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Illinois Why-Now List
67 AI-curated private-sector companies headquartered in Illinois with a dated reason to call this quarter: funding, new leadership, active hiring or a corporate event. Built from the most recent and relevant signals, collected and refreshed every night, not pulled from a static database. Inside Lakewave, Lead Hunting adds new companies every night as fresh signals land in your territory, ranked against your sender profile.
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|---|---|---|
| CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Chicago · Business Services | 47 open roles, 5 in leadership (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, Hiring, New leadership |
| Transunion Chicago · Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies | TransUnion: Officer or director change (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Cboe Global Markets Chicago · Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Freightcar America Chicago · Railroad Equipment | Signed a material agreement (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Telephone & Data Systems Chicago · Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) | Completed an acquisition or sale (Jun 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Option Care Health Bannockburn · Services-Home Health Care Services | Signed a material agreement (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Hyatt Hotels Chicago · Hotels & Motels | Officer or director change (May 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Ryan Specialty Holdings Chicago · Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service | Signed a material agreement (Aug 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Chowbus Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $56.3M in equity from 11 investors (Feb 2026) | Capital |
| Gatx Chicago · Transportation Services | Signed a material agreement (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Fortune Brands Innovations Deerfield · Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members | Officer or director change (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Ryerson Holding Chicago · Wholesale-Metals Service Centers & Of Fices | Officer or director change (Apr 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park · Pharmaceutical Preparations | Officer or director change (Apr 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Electron Exchange Holdings Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $36.5M in equity from 12 investors (Nov 2025) | Capital |
| Ray Allen Lincolnshire · Other Technology | Raised $4M in equity from 2 investors (Apr 2026) | Capital |
| Illinois Tool Works Glenview · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment | Officer or director change (May 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Green Thumb Industries Chicago · Agricultural Production-Crops | 249 open roles, 2 in leadership (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, Hiring |
| Equity Residential Chicago · Real Estate Investment Trusts | Completed an acquisition or sale (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Medline Northfield · Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus | Officer or director change (Oct 2026) | Capital, Corporate event, New leadership |
| Invoq Health Mundelein · Other Technology | Raised $58.8M in equity from 15 investors (Jul 2026) | Capital |
| Architect Financial Technologies Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $19.3M in equity from 7 investors (May 2026) | Capital |
| Federal Signal Downers Grove · Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies | Officer or director change (Feb 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Aptargroup Crystal Lake · Plastics Products, Nec | Officer or director change (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Mondelez International Chicago · Food And Kindred Products | Officer or director change (Jun 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Paylocity Holding Schaumburg · Services-Prepackaged Software | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Heidrick & Struggles International Chicago · Services-Employment Agencies | Completed an acquisition or sale (Dec 2025) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Idex Northbrook · Pumps & Pumping Equipment | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Ge Healthcare Technologies Chicago · X-Ray Apparatus & Tubes & Related Irradiation Apparatus | Officer or director change (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Enova International Chicago · Personal Credit Institutions | Signed a material agreement (Oct 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Hopscotch Health Holdings Chicago · Other Health Care | Raised $38.3M in equity from 9 investors (Apr 2026) | Capital |
| Real Vault Westmont · Other Technology | Raised $12.1M in equity from 25 investors (Feb 2026) | Capital |
| Ventas Chicago · Real Estate Investment Trusts | Officer or director change (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Kellanova Chicago · Grain Mill Products | Signed a material agreement (Dec 2025) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Exelon Chicago · Electric & Other Services Combined | Officer or director change (Aug 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Rli Peoria · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | Officer or director change (Jul 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Cme Group Chicago · Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services | Officer or director change (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Hockey Parent Holdings, L.P Chicago · Other | Raised $15M in equity from 16 investors (Oct 2026) | Capital |
| Equity Lifestyle Properties Chicago · Real Estate Investment Trusts | 200 open roles, 4 in leadership (Nov 2026) | Hiring, New leadership |
| Cardiosense Chicago · Other Health Care | Raised $26.1M in equity from 30 investors (Aug 2026) | Capital |
| ER Logix Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $10M in equity (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| Cts Lisle · Printed Circuit Boards | Officer or director change (Jun 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| First Industrial Realty Trust Chicago · Real Estate Investment Trusts | Officer or director change (Aug 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Horace Mann Educators Springfield · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance | Signed a material agreement (Jul 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Deere & Moline · Farm Machinery & Equipment | Officer or director change (Nov 2026) | New leadership |
| SlingshotVR Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $15M in equity (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| Empirical Security Chicago · Other Technology | 4 open roles (Oct 2026) | Capital, Hiring |
| Coeur Mining Chicago · Gold And Silver Ores | Officer or director change (May 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| ACCO Brands Lake Zurich · Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work | Officer or director change (May 2026) | New leadership |
| Tiz Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $16.6M in equity from 29 investors (May 2026) | Capital |
| Goose Holdings Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $19M in equity from 10 investors (Jun 2026) | Capital |
| Step Into AI Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $8.2M in equity from 17 investors (Oct 2026) | Capital |
| MedikaMind Lincolnshire · Other Technology | Raised $4M in equity (Apr 2026) | Capital |
| Zebra Technologies Lincolnshire · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment | Officer or director change (May 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Covista Chicago · Services-Educational Services | Signed a material agreement (Sep 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Wff Evanston · Manufacturing | Raised $5M in equity from 3 investors (May 2026) | Capital |
| Qumis Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $4.3M in equity from 6 investors (Nov 2025) | Capital |
| Professional Diversity Network Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $250K in equity from 3 investors (Oct 2026) | Capital, Corporate event, New leadership |
| Acqua1 Chicago · Other Technology | Raised $3.5M in equity from 13 investors (Sep 2026) | Capital |
| bina school Skokie · Other | Raised $7M in equity from 31 investors (May 2026) | Capital |
| Track Group Naperville · Other Technology | Raised $10.3M in equity from 10 investors (Apr 2026) | Capital |
| Inventrust Properties Downers Grove · Real Estate Investment Trusts | Officer or director change (Nov 2026) | Corporate event, New leadership |
| Labels Buyer Rosemont · Other | Raised $558.2M in equity from 521 investors (May 2026) | Capital |
| Madison Air Solutions Chicago · Other | Raised $10.9B in equity from 397 investors (Apr 2026) | Capital |
| MAIA Biotechnology Chicago · Biotechnology | Raised $1.5M in equity from 17 investors (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| SVP MVP Holdings, L.P Chicago · Other | Raised $1.4M in equity from 23 investors (Dec 2025) | Capital |
| Fresh Factory B.C Carol Stream · Other | Raised $3M in equity from 10 investors (Jan 2026) | Capital |
| North America Lithium & Gold Gurnee · Other | Raised $1.1M in equity from 10 investors (Nov 2025) | Capital |
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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 10, 2026. Facts are as the SEC, the company's careers page or the company's own announcements published them. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.