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Olio Devices develops luxury lifestyle products for modern professionals. The company offers smart wearable devices such as wrist-watches alongside associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform for third-party services. Their first product, the Olio Model One timepiece, was announced in March, 2015. Olio Devices was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, CA.

Artio Medical develops endovascular medical devices for the embolization of vessels, aneurysms, and other vascular structures. The company's first products enable precise and immediate occlusion and rapid sealing of cerebral aneurysms and other target vessel segments using an over-the-wire microcatheter platform. These products enable physicians to perform better, faster, and safer vascular occlusion procedures. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Opendorse offers a SaaS publishing platform that allows anyone to send content to athletes to share on their social channels. The company provides an athlete marketing platform, trusted by the biggest brands in sports. Its platform connects athletes, partners, and fans on social media. It was founded by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun in 2012 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.

CityScan, a Chicago venture-backed software company, is leading the field in intelligent data collection and integration for Smart Cities and Utilities. Their patented process integrates private and municipal data with the most advanced 3D visual data collection methods available, resulting in improved efficiency operations while reducing overall costs. Their technology provides clients a solution to manage their assets, ensure businesses are operating within local ordinances and provide a safe environment for their residents. CityScan is a proud member of Industrious Chicago.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Myagi Pty. Ltd., doing business as Myagi, provides online training platform. Its platform offers users with a set of tools that allows them to create training courses using their existing digital assets, as well as enables users to deliver training through smartphones, tablets, and computer with an Internet connection. The company’s platform connects retailers, suppliers, and brands with retail sales associates to help them create loyal customers and boost sales. Its platform also invites brands, retailers, suppliers, and other training experts to connect and start sending and receiving training content. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Abbotsford, Australia.

Opendorse offers a SaaS publishing platform that allows anyone to send content to athletes to share on their social channels. The company provides an athlete marketing platform, trusted by the biggest brands in sports. Its platform connects athletes, partners, and fans on social media. It was founded by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun in 2012 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Reconstruct’s platform provides a ‘virtual command center’ of project replicas that enables project executives to more proactively and precisely manage construction progress including detecting current, past, and future performance issues. The platform’s 3D timelines enable near real-time coordination among general contractors, subs, owners, and lenders.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

Shotfarm's Product Content Network is the first end-to-end solution for the Management and Exchange of Product Information that meets the demands of the entire ecommerce industry. Free and simple core functionality combined with a suite of affordable and powerful upgrade options make Shotfarm instantly useful and infinitely scalable. One System, any format, thousands of Retailers and Manufacturers. Shotfarm just makes sense.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

SABIA, Inc. designs, develops, and delivers on-belt elemental analyzers and software solutions for coal mines, power plants, and mineral beneficiation. It offers on belt, slurry, sample stream, and static sample analyzers , analyzer conversion packages, and software solutions. The company provides services and support to nuclear gauges and analyzers, and its associated nuclear sources. It offers products and services through sales representatives around the world. SABIA, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. The company has additional offices in Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Delhi, India.

HercuTech Inc. was founded in 2008 by Michael Niemann, the visionary behind the Company and its products. HercuTech was established to develop and market HercuWall®, the Company’s premier product. The Company invested several years of testing, development and constructing beta projects ensuring that HercuWall® exceeds the expectations of architects, engineers, builders and installers as HercuWall® is rolled into the mainstream. Building safety was paramount followed by ease of implementation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness. As HercuWall® evolved from its original configuration to its current form, third party engineers were continually involved. Extensive testing has been completed on the system and third party certifications have been earned. HercuWall® is a registered trademark of HercuTech Inc. Two prior U.S. patents have been issued and there is a U.S. patent pending and patents pending internationally in more than one hundred countries. Management continues to improve the HercuWall® system and other complimentary products will be added to the offering as they become available.

RiNGR, Inc. offers RINGR, a mobile application that enables users to connect with various people on the earth. Its RINGR application allows users to connect instantly with various people in the world through their smartphone or tablet, as well as request and schedule future interactions; record their conversations; and share the conversation on their blog, podcast, Website, and social media account or download the file for editing, playback, and archiving. RiNGR, Inc. is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Virtual Auditor’s “Virtual Security Officer Server” (VSOS) is a fully managed information security solution that enables organizations to collect, store, and analyze network security events to meet IT compliance requirements. This unique solution correlates the impact of the events to measure the level of compliance to regulatory mandates and industry requirements. The complex data is parsed and presented in clear and understandable, yet comprehensive reports.

Opendorse offers a SaaS publishing platform that allows anyone to send content to athletes to share on their social channels. The company provides an athlete marketing platform, trusted by the biggest brands in sports. Its platform connects athletes, partners, and fans on social media. It was founded by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun in 2012 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.

HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

RiNGR, Inc. offers RINGR, a mobile application that enables users to connect with various people on the earth. Its RINGR application allows users to connect instantly with various people in the world through their smartphone or tablet, as well as request and schedule future interactions; record their conversations; and share the conversation on their blog, podcast, Website, and social media account or download the file for editing, playback, and archiving. RiNGR, Inc. is based in Champaign, Illinois.

GoSite is a robust digital platform for the 12 million small businesses providing local services in the U.S. The platform helps these businesses make the transition from offline to online by giving them everything they need to connect with customers in the digital era. The all-in-one, cloud-based platform and mobile app transforms the way they run their business by making it easier for their customers to attract and transact with their business online.

Spatial Labs, Inc., a software company, develops and builds interactive social layers into maps through a human-driven and machine-assisted analysis. It offers solutions that enable users to book travel by building the information they are looking for directly into the existing maps; and analyzes various sources of data to bring local insights directly into the map search, and can be overlaid onto any existing map of homes. The company also provides Xéro, a solution that deploys Spatial data into in-ear and in-vehicle AI assistants, which allow humans for the first time to answer questions; and urban planning solutions to reveal the human dimension of cities. It serves travel booking, real estate search, urban planning, and mobility industries. Spatial Labs, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

ConsortiEXis a hospital pharmacy consortium whose mission is to support the compounding pharmacy needs of member institutions and their affiliates by providing systems and services for distributing insourced compounded sterile preparations between members.

