City Tech Collaborative
Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit urban solutions accelerator that from 2015 to 2021 convened 100+ corporate, government, and civic partners to develop IoT, data, and resident-engagement solutions addressing urban mobility, infrastructure, health, and digital inclusion challenges.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersChicago, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What City Tech Collaborative does
City Tech Collaborative was a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit urban solutions accelerator founded in 2015 (originally as City Digital) and operated until November 2021. Following a 2017 merger with Smart Chicago Collaborative, the organization grew to a lean team of approximately 10 professionals and convened an ecosystem of more than 100 corporate, municipal, civic, and philanthropic partners to develop and deploy technology-enabled solutions addressing urban flooding, traffic and freight congestion, public transit inefficiency, underground infrastructure damage, community health inequities, and digital inclusion barriers. In its lifetime the organization completed over 30 projects spanning 5 cities (Chicago, Miami, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto) and won the 2020 Wintrust Chicago Neighborhood Award from the Chicago Innovation Awards for the Chicago Health Atlas.
The organization's core products spanned data platforms (Chicago Health Atlas with 160+ health indicators across 77 community areas and an open API), IoT and analytics deployments (Urban Heat Response integrating NASA data via Esri ArcGIS and Microsoft Azure; real-time transit occupancy monitoring on CTA's 79th Street bus line using Genetec computer vision and Intel hardware; cloud-based 3D Underground Infrastructure Mapping platform; EV charging occupancy dashboard aggregating ChargePoint and Bosch sensor data), and a proprietary resident engagement framework (CUTgroup with 1,600+ Chicago residents that supported design and deployment of over 25 public-facing technologies, plus a Civic User Testing Network spanning five cities). Technical components were largely integrations of partner-provided technology stacks — Microsoft Azure, Esri ArcGIS, HERE Technologies mapping, Genetec computer vision, Intel hardware, Smarking analytics, SpotHero parking data, Teralytics mobility data — rather than proprietary builds, with CUTgroup and the Racial Equity and Inclusion (REI) methodology serving as the primary process IP.
City Tech's business model relied on grant funding from federal agencies (US Department of Energy, US Economic Development Administration) and major philanthropic institutions (MacArthur Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute, Data.org), supplemented by corporate membership contributions from board-level partners including Microsoft, Accenture, Mastercard, ComEd, HERE Technologies, and HBK Engineering. The organization did not sell products directly; instead it operated as a member-driven consortium developing market-ready solutions through multi-party collaboration and providing go-to-market support to scale successful pilots across cities. As a nonprofit, no pricing models were publicly disclosed and revenue figures were not available. In October 2021, City Tech spun off Civic Infrastructure Collaborative (infrastructure innovation) and SWITCH (community health equity), transferred the Chicago Health Atlas to the University of Illinois Chicago, and ceased operations in November 2021.
City Tech Collaborative firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- City Tech Collaborative
- Legal name
- City Tech Collaborative
- Website
- https://citytech.org
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Closed
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Chicago-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit urban solutions accelerator that from 2015 to 2021 convened 100+ corporate, government, and civic partners to develop IoT, data, and resident-engagement solutions addressing urban mobility, infrastructure, health, and digital inclusion challenges.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
City Tech Collaborative industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Urban Solutions / Smart City Innovation Services
- NAICS
- Mixed Mode Transit Systems (485111), Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113), Utility System Construction (2371), Other Support Activities for Transportation (4889)
- SIC
- Transportation Services (4700), Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Sustainable Cities, Urban Development & Green Infrastructure (BPADALAL), Cooperative ITS (C-ITS) Corridor & Intersection Deployments (TLAJAHAG), Digital Inclusion & Civic Tech (Connectivity, GovTech for Social Good) (BPAGALAK)
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Where City Tech Collaborative is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Chicago
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
City Tech Collaborative business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Grant Funding & Philanthropic Support: City Tech, as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is funded by grants and program support from government agencies and philanthropic institutions. Funders include US Department of Energy, US Economic Development Administration, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Data.org.
