Illinois Startups
SUBMIT A STARTUP SUBMIT A CORRECTION
This crowdsourced list includes companies that were founded by people who were, or are, part of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, whether faculty, staff, students, or alumni. Founders are categorized according to their affiliation at the time the company was founded.
This list and use of company logos is for informational purposes only and is not intended as an endorsement of, or sponsorship by, any of the companies named here.
1 YouTube
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
San Bruno, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jawed Karim
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Steve Chen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
2 PayPal
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Max Levchin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Luke Nosek
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
3 Tesla Motors
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Martin Eberhard
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
4 Weather Channel
Year Founded
1982
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA, USA
Founder/s
John S. Coleman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Journalism
Acquired
5 Yelp
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Russel Simmons
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Jeremy Stoppelman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
6 Mozilla Corp.
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Brendan Eich
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
7 Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Year Founded
1929
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA, USA
Founder/s
C.E. Woolman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences - Agriculture
Acquired
8 NFL
Year Founded
1922
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
George Halas
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Acquired
9 Baskin-Robbins
Year Founded
1953
Headquarters
Canton, MA, USA
Founder/s
Burt Baskin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business -
Business Administration & Industrial Administration
Acquired
AMD
Year Founded
1969
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jerry Sanders III
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
BET
Year Founded
1979
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Robert L. Johnson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Social Work- Social Work
Sheila Johnson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts- Music Education
Acquired
Chia Pet
Year Founded
1966
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Joe Pedott
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Journalism
Acquired
GoFundMe
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Redwood City, CA, USA
Founder/s
Andrew Ballester
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
Grainger, Inc.
Year Founded
1927
Headquarters
Lake Forest, IL, USA
Founder/s
William Wallace Grainger
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Harlem Globetrotters
Year Founded
1927
Headquarters
Peachtree Corners, GA, USA
Founder/s
Abe Saperstein
- Alumni (at time of founding)
Acquired
Malwarebytes
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Founder/s
Marcin Kleczynski
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Netscape
Year Founded
1994
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Marc Andreessen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by AOL in 1999 for $4.2 billion
Oracle
Year Founded
1977
Headquarters
Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Founder/s
Larry Ellison
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Pre-med
Bob Miner
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Mathematics
Acquired
RogerEbert.com
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Roger Ebert
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Journalism
Acquired
Siebel Systems
Year Founded
1993
Headquarters
Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Founder/s
Thomas Siebel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2006 for $5.85 billion
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Year Founded
1982
Headquarters
Dallas, TX, USA
Founder/s
Nancy Brinker
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
THX
Year Founded
1983
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Tomlinson Holman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Radio & Television
Acquired
Andreessen Horowitz
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Founder/s
Marc Andreessen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Arizona Diamondbacks
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Founder/s
Jerry Colangelo
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Applied Health Sciences - Physical Education
Acquired
C3.ai
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Redwood City, CA, USA
Founder/s
Thomas Siebel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Chicago Bears
Year Founded
1919
Headquarters
Lake Forest, IL, USA
Founder/s
George Halas
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Acquired
Match.com
Year Founded
1993
Headquarters
Dallas, TX, USA
Founder/s
Peng Ong
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
Pampered Chef
Year Founded
1980
Headquarters
Addison, IL, USA
Founder/s
Doris Kelley Christopher
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Acquired
Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2002.
12 Line Studio
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Nate Azark
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Graphic Design
Acquired
3E Love, LLC
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Batavia, IL, USA
Founder/s
Anne Hopkins
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Community Health
Stephen Hopkins
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Acquired
3ipe Pavement Engineering
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Santiago, Chile
Founder/s
Erwin Kohler
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Acquired
6C Solutions
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Aurora, IL, USA
Founder/s
Keerthan Vantakala
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Acquired
78Madison, Inc.
Year Founded
1983
Headquarters
Winter Springs, FL, USA
Founder/s
Joseph Bouch
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
Accendo Systems
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Sung Chul Bae
- Staff (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Actif
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Anish Bhattacharya
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Edgar Cortez
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Alex Lee
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Naoki Tsuda
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
Action Bits for Kids!
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Founder/s
Lynne Thieme
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
& Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Adrenaline Mobility
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Sam King
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Shuo Tang
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Haohui Mai
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Twitter in 2014
Advanced Analytics
Year Founded
1983
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jeff Glickman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Kenneth Taylor
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Advanced Diamond Technologies
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Romeoville, IL, USA
Founder/s
Neil Kane
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
John Carlisle
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
Advent Corporation
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bob Cowie
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Aegis AI
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Sonny Tai
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science
Acquired
Aegis Analytical
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
Lafayette, CO, USA
Founder/s
Justin Neway
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Biochemistry
Acquired
Acquired by Accelrys in 2012 for $30 million, Accelrys acquired by Dassault Systems in 2014
Affiliated Marketing Partners
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Roselle, IL, USA
Founder/s
Barbara Rendall Hochstadt
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics
Acquired
Affinity Labs, Inc.
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Weston, MA, USA
Founder/s
Christopher Michel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science
Acquired
Acquired by Monster Worldwide in 2008 for $61 million
Affirm
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Max Levchin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
After School
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Cory Levy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Michael Callahan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
AgaMatrix
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Salem, NH, USA
Founder/s
Sridhar Iyengar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sonny Vu
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
AgLVT LLC
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Robert Hornbaker
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- ACES - Agriculture & Consumer Economics
Acquired
Agrible
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Chris Harbourt
- Alumni & Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
and Grainger College of Engineering - Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Paul Miller
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
and Grainger College of Engineering - Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Bill Northcott
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
and Grainger College of Engineering - Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Nutrien in 2018 for $63 million
Ahoona
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Ali Abbas
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
AirV Labs
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Jose, CA 95131
Founder/s
Kesh Kesavadas
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
Aisle50
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Christopher Steiner
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Groupon in 2015.
Akelos
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Godfrey Angara
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science
Adam Brakhane
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Keilin Jahnke
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Kelsey Schreiber
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Matthew Tan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
Akkula
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Michael Dvorkin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Aligni Incorporated
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Portland, OR, USA
Founder/s
Jake Janovetz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Amber Agriculture
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Lucas Frye
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Joey Varikooty
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering & Bioengineering
"Howie" Wei Yang
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Tang An Yang
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Xiang Wen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Ambys Medicines
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Martin D. Burke
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
AmpUp
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, US
Founder/s
Shaofeng Sun
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS, Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Analytics Fire
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founder/s
Dan Oblinger
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by RZero
AnalyzeDirect
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Overland Park, KS, USA
Founder/s
Stuart Jackson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Technology Management & Entrepreneurship
Acquired
ANDalyze
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Houston, Texas, USA
Founder/s
Yi Lu
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
Acquired by AlpHa Measurement Solutions LLC
Anemone
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Founder/s
Ananya Cleetus
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Animal Ultrasound Services
Year Founded
1990
Headquarters
Ithaca, NY, USA
Founder/s
James R Stouffer
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences - Animal Sciences
Acquired
Answers.com
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO, USA
Founder/s
Mark Tebbe
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by AFCV Holdings in 2011 for $127 million.
Apertio
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Bristol, United Kingdom
Founder/s
Paul Magelli, Jr.
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Nokia Siemens Network in 2008 for $205 million
Apervita
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Paul Magelli, Jr.
