I am also having the same issue when trying to get the igniteui-angular2 setup to use igGrid. I reviewed the sample you provided and the only thing I see thatI didn't have setup was the css links and scripts references in _laout.cshtml.

<!-- Ignite UI Required Combined CSS Files -->
<link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.2/latest/css/themes/infragistics/infragistics.theme.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.2/latest/css/structure/infragistics.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/modernizr/modernizr-2.8.3.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

<!-- Ignite UI Required Combined JavaScript Files -->
<script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.2/latest/js/infragistics.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.2/latest/js/infragistics.dv.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/2016.2/latest/js/infragistics.lob.js"></script>

I added them and I am still getting the same error:

Exception: Call to Node module failed with error: Error: Uncaught (in promise): ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
at Object.extractAllGridFeatureOptions (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\igniteui-angular2\index.js:66:32)
at D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\igniteui-angular2\index.js:163:28
at Object.<anonymous> (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\igniteui-angular2\index.js:168:2)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at resolvePromise (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:468:31)
at resolvePromise (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:453:17)
at D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:502:17
at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:265:35)
at Object.onInvokeTask (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\@angular\core\bundles\core.umd.js:5966:41)
at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:264:40)
at Zone.runTask (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:154:47)
at drainMicroTaskQueue (D:\dev\VRF\VRF-North-America\VRF-NA\JCI.BE.VRF.NA.Web\node_modules\zone.js\dist\zone-node.js:401:35)
at runMicrotasksCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:58:5)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)

Hello,

I'm attaching Angular2 template in Visual Studio 2015 with IgTextEditorComponent, please review it and let me know if it if it helps.