Startups
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- adapt.ly
- bln.kr
- blurtt
- Confer
- CorkShare
- eMotion Group Inc.
- FanGo
- FIPPEX
- Flexhire
- G2.fm
- Genlighten
- GiveForward
- Halo Monitoring
- HaveMyShift
- iCubed International
- Intelligent Generation
- JoeMetric
- KnowledgePay
- Medic8 Manager
- Qwirkit
- Rent Monitor
- Spreedly
- Sunflower Solutions
- thinklinkr
- Watermelon Express
adapt.ly
Website: http://adapt.ly
Location: Evanston, IL
CMO: Shobhit Chugh
What they do in 140 chars: Adapt.ly constantly monitors advertising data and provides actionable intelligence to constantly improve your ad campaigns.
bln.kr
Website: http://bln.kr
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Justin DeLay
What they do in 140 chars: http://bln.kr is the best way for artists to share & track the music they make to facebook, twitter, youtube, blogs, smartphones, and more.
blurtt
Website: http://blurtt.com
Location: Evanston, IL
CEO: Nikhil Sethi
What they do in 140 chars: Blurtt lets you send real postcards to your friends and family, without knowing their address! Send love with blurtt.
Confer
Website: http://www.getconfer.com
Location: Wooster, OH
President: Ed Buchholz
What they do in 140 chars: Confer is a new communication tool built for transparency and efficiency inside an organization.

CorkShare
Website: http://www.corkshare.com
Location: Cleveland, OH
Co-Founders: Jim England, Tim Gasper, Huston Hoburg
What they do in 140 chars: Build online corkboards to post, share, and discuss content with your friends.
eMotion Group, Inc.
Website: http://www.bffgemz.com
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Avelo Roy, Ed Suda
What they do in 140 chars: BFF Gemz pendant, by eMotion, is a smart jewelry that aims to connect tween girls in the US online & offline, combining safety and fun.
FanGo
Website: http://www.thefango.com
Location: Lexington, KY
CEO: Collin Wallace
What they do in 140 chars: Stop waiting in line! FanGo is a mobile app that allows customers @ stadiums & arenas to order food and fan gear straight to their seat!
FIPPEX
Website: http://www.fippex.com
Location: Chicago, IL
Founder, CTO: David Pessis
What they do in 140 chars: From raising capital, to managing contacts, to investor reporting, FIPPEX provides online, integrated solutions for investment funds.
Flexhire
Website: http://www.flexhire.com
Location: Cleveland, OH
CEO: Joseph Regallis
G2.fm
Website: http://g2.fm
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Jason Weingarten
What they do in 140 chars: G2.fm is a one stop shop for bands/artists/musicians to find live music gigs with actual open dates to play at.
Genlighten
Website: http://www.genlighten.com
Location: Wilmette, IL
CEO: Dean Richardson
What they do in 140 chars: Genlighten.com: our online marketplace helps genealogists find the offline documents they need using a network of skilled local researchers.
GiveForward
Website: http://www.GiveForward.org
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Desiree Vargas
What they do in 140 chars: GiveForward gives people free, personal fundraising pages to raise money for a loved one’s medical expenses.
Halo Monitoring
Website: http://www.halomonitoring.com
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Chirag Patel
What they do in 140 chars: @halo_monitoring is focused on keeping seniors in their home w/ automatic fall detection, real time vitals monitoring, & compliance tracking.
HaveMyShift
Website: http://havemyshift.com
Location: Chicago, IL
Founder: Sean Corbett
What they do in 140 chars: @HaveMyShift gives hourly workers options at work. 5600 people have traded 44,000 hours of shifts and $27,000 in bonuses to date!
iCubed International
Website: http://www.iwavecube.com
Location: Cleveland, OH
CEO: Phil Davis
Intelligent Generation LLC
Website: http://www.intelgen.com
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Jay Marhoefer
What they do in 140 chars: Intelligent Generation unites solar energy bldg owners into networkd mkt bloc/ boosts cost svngs 2x-3x / creates giant virtual utility.
JoeMetric
Website: http://www.joemetric.com
Location: Columbus, OH
HeadJoe: Stephanie Rucinski
What they do in 140 chars: JoeMetric is changing the face of market research! Demographically targeted mobile surveys with GPS targeting, pictures, audio, and more.
KnowledgePay
Website: http://www.knowledgepay.com
Location: Sycamore, IL
CEO: Chris Kelley
What they do in 140 chars: KnowledgePay is Unified Compensation Intelligence for corporations. See our Solutions page at http://bit.ly/9enkBC.
Medic8 Manager
Website: http://www.personalcaregiver.com
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Daniel Bernstein
What they do in 140 chars: Personal Caregiver helps you take the right medications at the right time and tracks refill reminders.
Qwirkit
Website: http://qwirkit.com
Location: Hoffman Estates, IL
CEO: Assad Fehmy
What they do in 140 chars: Qwirkit: Online Exchange, post work needed or display your skills for a match for work. Work small jobs and earn a steady stream of income.
RentMonitor
Website: http://www.rentmonitor.com
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Brett Yates
What they do in 140 chars: Rent Monitor is a web based property management solution designed for individual rental property owners and property management companies.
Spreedly
Website: http://spreedly.com
Location: Chicago, IL
CEO: Nathaniel Talbott
What they do in 140 chars: Spreedly makes subscription management and recurring billing easy, allowing you to focus on your core product and launch faster.
Sunflower Solutions
Website: http://thesunflowersolutions.com
Location: Cleveland, OH
Solar EmPowerer, Founder: Chris Clark
What they do in 140 chars: EmPower Plants by Sunflower Solutions are the world’s first and only manually operable solar power systems and cut the cost of solar by over 33% in remote areas.
thinklinkr
Website: http://thinklinkr.com
Location: Chicago, IL
Founders: Vishu Ramanathan, Jason Tillery
What they do in 140 chars: Think together with thinklinkr.
Watermelon Express
Website: http://www.watermelonexpress.com
Location: Chicago, IL
Founders: Ashish Rangnekar, Ujjwal Gupta
What they do in 140 chars: Watermelon Express builds test prep apps that work and sync across mobile, web and desktop platforms – a truly anytime-anywhere solution.
























