Illinois Innovation Ecosystem November 13, 2017
Illinois at a Glance Economic Powerhouse Largest economy in the United States, roughly the size of the Netherlands 5 th Research Leader In public and private R&D $16B expenditures annually Diversified Economy 14% The highest proportion of employment in any single Chicago sector 2
What makes up the ecosystem? Universities & Research Industry Capital Entrepreneurial Resources Infrastructure Government Clusters 3
Universities & Research
Research Universities universities with more than $15M in academic R&D 11Research 5
Federal Research Laboratories National leader in Energy technology Nanotechnology Super computing Molecular engineering Particle physics Accelerator technology National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Agricultural research Food technology Biofuels 6
Academic R&D $2.4B R&D spending by Illinois universities Illinois Academic R&D Growth, 2014-15 2.8% 8th Largest state for academic R&D United States 2.2% 7 Source: National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research % Development Survey
University-Supplied Talent 2 nd Most computer science grads nationally 10% Annual computer science growth, 2012-2106 4 th Most MBAs nationally 31.8% 28.3% 18.7% 18.2% 2007 2016 8 Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
University-Supplied Talent 40,000+ STEM graduates annually STEM Degrees by Level 6% 37% Of STEM grads receive advanced degrees 31% 63% 2,300 Postdocs employed by Illinois universities Bachelor's Master's Doctoral 9 Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
University-Driven Startups 800+ Companies created in the last five years 80%+ Of active university startups stay in Illinois 3x More startups in 2016, compared to 2012 2016 2012 91 285 10 Source: ISTC Analysis, Crunchbase, Pitchbook
University Incubation & Tech Parks 1 2 University of Illinois at Chicago: Health, Technology & Innovation (HTI) Center Bradley University: Peoria NEXT 8 9 10 7 1 6 6 7 Illinois Tech: Tech Park, Idea Shop, Kent Law Clinic University of Chicago: Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2 3 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale: The Southern Illinois Research Park 4 8 Western Illinois University: Quad City Manufacturing Lab 4 University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign: Research Park, EnterpiseWorks 5 9 Northern Illinois University: EIGERlab 5 Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville: Research Park 10 Northwestern University: The Garage 3 11
Industry
Fortune 500 Community Biotechnology IT and Communications Food Logistics and Transportation Energy 4 th Largest concentration of fortune 500 companies Healthcare Retail Advanced Manufacturing Insurance and Finance Others 13 Source: World Business Chicago
Tech Sector Growth Tech Companies Valued $1B+ Tech Companies with 1,000+ Employees 14 Source: World Business Chicago, MNI, Built in Chicago
Private Sector R&D $12.3B In private sector R&D, 2014 $13.1B $6.2B 300 Corporate R&D facilities in Chicago area 8 th Most private sector R&D nationwide 18% R&D expenditure increase 2011-2013 Illinois State Average 15 Source: National Science Foundation, 2016
Capital
Capital Catalyzing Growth Research Proof of Concept Early Stage Product Dev. Commercialization Chancellor s Innovation Fund NUseeds N.XT Fund UChicago Startup Fund Innovation Fund Saluki Concept Fund Concept Commercialization Award University Funds Federal Funding Private Funding Angel/Venture Capital Industry 17
SBIR/STTR $24.7M $7.6M $6.7M $447M in SBIR/STTR awards to Illinois over the last 10 years $2.9M Phase I Phase II STTR Funding,2015 Phase I Phase II SBIR Funding,2015 Source: sbir.gov
Venture Capital $1.4B In venture funding in 2015, accounting for bulk of Great Lakes activity Venture Capital Investment Deal Count Overall Value ($B) 170 206 234 259 222 Chicago 91 125 2.0 highest VC returns for any U.S. startup hub 67 66 0.5 0.6 1.1 53 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.4 1.4 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 19 Source: Illinois Venture Capital Association, Pitchbook & Chicago Venture Summit
Angel & Venture Capital 20+ Angel investment groups Sample of Funds 70 Venture capital funds 20 Source: IllinoisInnovation.com
Entrepreneurial Resources
