Research Park: Year in Review 2014

RESEARCH PARK2014 YEAR IN REVIEW

Holiday Party

December 11, 2014

NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKS

- Inscites Research, Inc.- UEM Inc.- MN Squared- fNograph- Agrible- AgLVT- AutoScout, Inc.- Lumenous- Charmworks, Inc.- PhotoniCare- Revolutionary Medicines (formerly Midasyn)- Servabo- Exalt Diagnostics

13 New EnterpriseWorksTenants in 2014

Inscites ResearchInscites is a National Science Foundation

funded digital start-up developed by scientists

to integrate into a researchers workflow and allow easy/secure

knowledge curation and collaboration. By leveraging digital

technologies, Inscites increases the return on investment on research

spending.


2nd Place Winner at 14th Annual COZAD New Venture Competition - $10,000 Prize

MN SquaredNew software providing an

educational service (Knowledge score) to learn,

complete a self-assessment, and

comparative analysis to identify gaps in knowledge.

Students, parents and teachers can use these

scores to develop personalized learning plans.


Company Founder Ravi Maturi

fNographThe fNograph is a database of millennial mindsets. It’s a customizable tool that lets companies visually

verify how millennials live around the world. Clients can observe how different consumer segments make

product and lifestyle decisions in a fast and

simple video format. The fNograph is a simple and easy way to observe and

interview consumer segments from around the

world.


AgribleAgrible is a big data technology and data

products company, focused on providing innovative

science that farmers and ag companies can use

easily every day to improve their production with cloud-based delivery

systems.


AgLVTAgLVT uses GIS software

platforms for linking database information to valuation

decisions for farmland. Clients include appraisers, financial

institutions, investors, and farm operators. AgLVT is developing

a web-based automated farmland appraisal system to

incorporate detailed geospatial analyses for fine-grained

differentiation for variables that impact the cost of owning and

operating farmland.

Robert Hornbaker, owner of AgLVT



AutoScoutAutoScout is developing automated computational algorithms suitable

for the automated analysis of football video. Automated tasks

include video editing and automated semantic analysis of game footage and statistic extraction. Algorithms include estimating camera location and motion, tracking movements,

and understanding actions. This will ultimately lead to automated

inferences, and thus assist in the development of team strategies.

Shaunak Ahuja, co-founder of AutoScout

Featured on ESPN


LumenousLumenous creates computer vision

technology to make projection mapping easier,

cheaper, and more powerful in advertising. Company launched by

three leading computer science PhD students with

expertise and licensing history in computer vision

technologies.

Lemelson Illinois prize winner and

Cozad new venture competition

CharmworksCharm is a software system

for helping programmers write science and engineering

applications for powerful computers, such as clusters.

The software includes multiple components

including adaptive runtime libraries, performance

analysis tools, debuggers, and visualization tools.


NEW CLIENTS AT ENTERPRISEWORKSPhotoniCare

A line of portable biomedical optical imaging products based

on a novel imaging system suitable for use in the field of primary care medicine, or for front-line healthcare services such as retail convenient care clinics, optometrists, or dental

care clinics. These products will utilize a technology called optical coherence tomography (OCT), which is a non-invasive

optical imaging technique capable of providing high-

resolution three-dimensional images of tissue structure in

real-time.

Revolution Medicines

Formerly midasyn, Revolution Medicines is commercializing a technology platform that will

enable the automated synthesis of small molecules. The company will provide services as well as the sale

of molecules, chemical libraries, reagents, and small molecule

synthesizers.


ServaboServabo is a self-protection technology

to reduce the frequency of violent crime. In order to prevent these crimes, Servabo is engineering

innovative solutions to everyday security concerns. Creating a wireless “panic button” and shadow app that

can be placed on personal accessories and phones. It quickly and discreetly notifys friends of an emergency to

providing enhanced safety measures.


Won Top Prize at Cozad New Venture Competition 2013 – Most Fundable Venture

Exalt DiagnosticsFounded by Prof Brian

Cunningham, Electrical and Computer Engineering,

University of Illinois, Exalt Diagnostics will use Photonic

Crystal Enhanced Fluorescence technology for detection of protein, DNA,

and MRNA disease biomarkers for applications

in human healthcare, animal health, and agriculture.