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
AppGrow
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Adam Glass
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
Appurify
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jay Srinivasan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Google in 2014
Apriori
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Concord, MA, USA
Founder/s
Mike Philpot
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Apropose
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ranjitha Kumar (Faculty)
Jerry Talton (Alumni)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Aptimmune Biologics
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO, USA
Founder/s
Frederico Zuckermann
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Acquired
Aqueous Solutions
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Craig Bethke
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Geology
Acquired
Armored Computing
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ravishankar K. Iyer
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Zbigniew Kalbarczyk
- Staff (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Coordinated Science Laboratory
Acquired
Ascent Integrated Tech
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Paul Couston
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger Engineering - Industrial Engineering
Alex Gorsuch
- Alumni & Staff (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence - Research Park
- Lecturer & Illinois I-Corps Instructor - Technology Entrepreneur Center, Grainger College of Engineering
Acquired
AskWhai
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Rajesh Karmani
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Philosophy
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
ASL Aspire
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Mona Jawad
- Student (at time of founding)
- Bioengineering, The Grainger College of Engineering
Ayesha Kazi
- Student (at time of founding)
- Master of Computer Science, The Grainger College of Engineering
Acquired
Aten Ventures
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
USA
Founder/s
Suraj Venkat
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS Computer Engineering, MS Computer Science
Acquired
Atlas5D
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA, USA
Founder/s
Zeb Kimmel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Shahid Rashid
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
ATSP Innovations
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
James Economy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Material Science & Engineering
Andreas Polycarpou
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Auto-Tune (by Antares Audio Technologies)
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Founder/s
Harold (Andy) Hildebrand
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Autonomic Materials
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Champaign, Illinois, USA
Founder/s
Paul Braun (MatSE)
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Material Science & Engineering
Jeffrey Moore (Chemistry)
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Nancy Sottos (MatSE)
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Material Science & Engineering
Scott White (Aero)
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
AutoScout 24
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Shaunak Ahuja
- Student
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Avail
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Ryan Coon
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies Business - Finance & Accounting
Laurence Jankelow
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies Business - Accounting
Acquired
Avant
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Al Goldstein
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
John Sun
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Paul Zhang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Acquired
Avatria
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Harry Thakkar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Avicenna Community Health Center
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Irfan Ahmad
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Omar Galaria
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Law
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Roveiza Irfan
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Molecular & Cellular Biology, Psychology
Hatim Rahman
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Business Administration
Imad Rahman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Zeeshan Ahmad - no affiliation with UIUC
Acquired
AwardSpring
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Naperville, IL, USA
Founder/s
Kurt H Reilly
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Communications
Acquired
Axelson Realty LLC
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Northbrook, IL, USA
Founder/s
Knute Axelson (Eng/Aero)
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Joy Nevin Axelson (LAS/French)
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College Liberal Arts & Sciences - French
Acquired
B2 Enterprises
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Founder/s
Brian Bradtke
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Recreation, Sports & Tourism
Acquired
Badu Tax Services
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jeff Badu
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - BS Accountancy, MAS Accounting Science
Acquired
BAIOTEQ
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Founder/s
- Student (Dennie James founded the company one year before attending UIUC)
- Gies College of Business - Master of Science, Management (Graduation date: 2022)
Acquired
Beacons
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
BearPaw Inc.
Year Founded
1995
Headquarters
Orland Park, IL, USA
Founder/s
Dick Butkus
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Kinesiology & Community Health, and Physical Education
Dave Powless
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Marketing & Economics
Acquired
Acquired by Horton Group in 2004.
Beckman Coulter
Year Founded
1935
Headquarters
Brea, California, USA
Founder/s
Arnold O. Beckman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
Acquired by Danaher Corporation in 2011
Benford Brown & Associates
Year Founded
1996
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Kimi Brown Ellen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Business & Accountancy
Acquired
Betterworks
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Founder/s
Sizhao Yang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
BioAnalytics
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Michael Willard
- Student (at time of founding)
- College Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science
Lucas Smith
- Student (at time of founding)
- College Liberal Arts & Sciences - Microbiology
Acquired
Bitbaza.io
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Chennai, India
Founder/s
Suraj Venkat
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS Computer Engineering, MS Computer Science
Acquired
Black Spectacles
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Marc Teer
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts- Architecture
Acquired
Blekko
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Redwood City, California, USA
Founder/s
Bryn Dole
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- College Liberal Arts &Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Bloc
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Roshan Choxi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dave Paola
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Blockspring
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Francisco,CA, USA
Founder/s
Jason Tokoph
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Paul Katsen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Systems Engineering & Design
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Jeremy Smith
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Acquired
Bloom Energy
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
K.R. Sridhar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
BloomReach
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ashutosh Garg
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
BlueCrew
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Gino Rooney
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Bluestem Financial Advisors
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Karen Folk
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences - Agriculture & Consumer Economics
Jacob Kuebler
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences - Agriculture & Consumer Economics
Acquired
BODO
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ehsan Totoni
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Boka Restaurant Group
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kevin M. Boehm
- Alumni
- Applied Health Sciences
Acquired
Boom Financial, Inc.
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ken Kruszka
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
BorderX Lab
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Founder/s
Xuehua (Albert) Shen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Chengdu Huang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Bragg & Associates Inc.
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Michael Bragg
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Debra Bragg
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Education - Education
Acquired
Brik + Clik
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Acquired
Brius
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Addison, TX, USA
Founder/s
James Wratten
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
(Previously called Mechanodontics)
Acquired
Bumper Works
Year Founded
1978
Headquarters
Urbana Illinois, USA
Founder/s
Shahid Khan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
Khan bought Flex-N-Gate in 1980, and folded Bumper Works into the company
Business Logic Corporation
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
John Patterson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
BUYin
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
North Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Founder/s
Mischelle Frederick
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics
Acquired
Bytemobile
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
Founder/s
Constantine Polychronopoulos
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Citrix in 2012
Calimetrix
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Madison, WI, USA
Founder/s
Diego Hernando
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Calypto Design Systems
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Founder/s
Gagan Hasteer (CS)
Venkat Krishnamachary
Anmol Mathur (CS)
Sumit Roy (ECE)
(Acquired by Mentor in 2015)
- Alumni
- Engineering
Acquired
Candi
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Chicago, IL USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Law
- Alumni (at time of founding)
Acquired
CareGiving.com
Year Founded
1996
Headquarters
Park Ridge, IL, USA
Founder/s
Denise M. Brown
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - English Language and Literature
Acquired
CarrotSticks
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Pete Koomen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
CartoChrome LLC
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Stephen Umunna
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) -
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Acquired
Cash WOD LLC
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Founder/s
Lance Liggett
- Staff
- Illinois Fire Service Institute
Acquired
Cast21
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Ashley Moy
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Jason Troutner
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Justin Brooks (ECE)
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
caterva
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Hieu Le Khac
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Infochimps for 2.4M in 2013
Caulfield Engineering LLC
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Edward M. Caulfield (Faculty and Alumni)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering, and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Acquired
Cazoodle
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Kevin Chang
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Cbana Labs
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Richard Masel
Mark Shannon
- Faculty
- Engineering/Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Acquired
CDW (Computer Discount Warehouse)
Year Founded
1984
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michael Krasny
(Acquired by Madison Dearborn Partners in 2007)
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
Central States Tower
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Brian Meier
- Alumni
- FAA/Architecture
Acquired
CFO Anywhere
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Founder/s
Christopher Greco
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
Channel 19
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Fremont, CA, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
Charleston Orwig, Inc.
Year Founded
1992
Headquarters
Founder/s
John G. Charleston (LAS)
Lyle E. Orwig (ACES)
- Alumni
- LAS/Chemistry & Media, & ACES
Acquired
Charmworks
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Laxmikant Kale
- Faculty
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Chocolate Chip Media
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Gene Finley IV
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Bioinformatics
Acquired
Christopher and Co.
Year Founded
1978
Headquarters
Founder/s
Lois A. Wacholtz
- Alumni
- LAS/Sociology and History
Acquired
Chromawheel
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
Brendan Finucane: Music Performance & Education
Farsheed Hamidi-Toosi: Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Alumni
- FAA/Music Performance & Education
Acquired
CityVille
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Roger Dickey
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
ClarNan Editions
Year Founded
1982
Headquarters
Founder/s
Barbara Garvey Jackson
(Acquired by Classical Vocal Reprints in 2019)
- Alumni
- FAA/Music
Acquired
Cleverbridge
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Founder/s
Craig Vodnik
- Alumni
- Engineering/Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering
Acquired
Command Performance Firearms & Training LLC
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Paul W. DeClark
- Alumni
- LAS/Anthropology
Acquired
Common Ground Publishing
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Bill Cope
- Faculty
- Education
Acquired
Conroy Media, Ltd.