Network of Incubators 50+ Incubators Top 10 Incubator to Watch (Forbes), 400+ companies launched Over 35 peer-selected startups. Employs more than 525, 90 percent of 35 companies still in business Energy and science technology incubator housed within Argonne National Laboratory Chicago s first incubator focused on the development of business and entrepreneurs in music, film/video and creative technology Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago 120,000 sq. ft. co-working space with nearly 500 tenants, including accelerators, incubators, tech talent schools, and the ISTC Chicago's first innovation center focused on physical product development and manufacturing Nationally recognized for efforts to promote diversity in tech. Expanded from Chicago to St. Louis, Baltimore, California and Indiana Health and med tech hub for healthcare entrepreneurs and investors, 150+ healthtech startups 120+ smallbiz tenants in its 410,000 square-foot incubator, one of the first 5 business incubators in the country 22
Network of Accelerators 20+ Accelerators Accelerator jump starting heath care startups Health and Food Accelerator focused on medical device innovation Nation s first accelerator focused on building supply chains for sustainable local food Digital Innovation One of the nation s premier accelerators. Access to 150+ mentors that include founders of Answers.com, BaseCamp, Groupon, GrubHub, OKCupid, Orbitz, OpenTable, Walmart World s largest accelerator startup; one of 37 chapters world wide Underrepresented Groups 16 week program helping tech women do business, business women do tech Social Innovation Former accelerator, now impact investment fund, invested $700K in 23 companies Designed to empower military veterans to become entrepreneurs and leaders in innovation 23
Infrastructure
Transportation Hub 100M Passengers pass through Chicago airports each year 50M Visitors to Chicago every year America s Air and Rail Transportation Hub Center Point of Interstate Transportation 25
Broadband Connectivity Connectivity by County 99.75% of households have access to high-speed internet (including rural areas) 31.5 mbps Average state-wide speed 26 Sources: Federal Communications Commission (Form 477, Part VI); household estimates by Geolytics; Broadband Illinois Five Year Report (2010-2014)
Next-Generation Cyberinfrastructure 100Gb I-WIRE IT infrastructure connects 27
Cost and Quality of Life 34% Lower total operating costs for tech companies in Chicago than San Francisco + 60% Lower average rent prices 500 Museums and art galleries 120 State parks 10 Professional sports team 28 Sources: CBRE Research, illinois.gov
Government
State Infrastructure Investment $216M In state funding to support 20 innovation hubs over 15 years 27:1 Return on state investment via Federal, private and other funding $216M State $5.9B Federal, private, and other funding 30 Source: ISTC
Strategic Public-Private Initiatives ChicagoNEXT Council of technology leaders to drive growth and opportunity National award-winning matchmaking program run by ISTC to connect large corporations with entrepreneurs $222M fund managed by the state treasurer to attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois Dedicated exclusively to increasing Illinois competitiveness for job creation and investment POWERED BY ITA Driving advancement of IoT technology, policy and industry, in Chicago and the Midwest 31
Federal Initiatives $120M $320M Argonne/Department of Energy partnership to create transformative battery technology for transportation and the electric grid UI LABS/Department of Defense partnership to transform manufacturing through digitization of the supply chain 32
NSF I-Corps I-Corps Sites Node 85 I-Corps teams $52M In funding raised by I-Corps teams 33 Source: NSF
Clusters
Innovation Clusters Food Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 35
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 36
Food Technology and Innovation 1 st In the nation for food related patents Tyson New Ventures: $150M fund for food startups, based in Chicago 30% Of Illinois VCs invested in food companies Based in Chicago Food science research consortium comprised of the Illinois Institute of Technology, FDA, and Industry Chicagoland FOOD Seizing the Opportunity to Grow Chicagoland s Food Industry 37 Sources: Battelle; USPTO/ISTC Analysis; Chicago Booth/Polsky Center, FARM Illinois
Ag Technology and Innovation Sector Strength 300,000+ Agriculture and related industry jobs $3.2B Invested in AgTech in 2016 PrecisionAg Nexus of data and agriculture Venture fund investing in transformative food and agriculture companies Organized to develop and implement a 21st-century strategic plan for food and agriculture 38 Sources: Battelle; USPTO/ISTC Analysis, FARM Illinois, AgFunder