- Corporate Membership & Partnership Contributions: City Tech operates as a member-driven consortium with corporate partners contributing strategic input, technical capabilities, and financial contributions. Board members have included representatives from Microsoft, Accenture, Mastercard, ComEd, HERE Technologies, and HBK Engineering.
- Solution Development Collaborations: City Tech develops market-ready solutions through multi-party consortium collaborations with public, private, and civic sector partners, with go-to-market support for collaboratively-developed products and capabilities.
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
City Tech Collaborative product offering
Product offeringCore offering
City Tech Collaborative is an urban solutions accelerator that develops technology-enabled solutions to urban challenges through cross-sector collaboration. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit consortium, it brings together local governments, corporations, startups, civic institutions, academia, and community organizations to discover urban challenges, co-develop solutions, and scale market-ready products. Its offerings span urban mobility, connected infrastructure, healthy cities, and emerging technology opportunities, delivered via programs such as the Advanced Mobility Initiative, Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, Chicago Health Atlas, Urban Heat Response tool, and the CUTgroup resident engagement program.
Product overview
City Tech Collaborative is an urban solutions accelerator that develops technology-enabled solutions to make cities happier, healthier, and more productive. The organization functions as a member-driven consortium using IoT sensing networks, advanced analytics, and urban design to create scalable, market-ready solutions. The product portfolio includes: the Chicago Health Atlas (a community health data resource with 160+ indicators across 77 community areas, featuring an open API); Urban Heat Response (using NASA data through Esri ArcGIS to quantify urban heat islands); the Advanced Mobility Initiative (addressing transit, freight, and multimodal transportation with 25+ partners); Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab (parking and mobility innovation with tech-enabled infrastructure solutions); and Civic User Testing Group/CUTgroup (a 1,600+ member resident engagement program supporting product design feedback for 25+ public-facing technologies). Additional solutions include Mitigating Freight Delivery Congestion, Curbside Management, Indoor Mapping & Wayfinding, Optimizing EV Charging, Utility Connect, and Evaluating Economic Impact. In October 2021, City Tech launched two spin-off organizations—Civic Infrastructure Collaborative (infrastructure innovation) and SWITCH (community health equity)—before closing its doors, with the Chicago Health Atlas transferring to University of Illinois Chicago.
Differentiator
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Brands
- CUTgroup (Civic User Testing group): A 1,600+ member civic engagement program that invites Chicago residents to contribute to emerging technology while providing feedback to improve product design and deployment.
- Advanced Mobility Initiative
- Chicago Health Atlas
Products and services
- Chicago Health Atlas A free community health data resource that enables residents, community organizations, and public health stakeholders to search, analyze, and download neighborhood-level health data for Chicago's 77 community areas with over 160 health indicators from more than 30 data sources, featuring an open API.
- Urban Heat Response A tool that uses NASA climate and weather data through Esri's ArcGIS platform hosted on Microsoft Azure Cloud to help urban planners quantify urban heat islands and assess the impact of heat reduction interventions such as green spaces and green roofs.
- Advanced Mobility Initiative An urban mobility innovation initiative addressing six impact areas including multimodal connectivity, public transit access, freight delivery, smart infrastructure management, electric mobility, and AV/drone adoption, working with 25+ industry partners including Bosch, HERE Technologies, Microsoft, Accenture, and Mastercard.
- Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab A consortium focused on integrating parking more fully into urban transportation systems, developing tech-enabled solutions for smart infrastructure management, and cultivating value-added services and space uses, with Millennium Garages (largest underground public parking system in the U.S., 3.8 million sq ft) as anchor facility.
- Civic User Testing Group (CUTgroup) A 1,600+ member civic engagement program that invites Chicago residents to contribute to emerging technology while providing public, private, and social sector partners with feedback to improve product design and deployment. Has supported the design and deployment of over 25 new products, technologies, and public-facing solutions.
- Mitigating Freight Delivery Congestion Data tools developed with HERE Technologies, Accenture, UPS, and Microsoft to create flexibility for last-mile package deliveries using analysis from 23 UPS vehicles across seven routes over one month, demonstrating congestion-reducing road-sharing techniques in Chicago.
