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When it comes to the most powerful startup ecosystems in America, people often think of the far ends of the country with regions like New York and Silicon Valley, but the midwest is making a name with Chicago leading the way. Forbes called it a top 3 startup city last year, citing it’s impressive VC Funding numbers, it’s focus on supporting diverse founders, and more.

Chicago’s VC funding slowed down a bit this year, but this matches trends seen across the US and world and shouldn’t distract from the positives of the ecosystem, such as it’s $49B ecosystem value.

Flexport is a supply chain platform with a strong presence in Chicago that helps global logistics, buyers, and sellers for over 10,000 companies make their supply chains more transparent, connected, scaleable, and sustainable. Earlier this year, they raised $935M in Series E funding, bringing their total valuation to approximately $8B.

Samba TV is a company dedicated to using data to improve the smart TV experience with enhanced content discovery on the viewer end, and omniscreen advertising on the corporate end.

Synapse (/company/synapsefi) provides cutting-edge banking infrastructure to startups and financial institutions, with the ability to expand product offerings on a cloud-based platform with a limitless scale and quickly reach the global market. In October, they were awarded as a Top 10 Banking Tech Solution Provider.

Chicago is a growing force in the startup ecosystem, and if you want to be a part of it take a look at our list of 5 companies with a presence in Chicago hiring now.

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