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TearDX
EnterpriseWorks, Medical, Healthcare

TearDx, LLC

TearDx, LLC pbraun@illinois.edu 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 TearDX is an early-stage company focused on providing devices that unlock the potential of tear fluid for medical diagnostics. The TearDx Vision To give clinicians simple, convenient, reliable tools to perform routine tear diagnostics The TearDx Platform We are developing an easily inserted wearable ocular device that analyzes specific biomarkers in tear fluid Key Advantages   The device is easy to insert Causes little to no discomfort to patients Removes the burden of tear collection from clinicians Greatly simplifies sample prep and lab analysis tear-dx.com

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yummy future
Electronics, Hardware, EnterpriseWorks

Yummy Future

Yummy Future business@yummy-future.com 217-402-4338 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Yummy Future is an autonomous coffee shop providing a taste of the future. They provide customers with faster, higher-quality, and cheaper coffee, matcha, hot chocolate, and fruit tea through an autonomous robot. They also provide robotic solutions for food and beverage businesses by lowering costs and enhancing efficiency. yummy-future.com Connect with Yummy Future   Facebook.com/yummyfuturerobot/ Instagram.com/yummy_future_robot/ Linkedin.com/company/yummy-future-inc/ Yummy Future at Research Park   Robotic coffee shop opens conversation about future of human employment Yummy Future coffee shop opens on Green St. Yummy Future opens a second location on Green St.

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TEST
Energy, CleanTech, EnterpriseWorks

Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies (TEST)

Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies (TEST) contact@testsustainability.com 773-888-1742 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies (TEST), Inc. is a civil engineering firm that develops specialized, practical tools for transportation sustainability and provides expert consulting services. Their team helps transportation agencies and industries to improve their efficiency, optimize their operation, and control their environmental impact. Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies were founded by internationally renowned leaders in transportation engineering affiliated with the University of Illinois. TEST has recently branched out into transportation SaaS for scheduling, management, efficiency, and sustainability. testsustainability.com Connect to TEST   Linkedin.com/company/testsustainability/

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TellTail
Agricultural Science, EnterpriseWorks, Software, Analytics, Mobile Applications

TellTail

TellTail angela@telltail.ag 217-840-8199 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL TellTail, Inc. is an innovative AgTech company focused on Smart Animal Management. They look to produce more pork with fewer resources. TellTail applies predictive and forecasts algorithm technology to improve the management of pig production systems. Their first and primary goal is to provide data insights to inform decisions that give confidence to producers and increase the profitability of facilities. TellTail delivers our decision support tools in apps, software, and connected IoT devices. telltail.ag   TellTail at Research Park   AgTech Innovation Summit 2021 | Past Moore Innovation Prize Winners TellTail Honored with 2019 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize WiredIn Column Interviews TellTail Co-Founder Angela Green-Miller Connect with TellTail   Linkedin.com/company/telltail-ag/ Twitter.com/telltailag

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Reconstruct
EnterpriseWorks, Software, Analytics, Mobile Applications

Reconstruct

Reconstruct mani.golparvar@reconstructinc.com 217-417-9552 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL mani.golparvar@reconstructinc.com 217-417-9552 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Reconstruct uses Your Visual Data to Improve Planning, Coordination and Communication on Your Job sites. Our web-based platform continuously reconstructs and visualizes Reality directly within 4D BIM, measures progress and productivity, and analyzes risk for delay.  Reconstruct’s actionable data analytics empowers smart construction and supports project teams to proactively decide on control actions and keep their projects on time and on budget. reconstructinc.com Reconstruct at Research Park Connect with Reconstruct

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Illinois ventures
EnterpriseWorks, Other

Illinois Ventures

Illinois Ventures tparkinson@illinoisventures.com 217-300-1245 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Illinois Ventures is a premier seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences, and life sciences. They help to start and build businesses based on innovations from the University of Illinois. Illinois Ventures brings together leading researchers and entrepreneurs to mold concepts, vision, intellectual property, and passion into breakthrough, high-growth companies. illinoisventures.com Illinois Ventures at Research Park   Illinois Ventures Launches Illini Angels Investment Network AgTech Innovation Summit 2022 | Investing in AgTech (Part 2) IllinoisVENTURES featured in The Daily Illini Wired In: Thomas Parkinson of IllinoisVENTURES Connect with Illinois Ventures at Research Park   Linkedin.com/company/illinoisventures/

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Hinetics
Energy, CleanTech, EnterpriseWorks

