ShipBob Achieves Unicorn Status
ShipBob, the leading e-commerce fulfillment service, announced $200M in funding at over $1B valuation, becoming another Chicago unicorn.
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Simple Mills Revolutionizes How Food is Made
With over 35 products in 25K+ stores nationwide, Simple Mills provides delicious and real food products – and continues to launch items with a focus on sustainability.
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Factor Acquired by HelloFresh
Factor, a ready-made meal delivery company serving premium customers focused on health and nutrition, was acquired by HelloFresh for up to $277M.
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Equilibria Offers Premium Wellness Products for Women
The Chicago-based company stands out among competitors by offering personalized customer support with their dosage specialists.
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Chowbus, An App for the Best Asian Food
As a food delivery platform, Chowbus offers customers the easiest way to gain access to high quality, authentic Asian food.
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oak9 Raises $8M in New Round
We are excited to share that oak9, the leader in cloud native security, announced raising $8M in new funding. HPA participated in the round, which was led again by Menlo Ventures and included new investor partners Cisco Investments and Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund. We first invested in oak9’s $5.9M round in 2021, and we […]
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Congrats John Higginson, CTO of Chief, a Freshly Minted Unicorn!
John Higginson is the CTO at Chief, the social network that recently raised a Series B and joined the unicorn club as a female-founded startup.
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CIBC Supporting Active Campaign as the Business Scales
CIBC provided ActiveCampaign with flexible capital and treasury services to help manage its rapidly growing organization and global customer base.