James Janega

The company serves more than 22,000 merchants worldwide, in foreign languages, currencies and payment methods.

Chicago Growth Partners bets on 2Checkout, ‘big trends’ in e-commerce

May 21, 2019 at 1:30 a.m.

With a hand in a $60 million investment in 2Checkout and a new Chicago-based management team in place there, private equity investors at Chicago Growth Partners and their new leadership...

Dyson at long last unveils ‘360 Eye,’ a cyclonic robot vacuum cleaner

May 21, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

Since 2006, people on a certain secret team at Dyson vacuums have had to deflect, dissemble or otherwise change the subject when an obvious question came up: When is Dyson...

InContext Solutions aims to use new funding on expansion, analytics

May 21, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Chicago-based software company InContext Solutions plans to expand its 3D virtual-store environments for product-display testing in Europe and the U.S., hire more sales and customer relationship managers and build out...

PayPal co-founder and former CEO Peter Thiel speaks about the progress of scientific innovation at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Chicago Venture Summit names 5 startups that will give presentations

May 21, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Organizers of next month's Chicago Venture Summit announced Tuesday the first few startups that will give presentations at the two-day gathering of funders and founders. Three of the companies hail...

Financial tech in Chicago: Where it’s going and who’ll be doing it

May 21, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

According to at least one map of the financial technology ocean on which Chicago floats, startup companies have nearly a dozen different areas to consider, including core banking, payments, trade...

Dyson YouTube video suggests launch of robotic vacuum

June 6, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Dyson has released a YouTube teaser video to a new product launch that appears to presage the company's return to the robotic vacuum market. The 25-second video is entitled "Dyson...

Belly announces partnership with 7-Eleven, 2,000 new locations

May 21, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Belly, a Chicago-based loyalty platform that teams with merchants to provide shoppers with rewards for repeat purchases, announced Wednesday a partnership with 7-Eleven convenience stores that will expand its reach....

1871, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announce partnership

May 21, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo will open a Midwest satellite office in Chicago's 1871, the organizations announced Tuesday, opening the door for quarterly crowdfunding labs, mentorship opportunities and office hours. The notion...

Life-sized sculptures of Legacy Effects movie characters are on display at the "3D Print Show" exhibition in Paris last year.

The ‘next frontier’ for 3D printing and additive manufacturing

May 21, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

As Chicago wraps its mind around 3D printing for consumers, business and transformative projects including the UI Labs-led Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, there's a document that provides some...

The real estate market is searching for technological breakthroughs.

How the real estate industry urges technology to come knocking

May 21, 2019 at 1:25 a.m.

The real estate industry is hungry for technological breakthroughs, and opportunity awaits existing business-to-business startups that can expand to serve it, real estate investors and entrepreneurs say. Driving the opportunity...

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