Kronnika builts high performing robotic libraries, re-engineers business processes and scalable robot farms that reduce costs, increase speed and accuracy. Kronnika helps companies gain corporate memory through its' robotic process libraries.

Beekeeper Data is a licensed, collaborative, software platform that lets executives and non-technical employees quickly ask many different questions of their company's complex data. Beekeeper off-loads data 'grunt work' from IT resources by allowing a company to build reusable and scalable reporting components that are easy for anyone to use. Beekeeper’s first product is rolling out to paid private beta customers during Q4 2014.

Provision Analytics creates practical and precise software for food processors and manufacturers. Its software package automates food safety processes, greatly reducing time spent on data input and recall procedures; this data links granular process data with production results, generating analytics that reduces food loss and quality deviations.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

Kwant.ai brings profitability and predictability to construction projects like automotive manufacturing.

SWARM enables devices to intelligently collaborate, optimizing processes automatically. It was founded in 2016 and is based in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Striped Sail was born in February 2010, inspired by Wired’s cover story, “In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits.” Striped Sail is focused on creating sophisticated and modern styled environmentally accountable accessories for Apple’s mobile products. Our first product is miFrame for iPad.

Rithmio, Inc. provides a gesture recognition platform. The company’s software platform helps product teams create accurate and personalized gesture-based products. Its software platform integrates with motion-sensing devices, such as wearables, smartphones, or connected sports equipment at sensor, OS, or application-level to learn, track, and analyze motion. Rithmio, Inc. was formerly known as Neurogito, Inc. and changed its name to Rithmio, Inc. in May 2014. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

Clarify Medical, Inc. develops home therapy solutions for chronic skin treatments. It offers The Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system, an investigational device for use in treating plaque psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo; and Home Light Therapy System, a home phototherapy system for the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema. Clarify Medical, Inc. was formerly known as Skylit Medical, Inc. and changed its name to Clarify Medical, Inc. in September 2016. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

Squipp provides services in accounting, tax, labor, legal and business consulting for industry, commerce, services and the third sector. It began operation in 1993, with its headquarters in Santo André in Brazil.

GlucoSentient, Inc. develops personal glucose meters for diabetes patients around the globe. The company offers its products for therapeutic drug and heart health monitoring applications. It also offers test strips for detecting trace amounts of contaminates, such as bacteria, viruses, or chemical contamination in food. GlucoSentient, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

PrintEco, Inc. develops and delivers a subscription-based print optimization software service to optimize content, reformat documents, and reduce wasteful printing. It allows users to integrate with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, as well as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

ConsortiEXis a hospital pharmacy consortium whose mission is to support the compounding pharmacy needs of member institutions and their affiliates by providing systems and services for distributing insourced compounded sterile preparations between members.

HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

Network Perception is providing a pioneering network device configuration analysis software to visualize and manage their network. The company delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignment with best practices and regulatory standards Network Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park.

VeriSIM Life, Inc. develops disease-specific biosimulation models that allow researchers at pharmaceutical companies to model in software how a drug will interact in animals. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Ridge Diagnostics is a neurodiagnostic company offering its proprietary first-in-class blood test for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) through its CLIA-certified laboratory in North Carolina. Based upon it’s proprietary Human Biomarker Library and it’s Biomarker Hyper-Map™ technology platform, Ridge Diagnostics has developed multi-variant biological marker assays and diagnostic algorithms to manage the treatment of depression

OceanComm, Inc. develops a wireless underwater modem which enables wireless video streaming underwater and wireless remote control of underwater vehicles. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Medical Engineering Innovations (MEI) is focused on bringing new technologies to market that combat liver cancer with more effective tools for liver surgery and localized cancer treatment by heat (tumor ablation). Their technologies combine a unique algorithm to control the application of radiofrequency energy to tissue, with enhanced blade electrode geometries to optimize tissue heating.

Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

FoodMaven Corporation owns and operates a digital marketplace for dated and perishable grocery items. It sells local, oversupplied, and imperfect food from distributors, manufacturers, and producers to restaurants and institutional kitchens. FoodMaven Corporation was formerly known as FoodEx Corp and changed its name to FoodMaven Corporation in January 2016. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Vytelle is a company with a deeper purpose and revolutionary technology that helps to advance bovine, deer and buffalo genetics faster by redefining reproduction.

We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

IntelliWheels, Inc., is a startup company out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that develops technology to improve mobility options for wheelchair users.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

RiNGR, Inc. offers RINGR, a mobile application that enables users to connect with various people on the earth. Its RINGR application allows users to connect instantly with various people in the world through their smartphone or tablet, as well as request and schedule future interactions; record their conversations; and share the conversation on their blog, podcast, Website, and social media account or download the file for editing, playback, and archiving. RiNGR, Inc. is based in Champaign, Illinois.

OceanComm, Inc. develops a wireless underwater modem which enables wireless video streaming underwater and wireless remote control of underwater vehicles. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Diagnostic Photonics is developing advanced imaging technology to assist physicians in the real-time evaluation of tissue microstructure. The company's breakthrough medical imaging technology originated in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois, a leading interdisciplinary research institute.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Built In is a network of online communities operating as a recruitment solution for tech companies and startups in seven major tech markets. Their mission is to help talented people find their professional purpose; companies tell their stories (in a way no job post ever could), and communities connect over a shared passion for tech. The company currently operates seven sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, NYC, Boston, and Seattle, and is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 2010.

TimeDoc Health is a Chicago-based healthcare IT and nursing services company that develops solutions to help physicians navigate the changing reimbursement landscape in healthcare.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Serionix, Inc. develops air and water purification solutions using fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange materials. The company offers filters for air purifiers and furnace units. Its filters remove toxic chemicals and odors from air; and kill viruses, bacteria, and mold. Serionix, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Shotfarm's Product Content Network is the first end-to-end solution for the Management and Exchange of Product Information that meets the demands of the entire ecommerce industry. Free and simple core functionality combined with a suite of affordable and powerful upgrade options make Shotfarm instantly useful and infinitely scalable. One System, any format, thousands of Retailers and Manufacturers. Shotfarm just makes sense.

