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WE CREA+E INNOVATIONS 201 7 A NNUA L REPORT

1 WE CREA+E INNOVATIONS A NNUA L REPORT Clockwise: Max & Liliaa Youger, Mobility Desiged; Mary Kay O Coor, Patiets Voices; Malcom Towes, Sait Louis Uiversity; Audiece at Tech Sapshots

INNOVATIONS GROW HERE A classroom program to help childre with autism lear social skills ad collaboratio. Helpig veteras thrive. Autoomous, umaed vehicles.

2 INNOVATIONS GROW HERE A classroom program to help childre with autism lear social skills ad collaboratio. Helpig veteras thrive. Autoomous, umaed vehicles. Smart sesors o city vehicles to collect iformatio about roads. A wearable device that helps caregivers track a patiet s movemets. A portable eutro radiatio detectio system. These iovatios, ad so may more, are disruptig their idustries, ad they were all created ad commercialized with the help ad coectios of Whiteboard2Boardroom (W2B). Whiteboard2Boardroom has bee great i coectig compaies like ours to uiversities, hospitals ad other leadig research istitutios throughout the regio. Idetifyig local techologies has bee importat ad Whiteboard2Boardroom has played a key role. P.J. PIPER, Fouder ad CEO of Aticipate Vetures Across a huge umber of idustries, W2B provides a very early look at iovatios o their way toward commercializatio, helpig idetify homegrow iovatios ad match them with etrepreeurs who ca take them to market. Durig the last five years, the Whiteboard2Boardroom (W2B) program has see its umber of parter istitutios expad from 4 to 23, which icludes research uiversities, hospitals ad corporatios. W2B cotiues to aggregate techologies available for licesig, attract CEO talet for startup compaies, secure strategic parters ad idetify capital ad prototypig resources. I its efforts to establish a pipelie of iovatios, the program has also supported etrepreeurship iitiatives at St. Luke s MidAmerica Heart Istitute, Rockhurst Uiversity, William Jewell College ad the Uiversity of Missouri Kasas City. W2B partered with a umber of military vetera support groups to work with trasitioig military veteras who have expressed a iterest i etrepreeurship or have existig compaies eedig assistace. To attract iovators to techology opportuities, W2B established Techology Sapshot evets ad webiars. I additio, a subscriptio-based tech alert system has bee created to idetify the techical iterests of regioal iovators ad compaies ad match them to techologies i our pipelie. Ad fially, the program is ow expadig ito the St. Louis regio with the additio of Sait Louis Uiversity as a W2B parter istitutio. This will add iovatios ad potetial startup CEO talet to our pipelie.

3 PIPELINE of INNOVATIONS At ay give time, W2B is workig with a umber of iovatios i the regio to help advace them to the marketplace. Lookig at the etwork described below, you ca see the sigificat pipelie of techologies from various techical fields available for licesig. NETWORK academic ad research orgaizatios, corporatios, ad hospitals, ready to accelerate regioal iovatio regioal parters that iclude corporatios, hospitals, academic ad research orgaizatios etrepreeurs ad compaies egaged ew iovatios available for licesig each year MATCH The W2B Project pipelie below ivolves iovatios i eed of metors, CEOs, prototypig resources, capital, strategic parters, busiess assistace, etc. 5 MEDICAL DEVICE SOFTWARE 32 7 DRUG DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING EDUCATION ADVANCE projects toward commercializatio $26.2M ew startups facilitated ew jobs i follow-o fudig * Program results measured from 2012 through Jue 30, 2017.