EW GRADUATES

• Aqueous Solutions

• Runtime Verification

• ElectronInks

• Prairiefire Consulting

• MulticoreWare-December

GRADUATES FROM ENTERPRISEWORKS

Runtime Verification provides solutions to analyze your team's code through cutting-edge

program analysis research. Their tools are automatic, generate no false positives, and

integrate easily into your team's existing workflow. They are now located at 102 E Main St

#207, Urbana.

Prairiefire improves quality by reducing its sensitivity to real world variation, preventing

and solving problems throughout the design and manufacturing cycle. They emphasize

purposeful design, focusing on the concrete effects of geometry and multi-physics, not just

statistics.


Aqueous Solutions LLC develops, maintains, and supports The

Geochemist's Workbench (GWB), and trains users in how to apply

the software package. Geochemists from more than 60 countries around the world use

the GWB to solve a range of problems in the aqueous geochemistry of Earth’s

hydrosphere and biosphere. Their new location is 301 N Neil

St. Suite 400.


MulticoreWare Inc is a Software and Systems Integration solutions company which provides

heterogeneous multicore solutions for high performance computing applications using

multicore and many core processors.Their new location is in Urbana, IL.


Founded by Dr. Brett Walker, Materials Science & Engineering

at University of Illinois, Electroninks makes reactive silver

inks for different printing processes that can be patterned via inkjet, flexopress, aerosol jet,

and other low viscosity processes. Through the help of a successful Kickstarter campaign their CircuitScribe products are being manufactured for STEM

learning.


NEW ADDITIONS TO THE RESEARCH PARK

• Grainger

• AbbVie

• Foxconn Interconnect

• Turn

Grainger is a Fortune 500 industrial supply distribution company. Distributes various supplies such as material handling, safety and security, cleaning and maintenance, pumps and plumbing, electrical, lighting, tools, metalworking, motors, and power transmissions. The new Research Park operation is located in the Atkins Building.


AbbVie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013

following separation from Abbott Laboratories. The company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated

people and unique approach to innovation to develop and market advanced therapies that

address some of the world's most complex and serious diseases. AbbVie employs approximately

25,000 people worldwide and markets medicines in more than 170 countries. The new Research Park

operation is located in the Atkins Building.


Abbvie Opens in the Research Park• Abbvie, the global biopharmaceutical

company based in North Chicago, IL opened their new Innovation Center.

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (“FIT”) focuses on the development, manufacturing and marketing of electronic and optoelectronic connectors, antennas,

acoustic components, cables and modules for applications in computers, communication equipment,

consumer electronics, automobiles, industrial and green energy field products. With offices and manufacturing sites located in Asia, the Americas and Europe, FIT is a

global leader in the supply of precision components. The new Research Park operation is located in the State Farm

Building.


Turn helps power the world's largest advertisers and trading desks through technology that

delivers real-time data insights on campaign performance. The new Research Park operation

is located in the Atkins Building.


GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

• Caterpillar announces new analytics center.

• The new Yahoo! Building will be the Park’s 14th

building.

• EnterpriseWorks employs 219, including 62 students across 50 companies. This is a 10.5% growth from 2013.

• The whole Park employs 1574, with 474 students. This is a 7.5% growth from 2013.

• EnterpriseWorks clients raised $7.6 Million in Venture Capital and Angel Funding in 2014.

CATERPILLAR 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARYCaterpillar celebrated their 15 years at Research Park and

announced the development of a new data analytics laboratory.

YAHOO! NEW BUILDING START-TO-FINISH IN 2014

NEW EW STAFFCynthia Faullin-Assistant Director for Operations, oversees management and leasing of EW incubator, program implementation, and metrics

Paul Wagner-Network Coordinator, address networking and internet/telecommunications needs; manages the EnterpriseWorks Co-Location Server room; provides IT support for the Research Park staff.

Jim Wells- EnterpriseWorks Facility Manager, manages the maintenance and operational functions of the EnterpriseWorks building and responds to tenant service needs.

NEW EW STAFFSheri Wilson- New Support Staff, manages room bookings, assists in operations.