40% of US farmland is rented creating a $32 billion/year market. However, very little data on pricing and relative performance exists leading to a very inefficient market and to price distortion on both ends of the spectrum. Tillable was created to introduce data transparency to this market and make it more efficient to the benefit of all parties. The Tillable marketplace will provide price discovery, unprecedented access to new land, and information management to all parties, in one easy to use platform.

640 Labs is a precision farming platform that collects, analyzes and distributes data, effectively optimizing farming operations Farmers have proven to be willing adopters of technology if it provides value. Today, over 35% of all corn, wheat, and soybean farmers are using GPS auto-steered tractors to maximize yield. Now is the time to bring the power of analytics, mobile technologies and cloud computing to provide valuable insight and productivity improvements to farming.

Adrenaline mobility provides secure backend services for mobile apps. For security, Adrenaline uses military-grade end-to-end encryption to protect user’s data before storing it on a mobile device and before sending it to cloud servers. Despite this unparalleled level of security, Adrenaline is still easy to use. Adrenaline provides a library that developers put in their apps. This library has simple APIs for enabling developers to store encrypted data seamlessly in Amazon, Google, or Dropbox’s systems, obviating the need for developers to deal with complex security issues like key management, encrypted query processing, or secure message passing.

Clearstream.TV, Inc. mitigates the risks of video advertising by providing standardization with evaluation, auditing and reporting of video environments, including premium in-stream, in-banner, in-game, auto-play, and below-fold placements. The company also evaluates and scores the in-stream content for quality and contextual mapping. Clearstream.TV, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

IntelliWheels, Inc., is a startup company out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that develops technology to improve mobility options for wheelchair users.

Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Wrapify, Inc. operates a crowdsourced advertising platform that connects drivers and brands to create on-vehicle advertising campaigns. It allows commuters and drivers to earn extra income by wrapping their vehicles in art and commercial messaging. Wrapify, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in San Diego, California.

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WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc., a counter-drone airspace defense and security company, develops drone airspace security solutions to manage drones in sensitive airspace worldwide. Its products include DroneFox, a software for automatic detection, updated threat identification, and one-click mitigation of drones; and Scorpion, a counter-drone technology solution that detects, identifies, and defeats drone threats for mobile units. The company also offers WISDM that provides trust and authentication of drones to various UTM systems from end-to-end in two forms that include as a physical product that attaches to the drone or as a protocol that is part of the drone’s software. WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.

Clarify Medical, Inc. develops home therapy solutions for chronic skin treatments. It offers The Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system, an investigational device for use in treating plaque psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo; and Home Light Therapy System, a home phototherapy system for the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema. Clarify Medical, Inc. was formerly known as Skylit Medical, Inc. and changed its name to Clarify Medical, Inc. in September 2016. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

Diagnostic Photonics is developing advanced imaging technology to assist physicians in the real-time evaluation of tissue microstructure. The company's breakthrough medical imaging technology originated in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois, a leading interdisciplinary research institute.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

TrackBill is the solution government affairs professionals trust for simple, fast, mobile access to state and federal legislative information. Professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups of all sizes rely on TrackBill to identify bills within their areas of interest, track their activity, and report this information to their stakeholders.

Artio Medical develops endovascular medical devices for the embolization of vessels, aneurysms, and other vascular structures. The company's first products enable precise and immediate occlusion and rapid sealing of cerebral aneurysms and other target vessel segments using an over-the-wire microcatheter platform. These products enable physicians to perform better, faster, and safer vascular occlusion procedures. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

With over $150 billion spent on delivered fuels (i.e. Propane, Heating Oil, Diesel, etc.) every year, fuel distribution companies struggle to efficiently plan deliveries with more than 50% of all delivery miles (or about 1/6th of total market spend) being unnecessary. Tank Utility uses real-time tank level measurements from IoT monitors and innovative business intelligence software to eliminate wasted delivery miles while helping fuel providers provide a better customer experience through greater transparency..

Opendorse offers a SaaS publishing platform that allows anyone to send content to athletes to share on their social channels. The company provides an athlete marketing platform, trusted by the biggest brands in sports. Its platform connects athletes, partners, and fans on social media. It was founded by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun in 2012 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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HercuTech Inc. was founded in 2008 by Michael Niemann, the visionary behind the Company and its products. HercuTech was established to develop and market HercuWall®, the Company’s premier product. The Company invested several years of testing, development and constructing beta projects ensuring that HercuWall® exceeds the expectations of architects, engineers, builders and installers as HercuWall® is rolled into the mainstream. Building safety was paramount followed by ease of implementation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness. As HercuWall® evolved from its original configuration to its current form, third party engineers were continually involved. Extensive testing has been completed on the system and third party certifications have been earned. HercuWall® is a registered trademark of HercuTech Inc. Two prior U.S. patents have been issued and there is a U.S. patent pending and patents pending internationally in more than one hundred countries. Management continues to improve the HercuWall® system and other complimentary products will be added to the offering as they become available.

Snapshot Energy develops a technology designed to convert animal and human waste to bio-crude oil. Its technology produces a bio-crude oil product from an enhanced hydro-thermal conversion of the organic waste feedstock, enabling local energy centers to avail of a system that does not require the traditional costs and environmental impact of exploration, recovery, transportation, refinement and eventual distribution of hydrocarbon-based liquid fuels. Snapshot Energy was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Danville, Illinois.

Ryvit develops an integration software that delivers seamless flow of data between premise and software used in the construction industry. The software integrates software application to enterprise resource product, customer relationship management, e-commerce, social apps, and specialty industry-specific system without exhausting development resources, empowering companies to experience the ease of intelligent integrations, driving profit through automation and optimization of the applications in use. Ryvit is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

ImmuVenis is a biotechnology company with novel technology to discover and develop new biotherapeutics to treat infectious disease, cancer and autoimmune disorders

Blooma is a simple and cost effective loan origination platform that delivers data-driven intelligent asset scoring and deal pipeline insights to speed your loan processing decisions. With AI automation, configurable workflows and risk settings, you have the power to make the right lending decisions at scale.

Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Cardea Bio Inc., a biotech company, develops, manufactures, and delivers commercial graphene-based digital biosensor hardware, software, and molecular infrastructure. The company focuses on creating products and applications that enable precision healthcare by improving diagnostic ease, speed, and cost. Its insight biosensors use the conductive and biocompatible nanomaterial graphene to convert biomolecules into digital elements enabling biology to connect directly to digital networks and creating access to biological data. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

CityScan, a Chicago venture-backed software company, is leading the field in intelligent data collection and integration for Smart Cities and Utilities. Their patented process integrates private and municipal data with the most advanced 3D visual data collection methods available, resulting in improved efficiency operations while reducing overall costs. Their technology provides clients a solution to manage their assets, ensure businesses are operating within local ordinances and provide a safe environment for their residents. CityScan is a proud member of Industrious Chicago.

Hazel Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures packaging inserts to reduce the spoilage of fruits and vegetables. It offers packaging inserts called sachets that are placed in boxes of the produce by growers at the time of harvest, extending the shelf-life of produce by slowing aging in produce and preventing fungus or decay. The company also provides agricultural and horticultural consulting services. Hazel Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional location in Salinas, California.

Asto CT was founded on the principle of offering safe, high-quality volumetric imaging to improve quality of life for horses and ensure peace of mind for their owners. Their system for standing x-ray computed tomography (CT) is customized to meet the needs of horses in a safe and comfortable environment for the animal. They are pioneering the use of cutting-edge robotics in combination with advanced multi-slice CT to provide state-of-the-art screening and diagnosis. Their first mission is to improve diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the distal limb and diseases of the head and neck in horses.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

TimeDoc Health is a Chicago-based healthcare IT and nursing services company that develops solutions to help physicians navigate the changing reimbursement landscape in healthcare.

Clarify Medical, Inc. develops home therapy solutions for chronic skin treatments. It offers The Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system, an investigational device for use in treating plaque psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo; and Home Light Therapy System, a home phototherapy system for the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema. Clarify Medical, Inc. was formerly known as Skylit Medical, Inc. and changed its name to Clarify Medical, Inc. in September 2016. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

Clearstream.TV, Inc. mitigates the risks of video advertising by providing standardization with evaluation, auditing and reporting of video environments, including premium in-stream, in-banner, in-game, auto-play, and below-fold placements. The company also evaluates and scores the in-stream content for quality and contextual mapping. Clearstream.TV, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

TrackBill is the solution government affairs professionals trust for simple, fast, mobile access to state and federal legislative information. Professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups of all sizes rely on TrackBill to identify bills within their areas of interest, track their activity, and report this information to their stakeholders.

Snapshot Energy develops a technology designed to convert animal and human waste to bio-crude oil. Its technology produces a bio-crude oil product from an enhanced hydro-thermal conversion of the organic waste feedstock, enabling local energy centers to avail of a system that does not require the traditional costs and environmental impact of exploration, recovery, transportation, refinement and eventual distribution of hydrocarbon-based liquid fuels. Snapshot Energy was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Danville, Illinois.

Rithmio, Inc. provides a gesture recognition platform. The company’s software platform helps product teams create accurate and personalized gesture-based products. Its software platform integrates with motion-sensing devices, such as wearables, smartphones, or connected sports equipment at sensor, OS, or application-level to learn, track, and analyze motion. Rithmio, Inc. was formerly known as Neurogito, Inc. and changed its name to Rithmio, Inc. in May 2014. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

Tunespeak, LLC operates a musician-to-fan loyalty platform. Its platform enables users to earn points by listening music, watching videos, checking photos, and sharing with their friends and followers. Its platform also facilitates a user’s friend to earn points for a contestant once for each song, picture, and video for the entire duration of the contest or raffle. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

12 labs is a spinoff from the MIT Media Lab, and is funded by top Silicon Valley investors including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and Google Health Founder Adam Bosworth. Our flagship product is the Applause health app.

Clarify Medical, Inc. develops home therapy solutions for chronic skin treatments. It offers The Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system, an investigational device for use in treating plaque psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo; and Home Light Therapy System, a home phototherapy system for the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema. Clarify Medical, Inc. was formerly known as Skylit Medical, Inc. and changed its name to Clarify Medical, Inc. in September 2016. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

Markit Medical is an online platform that assists its users in identifying and comparing healthcare costs. The platform enables patients to schedule appointments of their healthcare providers and compare prices and qualifications. Physicians can use the platform to obtain scheduling support and personalized referral solutions. Insurers can use the platform to provide price transparency information to the patients. Markit Medical was launched in 2015 and is based in Illinois.

CureMatch, Inc. is a San Diego-based digital health company focused on personalized medicine and combination therapy in oncology. CureMatch's Decision Support System guides oncologists in the selection of cancer drugs that are customized for individual patients based on their molecular tumor profile. CureMatch enables oncologists to become experts in personalized medicine by providing them with actionable intelligence towards advanced cancer treatment options.

Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Cardea Bio Inc., a biotech company, develops, manufactures, and delivers commercial graphene-based digital biosensor hardware, software, and molecular infrastructure. The company focuses on creating products and applications that enable precision healthcare by improving diagnostic ease, speed, and cost. Its insight biosensors use the conductive and biocompatible nanomaterial graphene to convert biomolecules into digital elements enabling biology to connect directly to digital networks and creating access to biological data. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

LISNR® powers transactions across the customer journey globally with the most advanced Ultrasonic Data Platform. Today, companies like Jaguar Land Rover, Ticketmaster, and Visa use this solution to create secure & frictionless moments for consumers around the world. Founded in 2012, LISNR is located in Oakland, CA and Cincinnati, OH. Major investors include Intel, Jump Capital, Mercury Fund, R/GA, and Synchrony Financial.

Serionix, Inc. develops air and water purification solutions using fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange materials. The company offers filters for air purifiers and furnace units. Its filters remove toxic chemicals and odors from air; and kill viruses, bacteria, and mold. Serionix, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

TimeDoc Health is a Chicago-based healthcare IT and nursing services company that develops solutions to help physicians navigate the changing reimbursement landscape in healthcare.

Network Perception is providing a pioneering network device configuration analysis software to visualize and manage their network. The company delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignment with best practices and regulatory standards Network Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park.

Shotfarm's Product Content Network is the first end-to-end solution for the Management and Exchange of Product Information that meets the demands of the entire ecommerce industry. Free and simple core functionality combined with a suite of affordable and powerful upgrade options make Shotfarm instantly useful and infinitely scalable. One System, any format, thousands of Retailers and Manufacturers. Shotfarm just makes sense.