4 PARTNERS IN COLLABORATION >>> ST. LOUIS EXPANSION > GATEWAY TO THE EAST READY TO MOVE IDEAS TO MARKET? The Research Iovatio Group (RIG) at Sait Louis Uiversity is the latest parter to joi Whiteboard2Boardroom (W2B). Fouded i 1818, Sait Louis Uiversity (SLU) is oe of the atio s oldest ad most prestigious Catholic research uiversities ad is recogized for world-class academics ad life-chagig research. RIG focuses o icreasig the impact of uiversity research through licesig, commercializatio ad other forms of techology trasfer, makig it a perfect parter for W2B. W2B Tech Alert System is a yearly subscriptio service that matches techologies with etrepreeurs ad established busiesses that ca move those ideas to market. 1 SUBSCRIBE We re excited about parterig with Whiteboard2Boardroom, said Malcolm Towes, busiess developmet maager with RIG i the Office of the Vice Presidet for Research at Sait Louis Uiversity. We believe it presets a excellet opportuity to attract potetial collaboratio parters ad help spread the word about SLU s outstadig research assets ad iovative techologies that ca chage lives for the better ad improve our society. For W2B, the coectio with SLU provides aother aveue ito iovatios comig out of the St. Louis metro area, as well as access to startup maagemet talet ad other corporate ad idividual commercializatio resources. to receive otificatios of techologies available for licesig 2 SELECT Whiteboard2Boardroom has doe a outstadig job showcasig the amazig techology that is beig created i our regioal uiversities. Whether it is a i-perso coferece or a webiar, the tech preseted has bee very thorough ad iformative to help determie where tech ca fit ito a existig or ew compay or platform. 3 CONNECT with W2B to be matched with a techology from a list of categories: Agriculture, Aimal Health & Veteriary Medicie, Chemistry & Advaced Materials, Computer, Egieerig, ad Huma Health 4 MOVE GREG ELLIOTT, Director of Busiess Developmet Data Ceters, LightEdge ideas to market with the help of W2B expertise ad coectios

TECH SNAPSHOTS I etrepreeurship, it s all about solvig a problem.

licesees as possible. W2B decided to be iovative about presetig iovatios, lauchig the first Tech Sapshots i Jauary 2017.

Durig follow-up etworkig, attedees asked more i-depth questios of the various preseters. The results were hearteig. Almost 90 percet were satisfied or very satisfied. The rest were eutral.

Altogether, 27 iovatios were preseted to almost 150 people. The process has yielded oe ew startup, ad at least two collaboratios.

5 TECH SNAPSHOTS I etrepreeurship, it s all about solvig a problem. Research istitutios are always seekig ew ways to preset their iovatios to the public beyod the usual marketig efforts ad techology showcases, all with the goal to attract as may potetial techology licesees as possible. W2B decided to be iovative about presetig iovatios, lauchig the first Tech Sapshots i Jauary A doze iovatios from eight uiversities ad research orgaizatios were preseted i rapid-fire sequece, just three miutes per preseter. Durig follow-up etworkig, attedees asked more i-depth questios of the various preseters. The results were hearteig. Almost 90 percet were satisfied or very satisfied. The rest were eutral. The experimet was repeated i April with 11 ew iovatios ad eve better results: 100 percet were satisfied or very satisfied. This ovel way of presetig iovatios was adapted to webiars i March ad Jue. Altogether, 27 iovatios were preseted to almost 150 people. The process has yielded oe ew startup, ad at least two collaboratios. Tech Sapshots attedees PARTNER LIST W2B works because of a strog relatioship with research istitutios, corporatios, CEO-level talet ad busiess developmet resources. Today, W2B has 23 istitutioal parters across the regio icludig: Blue Valley High School Ceter for Advaced Professioal Studies Overlad Park, Ka. The Buker KC Kasas City, Mo. Childre s Mercy Hospital Kasas City, Mo. Hoeywell FM & T Kasas City, Mo. Iovatio Stockyard St. Joseph, Mo. Jorda Valley Iovatio Ceter Sprigfield, Mo. Kasas City Uiversity of Medicie ad Bioscieces Kasas City, Mo. Kasas State Uiversity Mahatta, Ka. Mercy Research ad Developmet Sprigfield, Mo. Missouri Uiversity of Sciece & Techology Rolla, Mo. MRI Global Kasas City, Mo. Pittsburg State Uiversity Pittsburg, Ka. Rockhurst Uiversity Kasas City, Mo. Sait Louis Uiversity St. Louis, Mo. St. Luke s Mid America Heart Istitute Kasas City, Mo. Uiversity of Kasas Lawrece, Ka. Uiversity of Kasas Istitute for Advacig Medical Iovatio Kasas City, Ka. Uiversity of Kasas Medical Ceter Kasas City, Ka. Uiversity of Missouri Columbia, Mo. Uiversity of Missouri-Kasas City Kasas City, Mo. Uiversity of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, Mo. Wichita State Uiversity Wichita, Ka. William Jewell College Liberty, Mo.

