Top Illinois Professional Services Startups (201)

Dscout helps companies better understand the experiences people have with their products and brands in everyday life. Our SaaS video research platform helps our customers gather, manage, share and analyze millions of in-context moments submitted by people around the world.

Who We Are Founded in 2001, Adage Technologies is a digital engineering firm building modern, AI‑enabled solutions that help organizations engage their audiences and operate more efficiently. With offices in Chicago and Medellín, our 120‑person team blends strategy, design, engineering, and data to create impactful digital experiences for performing arts organizations, associations and accreditation bodies, and manufacturing and distribution companies. What We...

Energy CX is a family-founded energy broker redefining how businesses buy energy. Powered by ABEL™, a proprietary platform, the company uses math-based trading methodologies to help customers treat energy like an investment, not a line item. Energy CX replaces fragmented tools and legacy broker models with a centralized, technology-led approach—reducing risk, controlling spend, and bringing clarity to complex energy markets....

Leading a successful professional service firm is an art. Running a profitable firm is a business. We understand this because our founder ran an IT Consulting firm for over 15 years. He grappled with the same challenges that professional service firm owners face today. How do I know what my employees are working on? How can I connect time and...

At Quantum Rise, we're transforming how businesses use AI and automation to fuel growth and innovation. As an AI-native company, we combine human expertise with cutting-edge technology to solve real-world challenges. Our team is passionate about building products that are always on, continuously improving, and designed to help companies get the most out of their existing technology. But it’s not...

Prosodica transforms the way organizations understand and improve human connection. Our AI-powered conversation analytics platform captures every nuance of human dialogue—tone, pacing, empathy, and engagement—and translates it into measurable data that leaders can act on. By quantifying what was once intangible, Prosodica helps enterprises build stronger teams, elevate customer experiences, and create workplaces where communication drives results. At the heart of...

As a Chicago ed-tech leader, we empower universities to build extraordinary student experiences while developing sustainable internal capabilities. Our intelligent innovation approach combines predictive analytics, proven technology, and deep expertise to drive measurable outcomes across enrollment, retention, and student success. From enrollment marketing to course design, we transform data into actionable insights that illuminate the entire student journey and enable...

Finix is on a mission to create the most accessible financial services ecosystem in history. To do so, we are building the global operating system for fintech, starting with payments. Since 2015, we’ve been busy creating a payments management solution specifically for SaaS platforms—from startups to publicly traded companies—that want to earn more revenue, reduce churn, and delight customers. With...

Black Diamond Solutions is a security focused technology services firm. Founded in 2004, BDS is based in Chicago with clients all across the US. We offer fully outsourced network security services designed to protect your company from the financial, operational, and reputational consequences of cyber crime and ransomware.

At Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, our mission is to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world. We advise established and aspiring philanthropists, foundations, and corporations; manage innovative, early-stage non-profits; and share insight and learning with our clients, our community, and the sector. Tracing our roots back to John D. Rockefeller, Sr., who in 1891 set out to manage his philanthropy with the...

MarketerHire’s mission is to make expert marketing accessible to everyone. Our platform gives companies on-demand access to a global network of amazing, pre-vetted marketing talent and it is used by early-stage startups, billion-dollar unicorns, and Fortune 100 companies alike. By giving all companies access to amazing marketers - entrepreneurs and enterprises can focus on building great products. We are also contributing...

At Highland, we create powerful, engaging digital and physical experiences for our clients. We love analyzing, strategizing, optimizing, and building digital solutions and services that help organizations grow and empower those they serve -- whether it’s internal cross-functional teams or external customers and consumers. Highland is comprised of two service arms that are both in mission to ignite our clients’...

Born out of a financial services firm’s internal tech team, Liventus has been delivering custom tech solutions for businesses of all sizes for 20+ years. We have deep knowledge of nuanced industries and complex workflows in businesses that span financial services, equipment finance, healthcare, insurance, food, manufacturing and more. By utilizing the latest AI, machine learning, and natural language processing tools,...

Our co-located, U.S.-based team works with executives to improve their bottom line by delivering new products, enhancing existing products, modernizing legacy products, and integrating AI into their software systems. Atomic is an employee-owned company with offices in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Chicago, and Raleigh-Durham.

Hunt Club is a new category of search firm that leverages the power of relationships and technology.

We help enterprise organizations design, implement, and sustain their most critical security and technology programs. Our work spans four core disciplines: cybersecurity solution design and delivery across IAM, Data Security, Network Security, Threat & Vulnerability Management, CDR & Application Security, GRC & Compliance, AI Security, Quantum Security, and OT Security; program and project management that keeps complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives on...

Strategic Systems International (SSI) is a fast-growing Advanced Analytics and Software Engineering firm that partners with tech companies to help them launch and scale their products. The company was launched in 1991 by alumni of University of Chicago and Northwestern has grown to 200 employees with presence in US, Europe and Asia. We architect a

Birds on a Cable is a Chicago based Information Technology company. You want it to work, and we want to fix it.

ProVal Technologies provides technical consulting and support services to managed services providers or MSP's. Our expertise in the managed services space, allows us to bring industry and tool best-practices to other providers, enabling them to become more efficient, automate routine processes, improve SLA's, and focus on serving their clients.

Uptake (Uptake Strategies Ltd) offers award-winning, industry leading consultancy to global healthcare companies across our core services: planning, strategy, capability, launch, early commercialisation and transformation. We deliver practical, innovative consultancy support, working with our clients to positively change patients’ lives. We are a global force for growth for our people and clients and we inspire exceptional performance across the pharma...