Top Chicago, IL Co-Working Space or Incubator Companies (48)
Where Startups Come To ScaleCatapult Chicago is the uniquely collaborative start-up community located in the heart of Chicago's River North neighborhood. Catapult adheres to the values that are essential to early stage companies – creativity, ambition, collaboration and camaraderie - and adds to that seasoned business expertise in a world class location. Catapult's mission is to grow the next generation of premier startups in Chicago. Catapult creates a community of startup companies that can use their shared experiences and network to accelerate growth for one another by providing peer proximity, a professional network with execution experience, regular topical programming, education and social events, and unparalleled physical space with open collaborative areas and private offices for each company. Catapult Chicago is run for start-ups by start-ups. We only reach our full potential through the collective participation of Chicago’s best and brightest entrepreneurs.
Panzanzee is Chicago's social enterprise incubator, co-working space, and continuous community. Providing discovery, resources, trust and traction for entrepreneurs and professionals pursuing social impac
We're a coworking community and event space in Lakeview, encouraging creativity, passion & collaboration. If you're interested in becoming a DeskLabs member, please fill out our Request Form. If you have some other fancy idea up your sleeve, email [email protected].
Gray Matter is an entrepreneurial experience program for high school students across the country. All programs consist of a series of engaging workshops comprised of team building activities, group and individual tasks, discussions, guest speakers, and fun and engaging field trips. Participating students learn business concepts from entrepreneurs and professionals and then use that knowledge to create businesses to help impact Black communities within their cities. Students are encouraged to launch their businesses and will be placed in relevant internships and mentorships to ensure their success. Gray Matter aims to educate, empower and assist students in creating their own businesses while providing them access to resources and support to ensure students understand that their ideas are valid and vital to the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
mHUB is the nation’s leading hardtech innovation center that offers startups membership options, runs accelerator programs, and provides research and development services to ensure the manufacturing industry continues to accelerate, grow and thrive. Since launching in 2017, the mHUB community has generated more than $1.14B in revenue, launched more than 1,502 products, hired more than 5,193 employees, and raised over $1.49B in capital. Visit www.mhubchicago.com to learn more.
The Chicago Innovation Exchange (CIE) is the University of Chicago’s new hub for multidisciplinary collaborations. We support business start-up activities and entrepreneurs converting research and ideas into solutions benefitting society. The CIE brings together the University’s distinctive strengths in research and resources from a network of world-class entrepreneurship programs to drive innovation in a range of areas, applying scientific discoveries to generate scalable solutions to difficult societal problems.
Mission Artifice is Woodlawn-based Illinois not-for-profit corporation with a bold new approach to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. We seek to use project-based, hands-on learning to endow participants with the tech and entrepreneurial skills, specifically, that will make them the masters of their own destiny. Using the skills they learn at the center to create community-based social enterprises, students at Artifice will build their portfolios while benefitting the community. Ultimately, we hope to combine tech and entrepreneurial competencies in a way that will sustainably raise the economic and educational prospects of the neighborhood and surrounding areas.Vision“Artifice” comes from the Latin for “made art,” a fitting description for a hackerspace over which participants have creative control. We also like the word’s complex connotation, for what is a hacker, if not very skilled and a little mischievous? Being part of our world makes participants “Artificers,” who, in fantasy literature, are particularly powerful makers, tinkerers, and wizards--all terms used synonymously with hackers.In the tech and engineering worlds, a “hack” is a work-around for a problem. It is often used to describe the act of making machinery or technology bend to the hacker’s will, rather than its intended purpose. We see the programs at Artifice as hacks that repurpose STEM curricula to solve the problems of structural inequality in public education and in the workforce.The problem of inequality in public education--particularly in low-income areas of Chicago--has been the impetus for many STEM initiatives, but few programs are successful in setting participants up to overcome structural inequality in the workforce and thus to succeed in the long run. Tech, however, is the exceptional field; it is a meritocracy in which only the skilled prevail. Results matter far and above degrees or the ability to adhere to the arbitrary definitions of “professionalism” that exist in most work environments. Tech expertise is the great equalizer of our era and it is Artifice’s vision to prepare the underserved to take advantage of the opportunities it affords.HistoryThe project began as a series of conversations between James Crooks, computational scientist and PhD candidate in Biophysics at the University of Chicago, Adam Hammond, Curriculum Director for the Biophysical Sciences Program at the University of Chicago, and Ashley Lane, Development Associate at a youth digital media nonprofit. One of the topics was whether it would be possible to sustainably raise the median income level of a neighborhood by investing in its youth and encouraging them to stay in the community so as not to cause a “brain drain.” The other was the failure of most STEM programs to actually teach any valuable STEM lessons, change students’ trajectories as a result of participation, and/or better their lifetime earnings substantially. The outcome was Artifice, a safe community center with tech programming that endows youth with marketable skills and the know-how to monetize them without having to leave the community. In June 2013, the group began discussing the possibility of pursuing the concept in earnest. On August 23, 2013, a series of conversations with Alderman Cochran of the 20th ward culminated in the donation of a storefront space at 1500 E. 63rd St. by Dr. Rev. Leon Finney, Jr. Artifice launched its programming on December 2, 2013. Pending the conferment of tax-exempt status by the IRS, we are relying on volunteer instructors and non-grant donations for the success of our program. Please visit our website or Facebook page if you want to learn more about supporting Artifice.