PROJECTS I N TH E I NNOVATI ON PIPELINE Virtual Widows Commercializatio Fast Track Whiteboard2Boardroom is focused o movig iovatios from uiversity, hospital ad research orgaizatios ito the

That was kid of the tail of the dog, he said. The begiig was a project to pay tribute to wouded warriors.

Jaie Stichter, MU isocial Uiversity Techology Trasfer With four startups uder his belt ad a heart to help people, Bob Etzel is provig to be the perfect parter to brig a Uiversity of Missouri Columbia

6 PROJECTS I N TH E I NNOVATI ON PIPELINE Virtual Widows Commercializatio Fast Track Whiteboard2Boardroom is focused o movig iovatios from uiversity, hospital ad research orgaizatios ito the marketplace. But sometimes the program helps idividual etrepreeurs avigate the challegig path to commercializatio. Jerry Eisterhold did t begi with the itetio to develop a techology. That was kid of the tail of the dog, he said. The begiig was a project to pay tribute to wouded warriors. Bob Etzel, isocial Brigig what we do to that project, we listeed to the commuity ad discovered a host of umet eeds. The we tried to develop somethig to respod to that. Dr. Jaie Stichter, MU isocial Uiversity Techology Trasfer With four startups uder his belt ad a heart to help people, Bob Etzel is provig to be the perfect parter to brig a Uiversity of Missouri Columbia (MU) iovatio to market. Etzel atteded Whiteboard2Boardroom s first Tech Sapshots evet i Jauary Bret Malad (MU seior licesig ad busiess developmet associate) talked about their program, isocial. With my backgroud i e-learig ad metal health I felt I could really help these people. isocial is a classroom program developed by Dr. Jaie Stichter, from the Uiversity of Missouri s Thompso Ceter for Autism ad Neurodevelopmetal Disorders. Her program helps childre with autism develop better social skills. Eight research studies over the last seve years have show that her program provides a sigificat beefit to may of the childre who participate. They developed a techology that doses iformatio, meetig those previously uaddressed gaps, creatig a more holistic healig eviromet that chages with patiets chagig eeds. The help from Whiteboard2Boardroom has bee importat. We come from a differet world, comig out of doig museums. Product-based busiess plaig is a alie thig. Havig a trusted, fairly disiterested broker as part of the coversatio was kid of importat. W2B is helpig Eisterhold map out the ext steps toward deploymet, as well as coectig the team to the busiess ad larger civic commuity. Together, they will frame up the techology for busiess developmet. To us, the mai thig is that we re comig from aother world. Whiteboard2Boardroom is guidig us through the morass of the busiess world. I the Uited States aloe, three ad a half millio childre have autism, ad the umber of reported cases has doubled sice We wat these childre to participate better i school ad to commuicate more effectively with family ad frieds. We also eed to egage their itellect ad skills i the workforce someday, Etzel said. Etzel ad his team of taleted game ad applicatio developers are turig the 31 classroom sessios ito a ew virtual world for childre with autism. Childre, parets ad teachers ca collaborate usig avatars i a virtual world that exteds beyod the school s walls. The virtual world will also welcome childre i difficult to serve areas that are remote or disadvataged. I additio to the programmig, Etzel ad his team are lookig at distributio chaels ad fudig, brigig the laguage of busiess to a prove, research-based program. The coectio betwee commercializatio resources ad promisig iovatios is at the heart of Whiteboard2Boardroom. This would t have happeed without Whiteboard2Boardroom. Jerry Eisterhold ad team

P.J. Piper, Aware Vehicles Sesory AI Startup Accelerat Aware Vehicles Uiversity Collaboratio Mike Brummett is takig a leave of absece from his studies at Rockhurst Uiversity to pursue a differet kid

Sesory AI uses smart sesors ad artificial itelligece, itegrated with city vehicles, to automate road ispectios for govermet.

