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1800 S. Oak St. AgTech Startup Tenant Directory

EarthSense

EarthSense chinmay@earthsense.co 217-402-4767 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL EarthSense is creating dramatic new possibilities for crop breeders, plant protection products developers, crop scientists, and field agronomists. TerraSentia, the company’s first robot, improves the quantity, accuracy, cost, and speed of in-field plant trait data collection, specifically for under canopy plants. EarthSense machine vision and machine learning-based analytics seamlessly convert field data to specific, actionable information about plant-traits. earthsense.co https://youtu.be/dMkvIJGsRrghttps://youtu.be/9LbbMWzfabQhttps://youtu.be/4TX5wEb-an8 EarthSense at Research Park EarthSense Wins “Best Startup Intern” in 2025 Research Park Intern Awards EarthSense Meets with Venture Investors in Silicon Valley Breaking the field phenotyping bottleneck in maize with autonomous robots EarthSense, Inc. wins Shell GameChanger Funding to Unlock Large-Scale Sustainable Feedstocks for Biofuel Production on US Commodity Farmland EarthSense named finalist in Grow-NY competition Farmer mentorship program visits EarthSense EarthSense Story: In bid to slash chemical use, robots take on farm fields EarthSense awarded patent for the use of AI-ML-based smart applications EarthSense Terrasentia Robot Featured in Al Jazeera Video Addressing Food Crisis EarthSense Terrasentia Robot Featured in I-FARM Article Farming Drives Toward ‘Precision Agriculture’ Technologies AgTech Innovation Summit 2022 | Lightning Chat with EarthSense EarthSense Awarded Regenerative Ag Grant EarthSense’s Chinmay Soman Featured on Medium AgTech Innovation Summit 2021 | Past Moore Innovation Prize Winners EarthSense Robots Featured on the BBC News EarthSense wins AURP 2020 Innovation Award – at University of Illinois Research Park  Terrasentia Robot Automates The Labor-Intensive Process Of Collective Data To Improve Crop Breeding  EarthSense Receives Phase II SBIR Award from NSF AgTech Startup EarthSense Featured in New York Times EarthSense selected for John Deere Startup Collaborator program EarthSense, Featured on OneZero about Autonomous Tractors EarthSense Receives 2018 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize EarthSense Featured on WCIA News Video Tech Helps Some Farmers Tackle Labor Shortages EnterpriseWorks Startups PSYONIC, EarthSense, Natrion Win IIN Innovation Awards Connect with EarthSense Linkedin Twitter

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BlooMD

BlooMD shawncar@gmail.com (217) 714-1762 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL BlooMD is focused on finding natural sources of bioactive compounds that could be used in human health, animal health, and food preparation. Using its proprietary insights, they screen a library of plant materials to isolate and test plant-made compounds for activity against common fungal and bacterial pathogens. BlooMD started in 2020 with Daphne Preuss and Shawn Carlson. BlooMD at Research park

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1800 S. Oak St. BioTech and Healthcare Startup Tenant Directory

Phi Optics

Phi Optics info@phioptics.com 217-751-2245 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Phi Optics Inc was founded in 2009 to respond to the market’s request for QPI enabled devices. The company is developing the next generation of optical imaging systems through its Quantitative Phase Imaging Platform. Phi Optics technology platform uses standard tools and processes and combines the performance of traditional modalities of a light microscope (e.g. fluorescence, DIC, phase contrast) with the real-time 3D topography capabilities of QPI. This combination offers a significant advantage for applications that require low-cost, fast, and accurate imaging of nanostructures. phioptics.com Phi Optics at Research Park Phi Optics Recognized for Outstanding Technology by Central Illinois Business Phi Optics CEO Interviewed About New Technology Imaging Startup Phi Optics Closes Seed Funding Round Innovation celebration winner, Entrepreneurial Excellence: New Venture Award Connect with Phi Optics Linkedin.com/company/phi-optics-inc-/ Instagram.com/phioptics/

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