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Top 24 Startup incubators based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 104 startup incubators headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,295 professional contacts across them, including 257 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers startup incubators headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 24 largest startup incubators based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sunshine Enterprises recognizes entrepreneurship as a critical asset to alleviate the financial burden and create a pathway to long-term wealth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HPA is a leading early-stage investor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Allies for Community Business (A4CB) provides the capital, coaching, and connections entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TechNexus Venture Collaborative (TechNexus) invests in relationships between leading corporations and ambitious entrepreneurs to Rethink Growth™.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With our unparalleled understanding of the market structure, Cumberland helps investors and institutions capitalize on new ventures, working to ensure the ecosystem continues to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago:Blend is a 501c3 nonprofit organization working to create a more inclusive venture capital and startup ecosystem.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are catalysts connecting youth to entrepreneurial education, mentorship, and experiences that ignite ownership, unrealized possibilities, and lasting change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “August Hill was formed to partner with founding teams at the most critical inflection points in their company’s journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Incubator LLC is a non-traditional incubator based in Chicago, with personnel in various parts of the USA and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Hatchery is Chicago's premier food business incubator helping local food and beverage entrepreneurs develop successful businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CIC is an angel syndicate investing in early-stage founders building turnkey solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kerosene is a two-sided network connecting exceptional early-stage founders with 300+ venture capital firms across the US.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Innovyz USA founds and builds world-changing companies by bringing together early-stage technologies, extensive business development experience, and access to capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We advise, mentor and invest in exceptional founders of early stage companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Further Faster derisks execution and accelerates wins with early stage leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Startup Grind is the leading global startup community dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rocket Wagon Venture Studios helps to build startups for the cyber-physical world by providing a team of experienced entrepreneurs who also have strong experience in IoT and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The motivation for Purvi Capital took shape as the great blizzard of 2011 poured sleet and snow at rates exceeding 4 inches/hour over Chicago streets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lofty Ventures is a growing community of Chicago’s most passionate founders building our city’s next generation of disruptive startups, and the angel investors who back them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “1921Coworking and Incubator is designed to be a self-contained tech hub with more than sq.ft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re a venture studio that builds and operates innovative technology startups that transform antiquated industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Creative Biz Launch is a comprehensive, step-by-step program designed to help aspiring creative entrepreneurs start, scale, and grow their businesses to six figures and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Building a startup and spinning your wheels?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Techstars Startup Week is proud to host its annual conference this October.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: startup incubators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names startup incubators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of startup incubators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name startup incubators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Startup incubators based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 104 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup incubators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “startup incubators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup incubators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup incubators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 257 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Startup incubators by metro in the United States
- Startup incubators in New York393
- Startup incubators in San Francisco323
- Startup incubators in Los Angeles160
- Startup incubators in Austin111
- Startup incubators in Chicago104
- Startup incubators in Boston100
- Startup incubators in Miami90
- Startup incubators in Atlanta77
- Startup incubators in Palo Alto77
- Startup incubators in Houston72
- Startup incubators in Cambridge67
- Startup incubators in Seattle67
- Startup incubators in Washington66
- Startup incubators in San Diego58
- Startup incubators in Dallas57
- Startup incubators in San Jose47
- Startup incubators in New York City45
- Startup incubators in Philadelphia45
- Startup incubators in Denver43
- Startup incubators in Salt Lake City37
- Startup incubators in Baltimore35
- Startup incubators in Berkeley35
- Startup incubators in Santa Clara35
- Startup incubators in Pittsburgh34
- Startup incubators in Irvine33
- Startup incubators in Phoenix30
- Startup incubators in Columbus29
- Startup incubators in Orlando29
- Startup incubators in Tampa29
- Startup incubators in Las Vegas27
- Startup incubators in Minneapolis27
- Startup incubators in Mountain View26
- Startup incubators in Boulder25
- Startup incubators in Portland25
- Startup incubators in Sunnyvale25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup incubators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many startup incubators are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 104 startup incubators headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Sunshine Enterprises, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most startup incubators?
New York leads with 393 headquartered companies, followed by San Francisco (323) and Los Angeles (160).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 257 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 104 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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