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 39
Health and Life Sciences Innovation $98.6B In economic output 592,000 Jobs 157,000 New jobs by 2025 13% revenue growth in Illinois biotechnology industry 2 nd Largest gain in the nation in medical device establishments $749M In NIH funding 40 Source: E&Y; Battelle, State of Bioscience Initiatives, 2012; National Institutes of Health; Illinois Medical District, Business Climate Magazine
Health and Life Sciences Innovation Advancing Innovation ILLINOIS MEDICAL DISTRICT Largest urban medical district in the nation $3.4B In economic activity 50,000 Daily visitors Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) Searle Funds at Chicago Community Trust collaboration with Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago to accelerate biomedical discoveries and improve human health. 41 Source: imdc.org
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 42
Energy Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech $3.2B In legislated smart grid upgrades $22.5M legislated to Energy Foundry fund for early-stage clean tech and smart grid-enabled startups 3 rd in DOE funding for advanced energy technologies R&D 113,918 Clean energy jobs, highest number in the Midwest, 5.3% projected growth Advancing Clean Tech 43 Source: Department of Energy, Office of Science, OPEN 2012 Program, Clean Energy Trust
Energy Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech $4.6M for creation of Illinois Clean Energy Fund to seed funding for energy innovation 10% of all patents citing energy publications cite Illinois research $3M From SBA to Smart Grid Cluster to support smart grid startups $120M DOE award for energy storage research Smart grid test beds Smart grid test beds 44
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Web and Mobile Health and Life Sciences Innovation High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 45
Web and Mobile Innovation $1.7B In venture capital funding in 2015; 143 companies funded $8.2B From 39 exits in 2015 Tech startup resource More exits in 2015 than any previous year 70+ VC companies outside of Chicago invested in Chicago companies 46 Source: E&Y; Built in Chicago
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 47
Nanotechnology Hub 160+ Companies and research institutions $600M in nanotechnology research, education, and infrastructure at the International Institute of Nanotechnology (INN) 11 Research centers dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology Growth Spaces 48 Source: Illinois Science & Technology Roadmap
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 49
High-Performance Computing 2 Of the world s fastest supercomputers MIRA Blue Waters 1.1 million sq.ft. Data center, one of the largest in the world 7.96 terabytes of data transmitting over the 3rd most powerful fiber optic infrastructure 50 Sources: TOP500; TeleGeography and Crain s Chicago
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 51
Telecom and Information Technology 5 th Largest IT workforce in the nation and growing faster than the national average 200,000 Jobs added in 2015 Scaling Illinois tech companies Major Operations in Chicago 2 nd Most computer science degrees awarded nationally 52 Source: Illinois Technology Association (ITA); TechAmerica (CompTIA Cyberstates report)
Innovation Clusters Food & Ag Technology and Innovation Smart Storage, Smart Grid, and Clean Tech Nanotechnology Telecom and Information Technology Health and Life Sciences Innovation Web and Mobile High-Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Advanced Manufacturing 53
Advanced Manufacturing $100B In manufacturing output each year 572,500 Employed in manufacturing 3rd Highest manufacturing output nationwide Advancing Innovation in Manufacturing Manufacturing convener at the intersection of computing, big data, and the Internet of Things Chicago's first innovation center focused on physical product development and manufacturing Improving the productivity and competitiveness of Illinois' small and mid-sized manufacturing firms Rockford Area Aerospace Network Home to five tier-one aerospace companies and more than 90 supporting suppliers, with over 250 suppliers 54 Source: National Association of Manufacturers