Erich Diesel- EnterpriseWorks lab manager, in charge of maintaining laboratories and supplies

Courtney Busscher-Economic Development and Information Specialist

ENTERPRISEWORKS SHARED SERVICESShared services is a diverse team of student specialists and supplemental part-time staff to help work on projects for small businesses in the Research Park. It is a free service

that is meant to help Research Park companies with projects they may not be able to complete on their own.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

2014 Central Illinois “40 Under 40” honorees:

Laura Bleill, Assistant Director for External Relations at Research Park, and mom-in-chief at Chambanamoms.com

Josh George, Product Manager for IntelliWheels, Inc., professional wheelchairracer, and motiovational speaker.

AWARD AND RECOGNITIONSSBIR/STTR Awards in 2014: $3,450,891

awarded to 6 companies:

• ATSP Innovations: $96,997, NSF SBIR Phase 2 Supplemental Funding Award

• Charmworks: $149,568, DOE SBIR Phase 1

• Dioxide Materials: $95,000, DOC/NOAA SBIR Phase 1

• Dioxide Materials: $1,010,000, DOE SBIR Phase 2

• Electroninks: $150,000, NSF SBIR Phase 1

• Intelliwheels: $1,500,000, NIH SBIR Phase 2

• Serionix: $449,326, NSF SBIR Phase 2

AWARD AND RECOGNITIONS• Servabo in top 3 of

StartupVoodoo’s Most Promising Recognition.

• Rithmio and Lumenous win Technology Entrepreneur Center’s Cozad Competition for the 2013-2014 year.

INNOVATION CELEBRATIONThis event recognizes individuals and organizations that have

made significant contributions, taken risks, and provided leadership to ensure the continuing economic success of

Champaign County, the ongoing success of the University’s economic development mission, and the growth of

entrepreneurial talent and energy in the community.

INNOVATION CELEBRATION AWARD FINALISTS

• Servabo• Phi Optics• Veriflow• Electroninks• Jed Taylor, U of I Techonology Entrepreneur

Center• Dennis Beard, Serra Ventures• Fox/Atkins Development• Mike Folk, HDF Group• Bill Cope, Common Ground Publishing

Entrepreneurial Excellence: Social Venture Award

Winner: Servabo

Finalists:

Phi Optics

Veriflow

Entrepreneurial Excellence: New Venture Award

Brett Walker of Electroninks

Winner: Electroninks

Entrepreneurial Excellence: Advocacy Award

Winner: Dennis Beard – Serra Ventures

Innovation: Economic Development Impact Award

Finalists:

Fox Atkins Walter Lohmann

Mike Folk HDF Group

Bill CopeCommon Ground

Publishing

Entrepreneurial Excellence: Management Award

Finalists:

AWARD AND RECOGNITIONSResearch Park Honors Top Interns of 2014

Most Valuable Graduate Student inthe Research Park: Nathan Pratt, Ph.D. Nutritional Sciences, Abbott

Most Valuable Undergraduate Student in the Research Park: Sarah Frankland-Searby, BS Bioengineering, Abbott

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONSResearch Park Honors Top Interns of 2014

Most Advanced Marketing/BusinessDevelopment Intern: Vincent English, BS Statistics, AB InBev

Best Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Startup: Jin Kim, BS MechSE, Serionix

Best Tech Innovation:Jason Freeck, BS EE, State Farm

EP PURIFICATION WINS CLEAN ENERGY CHALLENGE $100,000 GRAND PRIZE

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Josh George of IntelliWheels wins the Chicago Marathon.

ENTERPRISEWORKS CONGRATULATES COZAD PRIZE WINNERS

• Rithmio, the winner of the University funded track, is creating gesture recognition software for wearable devices.

• Lumenous, the non-University funded winner, enables designers to inexpensively create immersive experiences called “projection mapping,”

• Second place for non-University funded teams was Inscites Research, a platform that integrates into a researcher’s workflow

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA NAMED A “MOST PROMISING TECH HUB TO WATCH IN

2014”

IN THE MEDIA

SIMNEXT’S MEDICAL SIMULATION EXPERT FEATURED IN NEW-GAZETTERowland could probably create special effects for theater or movies. But he would rather stay where he is: He believes his job of enhancing realism in medical training is a higher calling.

SERRA CAPITAL II FUND FEATURED IN NEWS-GAZETTE BUSINESS

ENTERPRISEWORKS STARTUP DIOXIDE MATERIALS FEATURED IN NEW SCIENTIST

• "Don't waste CO2, turn it into bottles and glue" about start-up companies that view CO2 as a resource rather than a waste product.

