worldwide across a spectrum of industries. By powering business processes and supporting direct, indirect and multi-tiered sales models, Vistex offers the foundation for aligning all market participants and prompts superior decision-making. From its recent funding round, the company raised 65M.
Vistex is Hiring! Check out jobs here.
Industry: Clean Energy
Total Funding: 276.3M
LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology is like retrofitting a brewery onto an emission source like a steel mill or a landfill site, but instead of using sugars and yeast to make beer, pollution is converted by bacteria to fuels and chemicals. During its most recent funding round, the company raised 72M.