Year Founded
1990
Headquarters
Founder/s
Susan (Conroy) McLeod
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
Contendable
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Zach Tratar
- Student
- Engineering/Computer Engineering
Acquired
Convey Software
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Founder/s
Cody Pawlowski (CS)
William Widjaja (ECE)
- Student
- Engineering
Acquired
Corvae
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Raj Vinjamuri
- Student
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Cracked
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Daniel Krause
Jeremy Mandell
- Alumni
- ACES
Acquired
Crafted Fun
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Keith Schacht
(Acquired by Vying Games in 2010)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science, & LAS/Psychology
Acquired
Craig Technologies
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Merritt Island, FL, USA
Founder/s
Carol Craig
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS Computer Science
Acquired
Crane and Pelican Cafe
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Founder/s
Amanda Harvey
- Alumni
- LAS/English
Acquired
Crisp Media Lab
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
Gary LaPage
- Alumni
- Media/Advertising
Acquired
Crunchyroll
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
James Lin
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
CSPA: Computer Science Proficiency Assessment
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
James Lin
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
CU Adventures in Time & Space
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Chris Lukeman (Advertising)
Anne Lukeman (History)
- Alumni
- Media & LAS
Acquired
CU Aerospace
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Founder/s
David Carroll
Michael Bragg
Victoria Coverstone
Rodney Burton
Scott White
Wayne Solomon
- Faculty
- Engineering/Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
Cuil
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Founder/s
Anna Patterson
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
CureSkin
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Founder/s
Guna Kakulapti
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Curiosoft
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Roger Dickey
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
CurlMix
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Kim Lewis
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Logistics & Marketing
Tim Lewis
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics & Psychology
Acquired
CxE Group LLC
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Robert L. Towell
- Alumni
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Davis Pet Hospital
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Collinsville, IL, USA
Founder/s
Karin L. Crocker
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Paul R. Davis
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Acquired
Deadspin
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Will Leitch
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media
Acquired
Deco Software, Inc.
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Spencer Liolios
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Gavin Owens
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired in 2017 by Airbnb
DeepWalk
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Anshul Shah
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Engineering Physics
Brandon Yates
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
Definition Theatre Company
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Julian Parker
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Theater
Tyrone Phillips
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Theater
Acquired
Delcross Technologies
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Tod Courtney
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Matt Miller
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Ansys in 2015
Denali Software
Year Founded
1995
Headquarters
Founder/s
Sanjay K. Srivastava
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Cadence in 2010 for $315 million
DesignDot
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
New Canaan, CT, USA
Founder/s
Megan Wunderlich
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology & Speech Communications
Acquired
DETech
Year Founded
1995
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Dan Maloney
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Diagnostic Photonics
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Stephen Boppart
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Scott Carney
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Digital Adventures
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Wilmette, IL, USA
Founder/s
Omowale Casselle
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Arjun Venkataswamy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology
Acquired
Digital Equipment Corporation
Year Founded
1957
Headquarters
Founder/s
Harlan Anderson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
Acquired by Compaq in 1998, Compaq merged with Hewlett-Packard in 2002
Dioxide Materials
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Founder/s
Richard Masel
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Acquired
Distant Focus
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Rick L. Morrison
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ronald A. Stack
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Dive In Digital
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Rachel Williamson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - English
Acquired
Division Street Capital
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Founder/s
Brian Moore
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Architecture
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Djangy.com
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Dave Paola
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Sameer Sundresh
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Dorian Solutions
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jason Ziolo
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
DoveMed
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Krish Tangella
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Acquired
Dowling Street, LLC
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Nadir Ahmad
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Draftbit
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Donald Hruska
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Peter Piekarczyk
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science
Acquired
DreamLot
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Founder/s
Paul O'Rorke
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Driven Strategic LLC
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Terre Haute, IN, USA
Founder/s
Nathan A. Schaumleffel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Recreation, Sport, & Tourism
Acquired
EagleRail Container Logistics, Inc.
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
Earnest Agriculture
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Eddy Mejia
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Gabe Price
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology
Acquired
earnJARVIS
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Atyab Bhatti
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS & Masters, Mechanical Engineering
Kush Maheshwari
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS, Computer Science
Acquired
EarthSense
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Girish Chowdhary
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Computer Science
Chinmay Soman
- Postdoctoral Fellow (at time of founding)
Acquired
EcoTextures
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jennette Moline
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Architecture
Acquired
ecoThermics
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Founder/s
Thomas S. Lewicki
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Accounting
Merle G. Rocke
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Eden Park Illumination
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Gary Eden
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Sung Ljin Park
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Eden Technology Services
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Kyle Wilkinson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Effimax Solar
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Logan Liu
Rui Cai
Yi Chen
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
eGov Strategies LLC
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Founder/s
Ken Barlow
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Eileen Fisher
Year Founded
1984
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Eileen Fisher
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Electroninks
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Austin, TX, USA
Founder/s
Jennifer Lewis
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Brett Walker
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Elk Grove Family Dental
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Elk Grove Village, IL, US
Founder/s
Brian Homann
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Physics
Acquired
Embedor Technologies
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Gul Agha
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Kirill Mechitov
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Bill Spencer
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
eParel
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Kevin Schiesz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Media Studies
Acquired
EscaWheel
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Chris Delaney
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Jake How
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Anandi Naqui
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
eText
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Milind Basole
Marilou Landes
Yury Borukhovich
- Staff
- Technology Services
Acquired
Everypath
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Founder/s
Amitabh Sinha
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Exalt Diagnostics
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Brian Cunningham
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
ezhome
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Spiros Xanthos
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
EZOfficeInventory
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ali Syed
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Fabbri Law Offices, P.C.
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Wheaton, IL, USA
Founder/s
Daniel Fabbri
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Fairwood Sustainability
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jacob Wood
- Student (at time of founding)
- Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences - Agricultural Engineering
Acquired
FarFaria
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ajay Godhwani
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
FarmAfield
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
North Bend, NE, USA
Founder/s
Mitch Minarick
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioenvironmental Engineering
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences - Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Acquired
Fast Radius
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bill King
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
- Professor & Andersen Chair
- Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Ferritiva
Year Founded
2022
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Nathan Chung
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Jeffrey Lu
- Student (at time of founding)
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine - MD
Acquired
Fetch Robotics
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Melonee Wise
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Acquired in 2021 for $305 million by Zebra Technologies
First Resonance
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Founder/s
Neal Sarraf
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Karan Talati
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
FirstIgnite
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Traverse City, MI, USA
Founder/s
Chase Bonhag
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Cody Pawlowski
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- General Studies
Acquired
FlipWord
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Thomas Reese
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Flying S, Inc.
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Palestine, IL, USA
Founder/s
David Shaw
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
Flytenow
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Andrew Mass
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Fooda
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Orazio Buzza
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Accounting & Supply Chain Management
Acquired
Founders Fund
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Luke Nosek
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Fourth and Kirby Apparel and Design
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO, USA
Founder/s
Victor Cortez
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts
Eddie Diazmunoz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Graphic Design
Justin Stiebel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Graphic Design
Will Wyss
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Graphic Design
Acquired
Foxtrot Delivery Market
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Michael LaVitola
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Freckle Education
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Alexandr Kurilin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Renaissance in 2019
FreeSkies
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ankur Mehta
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Jay Mulakala
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Andrew Putch
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
Fulcrum Reliability Systems
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Houston, TX, USA
Founder/s
Andrew Bohm
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
Fullstack Academy
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Nimit Maru
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
David Yang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Funl
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Tom Denison
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
Funzio
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ram Gudavalli
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by GREE in 2012 for $210 million
FutureAdvisor
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Bo Lu
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by BlackRock in 2015 for $150 million
gaatha story
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Bengaluru, India
Founder/s
Amar Deshpande
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
Gabriella New York Bridal Salon
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Gabriella Risatti
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Industrial Distribution Management
Acquired
Gameday Spirit
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Steven Vogelsang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics
Acquired
Generac Power Systems
Year Founded
1959
Headquarters
Waukesha, WI
Founder/s
Robert D. Kern
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Geomagical Labs
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Brian Totty
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Giant Pixel
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Alan Braverman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
John Cwikla
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Gibson House Press
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Flossmoor, IL, USA
Founder/s
Deborah Robertson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Information Sciences - Library & Information Science
Acquired
Gift Caddie
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Teresa Savage
- Staff & Alumni (at time of founding)
- Staff: College of Media - Associate Dean & Lecturer
- Alumni: College of Media - Journalism
Acquired
Gigster
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Roger Dickey
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Girls Who Code
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Reshma Saujani
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science
Acquired
Global Girlfriend
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Littleton, CO, USA
Founder/s
Stacey Edgar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Social Work
Acquired
Global Scaling Academy
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Mateo, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jeffrey David Abbott
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - History
Acquired
Glow
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Max Levchin
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
GlucoSentient
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Yi Lu
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
Go Global Art
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founder/s
Andrea Dempster-Chung
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
Gotara
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Founder/s
D Sangeeta
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Materials Chemistry (PhD)
Acquired
Gradient Ventures (at Google)
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Anna Patterson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
graffitiGeo, Inc.