• New Scientist cited Dioxide Materials for its work in partnership with 3M.

PERSONIFY CEO INTERVIEWED BY CBS NEWS REGARDING AMAZON

SMARTPHONE

ORACLE BIOSCIENCES AWARDED $1 MILLION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

The National Cancer Institute awarded the grant to Oracle Biosciences LLC, Carle Dr. Partha Ray's biotech

company, which has laboratory facilities at EnterpriseWorks incubator at the Research Park.

FOUNDER OF SPECTROCLICK INTERVIEWED BY SPECTROSCOPY ONLINE

• SpectroClick's founder, Alexander Scheeline, was recently interviewed by Spectroscopy Online about creating a cell-phone based spectrometer.

CHICAGO DAILY HERALD INTERVIEWS RESEARCH PARK DIRECTOR LAURA FRERICHS

• The Daily Herald interviewed Research Park Director, Laura Frerichs about co-working space.

"There certainly is a boom in startup culture. Many people are seeing the opportunity to start companies," said Laura Frerichs, director of the Research Park at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, which has been home to a business incubator since 2003 and recently began offering co-working. "Governments are becoming more excited about growing their economies with startups."

BUILT IN CHICAGO PROFILES ENTERPRISEWORKS INCUBATOR

• Built in Chicago interviewed Research Park Director, Laura Frerichs, about how connecting the city's startup community with current tech trends and startups at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will strongly benefit the statewide tech community, in an article published March 10.

• “There's an opportunity to see this as a collective benefit we have is a region,” she said. "That is more appealing than just one particular activity that may be happening in Chicago, but more of an explanation of why Illinois is relevant, why the Midwest is relevant.”

UIUC AND SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES KICK-OFF RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

• Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have signed a formal five-year agreement to advance collaboration and information sharing between the Department of Energy’s National Security Lab and one of the world’s premier research universities.

RESEARCH PARK CITED FOR JOB CREATION AS CHAMPAIGN NAMED THIRD FASTEST

GROWING CITY IN ILLINOIS

• The Research Park is also supporting job and income growth in Champaign through its startup incubator EnterpriseWorks, which supports science and technology startups with lab and office space, entrepreneurship classes and the resources of the university community.

FRERICHS VISITS CAPITOL HILL TO DISCUSS RESEARCH PARK, TECH POLICY

• The Capitol Hill briefing on the state's high-tech industry was organized by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

• Other speakers included: 1871, Orbitz, Google, Motorola Solution, Motorola Mobility, and TechAmerica

• Hot topics included: IT workforce development, immigration reform, crowdfunding, entrepreneurship and incubation, STEM education including coding at K-12, digital manufacturing and community colleges, connecting veterans to tech.

RESEARCH PARK DIRECTOR LAURA FRERICHS PROMOTES ENGAGEMENT

INITIATIVES IN CHINA• Nǐ hǎo from Shanghai! Laura Frerichs went to China

promoting the University of Illinois with President Bob Easter and Associate Chancellor for Corporate and International Relations Pradeep Khanna. We visited Caterpillar, ABInBev, and Abbott, and worked on developing new relationships.

LAURA FRERICHS JOINS ISTC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• The Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC), a not-for-profit organization focused on growing the state’s innovation economy.

ENTERPRISEWORKS HIGHLIGHTED IN ENERGY FOUNDRY FOR GROWTH IN

MIDWEST

CHICAGO TRIBUNE HIGHLIGHTS RESEARCH PARK'S ABILITY TO

CAPITALIZE ON STUDENT TALENT

• The Chicago Tribune's BlueSky tech magazine highlighted the talent development opportunities in the Research Park in a series about venture capitalists. Research Park was included in the second part of the series on July 8.

PHI OPTICS CEO INTERVIEWED ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGY

CHROMATIN’S RECENT SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTED IN CRAIN’S CHICAGO

BUSINESSCrain's Chicago Business profiled the success of startup Chromatin, a graduate from the EnterpriseWorks incubator who currently has a 6,000-square foot footprint in the University of Illinois Research Park. Research Park is very proud of Chromatin's team and their persistent diligence and hard work.