- Curbside Management A data-driven solution combining curb demand data with emerging technology and pricing models to enable coordinated, dynamic curbside management, transforming curb infrastructure into dynamic nodes in urban transportation systems. Integrates HERE Technologies, Bosch, Stantec, Teralytics, SpotHero, and CarrierDirect.
- SWITCH (Sustainable Wellness through Innovation, Technology, & Collaborative Health) A collaboration platform that accelerates, innovates, and scales tech-enabled solutions for healthcare challenges, focusing on increasing health equity and improving community health delivery in Chicago's underserved communities through resident engagement and racial equity methodology, with partners including Verizon, UIC Innovation Center, and OSF HealthCare.
- Civic Infrastructure Collaborative An independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization launched in October 2021 that drives public value from core urban infrastructure through cross-sector collaboration and technology-enabled innovation, with Millennium Garages as anchor facility.
- Indoor Mapping & Wayfinding Digital mapping solution developed with HERE Technologies to navigate complex indoor spaces like Millennium Garages, creating high-definition maps and data-sharing frameworks integrated into third-party mapping applications.
- Optimizing EV Charging A connected, real-time occupancy monitoring system for EV charging stations that compiles data from ChargePoint chargers with Bosch sensors in Millennium Garages into a single dashboard for facility operators.
- Utility Connect A real-time communications tool to improve utility service coordination and workflow among construction stakeholders and utility providers using development sites as testbeds, with potential cost savings of $300K-$500K per project.
- Evaluating Economic Impact Partnership with Mastercard to understand economic development impact of events such as Chicago Blues Festival and Jazz Fest using economic transaction data, with support for designing demand management tools.
- Connect Chicago Innovation Program A program launched in 2018 supporting collaborative, community-led ideas to increase technology access, digital skills, and adoption across Chicago, with funding from Microsoft, Comcast, Sprint, MacArthur Foundation, Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
- Underground Infrastructure Mapping (UIM) Platform A cloud-based 3D underground infrastructure mapping platform that generates, organizes, visualizes, and stores underground asset data (water pipes, fiber, gas, electrical) to prevent construction accidents, reduce delays, and improve planning efficiency.
- Real-Time Transit Occupancy Monitoring Tools providing real-time insights on bus occupancy across multiple vehicles, using Genetec computer vision sensors and Intel hardware to enable proactive ridership demand management and socially distanced transit experiences on Chicago's CTA system.
Quantifiable outcome
- Shifted nearly 18% of Red Line traffic during peak periods through a simple text message reminder system
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Companies that use City Tech Collaborative
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
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City Tech Collaborative technology and API
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City Tech Collaborative partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
45 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- Civic Infrastructure CollaborativeflagshipLaunched as an independent nonprofit spin-off of City Tech in October 2021, Civic Infrastructure Collaborative drives public value from core urban infrastructure through cross-sector collaboration and technology-enabled innovation. Millennium Garages serves as the anchor facility. City Tech's Jamie Ponce serves as Executive Director and Brenna Berman as Board Chair.
- SWITCH (Sustainable Wellness through Innovation, Technology, & Collaborative Health)flagshipLaunched as an independent nonprofit spin-off of City Tech in October 2021, SWITCH is a collaboration platform that accelerates tech-enabled solutions for healthcare challenges with a focus on health equity in underserved Chicago communities. Angela E.L. Barnes serves as founder and leader. Partners include Verizon, UIC Innovation Center, and OSF HealthCare.
- OSF HealthCarecoreOSF HealthCare is a founding partner of SWITCH, contributing its existing CommunityConnect software to address health inequities. The software is currently in use at 14 OSF hospitals across Illinois and will be expanded to non-OSF clinics and community-based organizations serving Medicaid patients.
- Verizon (SWITCH)coreVerizon joined SWITCH as a founding partner, contributing technology capabilities to the health equity collaboration platform focused on improving community health delivery in underserved Chicago communities.
- Navy PiercoreNavy Pier served as the testbed for City Tech's capacity management solution during COVID-19 reopening, combining high- and low-tech solutions with NTT, SDI Presence, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and Intel to improve visitor experience and business resilience.
- NTTcoreNTT provided advanced technology for the Navy Pier capacity management solution, enabling data-driven approaches to safety and visitor experience management during COVID-19 reopening.
