startups

The accelerator program provides business founders with entrepreneurial coaching and access to a network of mentors, partners and investors.

Francie Hinrichsen is the founder of an organization called Founding Females, and her mission is to provide support, guidance, resources, and a community of peers for women entrepreneurs in the Peoria area.

The Peoria NEXT Innovation Center is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The med-tech business incubator has helped launch or support more than 40…

J.B. Pritzker brought his campaign for governor to the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Monday. The billionaire venture capitalist is trying to…

Peoria-based web startup DevBright launched an online tool last week that aims to streamline government permitting. The City of Peoria is expected to…

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner visited The Nest Coworking, a shared workspace for startups, in Peoria Tues., touting his pro-business agenda.Rauner…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The city of Springfield's new micro-lending program has given out a total of $120,000 in loans to small business owners and…

The winner of a pitch competition for tech startups in Peoria is one step closer to making his mobile app a reality. The program “Virtual Halo” would be…