IL BIOQUARTERLY FEATURES RESEARCH PARK BIOTECH STARTUP

COMPANIES

PHOTONICARE, RECOGNIZED BY SCIENCE360 NEWS

PhotoniCare has received thousands of dollars in funding

since their beginning in 2013. As of June 2014, they were accepted

into the NSF I-CORPS national program.

MULTICOREWARE, AN ENTERPRISEWORKS STARTUP, ONE OF

EE TIMES SILICON 60

“MulticoreWare Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.),

founded in 2009, is focused on compiler

technologies and software for

heterogeneous computing.

MulticoreWare has engineers in the US,

China, India, and Singapore.www.multicorewareinc.com”

http://www.multicorewareinc.com/

YAHOO! CHAMPAIGN FOCUS OF CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION FEATURE ON INDUSTRY-

UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS

• In February, Yahoo broke ground on a 40,000 square foot building in the University of Illinois Research Park; the building will open by the end of 2014.

CATERPILLAR'S DATA ANALYTICS LAB ANNOUNCEMENT GARNERS NATIONAL

ATTENTION• The announcement of Caterpillar's Research Park

operation expanding its data analytics capabilities garnered national attention this month, with the story picked up by the Associated Press, Markets Insider, and many industry publications.

CATERPILLAR CELEBRATES 15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF CHAMPAIGN

SIMULATION CENTER

AUTOSCOUT, FEATURED ON ESPN2

EP PURIFICATION RECEIVES EPA GRANT

• EPA SBIR Phase II Award, one of only 9 awards made by the agency this year nationally

• EP Purification will commercialize a system for using ozone to treat water that will be considerably smaller, more efficient, and more cost effective than existing technologies.

TECH CRUNCH FEATURES RITHMIO FOR RECEIVING $650K IN SEED FUNDING

• “Rithmio will use the cash to accelerate the operational and technical development of its current product.”

Closed on Series A funding:Led by Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes, with Illinois Ventures, Techra Investments, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Serra Ventures, BonaVenturaand Fox Ventures

RITHMIO: TOP 6 PITCHS OF 2014 PICKED BY VENTURE CAPITALISTS

"First, the technology is impressive, and Adam can demonstrate how well it works," Turner says. "Secondly, Adam is

an engineer with a strong knack for business, and he's incredibly

passionate. He's the kind of guy you look at and say, 'This guy is going to

have a billion-dollar company.' This is a guy I want to bet on.”

COMMON GROUND PUBLISHING RANKED NUMBER 15 IN LIBRARY FOR

SOCIAL SCIENCE’S ANNUAL LIST OF WORLD’S TOP-RANKED PUBLISHERS

I-START GRANTS• Through the I-START program, $623,810 have been awarded

• I-START companies have raised over $12 million in funding*

• In calendar year 2014, $136,600 has been awarded to companies through the I-START program.

• 2014 Investments for I-START companies are over $1.7 million.

• 2014 new I-Start companies (10 new startups):– Charmworks, Electroninks, Embedor Technologies, Illiac Software,

InSight Technology, MicronJet, MealPlot Inc (nutri4us), OceanComm, soIL Diagnostics, Sun Buckets

The I-Start Entrepreneur Assistance Program is a matching award program that offers a suite of first-year professional startup services for new entrepreneurs

*Does not include all reporting by the first cohort of I-Start companies

EVENTS AND PROGRAMING

• Women in the CU Tech Industry Lunch Forum• Pitch Party Events• EnterpriseWorks 10-Year Birthday Party

Celebration• Research Park Annual Career Fair• Entrepreneur-in-Residence Workshops• CEO Roundtable events for local tech leaders• Startup Café events welcoming successful

community entrepreneurs• Big Data Summit• Mobile Development Day

ENTREPRENEUR-IN-RESIDENCE (EIR) AND COMPANY CONSULTANTS

A BIG thank you to EIRs:

Lori Patterson, Chad Stiening, Harlee Sorkin, Tim Hoerr, Dennis Beard, Alan Singleton, Jed Taylor, Craig Vodnik, and Karin O’Connor

John Quarton, Site Director in ResidenceMichael Welge, Big Data Executive in ResidenceDeana McDonagh, Designer in Residence

SBIR Consultants:Dave Kellner, Mike Skreiner, Roland Garton

EIR LUNCH

This year, Research Park held 6 EIR Workshops, including “Crowdfunding & the JOBS Act”, “Building & Leading your Business”, “Sample Funding Term Sheets & Cap Tables”, “Stock Options”, “ThronelessMentality”, and “The Basics of Financial Reporting.”

