2023 Chicago Innovation Award Nominees
Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees! You can view the full list below. You can also view the Top 100 Finalists here.
&Rise
360 Youth Services
Abbott
Above and Beyond Food Pantry Inc.
Accenture
Activated Scale
Acute on Chronic
Aeropay
Afforai
Alzheimer’s Association
Angela Alvarez, LLC
Aqua Cultured Foods
Arcalea
Argonne National Labs – Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI)
Armanino LLP
Arrive Logistics
Artist Collective
Arvist
Ascend Technologies
Ascent Integrated Tech
Asian Improv aRts Midwest
ASL Aspire
Association House of Chicago
Astute Counseling and Wellness, LLC
Balaguera’s baking corp DBA Pan y Pizza Pa’ Ya
Balodana
Beacon
Better Trucks
Blacks in Green
Blaq Gurl Fya
Blip Energy
BlockBucks
BlockBucks Inc
BMImmune
BOUNTE LLC
Brain Truth
Break Through Tech Chicago
Bri’s Dance Place
Bridgewater Studio
Broken K Ranch
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
BUNDLAR
Buoyant Ventures
Caped Clinicians
CARvengers
Casechek
CASHDROP
CatalystXL, Inc.
Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence (CASMI)
The Center for Healing and Justice through Sport
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Chainifi
Chang Industrial
Chicago Council on Science and Technology
Chicago Fashion Coalition
The Chicago Help Initiative
Chicago Learning Exchange
Chicago Scholars
Chicago:Blend
ChiGivesBack, Inc.
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
Citycatt
ClearCOGS
Clever Carnivore
Climate Vault
Cogno
Color Communications
Common Pantry
CommunityHealth
Conic Group, LLC
Consulate General of Canada in Chicago
Corporate Coalition of Chicago
CrossKudi
The CryptoMom App
Cuentologia
The Cumin Club
Cured
Cyber Pop-up
Design for America
The Desire Company
Desklight
The Diamond Gala
Digital Content Strategy LLC
DigsFact
Dion’s Chicago Dream
Discreedly
DisposableCreations
Dom’s Kitchen & Market
Dovetail Project
Drift Net Inc.
Drip Tech Co.
EAB Global Inc.
EarlyBird
Echo Global Logistics
Egglife Foods, Inc.
Environmental Law & Policy Center
EPIC Academy
Equity and Transformation (EAT)
Escaladder LLC
Evergreen Climate Innovations
Exelon
Experimental Sound Studio
F&B Insights, LLC
Fanisko
Fearless Coaching LLC
Fenix Family Health Center
Fig Factor Media Publishing
Fingerprint
First Stop Health
Fixer
Fluent Forever
For good Granola
Free Root Operation
Friends of the Chicago River
Fulcrum GT
Fulton Grace Realty
FundingHope LLC
Fusion Risk Management
Future
G2
GigaStar
Globowl
GlocalMD Inc
GoodSport Nutrition
Graaphene
Grace + Ivory
Gray Matter Experience
greenlightfamilyservices.org
HabiTerre
Haitian American Museum of Chicago
Halo Consulting
Harrison Street
The Hatchery
Havenshine Technologies, Inc.
Haylon Technologies Inc.
Healthy Amplified Inc.
Helping Hand
High Definition Vehicle Insurance Group (HDVI)
The Honeycomb Project
Honor Flight Chicago
Hope Chicago
Humanity Rising
IBT Group
Identomat Inc.
ILA Creative Studio
Illinois Tollway
Imaginary Heaven University
Impact House
Impossible Objects
IN BOLD PRINT
InQuest AI
Inspiro Tequila
The Institute of Cultural Affairs
Instituto Del Progreso Latino
Intellihot
ISPro Academy
J & P Consulting Group
Jellyvision
Jelmar
K.O. ECOLIFE
Kadeya
Kafko International
Kaizen Health
Kakadoodle
Kargo Kangaroo, LLC.
Kavi Global
keepwith
KeyCare
KIKrr
KindWorks.ai
Kooshy Inc.
Last Minute Hair
Law Center for Better Housing
LeagueSpot
Lena Rose Beauty
Little Health Ambassadors
LivNow Relocation
Lorenzo’s Frozen Pudding
Lucas James Talent Partners
LUDEX, LLC
Lunum, Inc
Lynn Hazan & Associates, Inc.
Mabbly
Marwen
Mary Cook Associates
MARKT-PILOT
Math Circles of Chicago
Mattiq
Mauge, Inc.
Mavely
MemoryWeb
Merge Impact
metaMe Health
Metopio
MetroAlliance
MFNS Tech
Michael Lavelle Wines
Minority Business Circle
The Mom Project
Moon Invoice
Morrison Institute of Technology
Moshun LLC
MuniTask
MyStrongCircle
NakiNoku
Native Sons
Natrion
Nestidd
Network Perception
NextGroup LLC
The Nora Project
Northgate Technologies Inc
Obie
Of an Origin
Olliv
OneGoal
Open Heart Magic
Openlands
The Orange Tent Project
Orchestrated Events
Overture Games
P33
PairUp
PASSIONS FRUITOPIA LLC
Pathways.org
Pepper Construction Group
Per Scholas Chicago
Peterson Technology Partners
Pizza y Pan Pa’ Ya corp
PLAN4SUCCESS
The Planting Hope Company
Plasia
Plateful
PreFesh
Preparture
Prisidio Inc
project44
Pulse Charter Connect
PurelyMed
Purpose Net Zero
Quriosity Productions, LLC
Rabecca Ann Artistry LLC
Radio Flyer
Radish
REACH Pathways, LLC
Reading In Motion
Rebel Human
Red Flag Mania
Redwood Hyperion
Reflections Foundation dba Polished Pebbles
Relativity
Republic Bank of Chicago
Rimpact
RiseKit
Rivet
RollSTOP (product name)
ROOMII
Route
S2G Ventures
Sanarai
Sani Pro Hand Care
SeminaryNow
Sertifi
Serving People with a Mission
Sherronda B’s Home HairCare
Sibel Health Inc.
Sifter SP, Inc.
SITE Technologies
Skali Inc
Small Wonder
SMARTCharts
Smithson Bancorp
Snow City Arts
Solar Simplified
SOLID Development Corporation dba Dream to Product
Soundwave Hearing, LLC
Spec-ID
Spherical LLC
SPORTS ON THE LIPS
Springrose
Square One
Star Farm Chicago
STIGMA
Stock Trend Spotter, LLC
Sustene Global
Tandem
Tangiblee
Tech Launchpad at KKC
The Tech Unicorn
Teen Innovators
Tegus
Tharzen
THEO’s Plant-Based
Thoughtworks
Tori Prince Beauty, LLC
Trajektory
Trala
TravelSports
Trending Stocks by Stock Trend Spotter, LLC
True Star Foundation
Tutors Loop, LLC
UChicago SAND Lab
Uplifting Melodies Tutoring LLC
UPshow
Valent BioSciences LLC
Vandross Hair Design
Vangies Farm
Verbal Transactions
Vetted Pet Health
The Virgie
Visual Feeder
Visualize Healthcare
Vivid Seats
VOCEL
VOKAL
Volexion
WasteNot
Wave Therapeutics
When Insurance
Whole & Free Foods LLC (Every Body Eat®)
YoBandz, LLC
Yobee Care Inc
Young Chicago Authors
Zen Soul Apothecary
ZENB
Zero Hash