- Skidmore, Owings & MerrillcoreSOM collaborated on the Navy Pier capacity management solution and led the Streets of the Future design exploration, gathering mobility and technology experts to create prototypical designs for future street typologies in Chicago.
- Millennium GaragescoreMillennium Garages serves as the anchor facility for the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab and the Civic Infrastructure Collaborative's first projects. As the largest underground public parking system in the US (3.8 million square feet), Millennium Garages is a founding member and strategic partner for parking innovation and infrastructure solutions.
- SP+coreSP+ is a founding member of the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, working to integrate parking into urban transportation systems and develop tech-enabled solutions for smart infrastructure management.
- ArrivecoreArrive is a founding member of the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, contributing to the consortium focused on smart parking infrastructure management and urban mobility integration.
- National Parking AssociationminorThe National Parking Association is a strategic partner of the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, contributing industry expertise to the consortium's efforts to transform parking infrastructure.
- International Parking & Mobility InstituteminorThe International Parking & Mobility Institute is a strategic partner of the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, supporting industry thought leadership and best practice sharing for parking innovation.
- City of ChicagocoreThe City of Chicago is a strategic partner across multiple City Tech initiatives including the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, Advanced Mobility Initiative, and the underground infrastructure mapping platform. Samir Mayekar from the City of Chicago serves on City Tech's board.
- ChargePointcoreChargePoint provided EV charging station data for the EV Charging Optimization solution at Millennium Garages, enabling real-time occupancy monitoring aggregated through Smarking's dashboard for facility operators.
- SmarkingcoreSmarking provided the data aggregation and analytics platform for the EV Charging Optimization solution, compiling data from ChargePoint EV chargers with Bosch sensors into a unified real-time dashboard for Millennium Garages operators.
- Crown CastleminorCrown Castle partnered with City Tech and an ecosystem of experts to deploy drone missions demonstrating remote infrastructure monitoring and maintenance strategies.
- BoschcoreBosch is a founding member of the Advanced Mobility Initiative and a key partner on curbside management solutions, EV charging optimization (providing sensors for Millennium Garages), UIC Innovation Center mobility research, and Utility Connect construction communication tools.
- HERE TechnologiescoreHERE Technologies is a founding member of the Advanced Mobility Initiative and leads data integration for freight delivery congestion analysis, curbside management solutions, and indoor mapping at Millennium Garages. Board member Deborah Spence-Cummings represents HERE Technologies on City Tech's board.
- AccenturecoreAccenture serves as a founding member of the Advanced Mobility Initiative and led the underground infrastructure mapping (UIM) pilot, providing technology and consulting capabilities for cloud-based 3D underground asset mapping in Chicago.
- GeneteccoreGenetec partnered with City Tech, CTA, Intel, and Microsoft on transit capacity management, providing computer vision sensors for real-time bus occupancy monitoring on CTA's 79th Street bus line.
- IntelcoreIntel provides hardware and foundational technology for transit capacity management and Navy Pier capacity management solutions, enabling real-time data processing and scalable urban technology deployments.
- University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Innovation CentercoreUIC's Innovation Center partnered with City Tech, Bosch, Microsoft, and HERE Technologies on a nearly year-long mobility research project involving 40 students across multiple colleges developing transit solutions. UIC Innovation Center also partners with SWITCH on health equity solutions.
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)coreCTA partnered on multiple City Tech solutions including reducing peak transit demand (Red Line during Cubs games), real-time transit occupancy management (79th Street bus line), and drone-based rail infrastructure monitoring. CTA also participated in the Advanced Mobility Initiative.
- MAPSCorpscoreMAPSCorps partnered with the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University through the Connect Chicago Innovation Program to create data indicators and tools for understanding neighborhood displacement and disinvestment.
- Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul UniversitycoreDePaul University's Institute for Housing Studies partnered through the Connect Chicago Innovation Program with MAPSCorps to develop tools for understanding neighborhood displacement and disinvestment, creating data indicators and a web-based engagement platform.
- StanteccoreStantec partnered on the Curbside Management Solution, contributing expertise in urban planning and infrastructure to the consortium combining new data on curb demand and economic value with emerging technology and pricing models.