Hinetics

Hinetics kharan@hinetics.com 217-239-1628 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Hinetics is powering the future of aviation. By reinventing the electrical machine, the workhorse of modern civilization, it is ushering in an era of high efficiency (>99%) and high-power density (>10 kW/kg) for extreme applications, such as electrified aircraft. With its commitment to minimizing carbon emissions, the start-up has demonstrated groundbreaking work, earning recent funding from several notable organizations including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Air Force, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Department of Energy. The team at Hinetics is turning the future of clean energy into a reality. hinetics.com Connect with Hinetics linkedin.com/company/hinetics Hinetics News Hinetics Featured in Axios for Driving Electric Aviation Hinetics Founder Kiruba Haran Elected to National Academy of Engineering Position and Skills at Hinetics  Hinetics has previously hired professionals and students with engineering backgrounds, such as mechanical engineering and electrical engineering.  Hinetics is looking for people with strong communication skills, the ability to work in collaborative team environments, and a passion for making a large-scale impact. Intern Awards Best Startup Intern Finalist 2023 – Yiming Zhao

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Habiterre
EnterpriseWorks, Software, Analytics, Mobile Applications

HabiTerre

HabiTerre info@aspiringuniverse.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL HabiTerre is a farming financial risk modeling company. They help financial institutes, public agencies, and individual producers to quantify, manage, and reduce financial risks in the farming-related business. HabiTerre aims to monitor and model every crop field’s financial risks in the United States and worldwide. They have developed revolutionary approaches to rate historical and real-time financial risks for each crop field by integrating advancing technology in three domains, satellite/corp modeling, artificial intelligence, and agricultural finance modeling. habiterre.com       HabiTerre HabiTerre founder Kaiyu Guan recognized as a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher HabiTerre Achieves Third Party Model Validation with Climate Action Reserve HabiTerre Named Startup to Watch in 2024 by St. Louis Inno HabiTerre to Collaborate on Carbon Breakthrough with Arable and Shell Innovations at Research Park podcast featuring an interview with CEO Nick Reinke discussing quantifying agricultural outcomes on iTunes Podcasts and Spotify HabiTerre Recognized as Finalist for 2022 World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards HabiTerre Becomes Partner on $90 million USDA Climate Smart Commodities Grant HabiTerre’s Guan Honored as Innovator of the Year AgTech Innovation Summit 2021 | Past Moore Innovation Prize Winners Aspiring Universe Wins 2020 OCP Innovation Challenge Aspiring Universe Corporation Awarded 2020 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize Arable and Shell Collaborate on Carbon Breakthrough in Agriculture Nick Reinke joins HabiTerre as CEO  Connect with HabiTerre   Facebook.com/aspiringuniverse/ Linkedin.com/company/aspiring-universe/

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Frost Defense
Agricultural Science, EnterpriseWorks

FrostDefense Envirotech Inc.

FrostDefense Envirotech Inc. mseufferheld@frostdefense.com (217) 979-3052 60 Hazelwood Dr. FrostDefense Envirotech Inc. is a National Science Foundation-funded startup company. They develop innovative, environmentally friendly, and low-cost technological solutions to prevent frost damage for vineyards. They also work to make labor management and mechanized farm operations more efficient. Their predictive analytic system is the foundation for continued innovation in creating tools and services to support decision-making to adapt to growing practices and sustainability. frostdefense.com Frost Defense Envirotech at Research Park   Frost Defense Selected for gBETA AgTech 2022 Cohort AgTech Summit 2022 | Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize FrostDefense Awarded 2022 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize Wired In: Manfredo Seufferheld of FrostDefense Envirotech FrostDefense’s Burks Advocates for More Startup Resources During Congressional Testimony FrostDefense Awarded 2022 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize

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EnterpriseWorks, University

EnterpriseWorks and Research Park Staff

Abbott LaEnterpriseWorks and Research Park Staffboratories lwbleill@illinois.edu (217) 333-8324 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL The Research Park is managed by a tight-knit team that facilitates resources for tenants and cultivates community among employees. These University of Illinois professionals, work on the continued development and growth of the companies within Research Park and the EnterpriseWorks through operations, marketing, and programming for the Research Park incubator. researchpark.illinois.edu Connect with the EnterpriseWorks and Research Park Staff EnterpriseWorks News Humanities and Innovation: A Research Park intern’s perspective Connect with Research Park Facebook.com/uiresearchpark/ Instagram.com/uiresearchpark/ Linkedin.com/company/university-of-illinois-research-park/ Twitter.com/UIResearchPark? Youtube.com/c/IllinoisResearchPark/videos

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