Top Illinois News + Entertainment Startups (54)

Cryptocurrency is a modern alternative to money, with many unique advantages. But to start learning these benefits is risky if your first step is buying it. Red Fog offers free-to-play crypto games within a diverse social community. Expand your knowledge as you rise to higher skill levels, progressively unlocking new coins and prizes.

PechaKucha (http://www.pechakucha.com) is the fastest-growing storytelling platform used by millions of people across the globe. Community Builders, Businesses and Educators use its famed 20-slide x 20-second format to share ideas and connect with others visually, concisely and memorably.

A golf blog and newsletter designed for busy professionals.

It isn't pre-pay, it's PayPrior!Our StoryPayPrior.com is the first web-enabled consumer service that allows groups of friends to pay for bottle service prior to going out. PayPrior’s story began in December of 2010 after founders Matthew Rossetti and Blake Nielsen were stuck covering a large bottle service bill for their friends. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first time either of them...

Blacklight is a unique, forward-thinking, entertainment company established to create, develop, and produce original and licensed intellectual property for feature films, television, video games, books, comics and new media. Through this novel, holistic approach to media creation, Blacklight is uniquely positioned to create synergy and manage intellectual property across the multiple platforms that, collectively, constitute the future of popular media...

Day 1 Studios is a leading independent developer dedicated to the craft of creating revolutionary, interactive entertainment. Our team is a growing group of accomplished designers, artists and engineers who understand games; how to make them, how to play them and the record to back it up. Led by masters in their fields, they are armed with the tools they need...

Chicago Fitness Report is a research-based magazine dedicated to healthy living. Content is contributed by a network of local fitness professionals, who are certified in the areas of CrossFit, yoga, holistic health, competitive performance, and more.

Indie Ex with the power of Exact Timer Technology offers a way for the viewer to sample new content, while giving the independent artist a way to monetize their content: Offers the viewer the option to sample content at 15 second intervals ("Tics") Gives the artist control over setting the viewing rate for their video performance Viewer only pays for the...

Victory Views is the digital destination for high school athletes, families, and coaches to see highlights from their games. Find your school at www.victoryviews.com.

We are a documentary video production company specializing in producing videos for purpose-driven organizations. Our video services are full service- from creative concept to shooting interviews and day in the life footage as well as editing, music and sound. Our social enterprise is committed to employing young people at risk from gun violence.

Blackline Review is a multi-media on-line publication that covers Chicago entrepreneurs, technology, and innovation.

We are Chicago’s NPR news station, one of the largest and most respected public media stations in the country. Our mission is at the heart of WBEZ Chicago. We fulfill our mission at WBEZ by serving as a cornerstone of the public conversation; as a central pillar of our civic community; and by reasserting ourselves as the heart of innovation...

AEG Digital Media is the leading provider of complete webcast management, production, creative and media services in the digital media industry.

I love to make things happen! Passion for making a difference… The tone of today's economy is forcing people to “diversify their skills” this is the recipe for how I have developed my career for over (25) years. We have college graduates looking for work and those who have been in the workforce for years, all finding themselves out of work.  Both groups...

Tickifieds is an online event ticket marketplace in which users can buy and sell tickets to any event for free.  Unlike other online classifieds, we only deal with event tickets. By focusing on the event ticket niche we are able to specifically target ticket buyers and sellers ONLY. Since we are only in the ticket business we able to provide...

RoomVa is an online booking system for small and medium sized hotels in Latin America that focus on local residents. RoomVa provides prime internet presence and booking capabilities for hotels that serve couples in main cities of Latin America.

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Heritage Werks is the heritage agency for sports, brands and entertainment. We specialize in establishing and maintaining state-of-the-art archival programs and curating compelling content and narratives to fuel interactive experiences, new stadiums, corporate anniversaries, social/mobile content, exhibits, museums, storytelling campaigns and much more. Our clients include DOW 30 and Fortune 500 companies, major technology, luxury and fashion brands, MLB, NBA, NFL and...

Agent Publishing is a business-to-business multi-platform media company serving the residential real estate community. Currently in three markets, Chicago, Houston and Miami, Agent Publishing  plans to expand into 35 markets nationwide.

Fricket is a web application designed to make it easier for everyone to shop for tickets to concerts, theater and sporting events.  Like "Kayak" in the travel market, Fricket aggregates the ticket inventories of the best secondary ticket market websites into one location.  No need to visit several sites to find the tickets you need and the prices you want....