Startups

There are currently more than 60 active startups launched based on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign intellectual property.

Agriculture & Animal Health

Aptimmune

Developing vaccines for swine diseases

www.aptimmune.com

EarthSense

Applying AI and robotics to the toughest challenges in agriculture

www.earthsense.co

Gates AgOne

Gates Ag One, a subsidiary of the Gates Foundation, focuses on improving plant biology for potential transformations that are renewable, affordable, and scalable

www.gatesagone.org

Global Food and Ag Network

Interactive e-commerce platforms that provides food marketing information to food entrepreneurs and their customers

foodmarketmaker.com

Habiterre

 Environmental and productivity insights for agriculture

www.habiterre.com

IntelinAir

Delivering automated crop intelligence

www.intelinair.com/

Nitronic

Fossil-free fertilizerss for sustainability

www.nitronic.co

NutraMaize

Non-GMO orange corn

www.nutramaize.com

Energy & Environment

Aqueous Solutions

A toolset for aqueous chemists

www.gwb.com

SpectroClick

Tools to measure the makeup of water, soil, and biological samples and obtain results instantly

www.spectroclick.com

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Cadenza Bio

preclinical biotechnology company focused on developing a series of novel small-molecule drugs for oral administration in the treatment of demyelinating and inflammatory diseases. 

www.cadenza.bio

Cayuga Biotech

Tackling the problem of hemorrhage by leveraging a type of polymer that is stored in human platelets

www.cayugabiotech.com

Cystetic Medicines

Developing accessible treatment for every person with cystic fibrosis

cysteticmedicines.com

Elion Therapeutics

Combating life-threatening invasive fungal infections

eliontx.com

Epicore Biosystems

Biowearable solutions measuring hydration, nutrition, stress, and health-related biomarkers by analyzing sweat in combination with other physiological data

www.epicorebiosystems.com

GlucoSentient

Developing technology to transform the blood glucose meter into a device that is capable of detecting other non-glucose targets

glucosentient.com

Hemorhythmics

Implantable medical devices and human health sensors

Iridescent Sensors

Rapidly detecting toxic chemicals with the optoelectronic nose, a digital multidimensional extension of litmus paper

www.iridescentsensors.com

Kinesid Therapeutics

Developing a treatment for iron deficiency

MicroMGx

Metabologenomics platform integrating metabolomics, genomics, and bioinformatics to identify the novelty of new natural products from microbial strain collections

www.micromgx.com

Neuolux

Discovery tools for neuroscience

www.neurolux.org

Pearl Bio

Coupling genome and ribosome engineering to produce novel biologics with diverse chemistries previously inaccessible

www.pearlbio.com

Phi Optics

Live cell microscopy

phioptics.com

PhotoniCare

Translating novel light-based technologies into objective medical practice

photoni.care

Revive Biotech

Developing nano-carriers for the effective treatment of hypoxic conditions in the eye

revivebiotech.com

Rhaeos

Developing a noninvasive wireless, wearable skin patch that can assess and monitor fluid flow subdermally throughout the body

www.rhaeos.com

Sibel

Medical monitoring products

sibelhealth.com

SUS Clinicals

Accelerating the qualification of potentially life-saving cancer therapeutics through proprietary pig-based preclinical testing services

susclinicals.com

Vanquish Oncology

Targeting unexploited molecular defects in cancer cells to create personalized therapeutics for unmet or underserved cancer markets

vanquishoncology.com

VOC Health

Detecting disease at the earliest possible stage to increase survivability and lower healthcare costs

vochealth.com

Physical Sciences

Cygnus Photonics

Photolithography, patterning, and photochemistry products

www.cygnusphoton.com

Eden Park Illumination

Continuous disinfection UV technology

www.edenpark.com

ElectronInks, Inc

Metal complex conductive inks for next generation electronics

electroninks.com

Rapicure Solutions

Advanced composite manufacturing technology

www.rapicuresolutions.com

Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies

Offering expert services in Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering

www.testsustainability.com

X-CelePrint, Ltd.

Micro transfer printing technology applied to silicon photonics

x-celeprint.com

X-Display Co Technology

Creates intellectual property for manufacturing MicroLED displays, sells MicroIC & PixelEngineâ„¢ components and Micro Transfer Printing Equipment for next-generation displays

www.xdisplay.com

Xerion Materials

Manufacturer of lithium ion batteries

xerionbattery.com

Software & Information Technologies

Charmworks

Scalable solutions that improve productivity in parallel programming

www.hpccharm.com

Depix

Using AI in marketing and design

www.depix.ai

Inspirit IoT, Inc

Optimizing hardware design

inspirit-iot.com

Multicoreware

Delivering "Heterogeneous Hardware Platform" optimized software solutions and engineering services in Compilers, ML Frameworks, Sensor Perception Algorithms, AI Inference Analytics and Video Compression & Decompression technologies for Media & AI Analytics and Autonomous Vehicle segments.

multicorewareinc.com

Pattern Insight

Bringing data mining technology to the advanced, real-time analysis of source code, changing how software-intensive products are developed, tested and supported

patterninsight.com

Rank Dynamics

Turning searches into more productive experiences where fluid result pages respond to user actions in real time

www.rankdynamics.com

Reconstruct, Inc

Remote quality control, progress monitoring, and facilities assessment for construction

www.reconstructinc.com

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