Adarza BioSystems is an early-stage medical diagnostics company developing a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care (POC) samples. In addition to performing sophisticated clinical tests within minutes, this technology potentially allowing hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in St Louis, Missouri.

Adrenaline mobility provides secure backend services for mobile apps. For security, Adrenaline uses military-grade end-to-end encryption to protect user’s data before storing it on a mobile device and before sending it to cloud servers. Despite this unparalleled level of security, Adrenaline is still easy to use. Adrenaline provides a library that developers put in their apps. This library has simple APIs for enabling developers to store encrypted data seamlessly in Amazon, Google, or Dropbox’s systems, obviating the need for developers to deal with complex security issues like key management, encrypted query processing, or secure message passing.

Learnerator is a computational exam prep platform. Free full-length practice exams and review summaries combine with custom feedback and powerful analytics.

mpressInteractive, LLC, was founded in 2011 to develop mobile apps for the creative and educational community. The company’s first product, a virtual letterpress for the iPad called LetterMpress, quickly gained tens of thousands of users worldwide and has been featured by such publications as USA Today, Forbes, Fast Company, MacUser, and TechCrunch. Today mpressInteractive provides custom application design and development for publishers, corporations, and institutions that want to engage their clientele through creative and personalized app experiences. The company is backed by Serra Ventures

Clarify Medical, Inc. develops home therapy solutions for chronic skin treatments. It offers The Clarify mobile ultra violet B treatment system, an investigational device for use in treating plaque psoriasis, eczema, and vitiligo; and Home Light Therapy System, a home phototherapy system for the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and eczema. Clarify Medical, Inc. was formerly known as Skylit Medical, Inc. and changed its name to Clarify Medical, Inc. in September 2016. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Diego, California.

HercuTech Inc. was founded in 2008 by Michael Niemann, the visionary behind the Company and its products. HercuTech was established to develop and market HercuWall®, the Company’s premier product. The Company invested several years of testing, development and constructing beta projects ensuring that HercuWall® exceeds the expectations of architects, engineers, builders and installers as HercuWall® is rolled into the mainstream. Building safety was paramount followed by ease of implementation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness. As HercuWall® evolved from its original configuration to its current form, third party engineers were continually involved. Extensive testing has been completed on the system and third party certifications have been earned. HercuWall® is a registered trademark of HercuTech Inc. Two prior U.S. patents have been issued and there is a U.S. patent pending and patents pending internationally in more than one hundred countries. Management continues to improve the HercuWall® system and other complimentary products will be added to the offering as they become available.

CureMatch, Inc. is a San Diego-based digital health company focused on personalized medicine and combination therapy in oncology. CureMatch's Decision Support System guides oncologists in the selection of cancer drugs that are customized for individual patients based on their molecular tumor profile. CureMatch enables oncologists to become experts in personalized medicine by providing them with actionable intelligence towards advanced cancer treatment options.

Adrenaline mobility provides secure backend services for mobile apps. For security, Adrenaline uses military-grade end-to-end encryption to protect user’s data before storing it on a mobile device and before sending it to cloud servers. Despite this unparalleled level of security, Adrenaline is still easy to use. Adrenaline provides a library that developers put in their apps. This library has simple APIs for enabling developers to store encrypted data seamlessly in Amazon, Google, or Dropbox’s systems, obviating the need for developers to deal with complex security issues like key management, encrypted query processing, or secure message passing.

Shop & Support offers a pay for performance program for merchants and nonprofit organizations. Its transactional fundraising program brings consumers new ways to support their favorite charities through directed “everyday” shopping; allows merchants to convert consumer passion for worthy causes into support for their brand; and enables nonprofit organizations with a fundraising model that complies with their stringent guidelines. The company is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

They are a team of designers, engineers and creatives that bring the R&D department into businesses that do not have one, or are seeking a new perspective on current initiatives. They pride ourselves on their ability to identify, define, and execute development projects that help you differentiate and win in your market.

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

FarmLead Resources Ltd. operates a digital marketplace that allows buyers and sellers to list, negotiate, and finalize grain deals. The company offers GrainTests.com, an online service that allows grain farmers to test their grain. It serves farms in North America. Its marketplace is available online and as a mobile application. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Ottawa, Canada. It has operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.

Serionix, Inc. develops air and water purification solutions using fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange materials. The company offers filters for air purifiers and furnace units. Its filters remove toxic chemicals and odors from air; and kill viruses, bacteria, and mold. Serionix, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

Spinlight Studio, Inc. develops and publishes educational games and applications on iOS, Android, and Mac platforms for kids. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Champaign, Illinois. As of July 17, 2015, Spinlight Studio, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Codagami.

OPER (ORDER. PAY. EARN. REDEEM.) is a central rewards app for restaurant diners. Our mobile food ordering, payment and rewards platform offers users 5% back on every food purchase while remaining free for both consumers and restaurants to participate.Anyone can download OPER's app for iPhone or Android, easily set up an account, add money to it, and place orders for delivery or pick-up. They can then pay using OPER's mobile app when dining in or carrying out and will be rewarded with 5% back on all restaurant purchases. The 5% reward can later be redeemed at any participating restaurant.

We are a Data as a Service company specializing in helping e-commerce companies become data-driven by addressing their data integration, data management, data visualization and data analytics needs

HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

Hazel Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures packaging inserts to reduce the spoilage of fruits and vegetables. It offers packaging inserts called sachets that are placed in boxes of the produce by growers at the time of harvest, extending the shelf-life of produce by slowing aging in produce and preventing fungus or decay. The company also provides agricultural and horticultural consulting services. Hazel Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional location in Salinas, California.

WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc., a counter-drone airspace defense and security company, develops drone airspace security solutions to manage drones in sensitive airspace worldwide. Its products include DroneFox, a software for automatic detection, updated threat identification, and one-click mitigation of drones; and Scorpion, a counter-drone technology solution that detects, identifies, and defeats drone threats for mobile units. The company also offers WISDM that provides trust and authentication of drones to various UTM systems from end-to-end in two forms that include as a physical product that attaches to the drone or as a protocol that is part of the drone’s software. WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.

