Deep Tech Startups

Cereus Ultrasonics develops ultra-wideband active/passive sonar systems and high-power analogue components for interfacing piezo-electric transducers to power amplifiers in fluidic and high-pressure gas mediums. The company applies electro-acoustic techniques such as Acoustic Resonance Technology, including crack detection and condition measurement in gas pipelines.

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Cergentis provides genetic characterization and quality control services built on its Targeted Locus Amplification (TLA) technology platform, supporting the development of advanced therapies for pharma and biotech clients. Now part of Solvias, a CMC analytical services provider, it serves drug developers across the full development journey.

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Cesium is an open developer platform for building software applications with 3D geospatial data, providing visualization, data pipelines, curated data, and analytics. It includes a rendering engine and an implementation of 3D Tiles for streaming large datasets, serving developers across industries including government agencies and the U.S. Department of Defense.

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CESS is a decentralized storage infrastructure network that pools storage resources and provides data economy services, combining distributed storage and content delivery with cryptographic security mechanisms.

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CET evaluates early-stage biomedical technologies from researchers, universities and entrepreneurs and partners with them to support development and commercialization. It operates the CET Life Sciences Center, an incubator in Tennessee offering lab and office space and infrastructure for life sciences companies.

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Cetos Water develops advanced water treatment technology for desalination and brine management. The company commercializes thermally-driven solvent-based separation extraction (TSSE) technology to address hypersaline brine treatment and mineral recovery.

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Chaac develops virtual reality training experiences, UAV/drone applications, aerial 3D modeling, and georeferenced field data collection using emerging technologies. Its solutions target workplace training and military operational readiness alongside industrial field operations.

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Chainbound is a research and development lab focused on decentralized technologies.

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Chainreactor builds patented modular benchtop bioreactors and accompanying software that replicate industrial-scale physics, letting biomanufacturers design, predict, and test cell behavior before scaling up production. It serves biotech and biomanufacturing companies as a "picks and shovels" hardware/software provider for scaling bioprocesses.

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Chateauz provides a simulation and decision intelligence platform for evaluating infrastructure and capital decisions under uncertainty before deployment. Designed for energy, industrial, space, and defense sectors, it quantifies risk and creates an auditable record of decision-making processes.

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Chemical.AI transforms chemical synthesis through artificial intelligence and retrosynthetic analysis, serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and contract research organizations with tools to optimize synthetic routes and accelerate drug discovery.

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Chesapeake Technology develops SonarWiz, software for processing and analyzing marine survey data from sonar and bathymetric instruments. The platform serves offshore and maritime professionals conducting seafloor mapping, subsurface investigation, and underwater asset detection.

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Chevin Technology develops configurable Ethernet IP cores for Intel and AMD Xilinx FPGAs, offering hardware-accelerated networking that runs entirely in logic without a CPU. It serves clients in defence, medical and scientific research, industrial imaging, and data storage.

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Chip Analog designs high-performance analog semiconductors, including isolation and interface products, digital isolators, isolated sampling and drivers, signal chain, sensor, and power management chips. Its products serve industrial automation and robotics, energy and AI applications (such as photovoltaic inverters, energy storage, and charging stations), automotive electronics, and communications equipment.

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ChipBrain builds communication-assistance AI, including proprietary emotion prediction, emotional intelligence, and conversational AI models, to help people improve empathy and persuasion in conversations. The company designs custom deep learning GPU hardware to train its models.

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ChipCraft is a fabless semiconductor company that designs GNSS (satellite positioning) receiver chips and provides custom silicon design and development services. It serves customers across broad markets worldwide.

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ChipFlow provides curated open-source EDA tools, mixed-signal design workflows and engineering support for integrated circuit (IC) design. It serves SMEs, OEMs, foundries and partners with training, toolchain setup, IC design services and first-silicon support for exploration, prototyping and tapeout.

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Chirp operates a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) that connects IoT devices and sensors across different radio technologies to each other, the internet, and the blockchain. It offers connectivity, APIs, and tools for developers building real-world asset (RWA) dApps, and rewards a global community with $CHIRP tokens for running miners or scanning environments with their phones to build geopositioning data.

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Chromalloy develops FAA-approved PMA (Parts Manufacturer Approval) parts and advanced repairs for the gas path of gas turbine engines. It serves the aviation and aerospace industry as a supplier of engine components and repair services.

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ChromaTan develops biomanufacturing solutions that accelerate product development. The company focuses on manufacturing and biotech applications.

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Chromis Technologies engineers and manufactures custom amorphous fluoropolymers under its CyclAFlor brand, offering materials with optical transparency, chemical resistance, and low dielectric properties for applications like semiconductor pellicles, optical coatings, gas separation membranes, and microfluidics. It also provides R&D services, custom film development, specialty solvents, and fluoropolymer recycling for customers in electronics, optics, photonics, and clean energy.

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IIMA Ventures (formerly IIMA-CIIE) is an incubator and accelerator based at IIM Ahmedabad, offering physical infrastructure, training, coaching, and research-driven resources to early-stage startups. Established as a Centre of Excellence with support from India's Department of Science and Technology and the Government of Gujarat, it focuses on deeptech, digital inclusion, and climate ventures in India.

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CIMware is a deep-tech startup developing Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) and a Smart ToR Switch aimed at improving efficiency and sustainability in modern data centers. It targets data center operators facing data growth, power, and compute demands.

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CinderBio develops HyperThermoacidic Archaeal Proteases (HTA-Proteases) for proteomics research, enzymes that function at high temperature and low pH to enable rapid, single-step sample preparation before LC-MS/MS analysis. Its products serve scientists in bottom-up, high-throughput, and clinical proteomics workflows for applications such as de novo antibody sequencing and biomarker discovery.

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