- TeralyticscoreTeralytics provided mobility data for the Curbside Management Solution, contributing to understanding curb demand patterns and enabling data-driven dynamic curbside operations across multiple mobility modes.
- SpotHerocoreSpotHero participated in the Curbside Management Solution consortium, contributing parking and mobility data to enable coordinated, dynamic curbside management for urban transportation systems.
- Argonne National Laboratory (Center for Transportation Research)coreArgonne National Laboratory's Center for Transportation Research is a strategic partner in the Advanced Mobility Initiative, contributing research capabilities to urban mobility innovation and technology development.
- London & PartnersminorLondon & Partners partnered with City Tech to host an international dialogue on mobility innovations between Chicago Transit Authority and Transport for London, sharing lessons across global cities.
- Shared Use Mobility CenterminorThe Shared Use Mobility Center participated in the Advanced Mobility Initiative as a strategic partner focused on shared mobility and transit equity in urban environments.
- Northwestern University Transportation CenterminorNorthwestern University's Transportation Center contributed academic research capabilities to the Advanced Mobility Initiative, supporting mobility innovation and policy development.
- UPScoreUPS provided fleet data (23 vehicles across seven routes over one month) for the Mitigating Freight Delivery Congestion project in Chicago, enabling analysis of last-mile delivery patterns and congestion reduction opportunities.
- AnitaB.orgcoreAnitaB.org partnered with ISACA's SheLeadsTech program through the Connect Chicago Innovation Program to create an affordable cybersecurity workforce development program for women in underrepresented Chicago communities.
- ISACA (SheLeadsTech)coreISACA's SheLeadsTech program partnered with AnitaB.org through the Connect Chicago Innovation Program, contributing its CSX Training Platform for an 8-week hands-on cybersecurity training program for nearly 20 women in Chicago.
- MastercardcoreMastercard partnered on reducing peak transit demand (shifting nearly 18% of Red Line traffic during Cubs games via text reminders) and evaluating economic impact of Chicago festivals (Blues Fest, Jazz Fest) using spending data. Board representative Jeremy M. Goldberg sits on City Tech's board.
- Chicago Department of Public HealthcoreCDPH partnered on the Chicago Health Atlas from its inception in 2012, providing public health data and domain expertise. The Atlas aggregates data from over 30 sources including CDPH for 77 community areas.
- MicrosoftcoreMicrosoft provides cloud infrastructure (Azure) and technical collaboration for City Tech solutions including the Urban Heat Response tool (integrating NASA data via Azure and Esri ArcGIS), transit capacity management tools, and the Navy Pier capacity management project. Microsoft is also a founding member of the Advanced Mobility Initiative.
- EsricoreEsri provides its ArcGIS mapping and analytics platform for the Urban Heat Response solution, making NASA environmental and climate data accessible to urban planners and government officials for evaluating green spaces and heat interventions.
- ComEdcoreComEd partnered with City Tech on the Utility Connect project to streamline construction communications, convening Bosch, HBK Engineering, AECOM, Clayco, and John Buck to test real-time data sharing tools for utility service coordination.
- City of Chicago (Underground Infrastructure Mapping)coreThe City of Chicago served as the initial testbed for the Underground Infrastructure Mapping (UIM) platform, deploying the technology on an active four-block construction project in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The city led the pilot with Accenture and HBK Engineering.
- HBK EngineeringcoreHBK Engineering was a pilot lead on the Underground Infrastructure Mapping platform, developing advanced scanning tools, data capture systems, and mobile applications for construction and utility workers to capture and update underground asset data in real time.
- AECOMcoreAECOM partnered on the Utility Connect project, contributing engineering and construction expertise to streamline communication among construction stakeholders and utility providers through real-time data sharing.
- ClaycominorClayco participated in the Utility Connect project, serving as a construction stakeholder to test real-time utility service coordination tools and demonstrate potential cost savings of $300K-$500K per project.
