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Crunchbase says Groupon has raised $173 million (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/groupon http://www.crunchbase.com/company/groupon ), so they alone account fo

Crunchbase says Groupon has raised $173 million (http://www.crunchbase.com/company/groupon http://www.crunchbase.com/company/groupon ), so they alone account for a quarter of the money raised in 60606. I was actually surprised that it was only 23%. I didn't realize how much other funding there was around here.

tptacek 16y ago
Same. Chicago is not a great place to raise money (it is, however, a great, great place to build a company).
maukdaddy 16y ago
From their data (companydata.csv): name founded_year zip_code raised_amount Invenergy 2001 60606 $459,000,000.00 Groupon 2008 60654 $172,800,000.00 Hostway 1998 60606 $110,000,000.00 HighTower 60661 $100,000,000.00 Affinity.com 2006 60606 $85,000,000.00 NeuroTherapeutic2006 60631 $43,000,000.00 MediaBank 60654 $40,500,000.00 Initiate Systems1994 60606 $31,000,000.00 ACTIV Financial 2002 60606 $25,000,000.00 Firm58 2005 60661 $22,680,000.00 Echo Global Logi 60654 $17,400,000.00 Vibes Media 1998 60606 $15,000,000.00 Arroweye Solutio1999 60661 $14,000,000.00 BridgePort Netwo2002 60601 $13,000,000.00 Mirage Networks 60602 $12,000,000.00 SAVO 1999 60607 $10,000,000.00 Open Kernel Labs2006 60606 $9,750,000.00 InXpo 60642 $9,000,000.00 Manifest Digital2001 60654 $9,000,000.00 Info 60601 $8,400,000.00 FeedBurner 2004 60610 $8,000,000.00 Sittercity 60654 $8,000,000.00 The Point 60622 $7,300,000.00 Allen Brothers 60609 $7,100,000.00 TetraVitae Biosc 60606 $6,300,000.00 Compliance11 2005 60606 $6,178,766.00 tvCompass 2003 60631 $5,100,000.00 Cleversafe 2004 60661 $5,000,000.00 Viewpoints 2007 60610 $5,000,000.00 GrubHub 2004 60614 $3,100,000.00 edit: There are a few more but I truncated the list for brevity ;)
- tptacek 16y ago
  Wow. Invenergy and HighTower so shouldn't count.
kree10 16y ago
It also helps that few people actually live in 60606 (population 1,682 in the 2000 census). If Mayor Daley wanted 60606 to move up on this list, I guess he could do it with some strategic zoning changes.

tptacek 16y ago

Same. Chicago is not a great place to raise money (it is, however, a great, great place to build a company).

maukdaddy 16y ago

From their data (companydata.csv): name founded_year zip_code raised_amount Invenergy 2001 60606 $459,000,000.00 Groupon 2008 60654 $172,800,000.00 Hostway 1998 60606 $110,000,000.00 HighTower 60661 $100,000,000.00 Affinity.com 2006 60606 $85,000,000.00 NeuroTherapeutic2006 60631 $43,000,000.00 MediaBank 60654 $40,500,000.00 Initiate Systems1994 60606 $31,000,000.00 ACTIV Financial 2002 60606 $25,000,000.00 Firm58 2005 60661 $22,680,000.00 Echo Global Logi 60654 $17,400,000.00 Vibes Media 1998 60606 $15,000,000.00 Arroweye Solutio1999 60661 $14,000,000.00 BridgePort Netwo2002 60601 $13,000,000.00 Mirage Networks 60602 $12,000,000.00 SAVO 1999 60607 $10,000,000.00 Open Kernel Labs2006 60606 $9,750,000.00 InXpo 60642 $9,000,000.00 Manifest Digital2001 60654 $9,000,000.00 Info 60601 $8,400,000.00 FeedBurner 2004 60610 $8,000,000.00 Sittercity 60654 $8,000,000.00 The Point 60622 $7,300,000.00 Allen Brothers 60609 $7,100,000.00 TetraVitae Biosc 60606 $6,300,000.00 Compliance11 2005 60606 $6,178,766.00 tvCompass 2003 60631 $5,100,000.00 Cleversafe 2004 60661 $5,000,000.00 Viewpoints 2007 60610 $5,000,000.00 GrubHub 2004 60614 $3,100,000.00 edit: There are a few more but I truncated the list for brevity ;)

tptacek 16y ago
Wow. Invenergy and HighTower so shouldn't count.

kree10 16y ago

It also helps that few people actually live in 60606 (population 1,682 in the 2000 census). If Mayor Daley wanted 60606 to move up on this list, I guess he could do it with some strategic zoning changes.