Best Coupons and Deals Companies in Illinois, United States
The 33 best Coupons and Deals companies in Illinois, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Groupon.
Ranked: Best Coupons and Deals companies in Illinois
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groupon Online marketplace offering deals on multi-category products and services | $950M | 189 mo ago | Public | Eric Lefkofsky Co-Founder | 2007 | TurbopackSentryZendesk+35 | 1,437 patents Location-based e‑commerce marketing, recommendation algorithms, and digital coupon distribution systems. | — |
| 2 | Retale Aggregator of offline flyers, coupons and catalogs | $45M | 126 mo ago | Series C | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 3 | ShoppingGives Provider of cashback management solutions for businesses | $24M | 52 mo ago | Series B | Ronny Sage Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Restaurant.com Online platform offering deals for restaurants | $8M | 172 mo ago | Series A | — | 1999 | SkolengoMariaDBJava+27 | — | — |
| 5 | Aisle50 Sells grocery coupons direct to shoppers and partners with retailers for redemption | $5M | 158 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Riley Scott Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 6 | MyCabbage Daily Deal Marketplace | $950K | 170 mo ago | Acquired | Kris Petersen CEO and Founder | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Generous Deals Digital marketing and advertising services to elevate your brand online | $650K | 187 mo ago | Deadpooled | Larry Leon Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 8 | KoalaDeal Daily deals based on users' preferences | $410K | 174 mo ago | Deadpooled | Erik Severinghaus Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Samplesaint Mobile marketing company dealing in CPG coupon | $250K | 187 mo ago | Deadpooled | Lawrence Griffith Founder & CEO | 2005 | — | 4 patents Digital coupon and product sampling platform for retail marketing | — |
Top 11 Coupons and Deals companies in Illinois
#1
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2015 · 47 employees$23.6Mraised▾
Provider of cashback management solutions for businesses. The platform provides solutions like loyalty & reward management, POS, e-commerce services, and more. The company also organizes fundraisers for non-profit organizations.
- Jun 2022Series B$8.5M
- Dec 2020Series A—
- Sep 2020Series A$5.5M
- Sep 2020Series A$8.4M
#2
Public · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2007 · 1582 employees$950Mraised▾
Online marketplace offering deals on multi-category products and services. The company offers deals on massage, travel, food, electronics, spa & sauna, dancing & fitness, water parks, beverages, and more.
- Jan 2011Series D$950M
- 2008Seed—
#3
Series C · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 120 employees$45Mraised▾
Retale is a mobile app that lets users browse and store circulars from their smartphone. Based on user's zip code, it presents brochures, circulars and coupons from a number of retailers nearby so they can plan their weekly shopping. It provides a comprehensive overview of all stores and retailers, along with their address and store hours. Has more that 12 million active users in 5 countries. Available on Android and iOS.
- Apr 2016Series C—
- May 2015Series C$12M
- Oct 2013Series C$33M
#4
Acqui-Hired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2011 · 1 employees$5.2Mraised▾
Aisle50 sells offers on grocery coupons that are bought on the web and redeemed at traditional grocery stores. The Aisle50 program usually works with retailers’ loyalty card systems. Features-food manufacturers get 40% lift, 50%+ incrementality and pay-for-performance marketing, retailers get thousands of extra trips and 24% bigger baskets, consumers get bigger grocery deals.
- Aug 2013Series A$2.6M
- Jan 2012Seed$2.6M
#5
Series A · Arlington Heights, Illinois · founded 1999 · 66 employees$8Mraised▾
Online platform offering deals for restaurants. The platform allows users to buy deals for restaurants based on their location. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Jun 2012Series A$8M
#6
Deadpooled · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2010$650Kraised▾
Digital marketing and advertising services to elevate your brand online. We specialize in custom-tailored strategies designed to improve your online presence and increase exposure in the digital world. Our services focus on helping entrepreneurs and businesses reach their goals faster through strategic marketing systems and compelling content creation. We aim to elevate brands to the next level, ensuring they stand out in the competitive digital landscape. We offer solutions for businesses seeking to enhance their brand visibility and achieve significant growth through effective digital strategies. Our approach combines innovative techniques with a deep understanding of the digital ecosystem to deliver measurable results.
- Apr 2011Seed$200K
- Feb 2011Seed$200K
- Nov 2010Seed$250K
#7
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2010$950Kraised▾
MyCabbage, rebranded from DealsGoRound, is an online and mobile platform for storing, tracking, sharing, and selling deals with friends. The app offers geo-fenced notifications to users. They can make plans with friends and enjoy deals together, send calendar invites, and also send reminders through the app. Unused deals can be sold through the mobile marketplace itself free of cost.
- Aug 2012Series A$950K
#8
Deadpooled · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2011$410Kraised▾
Koala Deal is a site that aggregates online shopping discounts and then provides it to the users according to their preference. This help businesses target their demographic market effectively. It also helps shop owners to design deals themselves and advertise them through KoalaDeal.
- Apr 2012Seed$410K
#9
Deadpooled · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2005 · 7 employees$250Kraised▾
Samplesaint is a mobile marketing company dealing in CPG coupons. The coupons are directly sent to mobile phone of users. The supermarket scanners can process coupon bar code from the display on a cell phone. The coupons are automatically erased from a cellphone after scanning. As of September 2016, the website is being directed to a Japanese company.
- Mar 2011Seed$250K
#10
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 5 employees$27.2Kraised▾
Joinesty is a browser plug-in to store login and password details and email address. Users need not remember passwords and can auto-log into every account, auto-apply deals, and clean up inbox. Provides digital privacy, automated email and password security from hacks with phishing emails, and data security. Customers include MSN, IdeaMensch, MediaPost and Fuzzable.
- Jan 2016Seed$27.2K
#11
Deadpooled · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2010$35Kraised▾
DealsNear.me (now known as Spot) is a local deal discovery service. They collect deals from local businesses and from business' Twitter and Foursquare pages instead of sourcing them from big players like Groupon or LivingSocial. Users can filter by distance and deal type. Users can rate, share and comment on each deal posted and businesses can see stats related to their deals.
- Feb 2010Angel$35K
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