- John BuckminorJohn Buck participated in the Utility Connect project as a real estate development partner, contributing to testing real-time data sharing tools for construction communications and utility coordination.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves11 records
Expansion highlights5 records
City Tech Collaborative competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- StreetLight Data: Big-data mobility analytics platform serving transportation agencies with trip-pattern and mode-share insights. Comparable to City Tech's data-driven urban mobility initiatives, including freight delivery analysis and transit demand management using Mastercard and UPS data.
- Sidewalk Labs: Alphabet urban innovation venture that pursued smart-city platform development with major municipal partners. Comparable to City Tech in its ambition to build technology-enabled urban solutions at city scale, though Sidewalk Labs operated with private capital rather than nonprofit governance.
Direct peers
- Living Cities: Nonprofit collaborative of major foundations and financial institutions that pools capital and partners to improve urban outcomes. Comparable to City Tech in its cross-sector consortium model combining philanthropic, corporate, and government stakeholders around inclusive urban outcomes.
- Smarking: Parking-data analytics and EV-charging optimisation platform. Direct comparable in City Tech's EV Charging Occupancy Dashboard at Millennium Garages, where Smarking's dashboard aggregated ChargePoint and Bosch sensor data — making it both a partner and a category peer in smart parking infrastructure.
- Code for America: Civic technology nonprofit that convenes technologists, governments, and communities to modernise public services. Comparable to City Tech in its nonprofit governance model, cross-sector convening approach, and focus on embedding resident voice into technology deployment across U.S. cities.
- Shared Use Mobility Center: National nonprofit dedicated to advancing equitable shared mobility through multi-stakeholder collaboration. Direct peer to City Tech's mobility work — SUMC was named in City Tech's Advanced Mobility Initiative partnership list alongside CTA, Argonne, and Northwestern Transportation Center.
Others
- Smart Cities Council: Industry coalition of companies, governments, and researchers advancing smart-city technology adoption globally. Adjacent to City Tech's consortium-convening role; shares the same thought-leadership, policy advocacy, and partner-network functions that City Tech delivered through conferences like City Solutions with UN-Habitat.
Emerging players
- Remix: Multimodal transportation planning platform serving transit agencies and cities. Comparable to City Tech's mobility and curbside-management work, providing transit-network design software to many of the same municipal customers City Tech targeted.
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Frequently asked questions about City Tech Collaborative
What does City Tech Collaborative do?
City Tech Collaborative is an urban solutions accelerator that develops technology-enabled solutions to urban challenges through cross-sector collaboration. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit consortium, it brings together local governments, corporations, startups, civic institutions, academia, and community organizations to discover urban challenges, co-develop solutions, and scale market-ready products. Its offerings span urban mobility, connected infrastructure, healthy cities, and emerging technology opportunities, delivered via programs such as the Advanced Mobility Initiative, Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, Chicago Health Atlas, Urban Heat Response tool, and the CUTgroup resident engagement program.
Is City Tech Collaborative a public or private company?
City Tech Collaborative is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently closed.
When was City Tech Collaborative founded?
City Tech Collaborative was founded in 2015. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is City Tech Collaborative based?
City Tech Collaborative is headquartered in Chicago, United States, in the North America region.
How does City Tech Collaborative make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Grant Funding & Philanthropic Support is the primary driver. The others are corporate Membership & Partnership Contributions and solution Development Collaborations.
Who are City Tech Collaborative's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are StreetLight Data and Sidewalk Labs. Direct peers are Living Cities, Smarking, Code for America and Shared Use Mobility Center. Smart Cities Council is listed as an others. Remix is listed as an emerging player.
Does City Tech Collaborative have an API?
Yes. The Chicago Health Atlas provides an open application programming interface (API) that allows users to access and retrieve aggregated health data for Chicago's 77 community areas. The API enables programmatic access to over 160 health indicators from more than 30 data sources, supporting data exploration, analysis, and download of maps, charts, and tables for grant applications, community meetings, and academic research. Developer documentation is at chicagohealthatlas.org.
What industry is City Tech Collaborative in?
City Tech Collaborative's product category is Urban Solutions / Smart City Innovation Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAIANAJ, Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities), with a secondary code of BPADALAL, Sustainable Cities, Urban Development & Green Infrastructure. Its NAICS code is 485111 and its SIC code is 4700.