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71 Best Chicago Big Data Startups & Companies

This article showcases our top picks for the best Chicago based Big Data companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Big Data industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Chicago Big Data Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Globant

Globant

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Globant is a digitally native technology services company building a new way of being digital.

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86 Repairs is a subscription service that optimizes and manages end-to-end equipment repair and maintenance for restaurant groups.

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Civis Analytics

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Civis Analytics helps organizations use data to gain a competitive advantage in how they identify, attract, and engage their audiences.

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Narrative Science

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Narrative Science creates software that writes stories from enterprise data to drive understanding and results.

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Ocient

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Ocient is a startup building a near-real time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets.

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Label Insight

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Label Insight is a SaaS company that provides insights on food label data to government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers.

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Packback

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Packback is a Q&A learning platform powered by a proprietary A.I. to quantify and improve critical thinking skills in college students.

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KnowledgeHound

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KnowledgeHound is the data organization and visualization tool for companies buried in piles of market research.

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HAAS Alert

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Real-time automotive collision prevention SaaS for public safety and roadway fleets

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Tillable

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Tillable is an online marketplace for farm landowners and growers to rent and manage farmland.

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5thColumn

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5thColumn provides real-time, actionable visualizations of your entire network. AWACS for your IT Infrastructure enabling click remediation

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Blinkfire Analytics

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Blinkfire Analytics uses proprietary, patented AI and computer vision to optimize the sponsorship marketplace across social media, digital, and OTT for teams, leagues, athletes, creators, and brands. 

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rMark Bio

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rMark Bio delivers intelligence solutions to the life science industry.

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Rippleshot

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Credit and Debit Card Fraud Detection

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NexLP

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NexLP provides a predictive intelligence software solution that turns electronic data into patterns and stories.

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CancerIQ

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CancerIQ is a saas platform that helps providers use genetic information to predict, pre-empt, and prevent disease – starting with cancer

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RiseKit

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RiseKit connects un(der)employed job candidates to careers, training, and resources while providing analytics for employers and grantmakers.

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Social Market Analytics

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Social Market Analytics quantifies social media data and provides actionable market intelligence primarily to financial market investors.

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Lab Me Analytics

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Lab Me Analytics provides direct-to-consumer healthcare and blood analytics.

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Megalytics

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The most extensive, verified, relevant data ever possessed by one analytics entity.

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Abode

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Abode is a user-friendly app that eases the home buying process and is especially helpful to first-time buyers.

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BellaDati

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BellaDati is a producer of an agile analytic and reporting big data tool that reinvents the way business users interact with business data.

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Overgrad

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Overgrad is an online platform that enables high school students to set long-term college and career goals.

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Learnmetrics

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Learnmetrics are a team of Educators, Academics, Technologists, and Designers who are committed to improving educational outcomes.

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Continuum Data Centers

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Continuum Data Centers is a provider of data centers and colocation solutions.

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Digital H2O

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Digital H2O develops an online oilfield water management analytics platform to change how energy companies manage scarce water resources.

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CharacTour

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CharacTour curates entertainment choices in a truly personalized way—based on consumers’ unique personalities

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UI LABS

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UI LABS is a research and commercialization agency based in Chicago, Illinois.

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CloudSpotter Technologies

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CloudSpotter is an advanced photo analytics firm paving the path for private, automated photo sharing.

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Data Products LLC

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Data Science Consulting

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InfoTracer

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InfoTracer provides you with accurate and comprehensive background information in a matter of minutes.

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ClearCut Analytics

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ClearCut is an eCommerce analytics and services provider that helps CPG companies make critical decisions and drive sustainable growth.

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Next College Student Athlete

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Next College Student Athlete helps student-athletes and families connect with college coaches.

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Intersog

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We build software and help other companies attack their business goals, solve IT skills shortage issues and embrace innovation.

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Aptitive

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Aptitive is an analytics and data consulting company that empowers organizations to access, analyze, and take action on their data.

