ForgeBee arhamilton@forgebee.buzz60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL ForgeBee develops automated systems for producing honey bees at scale, using robotics and biological research to manufacture single-use pollination units as a more cost-effective and resource-efficient alternative to traditional full-sized colonies, which are typically reused until failure.
Eleuthra Photonics kayvan.tehrani@eleuthra.co 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Eleuthra Photonics specializes in developing and producing rapid image-based diagnostic tools for analyzing tissue and cell samples, with a primary focus on cancer and other disease diagnoses. www.eleuthraphotonics.com Eleuthra Photonics at Research Park Eleuthra Photonics provides expertise to MarginDx project
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Frenzy Ag info@frenzyag.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Frenzy Ag focuses on new growth strategies for crops that maximize the potential of each acre and plant. frenzyag.com Frenzy Ag at Research Park Chris Harbourt and Ken Paige Fireside Chat at the 2025 AgTech Summit FrenzyAg’s Ken Paige Creates New Product to Increase Crop Yields
Boston Bioprocess mtai@bostonbioworks.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Boston Bioprocess offers full-suite fermentation and downstream processing services at benchtop and pilot-scale. The company provides its clients with the equipment and expertise they need to improve yield, decrease costs, and access product for commercial testing. bostonbioprocess.com Boston Bioprocess at Research Park Boston Bioprocess Wins 2025 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize Boston Bioprocess Intern, Zoey Zhang, wins Best Startup Intern at the 2024 Research Park Intern Awards Boston Bioprocess partner iFAB awarded $51 million grant iFAB Tech Hub Partners IBRL and Boston Bioprocess Scale Fermentation Tech, Jobs in Central Illinois Best Startup Intern Finalist 2023 – Nicholas Fazio Innovations at Research Park podcast featuring an interview with CEO Michael Tai discussing bioprocessing techniques for agricultural and non-food products on iTunes Podcasts and Spotify Chambana Proud podcast featuring an interview with CEO Michael Tai Boston Bioprocess Grows Business in Champaign-Urbana Boston Bioprocess Helping Nourish Ingredients Make a More Realistic Meat Substitute Intern Awards Most Outstanding Graduate Intern 2025 – Nanguan Lin
Iridescent Sensors ksuslick@iridescentsensors.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Iridescent Sensors has developed a handheld analyzer for colorimetric sensor arrays that have a wide range of demonstrated applications in a diverse set of markets. Colorimetric sensor arrays are a powerful and general method for the identification and classification of odors, complex chemical mixtures, and toxic gases. An array of chemically-responsive dyes, pigments and colorants is digitally imaged before and during exposure to the analytes of interest: the changes in the colors of each of the spots represents a unique molecular fingerprint of the odor. iridescentsensors.com
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Helixon amy.hu@helixon.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Helixon builds next-generation artificial intelligence solutions to protein-based therapeutics. The company aims to develop AI tools that empower scientists to decipher protein function and interaction, interrogate large-scale genomic datasets for target identification, and design therapeutics such as antibodies and cell therapies. Helixon’s platform integrates advanced algorithms and cutting-edge experimental approaches to enable the discovery of novel antibodies and macromolecule-based therapeutics for previously intractable targets. helixon.com Intern Awards Best Startup Intern Finalist 2024 – Thanushree Ambati
Identomat david@identomat.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Indetomat is an online identity verification solution provider helping organizations in highly regulated industries onboard customers remotely, instantly, and securely. Indentomat offers reliable speeds and global coverage to onboard users, verify online credit applications, sell age-restricted goods and services, prevent identity fraud, and verify service subscribers remotely. indentomat.com Identomat at Research Park CEO Dr. David Lomiashvili interviewed for Innovations @ Research Park
GlucoSentient tianlan.glucosentient@gmail.com 217-487-4087 2100 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL The Personal Glucose Meter (PGM) is a widely available and proven medical device that is used by millions of diabetics around the globe. Today’s glucose meter is the culmination of over 30 years of engineering and development efforts to make it do one thing extraordinarily well: measure blood glucose levels anytime, anywhere. GlucoSentient has developed a powerful technology that transforms the PGM into a device capable of quantitatively and conveniently detecting other non-glucose targets. The company’s technology translates the amount of non-glucose target into glucose. The amount of glucose is then measured by the PGM. GlucoSentient is currently focusing on the development of POC medical monitoring devices utilizing this innovative technology. glucosentient.com GlucoSentient at Research Park
Hourglass Medical bgood@hourglassmedical.com 217-722-0000 2021 S. First St. Champaign, IL Hourglass Medical’s mission is to invent wearables that enable people to interact with technology in challenging environments. By utilizing facial and other hands-enabling movements, the company is developing simple but effective hardware control methods for extended reality (XR) and smart glasses applications. It is bridging the gap between current input methods and the technology it drives. Hourglass Medical’s patented ideas empower users in hard-use environments, and the company is maturing those ideas into impactful products that will make a positive impact on the world. hourglassmedical.com Intern Awards Most Competent and Collaborative Team Winner 2024 – Nina Ayar, Coggan Banerian and Sean Raitner
Kocree lvarshney@kocree.net 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Kocree created Muosaic, a social music co-creation platform. The platform uses artificial intelligence to allow users to cut melodies, rhythms, and arrangements from music to create a unique musical piece. Muosaic supports a more inclusive ecosystem where music curators, composers, technicians, and teachers can curate custom tunes for unique needs. kocree.net Kocree in the News Kocree’s Varshney Appointed White House Fellow One Year Later: Varshney Reflects on White House Fellowship
