Startups Map
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