InsightStudios is a venture studio, a company that creates high-growth technology companies. We are for investors who want the upside potential of seed-stage investments while mitigating the risk of customer acceptance.
The Chicago Blockchain Center is a coworking space and accelerator for early stage blockchain startups. The center also hosts educational and networking events.
Capital Construction Solutions is a mobile application software company that provides intuitive, cost effective, module based solutions. By developing mobile apps using information available from experts, industry knowledge, and government research, best practices will be provided to the industry via their mobile devices.
Code Ventures is a technical cofouder for startups. As technical cofouders, CodeVentures will architect, code and implement your ideas into a company for equity. Scope of the deliverable vary from MVP to full product. We normally work with startups with cofounders who has good product and customer aquisition skills, but lacks technical skills or funds to hire developers. In technology we work with Mobile , Software, Internet , IoT and enterprise spaces. Please apply to start a conversation.
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At MATTER, we believe collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. The MATTER collaborative includes more than 800 current and alumni startups from around the world, working together with dozens of hospitals and health systems, universities and industry-leading companies to build the future of healthcare. Together we are accelerating innovation, advancing care and improving lives. For more information, visit matter.health and follow @MATTERhealth.
BeUrban Workspaces is a flexible, friendly business community with affordable office spaces, event spaces, meeting rooms and coworking spaces designed to enhance the performance of today's entrepreneurs and business professionals.
Industrious’ private offices and suites — the highest-rated workspaces in the industry — provide the most sustainable option for companies to manage newly distributed teams for the long term. We make it easy to find an office that works for you — even if you come in just once or twice a week. Recognized as one of America’s 500 fastest-growing companies in 2020 by Inc. Magazine, Industrious offers flexible terms and locations in more than 50 U.S. markets. For more information, visit industriousoffice.com.
Located in River North, Coalition: Impact aspires to create an ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities to grow social impact in Chicago. Impact provides space for companies seeking the open co-working space, or the independence of private offices, both benefiting from regular networking and educational events.
Platform Venture is not following in the footsteps of those companies that employ an “immersive” accelerator approach. We focus exclusively on adding value to early stage projects, partnering with entrepreneurs looking to hedge the opportunity cost and associated risk of stepping completely away from their current career path. In most cases our firm plays the role of Co-founder and Co-investor.Our process does not include spending 10 minutes each, hearing the pitch of 100′s of potential co-founders who may be very bright, but are not stepping away from ongoing successful careers. We look for those who have proven themselves both academically and in business and who are looking for a way to potentially transition into the role of entrepreneur.Our Platform is designed to deliver the right combination of resources in the form of technology development, meeting capital requirements, design, project management, sourcing pilot opportunities, etc.Our partners are what many refer to as “Serial Entrepreneurs”, founding Internet technology-based businesses beginning in 1996.
Spirtle SpaceTM provides entrepreneurs, freelancers, and start-ups a place to think, grow, and learn. It is a coworking space designed to help you launch your new business or grow the business you currently have.
We help bootstrap startups get traction.FounderSensei is for entrepreneurs who want to master the craft of creating a successful businesses from scratch. Newbies commit themselves to a new kind of apprenticeship under the guidance of a seasoned startup Sensei. Experienced entrepreneurs hone their skills and become more effective than ever. Unlike accelerators that focus on mentor dating, pitch training and demo days, FounderSensei focuses exclusively on business model validation through scientific customer experiments, resilience psychology and mastermind support. Entrepreneurs who join us will discover a proven process for finding a scalable, repeatable business model for any startup idea and the support they need to change the world. Our Sensei-driven model will help entrepreneurs launch 1,000 startups over the next 10 years.
Guild Row is a new type of social club located along the Rockwell Corridor in Avondale, Chicago. Our 12,000 SF indoor/outdoor facility was designed as a place to meet new people and try new things. Guild Row opened its doors into the global pandemic this past August believing that togetherness is an essential good. Our growing community is currently comprised of approximately 220 active members with varied interests, diverse expertise, and assorted passions. Hailing from many different Chicago neighborhoods our members share a common respect of craft, desire for community, and love of a good time.
Edgewater Workbench is a community workshop/makerspace located on the northside of Chicago. We offer affordable work space by the day or month, 3D printing and laser cutting services, rapid prototyping, design services, and a retail boutique featuring locally handmade goods and art. We also offer classes in 3D printing and laser cutting, and space for community members to teach classes.
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