IllinoisVENTURES is committed to helping entrepreneurs and technical founders to build world-changing businesses with the potential to create new market opportunities or significantly expand existing ones. During the course of the past six years we have led or collaborated on the initial funding of over 40 new ventures spanning a broad spectrum of scientific and technological innovation across multiple domains.
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Advanced Diamond Technologies is a leader in developing and applying diamond films for industrial, electronic, and medical applications. -
ANDalyze (formerly DyzmeTech) offers products for testing water contamination using catalytic DNA technologies. -
Autonomic Materials is developing and commercializing breakthrough low-cost, self-healing polymer systems for high performance coatings and structural composites. -
Cbana Laboratories is working to commercialize adsorbents and microfluidic and microanalytical devices for the chemical analysis needs of government and private entities. -
Chromatin is unlocking the potential of plants to produce greater value and high-value crop products in multiple sectors. -
Diagnostic Photonics, Inc. is developing an ultra-high resolution, in vivo, microscopic imaging platform for intra-operative use. -
EdenPark Illumination is focused on commercializing a unique, low-cost, low-energy, flexible lighting technology involving "microplasmas" (nanoliter pockets of ionized gas) in large, flexible arrays. -
Fluensee develops RFID-enabled asset tracking and supply chain management solutions to improve the visibility, accuracy, security and utilization of a company's mobile and fixed assets. -
iCyt is a profitable and innovative company that develops advanced biological cell analysis equipment, including high-throughput cell sorters, cytometers and analyzers, which conduct analysis of cells by optical means. -
INI Power Systems is focused on commercializing direct methanol laminar flow fuel cells. -
KGRA Energy uses organic Rankine cycle power modules to convert the heat it harvests from engines, turbines, and other heat sources to renewable electricity. KGRA sells this generated power back to the heat host or electrical grid. -
Local Offer Network has created distribution networks and technology platforms that create new revenue streams and opportunities to participate in the lucrative group buying marketplace. -
mirror.me is commercializing web-based software to classify and catalog social media information published on the Internet to enable users to search for and discover people based on their social profile. -
Nuvixa's mission is to deliver a radically improved video communication experience that is more immersive, compelling, and intuitive than existing video technology. -
One Llama Media is a leader in audio analysis, search, and discovery systems. -
Pier Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is working to commercialize products to treat sleep-related breathing disorders, notably obstructive sleep apnea with its lead compound in development, PP-001. -
RiverGlass is a leading provider of advanced, intelligent web information collection and analysis solutions. -
Semprius is commercializing patented technology that allows transfer printing of high performance semiconductors onto virtually any surface. -
Sharethis is a company that makes online sharing easy. Their technology allows media to become truly social immediately, with the click of just one button. -
SolarBridge Technologies offers solar module manufacturers and installers an innovative microinverter solution that makes rooftop solar more cost-efficient, reliable, and easier to install than ever before. -
Solidware Technologies, Inc. has identified a market defining opportunity in automated software quality engineering. -
Tekion is developing a micro fuel cell that will be used to power cell phones, laptop computers, and other mobile devices. -
Tetravitae Biosciences is developing next-generation production platforms for renewable bio-based chemicals and biofuels based on conventional and cellulosic feedstocks.