SBIR EVENTS

Several events were held throughout the year to promote best practices and aid in applying for SBIR funding. Jed Taylor and Mike Skreiner held Application Best Practices and SBIR/STTR training.

STARTUP CAFE

Arpan Shah- CEO of Print Eco. He founded a profitable Web Design business in college prior to founding PrintEco.

Glenn Shimkus-Glenn’s venture, Cartavi, founded in 2009, was acquired by DocuSign. Glenn discussed building a company from the ground up and managing through an acquisition.

STARTUP CAFE

Sultan Meghji- recognized leader in Enterprise Architecture and Innovation and Strategy. He has held numerous CIO roles in academia, and the private sector.

Ben Blumenfeld- Ben is the co-director of the Designer fund. He has also been a design lead at Facebook and at Varien

STARTUP CAFE

Craig Vodnik- Co-founder and VP Operations of cleverbridge and member of Hyde Park angels.

Mark Aardsma- Started a sofwarebusiness at 24, and a manufacturing business at 26. He’s been recognized 3 times on Inc. Magazin’e fastest growing companies list. .

STARTUP CAFE

Tom Siegel- Managing Director of IllinoisVENTURES and has over 25 years experience as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur and management consultant.

Brett Walker- CEO of ElectronInks, an EnterpriseWorks graduate, spoke about the process of going through a KickStarter, dealing with funding, and running a business.

RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR

Students came in from campus to network and learn about the many

companies in Research Park

PITCH PARTYA friendly event that encourages entrepreneurs to

present their pitch and receive constructive criticism from peers.

2014 BIKE TO WORK DAYResearch Park encouraged companies to ditch the drive

and take their bike to work.

Congrats to SEDAC for having the highest participation!

IMPROV THEATER WORKSHOPZoo Improv stopped by to give some improv

tips!

CU WOMEN IN TECHSuccessful women in technology roles present to CU

women on their areas of expertise. Speakers included Ann Peedikayil, Deana McDonagh, and

Miranda Kemp.

CU WOMEN IN TECHAnn Peedikayil works at the Caterpillar Champaign

Simulation Center as Senior Engineer, and presented to CU women in February.

CU WOMEN IN TECHDesigner-in-Residence, Deana McDonagh, spoke to a group of women who represented over 15 companies

in Champaign-Urbana.

CU WOMEN IN TECHCarol Brighton, is currently the President and Owner

of CSBrighton Consulting, LLC, a business strategy and communication consulting firm.

CU WOMEN IN TECHMiranda Kemp from State Farm shared some insight into entrepreneurship and

innovation.

SUMMER INTERN EVENTSInterns at RP were able to attend Mixers, workshops,

and other enriching events over the summer.

INTERN AWARDS PICNICMany Outstanding Interns were nominated from the

companies in RP.

TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENTThe 2014 Table Tennis tournament was a fierce competition, with winners in the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced categories bringing back glory to their companies. Yahoo! won back the Golden Paddle from HDF.

WEDDING RECEPTION IN RESEARCH PARK

Staci, facility coordinator at Yahoo! and Chad, project manager at John Deere, were married May of 2014 and held their reception in the John Deere/Yahoo! Building where they first met.

OUTSIDE AT RESEARCH PARKMusical acts Davina and the Vagabonds and Terrance

Siemen and the Zydeco Experience brought out the crowds in fun, family events over the summer.

RESEARCH PARK CAMPUS EVENTSStudents came out in huge numbers during the sweltering first

Sunday on campus to learn about Research Park.

RESEARCH PARK CAMPUS EVENTSTabling events and Tech Sessions

were held at Siebel Center, where students were able to talk to

employers about careers at the Park.

RESEARCH PARK STUDENT OPEN HOUSEHundreds of students came in from campus to tour the Park and network with the companies.

RESEARCH PARK STUDENT OPEN HOUSE

• 20 Companies

• 300 Students

• 5 different tour groups

• 60 pizzas

FIRE AT FIVEA beloved Research Park tradition, Fire at Five provided a monthly time to hang out with other employees, enjoy refreshments, good weather, and fun activities.