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jared Tame
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
Acquired by Loopt in 2009
GRAIL
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jeff Huber
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Gray Matter Experience
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Britney Robbins
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
GridX, Inc.
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Milpitas, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jian Zhang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Groove Networks
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ray Ozzie
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Microsoft in 2005 for $120 million
Guildery
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kelly Berger
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Minted in 2016
Hackpad
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Igor Kofman
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Haken Audio
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Founder/s
Lippold Haken
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Halal Beauty Cosmetics
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Des Plaines, IL, USA
Founder/s
Adeel Afshar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical Engineering & Engineering Physics
Acquired
Hanauer Strategies
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jim Hanauer
- Alumni
- Business/Business Administration
Acquired
Handle
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Shawn Carolan
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Year Founded
1954
Headquarters
Founder/s
Walter E. Hanson (Faculty)
Roland D. "Dean" Collins (Alumni)
Marcus J. Rice (Alumni)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
Haptik
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Aakrit Vaish
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger Engineering - Industrial Engineering
Acquired
Haylon Technologies
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Raj Lulla
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering (Major), Statistics (Minor)
Tyler Revesz
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Specialized Chemistry
Namin Shah
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Acquired
Hesai Technology
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Shanghai, China
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Robotics
Acquired
HexNest
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Mark Van den Avont
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
HeyGears
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Guangzhou, China
Founder/s
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
hi5
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ramu Yalamanchi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Tagged in 2011. Tagged and Hi5 were both acquired in 2017 by The Meet Group for $60M.
Hireology
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Adam Robinson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - History
Acquired
HirexHire
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Downers Grove, IL, USA
Founder/s
Mike Durec
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Communications
Acquired
Hobbico, Inc.
Year Founded
1985
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Clint Atkins
- Alumni (at time of founding)
Bruce Holecek
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger Engineeering - General Engineering
Jeri Holecek
- Alumni (at time of founding)
Acquired
Hobbico's remote-control divisions were acquired in 2018 by Horizon Hobby for $18.8M.
Hoowaki
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Founder/s
William King
- Faculty
- Engineering/MechSE, ECE, & MatSE
Acquired
House of Joshua
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michelle Whojeong Lee
- Alumni
- FAA/Theater
Acquired
Human Kinetics
Year Founded
1974
Headquarters
Founder/s
Rainer Martens
- Alumni
- AHS/Kinesiology & Community Health
Acquired
HVF Labs
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Max Levchin
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Hyde Park Angels
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jeffrey Carter
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
Hyde Park Venture Partners
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ira Weiss
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
HYX Biotech
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Xianhui Fu
- Student
- ACES/Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
Acquired
Ian Fleming Foundation
Year Founded
1992
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michael L. VanBlaricum
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
iCan Collective
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Afenya Montgomery
- Alumni (at the time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Textile Marketing
Acquired
iClicker
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
Founder/s
Timothy Stelzer
Mats Selen
Gary Gladding
Benny Brown
- Faculty
- Engineering/Physics
Acquired
Iconiq capital
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Chad Boeding
- Alumni
- Engineering
Acquired
ICScape
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jason Xing
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
iCyt
Year Founded
1995
Headquarters
Founder/s
Gary Durack
(Acquired by Sony in 2010)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Bioengineering
Acquired
II-VI EpiWorks
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
Founder/s
Quesnell Hartmann (Alumni)
David Ahmari (Alumni)
Gregory Stillman (Faculty)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Illinois Rocstar
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Founder/s
William A. Dick
Thomas L. Jackson
Fady M. Najjar
Robert Fiedler
Mark D. Brandyberry
- Staff
- Engineering/Applied Research Institute
Acquired
Illumia Corp
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Terry VonThaden
- Faculty
- Information Science
Acquired
Impossible Aerospace
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Founder/s
Spencer Gore
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
INI Power Systems
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Founder/s
Larry J. Markoski
- Faculty
- LAS/Chemistry
Acquired
Inkling Markets
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Nathan Kontny
- Alumni
- Engineering/Chemical Engineering
Acquired
Inland Container Corporation
Year Founded
1925
Headquarters
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Founder/s
Herman C. Krannert
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Mechanical Engineering, The Grainger College of Engineering (1912)
- Honorary Degree, College of Law (1965)
Acquired
Acquired by International Paper in 2012 for $4.5 billion
Innovosoy
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Founder/s
Peter Goldsmith
Christopher Lanoue
- Faculty
- ACES/Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Acquired
InnSight Technology
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dipanjan Pan
Leanne Labriola
- Faculty
- Engineering/Bioengineering
Acquired
Inprentus
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Peter Abbamonte
- Faculty
- Engineering/Physics
Acquired
Inscites
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jason Goldman
Ben Blaiszik
- Student
- Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Insieme Networks
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michael Dvorkin
(Acquired by Cisco in 2013)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
InstaRecon
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Founder/s
Yoram Bresler
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Instarta
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Founder/s
Zach Tratar
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Engineering
Acquired
InteCap, Inc.
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Founder/s
Stephen I. Willis (Accounting)
Catharine (Landeene) Lawton (Finance)
(Acquired by Charles River Associates, Inc. in 2004)
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
IntelinAir
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Naira Hovakimyan
- Faculty
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Intelliwheels
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Santa Clara ,CA, USA
Founder/s
Scott Daigle
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Marissa Siebel-Siero
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Community Health
Acquired
Interapt
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Louisville, KY, USA
Founder/s
Ankur Gopal
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
Interfaith Youth Core
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Eboo Patel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Sociology
Acquired
Intersymbol Communications, Inc
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Andrew Singer
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Naresh Shanbhag
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Kodeos Communications in 2006, which was acquired by Finisar Corp. in 2007 for $7 million, which was acquired by II-IV in 2019 for $3.2 billion.
Inventables
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Zach Kaplan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Keith Schacht
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology
Acquired
Invention Mine
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Robert Irvine
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
iPinYou
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Founder/s
Xuehua Shen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
IRekommend
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Tega Cay, SC, USA
Founder/s
Arvind Radhakrishnen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Iron Port Systems
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
San Bruno, CA, USA
Founder/s
Scott Banister
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Cisco in 2007 for $830 million
iSense LLC
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Kenneth S. Suslick
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
Ishimaru and Associates
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Mikio Ishimaru
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
It's American Press
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Alexander Albanese
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
iVet Data
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Jakarta, Indonesia
Founder/s
Diana Sanjoto
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
J. Chang Piano Studio
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Pasadena, CA, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Music
Acquired
J4 Capital LLC
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Highland Park, IL, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
Acquired
Jiobit
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
John Renaldi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Roger Ady
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
JMN Associates
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Dallas, TX, USA
Founder/s
James Neckopulos
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Acquired by Hitachi Consulting in 2008
Jobstart
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Zach Tratar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Stripe in 2018
Jump Trading
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bill DiSomma
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - BS, Finance
Paul Gurinas
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of LIberal Arts & Sciences - BS, Economics
Acquired
JurorSearch
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Dan Johnson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Political Science, Economics
Acquired
Kaksha.ai
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Founder/s
Bharatdeep Maan
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MS in Management
Acquired
Karma Trade
Year Founded
2022
Headquarters
Miami, FL, USA
Founder/s
Mona Fang
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger Engineering - Aerospace, Aeronautical,
and Astronautical/Space Engineering
Acquired
Katango
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Michael Munie
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Google in 2011
Kathmandu Yogi
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Natasha Casanova
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Speech Communication & Italian
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Art History
Acquired
Kaviza
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, CA
Founder/s
Kumar K. Goswami
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science (PhD)
Krishna Subramanian
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science (MS)
Michael Peercy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering (PhD)
Acquired
Acquired in 2011 by Citrix
Keen IO
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Daniel Kador
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Kyle Wild
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - General Engineering
Acquired
Kestral Capital Group
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Stephen Vivian
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Kid Spa Austin
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Austin, TX, USA
Founder/s
Kenneth J Morrissey
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Kiwi Co
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Yu Pan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Kloudio
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Chushi Li
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Business Process Management
Acquired
Komprise
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Campbell, CA, USA
Founder/s
Kumar K. Goswami
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science (PhD)
Krishna Subramanian
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science (MS)
Michael Peercy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering (PhD)
Acquired
Kuo Diedrich Chi
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA, USA
Founder/s
John (JC) Chi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Architecture
Mark A. Diedrich
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Architecture
Howard M. Kuo
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Architecture
Acquired
LabSimply
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Anurup Ganguli
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering
Acquired
Ladies of Virtue
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jamila Trimuel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Community Health
Acquired
Lante Corporation
Year Founded
1984
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Mark Tebbe
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by SBI & Co. in 2002 for $42.7 million
Laramar Group
Year Founded
1989
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jeffrey Elowe
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Biology
Acquired
Larrea-Clear LLC
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Founder/s
Sandra Miarecki
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Astronomy
Acquired
Law Office of Lisa A. Coffey, P.C.
