Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Illinois based Advertising companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Advertising 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
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Top Illinois Advertising Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
IRI
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IRI is a Market research company specialized in development of big data and predictive analytics solutions.
Centro
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Centro’s technology platform, Basis, is an advertising solution unifying programmatic buying, workflow automation and business intelligence.
Cooler Screens
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Cooler Screens is a developer of interactive digital displays to replace glass doors in store aisles.
Cheetah Digital
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The technology and marketing expertise B2C marketers need to deliver enterprise-scale brand experiences.
4C Insights
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Scope by 4C™ is the leading self-service intelligence platform for marketers to drive business outcomes across closed ecosystems.
Market Track
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Market Track offers web-based competitive analysis, ad tracking, and decision-support solutions that help businesses make better decisions.
Rise Interactive
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Rise Interactive is a full-service digital marketing agency, helping leading brands drive better business outcomes.
LotLinx
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LotLinx’ is a SaaS provider of Digital Retailing and Marketing technologies and for the Automotive Industry.
Hatch Loyalty
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Hatch is a customer engagement & loyalty platform for large retailers & brands. Belly, is its leading solution for small businesses.
MoveSpring
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MoveSpring is a fun, simple, highly engaging health platform enabling employers to educate and motivate employees toward better health.
AP
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AP is a brand image and digital communications firm.
UpCity
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UpCity helps businesses find service providers they can trust.
Freeosk Inc
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Freeosk is a network of in-store kiosks, driving trial and awareness for brands by giving free samples of new products to customers.
Sandbox Agency
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Sandbox Agency is an international full-service agency. It creates personalized emails, Websites, e-newsletters, and mobile experiences.
Block Six Analytics
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Maximizing Revenue For Buyers And Sellers Of Sports Sponsorship Using Technology And Analytics
Upshot, Inc
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Upshot specializes in total brand engagement, brand initiatives, and shopper marketing.
Huvii
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Huvii is a gaming and advertising platform that digitalizes bar and restaurant entertainment.
Target Data
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Target Data operates as a performance marketing agency fueled by data.
Zorch
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Zorch is the exclusive supplier of branded merchandise for some of the largest corporations in the world.
Strike Social
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The global leader in AI for social advertising
Specless
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Specless empowers publishers to evolve beyond tired display ad formats and bring to market a more valuable advertising experience.
PowerPublish
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PowerPublish is a virtual newsroom that leverages technology and content automation that turns modern brands into power publishers.
Brandgility by Elateral
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Brandgility: The platform for self-service adaptation and localization of print and digital assets
AdYapper
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AdYapper tracks display and mobile ads that generate detailed verification data, consumer sentiment, and viewability.
Tagkast
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Tagkast is a photo marketing platform to help event marketers increase social reach and capture consumer data
Persio
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Persio helps retailers personalize cross channel communications using a simple SaaS platform.
Music Dealers
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Music Dealers is a music licensing platform providing pre-cleared music and custom song creation for content creators.
InfoActive
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INFOACTIVE is an online platform that provides web publishers with tools to create interactive, mobile-friendly infographics with live data.
Earshot
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Earshot is a precision-based customer acquisition platform
Manifest Digital
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Manifest Digital provides designing, rapid application development, online marketing strategy and hosted management services.
Digi-Me
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Digi-Me is a video technology company that uses a global patented technology to reach job seekers with VideoJobs, helping staffing, recruiting and talent acquisition professionals improve their return on investment in the human resources technology market.
Appnoxious
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Appnoxious is a development house focused on mobile applications and games.
Elevate Digital
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Elevate Digital is an interactive digital advertising and software company that transforms the way advertisers interact with consumers.
Marketing Card Technology
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Marketing Card Technology is a single-source provider for card production and direct mail services.
FanFueled
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FanFueled Engagement Systems empower brands to build, congregate, mobilize and monetize fan communities.
Wordego
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Wordego is a Programmatic Ad Exchange Platform for Advertisers and Publishers.
ADSHIFT
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We help companies spend their digital ad budget more efficiently by automatically reallocating ad spend to their most profitable products
Optyn
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Optyn is an email marketing software platform that offers an easy-to-use tool for email marketing campaigns.
Revenue Well Systems
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Automated practice marketing and patient communication suite.
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Sharetapes are physical cards for launching digital content on smartphones
ShopperTrak
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ShopperTrak is a provider of people counter technology and foot traffic analysis that improve retail profitability.
SocialCrunch
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SocialCrunch is a data collection platform providing social and human behavior-related statistics to users.
Brandmuscle
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Brandmuscle provides integrated local and channel marketing for companies that want to make an impact.
Clearstream.TV
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Clearstream is a data-enabled video distribution platform.
SPR
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SPR is a digital transformation agency that specializes in enterprise technology.
Victor Tech Inc
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Bringing local businesses and organizations together to support the military community.
Rewards Network
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Rewards Network is a provider of capital and marketing services to the restaurant industry.
Fusion92
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Fusion92 is a independent marketing innovation agency.
Conversant
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Conversant is a leader in personalized digital marketing.
