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Best Hotels Companies in Illinois, United States

The 43 best Hotels companies in Illinois, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Zencity.

43companies tracked
$3.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised

Ranked: Best Hotels companies in Illinois

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Zencity
Operator of guest homes
$2M82 mo agoAcquiredGary Filipp
Co-Founder
2017——
2Dineamic
Provider of hospitality and management services
$2M143 mo agoSeedLucas Stoioff
Founder & President
2006SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+243 job openings · 2 awards
3Hyatt
Global hotel chain
—79 mo agoPublic—1957Apple iCloud MailNode.jsHeadless UI+32—
4a Banque Hotel——Unfunded—2013PHPAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+16—
5Abbington Banquets
Operator of a large-scale event venue for weddings and corporate events
——Unfunded—2001WordPressMySQLPHP+27—
6Aparium——Unfunded—2012Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+20—
7Biltmore Cc
Provider of private country club memberships and recreational facilities
——Unfunded—1998Microsoft ASP.NETBootstrapjQuery Migrate+8—
8Blue Diamond Resorts
Chain of hotels
——Unfunded—2011SalesforcePHPAmazon ALB+26—

Top 3 Hotels companies in Illinois

#1
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2017 · 12 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Operator of an online property rental marketplace intended to rent places or book them for travel stays. The company offers apartment-style suites maintained to hotel standards, located in buildings with a host of amenities both convenient and luxurious, providing guests with convenient stays on their vacations.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Seed$2M
Founders & team
Gary FilippCo-FounderChristopher LawrenceCo-FounderCollin TaylorCo-Founder
#2
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2006 · 422 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Provider of hospitality and management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: President & Provisions, line cooks
Activity: 2 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2014Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Lucas StoioffFounder & PresidentDavid RekhsonFounder & President
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAudioeyeBentoboxBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#3
Public · Chicago, Illinois · founded 1957 · 206000 employees
—raised
▾

Hyatt is a global hotel chain. Headquartered in Illinois. They manage, franchise, own and develop Hyatt branded hotels, resorts and residential and vacation ownership properties around the world. As of June 30, 2012, the company’s worldwide portfolio consisted of 492 properties. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $6.29B and a net profit of $0.59B.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1.6M LinkedIn followers — 89.1% of this cohort's audience
Investors
Clean Fund, Europa, The Pritzker Organization, Blue Diamond Capital, Goldman Sachs, Farlap Capital
Tech stack
Adobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe TargetAkamaiAkamai Mpulse

Funding & investor landscape

$3.8Mtotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
ADQ1 rounds
Ares Management1 rounds
Aureus Capital1 rounds
Blue Diamond Capital1 rounds
Certares1 rounds
Clean Fund1 rounds
Europa1 rounds
Farlap Capital1 rounds
Gladstone Investment1 rounds
Goldman Sachs1 rounds

Notable founders

Gary Filipp
Co-Founder · Zencity
Christopher Lawrence
Co-Founder · Zencity
Lucas Stoioff
Founder & President · Dineamic
David Rekhson
Founder & President · Dineamic
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 11,439,942 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Hotels coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Hotels companies are there in Illinois, United States?
Radar tracks 43 indexable Hotels companies headquartered in Illinois, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Hotels companies in Illinois, United States?
The Hotels companies in Illinois, United States on this list have raised a combined $3.8M in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Hotels company in Illinois, United States?
Zencity is the highest-funded Hotels company in Illinois, United States, with $2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Hotels companies in Illinois, United States are funded?
2 of the 43 Hotels companies in Illinois, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Hotels unicorns are there in Illinois, United States?
None of the Hotels companies in Illinois, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Illinois, United States Hotels companies?
The most active investors in Illinois, United States Hotels companies on this list include ADQ, Ares Management, Aureus Capital, Blue Diamond Capital, Certares.
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