Year Founded
1996
Headquarters
Oswego, IL, USA
Founder/s
Lisa A. Coffey
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Law Office of Russell D. Knight
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Russell Knight
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Law
Acquired
LeafyQuick
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Rahul Easwar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
LEAMgroup
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Brian Deal
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Urban & Regional Planning
Varkki George Pallathucheril
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Urban & Regional Planning
Acquired
Lever Works
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Founder/s
Zach Kaplan
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Keith Schacht
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology
Acquired
Acquired by Leo Media in 2001
Lextech
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Alex Bratton
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Lightform
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Brett Jones
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Kevin Karsch
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Rajinder Sodhi
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
LILEE Systems
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jia-Ru Li
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
LILIA
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Hannah Bartman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Industrial Design
Acquired
LitHit
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
Eric Mills
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
LiveBx
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Founder/s
Stephen A. Boppart (Faculty/Alumni)
Haohua Tu (Staff, Beckman Institute)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
Acquired
Llama Naturals
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Founder/s
Bradley Baum
- Alumni
- Business/Finance
Acquired
Lohia Mechatronik Private Limited
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Tilak Nagar, Kanpur, Utter Pradesh, India
Founder/s
Siddharth Lohia
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Loom
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Vinay Hiremath
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Loop Health
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Founder/s
Mayank Kale
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Ryan Singh
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance & Marketing (Dual Degree)
Acquired
LPA Search Partners
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Anna McCormick Kelch
(Merged with Ascend Executive Search in 2019)
- Alumni
- Media/Journalism
Acquired
Mafia Wars
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Roger Dickey
(A game by Zynga)
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
MAG Optics Inc.
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Lowell, MA, USA
Founder/s
Geeta Singh
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Majamas Earth
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Germaine Caprio
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Humanities
Acquired
MakerGirl
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Elizabeth Engele
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Julia Haried
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Mammoth Water
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Denver, CO, USA
Founder/s
Richael Young
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Agricultural Economics
Nicholas Brozovic
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Agricultural Economics
Acquired
Manton Communications Corp.
Year Founded
1996
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jonathan Manton
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
MapTitan
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Ben Cheslow Kraatz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Matterport
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Founder/s
Daivd Gausebeck
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
MBA Veterans Network
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
David Chonowski
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
- Grainger College of Engineering - Masters in Electrical Engineering
Christopher Petersen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Acquired by Bradley-Morris/Recruit Military in 2018 for an undisclosed amount
MealPlot
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jeanette Andrade
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Nutritional Sciences
Nathan Pratt
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Nutritional Sciences
Manabu Nakamura
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Nutritional Sciences
Acquired
Medical Utility Scientific Equipment (MUSEinc)
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Bengaluru, India
Founder/s
Arvind Badrinarayanan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Integrative Biology
Acquired
Medivance, Inc.
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Founder/s
Robert Kline
(Acquired by C.R. Bard in 2011)
- Alumni
- LAS/Microbiology
Acquired
Meliora Cleaning Products
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Kate Jakubas
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Meraki Brands LLC
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Harrison, New Jersey
Founder/s
Britney Turner
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Communications
Acquired
Merge.fm
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Founder/s
Adam Steele
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Will Leinweber
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
August Knecht
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
Mesh++
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Danny Gardner
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
MessageMe
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Vivek Tatineni
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Yahoo in 2014 for $30 million, & Yahoo was acquired by Verizon in 2017
Metabolomx
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Founder/s
Sun Lim
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Paul Rhodes
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Kenneth Suslick
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
MetriTech, Inc.
Year Founded
1982
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Samuel Krug
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology
Acquired
Mezli
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Mateo, CA, USA
Founder/s
Alex Gruebele
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Acquired
Microlution
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Founder/s
Andy Phillip
Andrew Honegger
- Alumni
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
MicroPlasma Ozone
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Sung-Jin Park
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
J. Gary Eden
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
midasyn
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Martin D. Burke (Chemistry)
Roger VanHoy (Staff/Office of Corporate Relations)
- Faculty
- LAS/Chemistry
Acquired
Milhouse Engineering
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Wilbur C. Milhouse III
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS, Civil Engineering, MS, Structural Engineering
Acquired
Military.com
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Founder/s
Chris Michel
- Alumni
- LAS/Political Science
Acquired
Mind Pirate
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Mike Fu
Unni Narayanan
(Acquired by Hewlett Packard's Innovation Group in 2014)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Misfit
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Sonny Vu (LAS/Mathematics)
Sridhar Iyengar (Eng/ECE)
(Acquired by Fossil in 2015)
- Alumni
- LAS & Engineering
Acquired
Miss Possible
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Supriya Hobbs (Chemical Engineering)
Janna Eaves (MatSE)
- Student
- Engineering
Acquired
MLS Automotive
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Founder/s
Adam Vincens
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
MoonX.AI
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Shenzhen, China
Founder/s
Qingxiong Yang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering (PhD)
Acquired
Acquired in 2021 by WeRide
Mosaic
Year Founded
1993
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Marc Andreessen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- Also working at NCSA at time of founding
Eric Bina
- Staff - NCSA (at time of founding)
- Also Alumni: Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
(Marc Andreessen later left NCSA and founded Netscape)
Acquired
mpressInteractive
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
John Bonadies
- Alumni
- FAA/Graphic Design
Acquired
Much Shelist
Year Founded
1970
Headquarters
Founder/s
Morrie Much
- Alumni
- Business/Finance
Acquired
MulticoreWare
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Wen-Mei Hwu
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Music Firsthand
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kris Potrafka
- Alumni
- Labor & Employment Relations
Acquired
MyMiniLife
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Joel Poloney
Amitt Mahajan
Luke Rajlich
Sizhao Yang
(Acquired by Zynga 2009)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Mystery Science
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Keith Schacht
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science, & LAS/Psychology
Acquired
Nanosi Advanced Technologies
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Munir Nayfeh
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
NASADYA
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
- Systems Engineering & Design
- Innovation, Leadership, & Engineering Entrepreneurship
Acquired
National Black Theater
Year Founded
1968
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Barbara Teer
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences - Kinesiology & Community Health
Acquired
National Negro Network
Year Founded
1954
Headquarters
Founder/s
W. Leonard Evans, Jr.
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Natrion LLC
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Binghampton, NY, USA
Founder/s
Alex Kosyakov
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering (Major)
- Gies College of Business - Business (Minor)
Acquired
Neocova
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO, USA
Founder/s
Sultan Meghji
- Alumni (at the time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics & Computer Science
Acquired
Nephra
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Joshua Malinkovich
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering, Computer Science
Jonathan Politzky
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
- Minor in Hoeft Technology & Management (Grainger College of Engineering & Gies College of Business)
Walker Rickord
- Student (at time of founding)
- Dual Degree
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Psychology
- Minor in Computer Science (Grainger College of Engineering)
Acquired
NetSpeed Systems
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Sundari Mitra
(Acquired by Intel in 2018)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Network Geographics
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Founder/s
Alan Carrol
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Network Perception
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Mouna Bamba (Staff, ECE)
Robin Berthier (Staff, ECE)
David Nicol (Faculty, ECE)
Edmond Rogers (Staff, ECE)
William H. Sanders (Faculty, ECE)
Sankalp Singh (Alumni, CS)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Neurovision Medical Products
Year Founded
1973
Headquarters
Founder/s
J. Lee Rea
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Neutral Design Studio
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ricardo Pierre-Louis
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
Newell Instruments
Year Founded
1996
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ty Newell (Faculty)
Ben Newell (Alumni)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Acquired
Nine Four Ventures
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jeffrey Elowe
- Alumni
- LAS/Biology
Acquired
Ning
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Founder/s
Marc Andreessen
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Nourish Net
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kathleen Hu
(Formerly called Dibbs)
- Student
- Engineering/ISE
Acquired
Nuvestan
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Molecular & Cellular Biology
Acquired
Obiter Research
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
William Boulanger
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
OceanComm
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Thomas Riedl
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Andrew Singer
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Ocient
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Joseph Jablonski
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
George Kondiles
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Octopart
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Founder/s
Harish Agarwal
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
Acquired by Altium in 2015.
