Dennis E. Beard

PrintEco, Inc. provides paper saving software. Its paper saving software lowers printing costs for organizations while promoting green business practices. The firm’s app eliminates the excess printing and seamlessly integrates into Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, as well as Internet Explorer and Firefox. The company was founded in 2010 by Arpan Shah and Thomas Patterson and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Clearstream.TV, Inc. provides platform for evaluation, auditing and developing for online video advertising. It products include comprehensive video safety reporting that allows users to improve the performance of their current campaigns. The company was founded by Brian S. Mandelbaum and David Sinow in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Inprentus, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and selling of x-ray diffraction gratings for synchrotron radiation facilities. Its products include synchrotron gratings and fel gratings. The company was founded by Peter Abbamonte in June 2012 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

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.

ConsortiEX, Inc. provides healthcare technology services. It provides Information technology systems and services to manage the ordering, distribution and tracking of sterile injectable compounds for hospitals and affiliated networks. The company was founded by Neal Long in 2013 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

TomoTherapy, Inc. manufactures and provides radiation treatment systems for advanced radiation therapy. It provides radiation treatment services for cancer patients with its TomoTherapy Hi·Art System, which changes the intensity of the radiation beam so that it adapts to the shape of the tumor. The firm's system focuses on killing cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. The company was founded by Thomas Rockwell Mackie and Paul J. Reckwerdt in 1997 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Open Prairie Ventures Inc (Open Prairie) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by James M. Schultz. The firm headquartered in Effingham, Illinois.

Innara Health, Inc. provides understanding and improvement of neonatal, pediatric, and adult feeding. It offers the FDA-cleared NTrainer System, the first neonatal technology that assesses and develops non-nutritive suck for newborns and infants born prematurely. The company was founded by David Stalling and D. Michael Litscher in 2006 and is headquartered in Olathe, KS.