Chicago

Chicago is home to Cameo, founded in March 2017 and valued at 1 billion dollars by SoftBank in 2021 before shrinking to 33 staff by July 2023, to Sprout Social, which bought Tagger Media for about 140 million dollars in 2023, and to Barstool Sports' current listed headquarters after Dave Portnoy bought it back from Penn for 1 dollar in August 2023.

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6 nodes

• 2017CameoPersonalized celebrity video marketplaceAttention
• 2005Barstool SportsSports and comedy media company, podcastsIntermediaries
• 2005Ulta BeautyBeauty retailer, Bolingbrook IllinoisPlaces
• 2005WalgreensDrugstore chain, Deerfield IllinoisPlaces
• 2005The Onion (Global Tetrahedron)Satirical publisher, Infowars buyerCapital
• 2010Sprout SocialSocial media management software, Tagger ownerCapital