Offerman Woodshop
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
East Los Angeles, CA, USA
Founder/s
Nick Offerman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Theater
Acquired
Ogloza Fortney LLP
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Darius Ogloza
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
one
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Michael Callahan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering
Cory Levy
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Onesoftdigm (OSD)
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Founder/s
Chang Hun Lee
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Accounting
Acquired
Opal Kelly Incorporated
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Portland, OR, USA
Founder/s
Jake Janovetz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Open Prairie Ventures, Inc.
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Effingham, IL, USA
Founder/s
Andrew Jones
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Opsware
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Founder/s
Marc Andreessen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2007 for $1.65 billion
Optimizely
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Pete Koomen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Episerver in Sept 2020 for an undisclosed amount
Optivolt
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
San Mateo, CA, USA
Founder/s
Paul Couston
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Rohit Kalyanpur
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Daniel Kofman
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Orali Health
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Western Springs, IL, USA
Founder/s
Ayush Kumar
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Mark O'Connor
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering
Aashay Patel
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Acquired
OrangeQC
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Flossmoor, IL, USA
Founder/s
Matt Gornick
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Ryan Mathews
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Orate
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Veronika Eklund
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Business Administration & Entrepreneurship
Acquired
Orbital
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Geoffrey E. Cherry
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
Acquired
Orchard, Inc.
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Glencoe, IL, USA
Founder/s
Indira Saladi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering
Acquired
Origin Ventures
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bruce Barron
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Accountancy
Steve Miller
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Business Administration & Marketing
Acquired
OSO Technologies
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michael Clemenson
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Trevor Hutchins
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Austin Lyons
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Brad Sanders
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Eduardo Torrealba
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Outfield
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Houston, TX, USA
Founder/s
Adam Steele
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
P.A. Semi
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Founder/s
Daniel Dobberpuhl
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Apple, Inc. in 2008 for $278 million.
Palantir
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Nathan Gettings
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Pandamonium Doughnuts
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
James Kyung
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences - Animal Science
Acquired
Pangea Properties
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Al Goldstein
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Acquired
Pansophic Systems, Inc.
Year Founded
1969
Headquarters
Founder/s
Joseph A. Piscopo
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Acquired by Computer Associates International in 1991 for $290 million.
Pantheon Systems Inc
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Zachary Rosen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Papa Del's Pizza
Year Founded
1970
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Robert L. Monti
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Applied Health Sciences
Acquired
Parakweet
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ramesh Haridas
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Parallel Works Inc.
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Michael J. Wilde
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Pattern Insight
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
San Diego, CA, USA
Founder/s
Yuanyuan Zhou
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Qingbo Zhu
Spiros Xanthos
Zhenmin Li
Acquired
Pay By Group
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dan Oblinger
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Pelago, Inc.
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jeff Holden
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Penrose Brewing Company
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Tom Korder
- Alumni
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Perimeter Advisors
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Founder/s
Karin O'Connor
- Alumni
- Business/Finance
Acquired
Personify
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Sanjay Patel
Minh Do
- Faculty
- Engineering/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Acquired
Petronics
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dave Cohen
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
PhiOptics
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Catalin Chiritescu
Gabriel Popescu
- Alumni
- Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Photonic Technologies
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Shanghai, China
Founder/s
Frank Shi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
Acquired
PhotoniCare
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ryan Shelton
Steve Boppart
- Staff
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Pickled Stamps
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Founder/s
Brett Smith
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Information Sciences
Acquired
Pipeline Foods LLC
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Founder/s
Eric Jackson
- Alumni (at the time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
- Agricultural Economics
Acquired
Pixo
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Founder/s
Lori Patterson
- Alumni
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Pocket Aces
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ashwin Suresh
Anirudh Pandita
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
PocketPet
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Singapore
Founder/s
Diana Sanjoto
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Poll Everywhere
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Founder/s
Jeff Vyduna
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Ponce Realty Group
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
Rob Ponce
- Alumni
- LAS/Psychology
Acquired
Populix
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Jakarta, Indonesia
Founder/s
Eileen Kamtawijoyo
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences (ACES) - Food Science & Human Nutrition
Acquired
Postini
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Founder/s
Brian Maggi
(Acquired by Google in 2007)
- Alumni
- LAS/Speech Communication
Acquired
Prairiefire Consulting, Inc.
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michael Lopez
Andrew Coverdill
Eric Gertner
- Alumni
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Prenosis
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
- Faculty, Grainger Distinguished Chair, & Department Head in Bioengineering (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Student, PhD Candidate (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Primary Global Research
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Founder/s
Mike Fu
Unni Narayanan
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Printavo
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Founder/s
Bruce Ackerman
- Alumni
- Business/Business Process Management & Management Information Systems
Acquired
PrintEco
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Tom Patterson
Arpan Shah
- Student
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Product Manufactory
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Bryan Wilcox (MechSE)
Mercedes Mane (AERO)
- Alumni
- Engineering
Acquired
Proteus Digital Health
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Founder/s
Mark Zdeblick
- Alumni
- Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Architectual Studies
Acquired
Protonex Technology Corporation
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
Founder/s
Paul Osenar
(Acquired by Ballard Power Systems in 2015)
- Alumni
- Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
PSYONIC
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Aadeel Akhtar
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Neuroscience
Patrick Slade
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Qfpay
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Founder/s
Tim Lee
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Exchange Student - Grainger Engineering
Acquired
Qred
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden
Founder/s
Jason Francis
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
QSM Diagnostics
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Boston, MA, USA
Founder/s
Edgar Goluch
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Acquired
Quantum Marketing Communications, LLC
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Saint Cloud, FL, USA
Founder/s
William B. Bokunic
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
Quicket Solutions
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Christiaan Burner
- Student
- Business
Acquired
Quill Corporation
Year Founded
1956
Headquarters
Lincolnshire, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jack Miller
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Journalism
Acquired
QuillBot
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Rohan Gupta
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Anil Jason
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Math & Computer Science
David Silin
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Course Hero in 2021
Radius Health
Year Founded
2003
Headquarters
Founder/s
John Katzenellenbogen
- Faculty
- LAS/Chemistry
Acquired
Rao Research and Consulting
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Chetana Rao
- Alumni
- Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
RATIO Architects, Inc.
Year Founded
1982
Headquarters
Founder/s
William A. Browne, Jr.
- Alumni
- FAA/Architecture
Acquired
Realmware Corporation
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dan Moorehead
Aaron Pollack
- Student
- Business
Acquired
Reconstruct Inc.
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Founder/s
Tim Bretl
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Mani Golparvar-Fard
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Derek Hoiem
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Recurly
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Founder/s
Isaac Hall
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Recykal
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Founder/s
Anirudha Jalan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - BS in Finance
Acquired
Red Clay Digital
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kevin McFall
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- LAS/Computer Science & Mathematics
Acquired
Red Cup Distillery
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dustin Wenger
- Alumni
- Business/MBA
Acquired
Redcarpet
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kartik Venkataraman
- Alumni
- Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering (Transportation)
Acquired
Relevate Health
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Founder/s
Jeffrey Spanbauer
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
REO Speedwagon
Year Founded
1967
Headquarters
Founder/s
Neal Doughty
Alan Gratzer
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Repairtech International, Inc.