Personify specializes in the fields of presentations, software, and videos. Personify uses technologies in computer vision to develop fresh and immersive video experiences. These experiences facilitate real and meaningful connections with everyone, everywhere. It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

VeriSIM Life, Inc. develops disease-specific biosimulation models that allow researchers at pharmaceutical companies to model in software how a drug will interact in animals. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

GoSite is a robust digital platform for the 12 million small businesses providing local services in the U.S. The platform helps these businesses make the transition from offline to online by giving them everything they need to connect with customers in the digital era. The all-in-one, cloud-based platform and mobile app transforms the way they run their business by making it easier for their customers to attract and transact with their business online.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

Persio’s multi-channel marketing and decision platform put the power of personalization into marketers’ hands. Built to meet the needs of retailers, Persio connects marketers’ existing data sources, technology solutions, deployment channels, and identity resolution services into a single, interoperable interface so that marketers can deploy data-driven and personalized campaigns across web, email, SMS, mobile apps and other sales channels to reach customers with relevant offers at their most responsive point.

WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc., a counter-drone airspace defense and security company, develops drone airspace security solutions to manage drones in sensitive airspace worldwide. Its products include DroneFox, a software for automatic detection, updated threat identification, and one-click mitigation of drones; and Scorpion, a counter-drone technology solution that detects, identifies, and defeats drone threats for mobile units. The company also offers WISDM that provides trust and authentication of drones to various UTM systems from end-to-end in two forms that include as a physical product that attaches to the drone or as a protocol that is part of the drone’s software. WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.

Adarza BioSystems is an early-stage medical diagnostics company developing a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care (POC) samples. In addition to performing sophisticated clinical tests within minutes, this technology potentially allowing hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in St Louis, Missouri.

Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Rithmio, Inc. provides a gesture recognition platform. The company’s software platform helps product teams create accurate and personalized gesture-based products. Its software platform integrates with motion-sensing devices, such as wearables, smartphones, or connected sports equipment at sensor, OS, or application-level to learn, track, and analyze motion. Rithmio, Inc. was formerly known as Neurogito, Inc. and changed its name to Rithmio, Inc. in May 2014. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Serionix, Inc. develops air and water purification solutions using fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange materials. The company offers filters for air purifiers and furnace units. Its filters remove toxic chemicals and odors from air; and kill viruses, bacteria, and mold. Serionix, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Evisort is an AI-powered contract management company founded in 2016 by Harvard Law and MIT researches to develop artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help companies mine contracts for data. Evisort's AI understands meaning and context in legal language, virtually eliminating the need to read contracts. Evisort helps companies organize, understand, and extract data from their contracts. With Evisort, information locked away in documents becomes searchable, and key terms can be surfaced to the right people at the right time. It can be used across all documents across an organization and helps companies reduce costs and improve their compliance and business operations. Evisort was founded out of Harvard Law and MIT and has been backed by leading early-stage venture funds.

Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

SNOOZ is a consumer electronics startup developing white noise products to improve the way people sleep.The company's machine is an ultra-portable device for tracking sleep disturbances, it uses a turbine to produce white noise and can be controlled through a mobile device, enabling users to sleep peacefully.

PrintEco, Inc. develops and delivers a subscription-based print optimization software service to optimize content, reformat documents, and reduce wasteful printing. It allows users to integrate with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, as well as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

HercuTech Inc. was founded in 2008 by Michael Niemann, the visionary behind the Company and its products. HercuTech was established to develop and market HercuWall®, the Company’s premier product. The Company invested several years of testing, development and constructing beta projects ensuring that HercuWall® exceeds the expectations of architects, engineers, builders and installers as HercuWall® is rolled into the mainstream. Building safety was paramount followed by ease of implementation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness. As HercuWall® evolved from its original configuration to its current form, third party engineers were continually involved. Extensive testing has been completed on the system and third party certifications have been earned. HercuWall® is a registered trademark of HercuTech Inc. Two prior U.S. patents have been issued and there is a U.S. patent pending and patents pending internationally in more than one hundred countries. Management continues to improve the HercuWall® system and other complimentary products will be added to the offering as they become available.

Personify specializes in the fields of presentations, software, and videos. Personify uses technologies in computer vision to develop fresh and immersive video experiences. These experiences facilitate real and meaningful connections with everyone, everywhere. It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Olio Devices develops luxury lifestyle products for modern professionals. The company offers smart wearable devices such as wrist-watches alongside associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform for third-party services. Their first product, the Olio Model One timepiece, was announced in March, 2015. Olio Devices was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, CA.

LISNR® powers transactions across the customer journey globally with the most advanced Ultrasonic Data Platform. Today, companies like Jaguar Land Rover, Ticketmaster, and Visa use this solution to create secure & frictionless moments for consumers around the world. Founded in 2012, LISNR is located in Oakland, CA and Cincinnati, OH. Major investors include Intel, Jump Capital, Mercury Fund, R/GA, and Synchrony Financial.

Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

RiNGR, Inc. offers RINGR, a mobile application that enables users to connect with various people on the earth. Its RINGR application allows users to connect instantly with various people in the world through their smartphone or tablet, as well as request and schedule future interactions; record their conversations; and share the conversation on their blog, podcast, Website, and social media account or download the file for editing, playback, and archiving. RiNGR, Inc. is based in Champaign, Illinois.

ANDalyze offers products for testing water contamination using catalytic DNA technologies. Its devices use heavy metal sensors, kits, and fluorimeters and offer simple, fast, inexpensive, and reliable detection of trace metals and other target chemicals that enable clients to test and report water in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional heavy metals testing methods.

Reconstruct’s platform provides a ‘virtual command center’ of project replicas that enables project executives to more proactively and precisely manage construction progress including detecting current, past, and future performance issues. The platform’s 3D timelines enable near real-time coordination among general contractors, subs, owners, and lenders.

Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

TrackBill is the solution government affairs professionals trust for simple, fast, mobile access to state and federal legislative information. Professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups of all sizes rely on TrackBill to identify bills within their areas of interest, track their activity, and report this information to their stakeholders.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

HomeBay is a guided solution that makes it easy for homeowners to market and sell their property without the use or cost of a listing agent. Homeowners can list their home for sale in less time than it takes to meet with a realtor. Home Bay then syndicate their listing to every site that matters from popular sites like Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, and Realtor.com to thousands of local agency and brokerage sites. Sellers manage their listings, open tasks, open houses, showings, and the incoming buyer offers directly from their dashboard. They can also receive and counter buyer offers with guided, in-form intelligence that is localized to their zip code. This guided transaction experience is akin to TurboTax, but applied to real estate forms.

HercuTech Inc. was founded in 2008 by Michael Niemann, the visionary behind the Company and its products. HercuTech was established to develop and market HercuWall®, the Company’s premier product. The Company invested several years of testing, development and constructing beta projects ensuring that HercuWall® exceeds the expectations of architects, engineers, builders and installers as HercuWall® is rolled into the mainstream. Building safety was paramount followed by ease of implementation, sustainability, and cost competitiveness. As HercuWall® evolved from its original configuration to its current form, third party engineers were continually involved. Extensive testing has been completed on the system and third party certifications have been earned. HercuWall® is a registered trademark of HercuTech Inc. Two prior U.S. patents have been issued and there is a U.S. patent pending and patents pending internationally in more than one hundred countries. Management continues to improve the HercuWall® system and other complimentary products will be added to the offering as they become available.

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

640 Labs is a precision farming platform that collects, analyzes and distributes data, effectively optimizing farming operations Farmers have proven to be willing adopters of technology if it provides value. Today, over 35% of all corn, wheat, and soybean farmers are using GPS auto-steered tractors to maximize yield. Now is the time to bring the power of analytics, mobile technologies and cloud computing to provide valuable insight and productivity improvements to farming.

Tech.li - highlighting innovation all over the country. Tech.li is a technology weblog dedicated to covering a wide range of the latest technology companies, start-ups, and products. Tech.li works with the expansive community of technology, social media, interactive and other technology start-ups to help shape future of technology news media and provide exposure to all start-up companies. Follow us on twitter @techDOTli

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

Personify specializes in the fields of presentations, software, and videos. Personify uses technologies in computer vision to develop fresh and immersive video experiences. These experiences facilitate real and meaningful connections with everyone, everywhere. It was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Diagnostic Photonics is developing advanced imaging technology to assist physicians in the real-time evaluation of tissue microstructure. The company's breakthrough medical imaging technology originated in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois, a leading interdisciplinary research institute.

OPER (ORDER. PAY. EARN. REDEEM.) is a central rewards app for restaurant diners. Our mobile food ordering, payment and rewards platform offers users 5% back on every food purchase while remaining free for both consumers and restaurants to participate.Anyone can download OPER's app for iPhone or Android, easily set up an account, add money to it, and place orders for delivery or pick-up. They can then pay using OPER's mobile app when dining in or carrying out and will be rewarded with 5% back on all restaurant purchases. The 5% reward can later be redeemed at any participating restaurant.

Persio’s multi-channel marketing and decision platform put the power of personalization into marketers’ hands. Built to meet the needs of retailers, Persio connects marketers’ existing data sources, technology solutions, deployment channels, and identity resolution services into a single, interoperable interface so that marketers can deploy data-driven and personalized campaigns across web, email, SMS, mobile apps and other sales channels to reach customers with relevant offers at their most responsive point.

Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Olio Devices develops luxury lifestyle products for modern professionals. The company offers smart wearable devices such as wrist-watches alongside associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform for third-party services. Their first product, the Olio Model One timepiece, was announced in March, 2015. Olio Devices was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, CA.

Oso Technologies makes internet connected hardware systems. Our first product, Plant Link, makes monitoring and controlling water usage for plants easier than ever before. By placing the wireless sensors next to their plants users receive custom watering schedules via text message, email, or push notification. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Urbana, Illinois, United States.

Adarza BioSystems is an early-stage medical diagnostics company developing a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care (POC) samples. In addition to performing sophisticated clinical tests within minutes, this technology potentially allowing hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in St Louis, Missouri.

Nanomed is a provider of graphene biosensor products used in life science research, drug discovery, and diagnostics, and health-monitoring. They provide fast and affordable tools for small molecule drug discovery. They have developed a breakthrough electrical assay based on proprietary Field Effect Biosensing (FEB) technology that detects molecular interactions. This technology employs a unique graphene biosensor to enable label-free, highly sensitive binding studies of small molecules to proteins. With a wide dynamic range, small sample requirements, and minimal signal contributions from common solvents and detergents, their technology complements existing technology and accelerates small molecule drug discovery. As the world’s leading mass-manufacturer of next-generation graphene biosensors, their mission is to transform the healthcare industry with innovative new products that accelerate cutting-edge life science and drug discovery research. It was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California.

Caterva, a development stage company, intends to develop a real-time social-marketing platform. The company was formerly known as Yottaclick, Inc. and changed its name to Caterva, Inc. in September, 2010. Caterva, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

IntelliWheels, Inc., is a startup company out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that develops technology to improve mobility options for wheelchair users.

Opendorse offers a SaaS publishing platform that allows anyone to send content to athletes to share on their social channels. The company provides an athlete marketing platform, trusted by the biggest brands in sports. Its platform connects athletes, partners, and fans on social media. It was founded by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun in 2012 and headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.

TrackBill is the solution government affairs professionals trust for simple, fast, mobile access to state and federal legislative information. Professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups of all sizes rely on TrackBill to identify bills within their areas of interest, track their activity, and report this information to their stakeholders.

Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

GoSite is a robust digital platform for the 12 million small businesses providing local services in the U.S. The platform helps these businesses make the transition from offline to online by giving them everything they need to connect with customers in the digital era. The all-in-one, cloud-based platform and mobile app transforms the way they run their business by making it easier for their customers to attract and transact with their business online.

Phi Optics Inc. develops optical imaging systems for life sciences, medical diagnostics, nanotechnology, and semiconductor testing applications. It offers Quantitative Phase Imaging, a label-free, non-contact, and non-invasive imaging method for measuring nanoscale structures and dynamics via interferometry. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

ConsortiEXis a hospital pharmacy consortium whose mission is to support the compounding pharmacy needs of member institutions and their affiliates by providing systems and services for distributing insourced compounded sterile preparations between members.

