June 2024

AGCO
2001 S. First St., 2001 S. Oak St., Agricultural Science

AGCO Acceleration Center

AGCO Acceleration Center Karandeep.Singh@agcocorp.com 217-820-7338 2001 S. First St. Champaign, IL   AGCO is a global leader and manufacturer of agriculture equipment and technology. AGCO Corporation delivers agricultural solutions to farmers worldwide through a full line of tractors, combine harvesters, hay and forage equipment, seeding and tillage implements, grain storage and protein production systems. The AGCO Acceleration Center is specifically dedicated to advancing technology and innovation across AGCO’s family of brands. At the Acceleration Center, we focus on developing new-to-market solutions and advanced technologies to help farmers protect their harvest and their animals to feed a growing world population. Interested in joining the AGCO Acceleration Center? Check out our open positions on the AGCO Careers Page and apply online.         AGCO at Research Park AGCO Corporation Training Center Groundbreaking at Parkland College Innovations at Research Park podcast featuring an interview with Brad Arnold, SVP, General Manager Precision at AGCO discussing trends in precision ag and data management on iTunes Podcasts and Spotify AGCO Grand Re-Opening Media Gallery (2022) AGCO Announces Expansion of its Research Park Acceleration Center 2022 AgTech Innovation Summit 2022 | Tech Strategy to Drive Customer Experience AgTech Innovation Summit 2021 | Fireside Chat: AGCO AgTech Innovation Summit 2021 | Building the Future AgTech Workforce AGCO Acceleration Center Grand Opening Photos (2018) AGCO Opens Acceleration Center at Research Park 2018 Augmented Reality Technology Grows at AGCO’s Acceleration Center AGCO’s Lena Head Featured on News-Gazette’s Wired In Intern Awards Best Business Innovation Finalist 2023 – Angeline Lewis Most Outstanding Graduate Intern Finalist 2018 – Karandeep Singh Connect with AGCO Facebook.com/AGCOcorp/ Instagram.com/agcocorp/ Twitter.com/AGCOcorp Youtube.com/user/agcocorp Positions and Skills at AGCO AGCO hires a wide range of positions, including data analysts, designers engineers, software engineers, and more.

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Habiterre
EnterpriseWorks, Media Mentions, Recognition & Awards, Research Park

HabiTerre Achieves Third Party Model Validation with Climate Action Reserve

EnterpriseWorks startup HabiTerre‘s model for quantification of agricultural greenhouse gas sinks and sources was approved by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) under their Soil Enrichment Protocol (SEP). This model is used as part of HabiTerre‘s advanced system-of-systems modeling approach. It comprehensively models the interplay of energy, water, carbon, and nutrient cycles in aboveground and belowground environments. HabiTerre has adapted and maintained a scalable version of ecosys to support the quantification of greenhouse gas and soil carbon outcomes from agricultural practices. The Climate Action Reserve is the most trusted, efficient and experienced offset registry for global carbon markets. CAR establishes rigorous standards to support and promote climate change solutions that benefit economies, ecosystems and society. “This milestone is just one of many more to come from the team at HabiTerre, where we are fully dedicated to supporting scalable and efficient solutions to drive maximum impact and value to farmers, paving the way for high-quality environmental market opportunities,” said Nick Reinke, CEO of HabiTerre. HabiTerre is a farming financial risk modeling company. The HabiTerre team is dedicated to making the world a better and more habitable place by advancing sustainable agriculture and land stewardship with a holistic systems approach to farm productivity and resource use efficiency. Learn more about CAR and this milestone on the HabiTerre website.

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MicroMGx
2109 S. Oak St., Agricultural Science

MicroMGX

MicroMGX j-kloeber@micromgx.com 2109 S. Oak St MicroMGx’s goal is to create the most extensive library of natural products using a robust discovery platform. This library will aid in advancing new chemical compounds into early-stage pharmaceutical testing. The company’s mission is to accelerate the discovery of new chemistry from nature that can enrich and extend human life.

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Logo
Agricultural Science, EnterpriseWorks

ForgeBee

ForgeBee ForgeBee has developed a system to allow the manufacture of single-use units of highly efficient honey bees for pollination in place of full sized colonies. This is more cost effective and resource efficient than the current model, which relies upon the use of whole colonies that are reused until colony failure.

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Ferritiva
EnterpriseWorks, Medical, Healthcare

Ferritiva

Ferritiva jeffrey@ferritiva.com 4087173010 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign Ferritiva develops accessible devices that screen for iron deficiency so that everyone can live a healthy life. Ferritiva News Cozad 2022 Winners Showcase Success on “Innovations” Podcast Ferritiva Wins Second Place and Several Other Prizes at the Cozad New Venture Challenge

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Podcast
EnterpriseWorks, Features, Research Park

New Podcast Episode: Digital Identity Verification

In the June Innovations @ Research Park podcast episode, host Tanmay Shah talked to Identomat CEO Dr. David Lomiashvili about his career journey, experience at EnterpriseWorks, identity verification, and looking ahead. Dr. David Lomiashvili is the CEO of Identomat, which has created an innovative AI-powered KYC and identity verification solution that assesses if the person in front of a camera is real or an impersonator. Before his current venture, Dr. Lomiashvili had an extensive pedigree in entrepreneurship, not to mention a PhD in Astrophysics. “A new project,  a strategically important project, we are gonna be working on … is Digital Identity Wallet. It is a way to enable SSI, self-sovereign identity. It is what we see the next inflection point in the industry is gonna be, unleashing the wallet economy,” Lomiashvili said when talking about the future of Identomat and digital identity verification. The Innovations @ Research Park podcast highlights the thriving entrepreneurial and corporate innovation culture in Champaign. It is hosted by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumnus Tanmay Shah. Subscribe to The Innovations @ Research Park to catch up on the latest innovations and news on Apple Podcasts,  Spotify, or your preferred podcast network. Is there something you want to know about Research Park? Do you have an idea for a guest for the show or a story we should pursue? Do you want to provide other feedback? Contact Laura Bleill (lwbleill@illinois.edu).

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Fire @ Five
Media Gallery

FIRE @ FIVE MAY 2024

FIRE @ FIVE MAY 2024 Fire @ Five Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The May Fire @ Five, “Picnic at the Park” was on Thursday, May 30 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio. To learn about more events at Research Park, visit the events page, and to see previous Fire @ Five themes, visit the Fire @ Five page.

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