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DW Data, Inc. provides web-based business services. Its services include business builder, professional services and zoomshare. The company was founded by Craig A. Terrill and Robert A. Schultz in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Purina Animal Nutrition LLC manufactures animal feed. The company's products include young animal, personalized dairy & dry cow feeds, rumen buffers and NutriSave Forage management. It also offers expert solutions. It was founded in 1921 and is located in Shoreview, MN.

ShareThis, Inc. provides access for social web communities which make online sharing easy. It offers campaign delivery and optimization, audience segmentation and targeting, analytics, and real-time social reactions. The company was founded by Timothy Schigel and David E. Goldberg in 2004 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Tekion Canada, Inc. manufactures electronic and other electrical equipments. It also provides portable and backup power fuel cell products The company was founded on February 24, 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Solidware Technologies, Inc. provides software assessment and engineering solutions. It offers SWaudit, an assessment solution, which acts as a central collection point for source code analytics and third party data, and also automates quality assessments. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Personify, Inc. (Illinois) provides video communication solutions. Its products include ChromaCam, Fusion, and Presenter. The company was founded by Minh N. Do, Quang Nguyen, Sanjay Jeram Patel, Wen-Mei Hwu and Dennis Lin in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Serionix, Inc. develops technologies for water purification using fibrous activated carbon and ion exchange materials. It has initially targeted two niche markets drinking water purification and DOC collective chemical protection systems. The company was founded by James Economy, James langer and Weihua Zheng in 2011 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

backstitch, Inc. develops and operates a platform for personalized employee communications. The company was founded by Jordan Warzecha and Stefanie Warzecha and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Agrible, Inc. provides predictive analytics tools for farmers and growers. Its software provides field-level forecasts and data on yield predictions, nutrient availability, fieldwork timing, spraying conditions, hail events, potential pest problems, and weather. The company was founded by Bill Northcott, Christopher M. Harbourt, Eric Snodgrass, and Paul S. Miller in 2007 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Cardea Bio, Inc. develops bioelectronics for use in research and diagnostics. Its products include AGILE 100 and pipeline. The company was founded by Ross Bundy, Kiana Aran, and Brett Goldsmith in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Jimmy John's Franchise LLC owns and operates sandwich restaurants. The firm's focus areas encompass franchise opportunities, business investment and application, franchise management, menu development, and business marketing and consulting. It develops and manages restaurants offering gourmet sandwiches, giant club sandwiches, plain slims, beverages, and low fat sandwich options. The firm also offers catering orders, which include party platters, box lunches, pickle bucket, and gourmet chips and cookies. The company was founded by James John Liautaud on January 13, 1983 and is headquartered in Campaign, IL.

Brandt Consolidated, Inc. engages in the manufacture of agricultural specialty products. Its products include aquatics; adjuvants; pest and disease control; plant growth regulator, and soil amendments. The company was founded by Glen Brandt and Evelyn Brandt Thomas in 1953 and is headquartered in Springfield, IL.

Illinois Ventures LLC (Illinois Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Waterborne Environmental, Inc. provides risk assessment consulting services that offers solutions to environmental problems. It offers crop protection, water and wastewater assessment, field studies and data collection, environmental modeling, toxicology support, geospatial analysis and data science, and literature review and scientific writing. The company was founded by Patrick W. Holden and W. Martin Williams in 1993 and is headquartered in Leesburg, VA.

Champaign County Economic Partnership is a non-profit organization which engages in the provision of economic development services. The firm offers assistance for business startup, expansion, relocation, patent consideration, workforce development issue, incentive consideration, and access to professional resources or parts supplier and any other internal or external business operation. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Reconstruct, Inc. provides predictive computer vision data analytics for construction sites. It offers visual asset management, 4D visual production models and predictive visual data analytics solutions. The company was founded by Mani Golparvar Fard, Derek Hoiem and Timothy Bretl in 2016 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Home Bay Technologies, Inc. provides real estate services to home sellers and buyers. It offers services for single-family detached homes, condominiums, town homes, manufactured homes, and lots and land through its online platform. The company was founded by Tom Owen, Joe Zulli, and Ryan Owen in 2014 is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

MarketRiders, Inc. provides investment services. It helps investors create the appropriate global asset allocations using low-cost Exchange Traded Funds based upon the Modern Portfolio Theory approach. The company was founded by Stephen Beck, Mitchell Jay Tuchman and Ryan Seth Pfenninger in 2007 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, MO.

Aaron Equipment Co., Inc. engages in buying, selling and trades processing and packaging equipment. It offers managed services such as listing, consignments, liquidations, auctions, appraisals and asset management. The company is headquartered in Bensenville, IL.

LumiSource LLC is a furniture and lighting company founded in 1997. The company is based in Elk Grove Village, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers modern and chic bar stools, furniture, lighting, and decorative accents that add contemporary flair and style to any room.

Northern Seed LLC distributes certified seeds and provides seed treatment. It also offers services such as soil sampling, tissue sampling, field scouting, application and precision agriculture. The firm's products include crop protection, fertilizer & nutritionals, and seed. The company was founded by Robby Barkley and Ron Ueland in 1983 and is headquartered in Loveland, CO.

Flats or Spikes, Inc. is a start-up company based in Champaign, IL that specializes in crowdsensing data collection and predictive analytics. The private company focuses on the science of the human condition to help coaches and athletes achieve their goals. The company uses data, analytics, and science to understand athletic performance and create continual improvement for individuals, leaders, and teams.

Indigo Ag, Inc. provides microbial solutions. The company was founded by Noubar Afeyan, David A. Berry, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlestown, MA.

Serra Building LLC provides real estate services. The company is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Snooz, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of ultra-portable white noise sleep machine. Its product SNOOZ, features fan inside, adjustable tone, volume settings, and is app-enabled. The company was founded by Eli S. Lazar and Matthew M. G. Snyder in 2015 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Phi Optics, Inc. develops imaging solutions for life sciences and bio-pharma researchers. It provides optical imaging systems for medical diagnostics, nanotechnology and semiconductor industry. The firm offers Quantitative Phase Imaging, non-contact and non-invasive imaging method for measuring nano-scale structures and dynamics via interferometer. The company was founded by Gabriel Popescu and Catalin Chiritescu in 2009 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.