IllinoisVENTURES invests in the development of seed and early-stage technology companies that focus on University innovations in Information Technology and Software, Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Nano Materials, Energy, Semiconductors and Device Physics. Our portfolio companies represent projects that have transferred out of the lab and have established a strong business platform with many of the pillars of success in place. These pillars include strong, domain qualified leadership; indentified large growing target markets; established beta customers; and proven technological differentiation.