In a saturated market and with venture capital investment at its lowest in 10 years, it’s getting harder for start-ups to get funding. That said, that means there are more solid companies with great ideas than ever before. Chicago has a booming tech scene right now, and you should pay attention to plenty of new start-ups. In this article, we take a look at new start-ups that are changing their respective industries from the ground up.
1.Sendwork
Sendwork is changing the communication game for business owners and entrepreneurs. We’ve all been there before, and it’s not pretty. You need to get in touch with an important client or business partner, but communication is a nightmare. Sendwork is a simple communication app that allows you to scale communication with important clients, partners, potential hires, and more. Sendwork has a “communication graph” where you can see who is in communication with who, when, and how often. You can even see if communication is one-sided. The communication graph is a unique and bold feature that will make Sendwork stand out in the business communication space.
2.Turf
Turf is a real estate company that wants to make the process of buying or selling a home easier and more accessible to the everyday person. Turf has partnered with realtors to create a completely paperless process that allows you to browse listings online and communicate with agents without ever having to go to an office or deal with paperwork. Unfortunately, Turf is only available in Chicago at the moment. If they expand outside of Chicago, they could really change the real estate landscape.
3.CartStack
CartStack has been adopted by some of the largest ecommerce sites in the world, like Wish and Shopify. The shopping cart platform market is pretty crowded, but CartStack has a major advantage in that its main investors are also the founders of Shopify. CartStack has already proven that it can scale and keep up with high-traffic sites, so it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on.
4.Growth-ology
Growth-ology is a marketing analytics tool that helps businesses identify and improve their marketing strategies. Growth-ology doesn’t rely on basic data like clicks and views. Instead, it looks at user experience, attention, and engagement to help businesses understand how effective their marketing is. Growth-ology is only a few months old, but some big companies are already using it. In fact, they have a retention rate of 95% and are growing by more than 50% month over month.
These f companies have already made a name for themselves and are changing their respective industries. We’ve seen companies like these before, but two things make this batch of young companies special, they’re all based out of Chicago and relatively new to the scene.