Year Founded
1978
Headquarters
Founder/s
Stan Bennett
- Alumni
- Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering
Acquired
ReSchedule Med
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Taylor Fairbank
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Revery AI
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Emeryville, CA, USA
Founder/s
Kedan Li
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - BS in Computer Science, PhD Candidate in Computer Science
Jeffrey Zhang
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - PhD Candidate in Computer Vision
Acquired
Revolution Medicines
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Martin D. Burke
- Faculty
- LAS/Chemistry
Acquired
Rhaeos
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Evanston, IL
Founder/s
Siddharth Krishnan
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science
Acquired
RingWing, LLC
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Benjamin Khachaturian
- Student (at time of founding)
- FAA/Industrial Design
Acquired
Rithmio
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Adam Tilton (Student)
Prashant Mehta (Faculty)
- Student
- Engineering/Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Rivet Ventures
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Christina Brodbeck
- Alumni
- LAS/History
Acquired
RLJ Companies
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Bethesda, MD, USA
Founder/s
Robert L. Johnson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Social Work
Acquired
Rocky Rococo
Year Founded
1974
Headquarters
Founder/s
Roger Brown
Wayne Mosley
- Alumni
- Law
Acquired
Royal Properties
Year Founded
1979
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michael J. Henneman (Engineering & MBA)
Roderick L. Schmidt (Finance)
- Alumni
- Business
Acquired
Runtime Verification
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Patrick Meredith
Grigore Rosu
- Student
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
SafeBase
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
and Hoeft Technology & Management (minor)
Acquired
Salesforce Essentials
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Adam Evans
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
(Formerly RelateIQ, then SalesforceIQ, now Salesforce Essentials)
Acquired
Acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million
SC4
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Erik Joshua Sacks
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Stephen Patrick Long
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Acquired
Scapegoat
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Laura Carroll
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Hagen Mueller
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
Scheedule
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Suraj Samaranayake
Michael Barker
- Alumni
- Engineering/Computer Science
Acquired
Scott Morrison Consulting, LLC
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Concord, NH, USA
Founder/s
Scott Morrison
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
Search Party LLC
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Brian McCarthy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Information Sciences - Library & Information Science
Acquired
Second Spectrum
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Founder/s
Rajiv Maheswaran
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Semprius
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Durham, NC, USA
Founder/s
John A. Rogers
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Sense Photonics
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Founder/s
Scott Burroughs
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Sensely
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Adam Odessky
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Sequoia Realty Group
Year Founded
1993
Headquarters
Lombard, IL, USA
Founder/s
Mark Levy
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences - Agriculture
Acquired
Serionix
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
James Economy
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
James Langer
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Will (Weihua) Zheng
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Shadow Safe
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Tim Deppen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Mechanical Science & Engineering
Nishana Ismail
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Mechanical Science & Engineering
(Formerly called Servabo)
Acquired
ShareThis
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
David E. Goldberg
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering -
Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Acquired
ShipBob
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Divey Gulati
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Shrimpy
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Founder/s
Michael McCarty
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Nishant Nayudu
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Matthew Wesly
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering,
& Bioengineering
Acquired
SiByte
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Founder/s
Daniel W. Dobberpuhl
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Silverscreen, Inc.
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Zeba Parker
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
SimBioSys, Inc.
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Joseph R. Peterson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
John A. Cole, Jr.
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
Simply AI Talent
Year Founded
2022
Headquarters
Tega Cay, South Carolina, USA
Founder/s
Arvind Radhakrishnen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
SimplyBe
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jessica Zweig
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Acting
Acquired
Skinny Souping
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Alison Velazquez
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Skyqraft
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden
Founder/s
Umar Farooq Chughtai
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Acquired
Slice Rides
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Alok Pradhan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Slide, Inc.
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Max Levchin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Google in 2010 for $182 million
Smart Dating Academy
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bela Gandhi
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
SmartHealth Activator
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
North Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Tom Denison
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Acquired
SnapCheck
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Ken Kuszka
- Alumni
- Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Snapshot Energy
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Danville, IL, USA
Founder/s
Chris Hanson
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Lance Schideman
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Yuanhui Zhang
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Acquired
Snooz
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Founder/s
Eli Lazar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Soil Diagnostics
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Kaustubh Bhalerao
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Farhan Syed
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences -
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Acquired
SolarBOS
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Livermore, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jason Schripsema
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Gibraltar Industries in 2018
SolarBridge
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Philip Krein
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Patrick Chapman
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by SunPower in 2014
Solstice
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
J Schwan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
SoMat Corporation
Year Founded
1982
Headquarters
Founder/s
Norman Miller
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Darrell Socie
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM) in 2008
Someoddpilot
Year Founded
1999
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Chris Eichenseer
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts
Acquired
Sonistic
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Aaron Jones
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Doug Jones
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
SoundJam MP
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
Cupertino, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jeff Robbin
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
(Early version of iTunes)
Acquired
Specific Diagnostics
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Founder/s
Kenneth S. Suslick
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
Spectroclick
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Savoy, IL, USA
Founder/s
Alex Scheeline
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Spindle
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Alex Lambert
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Twitter in 2013
SponsorNet New Media
Year Founded
1995
Headquarters
Founder/s
Scott Banister
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Max Levchin
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Luke Nosek
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
SpotHero, Inc.
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jeremy A. Smith
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Acquired
Stackend Solutions
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Wilmington, DE, USA
Founder/s
Connor Lake
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Starfire Industries
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Brian Jurczyk
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering
Robert Stubbers
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering
Acquired
Sting
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Founder/s
John Ayers
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Industrial Design
Acquired
Strand Therapeutics
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Acquired
Strikingly
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Shanghai, China
Founder/s
Dafeng Guo
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Studio Gang
Year Founded
1997
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jeanne Gang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Architecture
Acquired
StudyCloud
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Andrew Lee
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Ravi Pilla
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
subLOGIC
Year Founded
1975
Headquarters
Founder/s
Bruce Artwick
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Stu Moment
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Sugar Monkey Cupcakes
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Founder/s
Neda Darwish-Yacouby
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
Sugarbox Inc.
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jessica Lam
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Notion in 2014
Sun Buckets
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bruce Elliott-Litchfield
- Faculty & Alumni (at time of founding)
- Faculty: College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
- Agricultural & Biological Engineering - Alumni: Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Matthew Alonso
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
- Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Joe Bradley
- Staff & Alumni (at time of founding)
- Staff: Grainger College of Engineering - Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
- Alumni: Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Sun King
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
T. Patrick Walsh
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Engineering Physics
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics
Mayank Sekhsaria
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
- Gies College of Business - Hoeft Technology & Management Minor
Anish Thakkar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Sunnie
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Sarah Spliethoff
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Marketing
Acquired
Suze Orman Financial Group
Year Founded
1987
Headquarters
Emeryville, CA, USA
Founder/s
Suze Orman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Social Work
Acquired
SwaTaleem
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
New Delhi, India
Founder/s
Ananya Tiwari
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Education - Educational Psychology
Acquired
Syapse
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Glenn Winokur
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Symbolic Sound Corporation
Year Founded
1990
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Kurt J. Hebel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Carla Scaletti
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- Fine and Applied Arts - Music
Acquired
Synergy Law Group, LLC
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bart Loethen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Law
Art Mertes
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Law
Acquired
Synthego
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Founder/s
Michael Dabrowski
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Paul Dabrowski
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
TaniHub
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics
Acquired
Tanso Biosciences, Inc.