7 P.J. Piper, Aware Vehicles Sesory AI Startup Accelerat Aware Vehicles Uiversity Collaboratio Mike Brummett is takig a leave of absece from his studies at Rockhurst Uiversity to pursue a differet kid of degree: he s hopig for a degree of success with his ewly formed compay, Sesory AI. Sesory AI uses smart sesors ad artificial itelligece, itegrated with city vehicles, to automate road ispectios for govermet. I m brigig affordable, smart city solutios to muicipalities that are left out of the coversatio about iovatio ad techology. I the area, that s just about every city that s ot Kasas City, Missouri, Brummett said. Homegrow teams developig homegrow iovatios ito successful compaies that s the visio of P.J. Piper for his relatioship with Whiteboard2Boardroom. Piper heads up Aticipate Vetures, which icubates iovatio with the right resources, etwork ad small busiess cotract or grat fudig to complete the critical research, developmet ad demostratio milestoes eeded to reduce the risks associated with commercializig the techologies. A glimpse of that dream ca be foud i Aware Vehicles, Ic., a ew startup collaboratig with the Uiversity of Missouri Kasas City. W2B highlighted the techology that provided the basis for the partership. Aware Vehicles is focusig o autoomous, umaed vehicles. Dr. ZhiQiag Che was researchig techologies for some of the capabilities I was lookig for. We teamed up ad started lookig at multiple applicatios for his research, Piper said. W2B was t the first time Piper met Dr. Che. Iroically, I had preseted to a collectio of differet professors at UMKC ad he [Dr. Che] said he was lookig at advaced sesig, imagig ad artificial itelligece, but I did t get to lear the details. The I watched the W2B webiar [which featured Dr. Che s research] ad realized the syergies betwee our techology developmets seemed like a great fit ad could lead to a powerful combiatio. The webiar resurfaced a opportuity. Aticipate Vetures is ot limitig its parterships to oe iovatio, with additioal projects pedig i ag, artificial itelligece ad life scieces. Whiteboard2Boardroom has bee great i coectig us to uiversities, hospitals ad other leadig research istitutios throughout the regio. Idetifyig local techologies has bee importat ad Whiteboard2Boardroom has played a key role. Mike Brummett, Sesory AI Brummett has bee workig o this project for about two ad a half years. Faculty at Rockhurst Uiversity itroduced him to Jim Baxedale ad Whiteboard2Boardroom early o. W2B has made a hadful of truly valuable itroductios for my compay, amely to stakeholders i local govermet. Importatly, too, it has coected me with people who have metored me through the procuremet process, as sellig to govermet is a challege i both regulatio ad policy. ALSO IN THE PIPELINE Here are examples of startup compay formatios assisted with the help ad coectios of Whiteboard2Boardroom INNOVATION COMPANY develops solar solutios to facilitate the expasio of electroic device usage i support of ecoomic developmet ad commuicatio. ASUUN is a wearable device that helps caregivers track a patiet s movemets. CARDIOPTIMUS is a safety device for use i trascatheter aortic valve replacemet. COLUMBIA INFORMATICS is a togue image aalysis app that will automatically aalyze the image to iterpret the perso s health status ad provide advice accordigly. FEEDMELOCL helps farms sell products more easily to local chefs through a app. LARIAT GENOMICS desigs drug compouds for treatig HIV. LAZSER DOWN offers digitally displayed real-time dow ad distace feedback o the football field. MOBILITY DESIGNED crafts iovative mobility devices for disabled users. NVISION AG uses remote sesig to diagose itroge deficiecy i crops ad determie appropriate levels of fertilizatio. SEEKEDGAR uses cloud techology to search compaies filigs to regulatory agecies. U2D is a portable eutro radiatio detectio system. URSA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES develops therapies for breast cacer. ZOLOZ (formerly EyeVerify) developed Eyeprit ID, a highly accurate biometric techology for smart devices that delivers a password-free mobile experiece with coveiet, secure, private autheticatio. ZORILLA predicts problematic iteractios of a drug i the early stages of its developmet. Right ow, I have seve total pilot programs ad aual cotracts with local cities. It s eough that it has become clear we are past the product/market fit stage ad ow are ready to move at full speed ito the growth stage.

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8 WHITEBOARD2BOARDROOM is fuded by the geerous cotributios of the followig orgaizatios: 4747 Troost Aveue Kasas City, MO Copyright 2017 The Curators of the Uiversity of Missouri, o behalf of Whiteboard2Boardroom

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