Innovation Illinois

Enterprise Materials Tech. ATIP Biofuels Illinois Accelerator

IFSH - Food NCSA/ Works Research Entrepreneurship
Laboratory Center
Loyola Research Center (IARC)
Technology User Facilities
Innovation University NCAUR Institute for
Polsky Center
Inst. For Neutron Therapy
Genomic Bio Center Fermilab
Bioinformatics
Galvin Center
User Computation Chicago Booth
for Electricity
Illinois Northern Center for Facilities/
Innovation University Illinois Nanoscale ALCF
JCESR
Institute of of Illinois Materials Pritzker
WISER Technology University School of
Inst. for
Molecular
University of Medicine /
BSD
.
Institute of UTP IIT Engineering Chicago
Design &
Engineering ISTP Argonne
CTP
Research UChicago Tech
PeoriaNEXT
Parks Northwestern INVO
Nanotechnology
University of
Innovation University Kellogg School of
Illinois Universities Management/Farley
Research Park
Federal Labs DePaul
University Research Northwestern Feinberg School
Park SIUE Philanthropy Incubation Health Sciences of Medicine
Park at SIU University
University
Ag Research Capital & Financial Services
Industrial Labs
Southern Networks Energy
Illinois
Tech Transfer
University
Ecosystem Industry Biotech and
Angel Pharma
ISGRIC Conveners
IVCA Manufacturing
Rush WBC
Incubators, IT/
Seed University Clean Energy Mentorship, ISTC Communications
Hospital Co-Working Trust Community &
Spaces
iBIO Public IL GA
State
ITA
Networking PROPEL
Early Accelerators Sector /DCEO
ARCH City of Chicago
1871 Built in
Incubator
Chicago Museums
TechNexus Chicago Chicago CEC Founder’s
Capital Private Innovation Innovation Institute Culture Performing
Chicagoland Arts
Equity Awards Mentors Chamber of Excelerate
Catapult Impact Amenities
Growth Expansion TechAmerica Commerce Labs/TechStars Engine Healthbox
Innovation
By the
Numbers
 Academic R&D

$2.26 Billion R&D Expenditure for

S&E at Illinois’ Universities

8th Highest State Academic R&D

Expenditure in the Nation

Source: National Science Foundation

 Academic R&D

$8.7 Billion Regional R&D

Academic Expenditure on S&E

4th Highest Regional Academic

R&D Expenditure in the Nation

Source: National Science Foundation

 Academic R&D

$1.3 Billion in Life Sciences R&D

$779 Million in NIH funding,

9th Highest in the Nation

Source: National Science Foundation

 Private Sector R&D

$11.4 Billion in Private Sector

R&D Spending

8th Highest Level of Private

Sector R&D Spending

13% of Total National Private

Sector R&D Spending

Source: National Science Foundation

 Business Climate

+13,000 New Businesses Created

in 2011

18.6% of these in Professional,

Scientific & Technical Services

Source: Dun & Bradstreet; Illinois Innovation Index, Jan 2012

 Business Climate

$64.8 Billion in Exports in 2011

5th Exporting State in the U.S.

29.5% Growth in State Exports &

10.9% in Chicago Exports in 2011

Source: Brookings Institute

 Talent

10% of National Biopharma

Employment
#2
6th Highest Number of Doctoral
Graduates in the Nation
5% Increase in STEM Degree #1
Graduates Between 2009-2010

#2
Source: Cluster Mapping Project; Illinois Innovation Index, Nov 2011
 Dynamism

Over 50% Increase in Academic

Patenting from 2001-2011

8th Highest Rate of Academic

Patenting in the Nation

Source: Association of University Technology Managers; Illinois Innovation Index, Aug 2012
 Dynamism

10th Highest Number of University

Startups in 2010

Over 120 University Startups

Spun Out Between 2006-2011
27: Record Number of University
Startups in 2011

Source: Association of University Technology Managers; Illinois Innovation Index, Aug 2012
 University Innovation

University Cutting Startup and Industry

Innovation Edge Entrepreneurial Collaboration
Research Support

• Engineering • EnterpriseWorks • Private Sector Program at NCSA

• Nanotechnology • Technology Entrepreneur Center
• Center for Nutrition, Learning and
• IllinoisVENTURES
• Supercomputing • I-Start Memory in partnership with Abbott

• Design & Engineering

• University Technology Park • Idea Shop and Interprofessional
• WISER/Electricity Innovation
• Knapp Center for Entrepreneurship Projects (IPRO)
• Food Technology

• Life Sciences • NUVention and Farley Center for

• NUCATS institute for clinical and
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Engineering translation research partnerships
• Levy Inst. for Entrepreneurial Practice
• Nanotechnology • Baxter- Northwestern Alliance
• Innovation and New Ventures Office

• Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship

• Life Sciences • Chicago Innovation Fund
• Uchicago Tech
• Physical Sciences
• New Venture Challenge

• Southern Illinois Research Park

• Agricultural sciences • Center for Friction Studies
• Saluki Innovation Lab and Fund
• Technology Transfer Office
• Technology and Innovation Expo

• Physical Sciences
• Office of Technology Management • Engineers in Residence
• Mathematical Sciences
 Federal Research Laboratories
Argonne National Laboratory
Leader in energy technology,
nanotechnology, super computing
and molecular engineering
Fermilab
Leader in particle physics and
accelerator technology
National Center for Agricultural
Research Utilization (NCAUR)
Leader in agricultural research, food
technology and biofuels
 Energy Storage Hub
 Advanced Photon Source (APS)
 Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)
 Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF)
 Tevatron at National Accelerator Laboratory
 Illinois Accelerator Research Center
 Institute for Neutron Therapy
 Lederman Science Center for STEM education
 Pilot Plant for technology and business
incubation in chemical, biological and food
 Agricultural Technology Innovation
Partnership Program (ATIP)
 University partnership with Bradley University
 Research and Technology Parks

1
2
Illinois Science + Technology Park (ISTP)
3
 Tenant companies include multinationals Astellas
Pharma, APP Pharmaceuticals, Vetter Pharma

The Chicago Technology Park (CTP)

 Embedded in the Illinois Medical District (IMD)

University Technology Park at IIT 4

 Idea Shop, 13,000 square feet facility for student-
industry collaboration, 19 wet labs and 9 dry labs
5
Peoria Next Innovation Center
 Location of Bradley University Technology
Commercialization Center (BTCC)

The Research Park at Univ. of Illinois

 2011 Outstanding Research Park of the Year 7

The Southern Illinois Research Park

 Saluki Innovation Lab, 15,000 square feet and
Saluki Concept Fund
6
The University Park at Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville
 Home of the Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center
 Incubators and Co-Working Spaces
Two
EnterpriseWorks Tech Innovation Center Forbes
Innovation
High-Tech

 Top 10 Incubators to Watch (Forbes)  Top 10 Incubators to Changing the

 30+ tenant companies, including World (Forbes) Distinguished
Yahoo, Caterpillar and Abbott Incubators

The Incubator at IIT

 Designed with facilities for biotech
and material science startups

TechNexus
Innovation

1871
Digital

 Top 10 Incubator to Watch (Forbes)  50,000 sq. ft. co-working space,

200 tenants, including Excelerate
 160 companies launched Labs, Starter League and ISTC

Catapult
 Over 15 peer-selected startups
Innovation
Social

Panzanzee
 Dedicated exclusively to social
innovation startups
 Accelerators

Digital Innovation Health Innovation Social Innovation

Excelerate Labs
 Ranked by Forbes as one
of ‘10 Hottest Incubators’ Health Box Impact Engine
 Accelerator jump starting  Accelerator program jump
heath care startups starting social innovation
TechStars startups
 One of the nation’s
premier accelerators

Founder Institute
 World’s largest accelerator
startup; one of 37 chapters
world wide
 Concentrated Seed, Early, and Later Stage
Funding
Capital Strategy Civc Partners
Baird Private Equity
Management Co.
First Analysis Chicago Growth Partners Duchossois Technology
Partners
Bridge Street Capital Expansion &
River Cities Capital Funds JK&B Capital
Prism Opportunity Fund MK Capital Growth
Dunrath Capital
Red Barn Investments Hopewell Ventures Lead Lap Enterprises

Anderson Pacific Lightbank BirdLion

Corporation
Second Century Ventures Apex Venture Partners Sandbox Industries E
OCA Ventures
Early
Ceres Venture Fund New Enterprise Associates

$ KB Partners Origin Ventures New World Ventures

Abbott Ventures Baxter Ventures
Illinois Innovation Venture
Ninth Street Advisors Fund (IIVF)
Energy Foundry i2A Fund OCA Edge Batterson Venture Capital
ARCH Venture Partners Seed
Sustainable Local Food Fusion Ventures
Investment Fund
New World Seed Hyde Park Venture Partners
Investment Fire Starter Fund
Serra Ventures Open Prairie
Wildcat Angels
Stateline Angels
Hyde Park Angels Angel Irish Angels
Central Illinois Angels Heartland Angels
Cornerstone Angels IllinoisVENTURES

Development Stage/Stage of VC Investment

 Transportation Center Point

America’s Air and Rail Center Point of Interstate

Transportation Hub:
Transportation System
1.5 billion tons of freight
 Industrial Strength Bandwidth

3rd Highest Concentration of

Over $300 Million Invested
Optic Fiber in the Nation: 7.96
in Broadband in 2010-2011
Terabytes Capacity