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founder/s
Hideaki Ogasawara
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
TapCommerce
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Samir Mirza
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Twitter in 2014 for $100 million
TeaSquares
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Jordan Buckner
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Adi Malik
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Alex Stomp
Acquired
Teneez
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Raymundo Vargas
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering, and Innovation, Leadership, & Engineering Entrepreneurship
Benoit Ortalo-Magne
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
Acquired
Tetravitae Bioscience
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Kingsport, TN, USA
Founder/s
Hans Blaschek
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Acquired
Acquired by Eastman Chemical Co. in 2011
Text-IE
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dan Roth
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
The Boss Up LLC
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Harrison, New Jersey
Founder/s
Britney Turner
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - Communications
Acquired
Third Wave Coffee
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Bangalore, India
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
TiE Angels
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Founder/s
Prashant Shah
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Tiesta Tea
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Founder/s
Dan Klein
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Patrick Tannous
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Tiny Prints
Year Founded
2004
Headquarters
Redwood City, CA, USA
Founder/s
Kelly Berger
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by Shutterfly, Inc. in 2011 for $333 million
TipTek
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Savoy, IL, USA
Founder/s
Gregory Girolami
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Scott Lockledge
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Joseph Lyding
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Tokarz Group Advisers LLC
Year Founded
2006
Headquarters
Purchase, NY, USA
Founder/s
Michael Tokarz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
tomford Design
Year Founded
1998
Headquarters
West Hollywood, CA, USA
Founder/s
Thomas Ford
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Communication
Acquired
Top Tier Lessons
Year Founded
2022
Headquarters
Champaign, IL
Founder/s
Cara Bognar
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Dual Degree in Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
and Innovation, Leadership, and Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE)
Acquired
Topix
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Bryn Dole
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Mathematics
Acquired
Toro
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Founder/s
Amitt Mahajan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Joel Poloney
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Google in 2015
Touchlight Innovations
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Founder/s
Swarnav Pujari
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Tovala
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Bryan Wilcox
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Acquired
TrackBill
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Washington, DC, USA
Founder/s
Steven Marciniak
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Trala, Inc.
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Vishnu Indukuri
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Sam Walder
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Engineering
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Music - Violin
Acquired
Transocean
Year Founded
1974
Headquarters
Steinhausen, Switzerland
Founder/s
Marvin Dennis
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Accounting
Acquired
Trapeze Networks
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Founder/s
Bill Miskovetz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Juniper Networks in 2010 for $152 million
Traverse Science
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Stephen Fleming
- Student (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Neuroscience
Ryan Dilger (Faculty/ACES/Animal Sciences)
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Agriculture, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences - Animal Sciences
Acquired
Trimpe Music Publishing
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Founder/s
J. R. Trimpe
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Fine & Applied Arts - Music Education
Acquired
Triptych Brewing
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Savoy, IL, USA
Founder/s
Anthony Benjamin
- Staff (at time of founding)
- Grainger Engineering Web IT
Acquired
True Advantage
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Founder/s
Michele Kattke
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Biochemistry
Acquired
Turkbox
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Mrinaal Mittal
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering
Computer Science, and Innovation, Leadership, & Engineering Entrepreneurship (ILEE)
Acquired
Twyngo
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Founder/s
Mike Fu
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Unni Narayanan
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Mind Pirate in 2012, Mind Pirate acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2014
Tyto
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Robert Hornbaker
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- ACES - Agricultural Economics
Acquired
Uncanny Magazine
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Urbana, IL, USA
Founder/s
Lynne M. Thomas
- Faculty & Alumni (at time of founding)
- School of Information Sciences
- Head of Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Michael Damian Thomas
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences
Acquired
Upstart Power, Inc.
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Southborough, MA
Founder/s
Paul Osenar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science & Engineering
Acquired
Urban Brain and Body
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Seth Franz
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - Finance
Acquired
UT Dots Inc
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Yuri Didenko
- Staff (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemical Sciences
Acquired
Vanquish Oncology
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Paul J. Hergenrother
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Chemistry
Acquired
Verde GSE
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Ty Newell (Faculty)
Ben Newell (Alumni)
Alex Long (Alumni)
- Faculty
- Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Acquired
Verge Pets
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Nick Bahr
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Zayyan Faizal
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Systems Engineering & Design
Acquired
Veriflow Systems
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Matthew Caesar
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Brighten Godfrey
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Verplex
Year Founded
1996
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
KC Chen
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Cadence in 2003
Vibe, Inc.
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Zach Tratar
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Vigilance AI
Year Founded
2021
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Arvind Radhakrishnen
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
ViroCyt, Inc.
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Goettingen, Germany
Founder/s
Robert Kline
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Microbiology
Acquired
Acquired by Sartorius AG in 2016 for $16 million
Virtroid
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Joseph Burritt
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business - MBA
Acquired
Acquired by Magic Leap in 2016
VirtualSpeech
Year Founded
2015
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founder/s
Dom Barnard
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Vitruvian Biotech
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Gerald J. Pijanowski
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Bioengineering
Acquired
Vocareum
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Sanjay Srivastava
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
Voelker Litigation Group
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Daniel J. Voelker
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Vonberg Valve, Inc.
Year Founded
1971
Headquarters
Rolling Meadows, IL, USA
Founder/s
Joseph M. Levon
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
Voxel
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Tim Cheng
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
VSCO (Visual Supply Co)
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Oakland, CA, USA
Founder/s
Mike Wu
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Vuics
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founder/s
Artem Arakcheev
- Student (at time of founding)
- Gies Business - MBA
Acquired
Water High Creative
Year Founded
2018
Headquarters
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Founder/s
Brett Luce
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Fine & Applied Arts - Graphic Design
Acquired
Watson IP Group, PLC
Year Founded
2005
Headquarters
Hudsonville, MI, USA
Founder/s
Jovan N. Jovanovic
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Law
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Science & Engineering
Acquired
WayMark Systems
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Pat Canavan
- Staff (at time of founding)
- School of Labor & Employment Relations
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- School of Labor & Employment Relations
- School of Information Sciences
Jon Gant
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- School of Information Sciences
Mike Haberman
- Staff (at time of founding)
- Illinois Informatics Institute
Mark Nolan
- Staff (at time of founding)
- Information Technology & Economic Development
Acquired
Wentsel Wealth Management
Year Founded
2016
Headquarters
Western Springs, IL, USA
Founder/s
Scott Wentsel
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Economics
Acquired
WeRide
Year Founded
2017
Headquarters
Guangzhou, China
Founder/s
Tony Han
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering (PhD)
Acquired
Whodini
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
Pankaj Mehra
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Declara in 2014 for an undisclosed amount.
Williams Capital Advisors, LLC
Year Founded
2002
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founder/s
David M. Williams
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Gies College of Business
Acquired
Wind River Systems
Year Founded
1981
Headquarters
Alameda, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jerry Fiddler
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Music & Photography
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Wolfram
Year Founded
2009
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Stephen Wolfram
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Physics
Acquired
Workr
Year Founded
2014
Headquarters
Founder/s
Daniel Malmer
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Workspot, Inc.
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Campbell, CA, USA
Founder/s
Amitabh Sinha
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Xerion Advanced Battery
Year Founded
2011
Headquarters
Champaign, IL, USA
Founder/s
Paul Braun
- Faculty (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science
John Busbee
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Materials Science
Acquired
Xoom Corp
Year Founded
2001
Headquarters
San Jose, CA, USA
Founder/s
Alan Braverman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by PayPal in 2015 for $1.09 billion
Y Ventures
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Monrovia, CA, USA
Founder/s
Jawed Karim
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Yammer
Year Founded
2008
Headquarters
Redmond, WA, USA
Founder/s
Alan Braverman
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion in 2012
Yellow Box
Year Founded
2010
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
Nate Hartman
- Alumni (at the time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) - Creative Writing
Acquired
YoDJ
Year Founded
2020
Headquarters
Fairview Heights, IL
Founder/s
Jamal Simmonds
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Vik Sarang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Zayo Group, LLC
Year Founded
2007
Headquarters
Boulder, CO, USA
Founder/s
Dan Caruso
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Acquired
Acquired by EQT and Digital Colony for $8.2 billion in 2019
Zen Marketing
Year Founded
2012
Headquarters
Flemington, NJ, USA
Founder/s
Sizhao Yang
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
Zero Percent
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Adam Carney
- Student (at time of founding)
- College of Media - Advertising
Rajesh Karmani
- Student (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Computer Science
Acquired
ZG Worldwide Consultants
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Springfield, IL, USA
Founder/s
Lothar Soliwon
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences - Geography
Acquired
Zlevor Design LLC
Year Founded
2019
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, USA
Founder/s
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- College of Fine & Applied Arts - Industrial Design
Acquired
ZowPow
Year Founded
2013
Headquarters
Founder/s
Brian Krejcarek
- Alumni (at time of founding)
- Grainger College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Acquired
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