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Helia Care, Inc. develops paperless invoicing and requisition management software for the healthcare facilities and manufacturers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

TrackBill is the solution government affairs professionals trust for simple, fast, mobile access to state and federal legislative information. Professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups of all sizes rely on TrackBill to identify bills within their areas of interest, track their activity, and report this information to their stakeholders.

Kypha Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes in-vitro diagnostic biomarker tests within the inflammation and autoimmune space. It offers COMP ACT System, an inflammation and immune diagnostics to improve the way human health and disease activity is monitored and treated in patients. The company’s product is used in various applications across a range of indications that include lupus, stroke, traumatic brain injury, preeclampsia, infection, kidney disease, and transplant rejection. Kypha Inc. was formerly known as Kentucky Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

12 labs is a spinoff from the MIT Media Lab, and is funded by top Silicon Valley investors including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and Google Health Founder Adam Bosworth. Our flagship product is the Applause health app.

Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

HerdDogg, Inc. develops real-time, remote livestock monitoring system for tracing livestock for livestock producers. The company provides HerdDogg a mobile app and software platform that provides breeding, animal health tracking, and traceability insights on individual animals using DoggTag tags that are attached to the ears of the herd animal and DoggBone, a passive device that collects herd data from the tags about the activity, health, and location of each animal. The company’s HerdDogg is used by various livestock industries, such as beef, bison, dairy, and sheep. HerdDogg, Inc. was formerly known as Rogue Rovers, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Ashland, Oregon.

Tech.li - highlighting innovation all over the country. Tech.li is a technology weblog dedicated to covering a wide range of the latest technology companies, start-ups, and products. Tech.li works with the expansive community of technology, social media, interactive and other technology start-ups to help shape future of technology news media and provide exposure to all start-up companies. Follow us on twitter @techDOTli

Phi Optics Inc. develops optical imaging systems for life sciences, medical diagnostics, nanotechnology, and semiconductor testing applications. It offers Quantitative Phase Imaging, a label-free, non-contact, and non-invasive imaging method for measuring nanoscale structures and dynamics via interferometry. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.

Medical Engineering Innovations (MEI) is focused on bringing new technologies to market that combat liver cancer with more effective tools for liver surgery and localized cancer treatment by heat (tumor ablation). Their technologies combine a unique algorithm to control the application of radiofrequency energy to tissue, with enhanced blade electrode geometries to optimize tissue heating.

Conservation Labs is an Amazon Alexa Fund portfolio company. We founded Conservation Labs to help you save money and better manage our natural resources. This is our big challenge: there are over 3 trillion gallons of unwanted water use each year in the U.S. alone, costing us $70 billion. With water, a little knowledge goes a long way. H2know helps you save money and improve our water use.

Earshot is a precision-based real-time marketing platform that helps brands discover and acquire new customers through social media. Earshot's patent pending Decibel Level is a real-time relevancy score that is unique to every brand or campaign. Decibel Level is customizable on the fly so customers can weight variables like location, bio, post content, even logo detection to find the social media posts that are most important in real time.

Reconstruct’s platform provides a ‘virtual command center’ of project replicas that enables project executives to more proactively and precisely manage construction progress including detecting current, past, and future performance issues. The platform’s 3D timelines enable near real-time coordination among general contractors, subs, owners, and lenders.

RiNGR, Inc. offers RINGR, a mobile application that enables users to connect with various people on the earth. Its RINGR application allows users to connect instantly with various people in the world through their smartphone or tablet, as well as request and schedule future interactions; record their conversations; and share the conversation on their blog, podcast, Website, and social media account or download the file for editing, playback, and archiving. RiNGR, Inc. is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Snapshot Energy develops a technology designed to convert animal and human waste to bio-crude oil. Its technology produces a bio-crude oil product from an enhanced hydro-thermal conversion of the organic waste feedstock, enabling local energy centers to avail of a system that does not require the traditional costs and environmental impact of exploration, recovery, transportation, refinement and eventual distribution of hydrocarbon-based liquid fuels. Snapshot Energy was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Danville, Illinois.

Evisort is an AI-powered contract management company founded in 2016 by Harvard Law and MIT researches to develop artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help companies mine contracts for data. Evisort's AI understands meaning and context in legal language, virtually eliminating the need to read contracts. Evisort helps companies organize, understand, and extract data from their contracts. With Evisort, information locked away in documents becomes searchable, and key terms can be surfaced to the right people at the right time. It can be used across all documents across an organization and helps companies reduce costs and improve their compliance and business operations. Evisort was founded out of Harvard Law and MIT and has been backed by leading early-stage venture funds.

Lumec Control Products focuses on the development and commercialization of its proprietary inherently linear and high turndown flow control valve for low-pressure gases. Flow control is everywhere in their lives; fuel injection in their cars, gas flow to their homes, water flow control, industrial processes, and many more common applications. Many of the devices used in these installations are outdated devices that did the job years ago. Today, with regulations and ever-increasing demand for optimizing their manufacturing processes, while controlling costs and protecting ou environment, these outdated devices cannot provide the results that are required. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Peoria, Illinois.

Caterva, a development stage company, intends to develop a real-time social-marketing platform. The company was formerly known as Yottaclick, Inc. and changed its name to Caterva, Inc. in September, 2010. Caterva, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

RiNGR, Inc. offers RINGR, a mobile application that enables users to connect with various people on the earth. Its RINGR application allows users to connect instantly with various people in the world through their smartphone or tablet, as well as request and schedule future interactions; record their conversations; and share the conversation on their blog, podcast, Website, and social media account or download the file for editing, playback, and archiving. RiNGR, Inc. is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Label Insight collects, aggregates and analyzes CPG label data to allow the government, retailers, manufacturers and app developers a comprehensive view of food labels. This includes allergens, additives, ingredient, and claims analysis.

PayStand's mission is to use modern Internet, Blockchain, and SaaS technologies to transform B2B payments & remove % fees. PayStand's revolutionary "Payments as a Service" model creates a smart billing & payment network that can digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, lower transaction costs, and enable new revenue. Enterprises from manufacturers and distributors, to software platforms and service providers use PayStand’s flexible platform to integrate digital payments into their websites, invoices, billing systems, and mobile applications.