Top Illinois Hardware Startups (33)

Born out of necessity, RapidX is a lifestyle-forward brand that creates practical, stylish, and dynamic products you enjoy that enhance your life On the Go, at Home, or in the Office. Our philosophy is to design products based on customer input from the bottom up, creating a consumer-centric portfolio melded with innovation and technology efficiency. RapidX products are functionally unique,...

Locinox is leading manufacturer and designer of high-quality mechanical and electro-mechanical components for the fence & gate, and the access control market. We take great pride in developing the best products and bring innovation to our markets. We value customer service very highly and complement our product offering with logistic and packaging solutions.

Crosstown Fiber is a Chicago-based fiber optic infrastructure developer specializing in the custom development of wholly-owned fiber optic networks for school systems, large enterprise, data center operators, content providers, IoT services, carriers as well as municipal and other government agencies. Designed, managed and operated by a team of leading Chicago networking infrastructure specialists, Crosstown Fiber’s network infrastructure is secure, pervasive...

LuminAID develops innovative, solar-powered products for humanitarian relief aid, outdoor recreation, and your home.

rf IDEAS began in 1995 as an early pioneer of proximity-based authentication and identification solutions. Today, we continue to lead the way with an innovative portfolio of credential readers that are compatible with nearly every proximity, contactless smartcard and, now, mobile credential available on the market. We’re your go-to authority for access control, partnering with leading technology companies to provide authentication,...

Swing King is golf’s first fully digital gaming platform designed for everyday play. The current iteration of our proprietary technology solution is a cash entry fee hole-in-one contest that adds entertainment and new revenue streams to golf courses of any type and provides golfers with added excitement, meaningful cash payouts and an HD video of their ultimate golf experience. We...

FloWaste’s food analytics platform uses proprietary image recognition technology to empower food service providers and industrial food producers to reduce food waste automatically. Using kitchen data, FloWaste allows foodservice providers to optimize meal preparation, ingredient combinations, and portion sizing, while reducing labor costs, to maximize profits and minimize excess. FloWaste has 3 live paid pilot customers, who have just signed...

Total Technology Solutions Group (TTSG) is dedicated to providing a true end-to-end experience for our clients by ensuring total ongoing performance. We inspire greater productivity and efficiency through personal relationships and customized printing solutions.

We build and market indoor gardens for consumers. Our experiential products foster health and happiness by enabling people to grow food, plants and flowers year-round. We are mission-driven as we work to improve education and awareness of the benefits of real food through schools - see the video of a recent collaboration.

At the heart of Inventables is a community of makers. The software and hardware tools we build are used to design and produce amazing products made out of a variety of materials. Our ecosystem of offerings supports makers as they express their creativity, and gives them the tools they need to turn a hobby into a successful business. Our products are...

Our company name underlines our leading position in the display market and our role as a complete display solutions company - NEC Display Solutions for more efficiency and individual productivity, for the best return on investment (ROI) and investment protection. Whatever your needs are, NEC Display Solutions has the right product.

PrintWithMe is printing made simple. PrintWithMe is the first network of wireless printer kiosks in the United States, with kiosks in convenient locations such as apartment buildings, retailers, co-working spaces, and more. Operating in all 50 states, PrintWithMe enables anyone to print securely from their digital device in seconds. Since 2014, over 10 million pages have been printed on sustainably sourced...

Monument is an AI-centric software platform designed to create an easy and enjoyable way to back up, manage, and interact with our photos and videos. Developments in technology and social networks have now made content creation easier than ever which in turn has amplified the very real need for content organization.

Take the power back with frontlit reflective displays. Azumo technology sips power at a 90% lower rate than backlit LCDs, is intrinsically safe, and is certified for industrial and medical uses. The frontlit reflective LCD module is the next step in devices, and works in various applications. With Azumo-powered displays, devices can run for a week on a single charge, and can...

Microsensor Labs is a tech startup that develops novel sensor solutions to improve the quality of health care. Since 2016, Microsensor Labs has been supported by multi-million-dollar non-dilutive government funding to develop sensors to reduce hospital infection (currently in pilot trial) and enhance diagnostic capabilities.

PourMyBeer is a self-serve beverage software and hardware technology company. We allow customers to pour their own beer, wine, cocktails, coffee, and any other beverage you can think of.

AMS is currently a small team, comprised of independent thinkers, working to solve challenges in software development, data analysis, mechatronics, electrical engineering, and computer engineering. We are a cross-disciplined group and are excited to be pioneers in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence and machine learning for 3D printing.

At eMeasurematics, we specialize in industrial autonomous solutions, digital warehouses and yard management systems. Our solutions encompass an advanced software suite which is seamlessly integrated with advanced digital devices. We are industry leaders in our field of technology. As we continue to grow, build better solutions, and add new modules to our software platform, involving A.I, Computer Vision and other...

Hale Devices, Inc., formerly known as Sonr Labs, Inc., is a consumer electronics startup with a focus on bringing smart accessories for Android devices to market. Founded in 2011, Hale Devices made a successful entrance into the Android audio accessory category with the world’s first universal speaker dock for Android with a remote. Hale deliver

BiomeSense is developing an integrated biosensor and bioinformatics platform to enable time-series collection and analysis of human gut microbiome data during clinical research. Our technology provides exponentially more data to scientists than current tools, dramatically accelerating clinical translation of microbiome research.