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Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending October 9 2026 Piggy Bank

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending October 9, 2026

October 10, 2026

Spothero on LinkedIn

The Two-Sided City: How Chicago Built America’s Marketplace Engine

October 7, 2026

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending September 11 2026

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending September 11, 2026

September 12, 2026

Can we Measure Midwest Grit?

September 3, 2026

StartMidwest Founder Story on Tim Huelskamp of 1440 in Chicago

Founder Stories: Tim Huelskamp of 1440 - newsletters for the insatiably curious

August 24, 2026

Illinois Governor Pritzker at the Global Quantum Forum in Chicago

UChicago-led Bloch Quantum Tech Hub raises $55 million for domestic supply chain

StartMidwest what you should pay attention to at TechChicago Week from four local experts

TechChicago Week: Your Guide from those in the know.

StartMidwest the Midwest Dairy Accelerator in Chicago has chosen six startups for latest cohort

Midwest Dairy Accelerator presents six startups for 2026 cohort

StartMidwest Illinois Q2 2026 startup funding with the most deals in the Midwest

Illinois leads the Midwest in deal volume in Q2 2026.

StartMidwest - Store Front in Middle America during the SaaSpocalypse

The Myth of the SaaSpocalypse

StartMidwest Phase3d raises 2-9m in Chicago

Chicago's Phase3D raises $2.9M for additive manufacturing inspection tech

StartMidwest Mondelez announces nine startups for CoLab 20206

Mondelēz selects nine startups for CoLab Tech 2026 accelerator

StartMidwest Syntax Bio Raises 14-4 million

Chicago's Syntax Bio expands Series A to $14.4 million, adds new leadership

StartMidwest Automate Chicago 2026 Humanoid Robot forum

As GM swaps workers for robots in Detroit, Chicago's Automate show previews what's next

Detroit, Michigan, ranked 11th among emerging startup ecosystems in the Startup Genome 2026 report

Startup Genome 2026 Ecosystem Report: Chicago in Top 20 and Detroit Emerging again

Chicago fintech Vinyl Equity raises a $20M Series A led by Jump Capital

Chicago’s Vinyl Equity raises $20M Series A led by Jump Capital

Chicago's Honeycomb Insurance raises $40M for AI-driven property insurance underwriting

Chicago’s Honeycomb Insurance raises $40M for AI-driven property underwriting

StartMidwest - Chicago Investors if they were star signs

Forget AUM. What's Their Star Sign?

StartMidwest Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026 Lincoln Nebraska

Where Midwest startup hubs rank in Dealroom's 2026 Global Tech Ecosystem Index

StartMidwest Benji universal API for loyalty raises 6 million in seed funding

Benji raises $6.25M for loyalty product; three Midwest funds invest

S2G Investments managing partners — the Chicago-based firm closed its $1 billion Solutions Fund I for growth-stage food, energy, and ocean companies.

Chicago’s S2G Investments Closes $1 Billion Solutions Fund I

Chicago’s definity Unveils Agentic Data Engineering Platform with $12M Series A

StartMidwest Madison Air IPO

Chicago’s Madison Air files for IPO in potentially largest US industrial debut since 1999

Nothing ventured, nothing gained: the community-led bet on Chicago's next generation of investors.

StartMidwest - Simplify Ventures

Simplify Group Launches Simplify Ventures in Illinois

StartMidwest - geowealth 42.5m Fundraise

Chicago’s GeoWealth Extends Series C With $42.5 Million Strategic Investment

StartMidwest - 1871 Chicago - Old Chicago Stock Exchange Building

BMO and 1871 open applications for WMNfintech in Chicago

StartMidwest - Uber acquires Chicago company Spot Hero

Uber to add parking with acquisition Of Chicago’s SpotHero

StartMidwest - Newity raises 11m

Chicago’s NEWITY raises $11M: tying AI underwriting to blockchain capital

February 25, 2026

StartMidwest Go Brewing Lands New Investment to Fuel Next Phase of Growth

Go Brewing Lands New Investment to Fuel Next Phase of Growth

February 10, 2026

StartMidwest - Fintech - Kairos raises 2.5m

Chicago prediction market startup Kairos raises $2.5M led by a16z Crypto

February 6, 2026

Chicago’s When raises $10.2M to expand health coverage platform

February 3, 2026

StartMidwest Midwest Moxie with Kathleen Gallagher How Eichrom Technologies is fueling nuclear medicine

Midwest Moxie: Fueled by nuclear

January 28, 2026

StartMidwest Architect Financial Technologies raises $35 million Series A

Architect Financial Technologies raises $35 million Series A

January 16, 2026

StartMidwest - Electron X 30m Series A

Chicago’s ElectronX Secures $30M Series A for Power Derivatives Market

November 18, 2025

Alchemist Accelerator and University of Chicago Launch Quantum Cohort

November 11, 2025

What does Chicago's evolving tech scene mean for the Midwest?

October 24, 2025

Chicago to host Venture Summit 2025: Future of Food

October 4, 2025

Chicago’s zerohash raises $104 million as Wall Street firms move into crypto infrastructure

September 26, 2025

StartMidwest - Kin 50 million in Chicago

Chicago-based Kin raises $50 million at $2 billion valuation

September 9, 2025

Why I Built Free Resources for Chicago Founders

August 20, 2025

Why Chicago is pushing its chips all in on quantum

August 15, 2025

StartMidwest Illinois Q2 Funding

Fundraising Q2, 2025: Illinois

University of Chicago and IBM launch first Quantum Startup Accelerator.

StartMidwest - Tech Chicago Week 2025

Headed to Tech Chicago Week? Don't miss these events.

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Chicago and Indiana startups lead with $25,000 AgriNovus Velocity awards

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