Seed-DB

TechStars Chicago (prev. Excelerate)

Established: 2010

Chicago, IL, US


Average of $ 25,000 funding for 6.0% equity = Avg Valuation of $ 416,667


Statistics

30 startups funded

5 exits

$ 19,500,000 in total exits

$ 21,621,870 in total funding raised

State Company Name Website & Crunchbase links Cohort Date Exit Value Funding Employees
Food Genius http://www.foodgenius.com 6/2011 $ 1,275,000 4
IntroFly http://introfly.com 6/2011 $ 75,000 4
PVPower http://www.PVPower.com 6/2010 $ 1,009,000 9
BabbaCo http://www.babbaco.com/ 6/2011 $ 1,225,000 13
Noblivity http://www.noblivity.com/ 6/2010 $ 15,000
Fango http://www.thefango.com/ 6/2010 $ 2,000,000 L $ 1,052,870
WeGather http://www.wegather.com/ 6/2010 $ 15,000
FeeFighters http://feefighters.com 6/2010 $ 8,000,000 L $ 1,525,000 7
MathZee http://mathzee.com/ 6/2010 $ 500,000 L $ 15,000
BuzzReferrals http://buzzreferrals.com/ 6/2011 $ 675,000
Exchangery http://theexchangery.com/ 6/2011 $ 3,000,000 L $ 75,000
Shortlist http://getshortlist.com 6/2011 $ 310,000 4
Goshi http://www.goshi.me 6/2011 $ 75,000
Joystickers http://joystickers.com 6/2011 $ 75,000
Edulender http://www.alltuition.com/ 6/2010 $ 1,015,000 8
Power2Switch http://www.power2switch.com 6/2011 $ 1,375,000 7
Tap.Me http://tap.me 6/2010 $ 6,000,000 L $ 4,600,000 20
GiveForward http://www.giveforward.com/ 6/2010 $ 2,515,000 17
ScholarPro http://www.scholarpro.com 6/2010 $ 1,015,000
CookItFor.Us http://cookitfor.us/ 6/2011 $ 75,000
Orbeus http://orbe.us/ 6/2012 $ 350,000
frintit http://www.frintit.at/ 6/2012 $ 75,000
71lbs http://www.71lbs.com 6/2012 $ 375,000 5
WhimseyBox http://www.whimseybox.com/ 6/2012 $ 75,000
Cureeo https://www.cureeo.com 6/2012 $ 75,000 4
Lasso http://lassocountry.com 6/2012
Fibroblast http://www.myfibroblast.com 6/2012
Moxie Jean http://www.moxiejean.com 6/2012 $ 75,000 5
Pictarine http://www.pictarine.com 6/2012 $ 75,000 3
SpotHero http://www.spothero.com 6/2012 $ 2,510,000 5

Disclaimers

  1. Exit values are estimates only. Confidence is indicated by H/M/L colors.
  2. Values for funding and number of employees come from Crunchbase

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Created: 08-May-2012, 22:48

Last modified: 24-May-2013, 09:30