ABBOTT CHINA EMPLOYMENT EVENTAbbott's Research Park office hosted an event to expose exchange students to an opportunity to work in Abbott's Champaign office on campus and be trained to work full-time in Abbott's China offices.

BIG DATA SUMMIT 2014

• 300+ attendees

• 11 Sessions

• 2 Keynotes

• 50 speakers

BIG DATA SUMMIT 2014

MOBILE DAY 2014With an attendance of over 200 participants and 25 speakers, Mobile Development Day provides an opportunity for attendees to share information and network with peers about mobile development taking place in the entrepreneurial, corporate, and educational milieus.

Register now for Mobile Day 2015!January 29, 2015I Hotel and Conference Center

EDUCATION/TRAINING• Two introductory courses were taught

throughout the year: Android App Development Class, taught by William Seemann of AITS, and an iOS App Development Class, taught by BriChapman, Founder of CocoaNuts.

RESEARCH PARK GIVING BACK• Chili CookoffDonations from this event given directly to the Orpheum Children’s Museum.

• Blood DrivesHeld in EnterpriseWorks to help banks in school off-months• Eastern Illinois Food

DriveBoxes are set up around the park to collect food donations.

CHILI COOKOFF

Research Park employees cooked their favorite chili recipe to be tasted and scored by a panel of 4 judges.

Donations from this event directly donated to The Orpheum Children’s Museum.

RESEARCH PARK SPONSORS GIS DAY

GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS)

technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our

society.

VC COMPANY FUNDING & SUPPORT

• Total Company VC/Angel Funds Raised in only 2014 is $136,633,719.

• Biotechnology companies: $53,040,000.00

• Clean technology companies: $ 47,644,288.00

• Software/IT companies: $ 34,098,373.00

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

• Agrible’s Paul Miller spoke at GIS Day 2014 and at Big Data Summit.

• 8 new employees were hired.• Agrible established contracts with major

Agricultural Companies in the US and Abroad• Alpha development of Big Ag Data Platform,

Morning Farm Report, with release early next year.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• IGB “Science is Art” exhibition at Atkins

Building.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• Abbvie moved into their new Innovation

Center at the Atkins Building.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• Yahoo! Champaign expanded the number of

software developers by ~30%

• Yahoo! Moved into their new building on December 8th, 2014!

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

• IntelliWheels received $1.5 Million Phase II SBIR funding

• Josh George wins Chicago Marathon and is awarded the 40 Under 40 Award.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• Akuna Capital opened an office in Shanghai and

Boston, as well as expanded the Chicago office. 19 interns were hired for the summer, and intern-developed code was released into production supporting trading operations.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• Grand opening for the Turn Innovation Center

happened in April.

• Turn presented to the Champaign County EDC Board.

• The Champaign Innovation Center represented Turn in presentation to NACRO conference at Purdue.

• Turn’s Ross Bundy presented at the Big Data Summit.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

• CERL/ERDC contracted with SpectroClick, Inc. for system development, patent issued in November.

• SpectroClick Inc. exhibited at PittCon 2014 in Chicago!

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• Serionix had a wonderful team bonding experience

while hiking at Turkey Run in August.

• Filtration media was produced for a commercial partner. It came off a pilot-scale production line that was designed and built over the summer!

• 2 Interns were finalists for intern awards, and one of them won!

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• HYX Biotech LLC Initiated a project “the analysis of the cellulosic

market and its incumbent players” in Spring semester 2014. This project involved collaboration with UIUC graduate students in Technology Management.

• Dr. Fu, President Li, and a delegation from the parent company visited the Bioenergy Research Unit (BER) at United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in May. The two parties had broad discussion on potential cooperation on development of enzyme products for biomass degradation for advanced biofuel purpose.

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS• BioAnalytics’ CEO Lucas

Smith Received his First Masters in Biology!

• Awarded an NSF SBIR Phase I Grant for Platform Development.

• Mentioned in the iBioInstitute publication BIOLOGICAL

• Initiated a BioEngineeringSenior Design Project.

• Filed for the company’s first non-provisional patent

BioAnalytics Immunoassay Development Kit

Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Research Park: Year in Review 2014