Performics
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Performics is the leading provider of performance marketing services and technological solutions in the SEM industry.
SocialKaty
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SocialKaty is a social media marketing agency developing strategy and daily execution of social media marketing for brands.
HALO Branded Solutions
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HALO Branded Solutions offers enterprises with marketing solutions and is a distributor of promotional products.
Starcom Worldwide
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Starcom is a world-renowned media agency that simplifies human understanding to deliver meaningful brand experiences.
bizHive
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bizHive offers small businesses with advisory services that focus on increasing their profitability.
Rapid Displays
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Rapid Displays is a marketing and advertising company providing retail displays, store fixtures, and kiosk merchandising products.
InnerWorkings
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InnerWorkings offers coding sandbox, a learning tool integrated with Visual Studio to help.
Closerlook
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Closerlook, inc. is a digital marketing agency which provides solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
dCommerce – Hotel E-Commerce Consulting
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dCommerce is a consulting firm that assists hotels in managing their digital marketing and e-commerce systems.
Dotomi
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Dotomi provides Personalized Media display advertising that is dynamically adapted in real time at the user and impression level.
Affinity
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Affinity is a contextual advertising network building innovative contextual advertising, media, and monetization solutions.
Buzz Digital (formerly Buzz Referrals)
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Buzz Referrals enables companies to have their own referral programs that integrate with both social media and their company websites.
AdGooroo
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AdGooroo is the leading provider of internet marketing competitive intelligence, keyword research, and other keyword tools.
Band Digital
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Band Digital is an independent and industry-leading digital connection agency that provides digital marketing services.
VivaKi
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Vivaki, a marketing communications organization, provides digital advertising solutions that connects advertises with consumers.
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ShareASale is retail focused performance marketing network, enabling users to tap into a wider consumer base without additional costs.
Optimus
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Optimus is a collective of award winning filmmakers, storytellers, and artists working with agencies and brands.
VEVE
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A performance marketing platform to reach consumers through OEMs & Browsers.
Transistor.fm
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Podcast hosting and analytics for creatives, brands, and professionals.
Storymix Media
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Storymix Media is a crowdsourced automated video creation platform for digital agencies and content marketers.
Leo Burnett
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Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc., is an American globally active advertising company
MoreWithUs – Everyday Jobs
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Jobs and hiring for small businesses and people seeking entry level, part-time, and hourly wage jobs. Need a job? Let employers find you!
Egen Solutions
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Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Design and Software Consulting
Walker Sands
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Walker Sands is a B2B marketing agency focused on accelerating growth.
CraftJack
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CraftJack helps contractors generate more leads with fair.
Cogensia
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Cogensia is the premier provider of breakthrough data-driven marketing strategies and solutions.
Affinity Express
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Affinity Express is a multi-shore online provider of high-volume advertising and marketing production solutions for digital and print media.
JDS Marketing Holdings
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JDS Marketing Holdings is operates in stealth mode.
Leapfrog Online
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Leapfrog Online is a digital direct marketing firm developing programs for Fortune 500 marketers that find and monetize the right customers.
Sapphire Apps
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Sapphire Apps drives innovative digital marketing by enhancing how users interact with the influencers and brands that inspire them
Lightswitch
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Lightswitch is a web video production company specializing in the creation of content for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Exact Data
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Direct Marketing Services including Postal, Email, and Phone Lists and Social Media Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Golin
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Golin offers businesses with technology solutions and insights that focus on connecting brands with their customers.
HomeFinder.com
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We help homes and people find each other.
Visual Feeder
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Visual Feeder lights up the city streets with full-motion brand advertising experiences on high traffic commercial retail locations.
GiftPrompt, Inc.
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GiftPrompt is a tech company with a vision to automate and personalize eCommerce via mobile app.
Risefy
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Risefy helps businesses of all sizes find and work with marketing, advertising, and creative professionals.
Straight North
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Straight North is a digital marketing, search engine optimization, and website design company.
Yes Lifecycle Marketing
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Yes Lifecycle Marketing is a solution provider that brings together multichannel marketing platforms and data services.
Aspen Marketing Services
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Aspen Marketing Services is a digital marketing company focusing on both response and engagement techniques.
The Marketing Store
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The Marketing Store is a customer engagement agency. We bring people and brands closer together.
Allant Group
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Allant is a company that specializes in multi-source data data aggregation, and advance data analytics.
EnsembleIQ
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EnsembleIQ is a premier business intelligence resource that exists to help people and their organizations succeed.
Vision Integrated Graphics Group
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Vision is a full service marketing solutions provider specializing in cross media marketing, strategy, technology, print & fulfillment.
VSA Partners
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VSA Partners offers interconnected branding and communications solutions for today’s increasingly cross-channel.
SocialDefender
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Social Defender helps businesses manage and protect their social presence across all social platforms.
Liquidus Marketing
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Liquidus Marketing is delivers the power to drive scalable, multi-screen digital advertising campaigns using an innovative solutions.
AffinityX
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AffinityX is a white label creative and marketing services partner .
Chicago Tribune
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Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper that features local and international news, along with in-depth coverage of sports, business, and more.