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Neurocern

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The leading neuroinformatics and predictive analytics technology company

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BrokerX

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BrokerX is a technology company that’s built a cloud-based platform for energy brokers to manage their entire customer lifecycle

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CLOUDQUANT, LLC

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CloudQuant a powerful and comprehensive data analytics and data integration platform for investors and corporate clients

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Yes Lifecycle Marketing

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Yes Lifecycle Marketing is a solution provider that brings together multichannel marketing platforms and data services.

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Aerospec Technologies

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We develop fully autonomous robotic technologies and cloud based data analytics for industrial inspections.

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Globus

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Globus is a project that provides SaaS-based services that enable researchers to move, share, and publish big data.

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LAGOM

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At LAGOM, we are working for making the world a better place with the power of AI and high technologies.

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The SafeCharge

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SafeCharge offers a cell phone charging station that enables users to charge their phones in a safe locker at featured destinations.

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TradeX

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Providing transaction transparency in the market data industry.

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A J Rhem & Associates Inc

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A.J.Rhem & Associates, Inc. is an Information Systems Integration, Research and Training firm bringing value-added computer and IT services

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Smync

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Smync is The Social Word-of-Mouth Marketing Platform. We empower brands to grow Advocacy that drives people past the Moment of Trust.

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Edgeflip

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Edge-flip goal is to make sure every social good organization – non-profits, advocacy groups and charities.

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DW Simpson Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment

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DW Simpson Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment is a staffing and recruiting firm offering actuarial and analytics recruitment services.

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SORC’D

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SORC’D the easiest way to capture and recall your online research. Build Stronger Content Faster with Sorc’d.

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Datascope Analytics

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Datascope Analytics is a data-driven consulting firm that transforms big data into real business value.

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Light Up Africa

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Powering People Beyond Light Poverty.

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DYNO Mapper

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DYNO Mapper streamlines the discovery, analysis, and planning phase of web development.

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Varsa Health

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A simple way to measure health outcomes. Empowering health organizations with actionable insights to improve how we care for others.

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Uni B Solutions, LLC.

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UNI B Solutions provides a cloud-based Enterprise Optimization Platform to gain the required insight into their data on any device.

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7 Senses Labs

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Story-based Adaptive Learning Solutions for Children

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AFTER

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SaaS Upstream Patient Engagement in Supportive Care Education

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Landmark Legal Solutions

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Landmark Legal Solutions, a legal service, provides paper-based solutions and electronic data management for law firms.

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Mission Measurement

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Mission Measurement specializes in predicting social sector data and insights.

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Professional Innovations

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Professional Innovations is a big data and agile development consulting firm.

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Harvest Moon Sustainable Ventures

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Harvest Moon creates high quality full spectrum oils and distillatefor use in everyday healing hemp products

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Den Aviary

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Den Aviary provides deep expertise with their collective experience in strategy, design, implementation, data services, analytics.

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Distilld Communities LLC

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Distilld is a whiskey label scanning application that enables users to scan labels, explore and rate whiskies, and share knowledge.

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MyColLife

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Welcome to MyColLife, world’s first Student Social Network and Social Relationship Management (SRM) services technology.

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NueMeta

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Information Technology and Services

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Amptopia

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amptopia.com is a cloud-based software company that offers an automated and integrated revenue and marketing management platform.

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Malvern Media

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Malvern Media – Data Licensing and Big Data

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Impact Lab

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The Impact Lab is a data, research, and strategy firm that works with a wide range of social sector organizations.

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Wink-edit

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Wink-edit is an online platform that combines text correction with e-learning features.

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BeyondTag Inc.

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Designer brands at your price – platform that empowers shoppers to pay what they want & save instantly! Brands get ‘willingness to pay’ data

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MDNetX

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The Competitive Intelligence platform that’s built by physicians for physicians.

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KloboMedia

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KloboMedia helps brands succeed in social media

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