America’s Air and Rail

Transportation Hub

Sources: Broadband Illnois; TeleGeography and Crain’s Chicago

 Fortune 500 Community
Food and Food
Biotechnology Healthcare Processing Retail

4th Largest Concentration of Fortune 500

Advanced Companies IT and
Manufacturing Communications
Home to over 30 Fortune 500 Company
Headquarters

Logistics and Energy Insurance Print Media

Transportation and Finance
 Sample Industry R&D Facilities

Telecommunications Manufacturing & Agricultural, Food,

Biomedical
& Electronics Chemicals Research & Environmental
Motorola Baxter Kraft
BP Global Fuels
Mobility
Alcatel-Lucent Underwriter Labs Abbott Pepsi

CTS Electronics Nalco Astellas Wrigley

AT&T Gas Tech Inst. APP Pharma Monsanto

Molex Caterpillar Takeda DuPont Danisco

Archer Daniels
GE Boeing Nanosphere Midland
Toshiba Medical Research
Illinois Tool Works Institute

Siemens Medical
John Deere Co. Solutions
Innovation
Priorities
Energy Storage, Smart Grid and Clean Tech
 Energy Storage, Smart
Grid, and Clean Tech

$1.6 billion in legislated smart grid upgrades

$72.5 million legislated early stage fund

for clean tech and smart grid startups
Energy Storage, Smart Grid and Clean Tech 2 unique smart grid test beds for advanced
energy research and commercialization

4th in DOE advanced energy technologies R&D

funding in 2011

Source: Department of Energy, Office of Science

 Smart Grid and Energy Storage Innovation

Home to $120 million DOE award for

Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
$3.2 Billion for energy infrastructure and
Smart Grid modernization
Unique Smart Grid utility funded test beds
for energy technology commercialization
$72.5 million fund to accelerate innovation
& consumer access to Illinois’ Smart Grid
 Energy Delivery Infrastructure

Positioned at the intersection of two

RTOs: PJM and MISO

Meeting point of two of the world’s

largest energy markets

Unique energy pricing arbitrage

opportunities
Health Innovation and Life Sciences
 Health Innovation

2nd largest hub for bioscience-related

distribution

5th largest biopharma hub in the country

Health Innovation and Life Sciences 2nd largest gain in new medical device
establishments in the country

$779 million in NIH funding, 9th highest

in the nation in 2011

Illinois medical district – nation’s largest urban

medical district and host of 30 biotech companies

Source: Battelle, State of Bioscience Initiatives, 2012; National Institutes of Health; Illinois Medical District
Healthcare and Life Sciences Innovation
Nanotechnology Hub
 Nanotechnology Hub

70+ companies involved in nanotechnology

International Institute of Nanotechnology

represents $600 million in nanotechnology
research, education and infrastructure
Nanotechnology Hub
2 NSF nanoscience institutes

11 nanoscience and nanotechnology

research centers

Source: Illinois Nanotechnology Report

Web/Mobile
 Web/Mobile

New startup created in Chicago every 44 hours

197 startups launched in 2012

$63 million and 11 VC deals in 2012,

Web/Mobile making Chicago one of top cities for
Internet companies

$698 million from 27 exits exit events

Source: Built in Chicago; CB Insights

Telecommunications & IT
 Telecom and Information Technology

4500 telecom and IT companies

Major operations by IBM, Microsoft, & Google

Telecommunications & IT
5th largest IT workforce in the nation

$16 billion in salaries

Source: Illinois Technology Association (ITA)

High-Performance Computing &
Cyberinfrastructure
 High-Performance Computing
and Cyberinfrastructure

Home to 2 of the world’s fastest supercomputers –

Mira at Argonne & BlueWaters at NCSA

2nd largest data center in the world –

1.1 million square feet
High-Performance Computing &
Cyberinfrastructure
3rd most powerful fiber optic infrastructure in
the nation – 7.96 terabytes capacity

2 unique high-performance user facilities

for industry and academic R&D

Sources: TOP500; TeleGeography and Crain’s Chicago

 Next Generation Cyberinfrastructure
StarLight/
Northwestern
Thompson Center
Gleacher Center – State & City
I-WIRE:100Gb capable IT infrastructure UIC/Electronic
Govt. Complex
connecting Argonne, UIC, NCSA, UofC, & NU Visualization Lab University
IIT of Chicago
I-WIRE is used by NSF-funded projects:
TeraGrid, OptiPuter, DOT and Teraport

Bedrock for StarLight, next generation IT Argonne

facility for advanced network research

Most networks in North America peer at

StarLight - Abeline, ESnet, CA*Net

Network Facilities UIUC/National Center

I-WIRE for Supercomputing
Institutions Applications