Deep Tech Startups

Dirac Labs develops GPS-free quantum navigation systems that use the Earth's crustal magnetic signatures to determine location in environments where GPS is unavailable, such as underwater, underground, or indoors. The systems are designed to be passive, precise, and secure.

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Disarray builds AI research agents for long-horizon autonomy over heterogeneous data, helping practitioners automate tedious ML development tasks while maintaining control over high-judgment decisions. The company combines deep systems research with production ML expertise to create autonomous agents that track context, reuse prior work, and sustain open-ended experimental loops.

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Discovery Loop builds AI systems that automate the experimental loops of scientific and engineering research, using frontier AI models and large-scale computing to propose, run, and learn from thousands of experiments in parallel. The company is initially focused on automating machine learning research and engineering before expanding to other science and engineering domains.

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Dispatch Bio develops a universal immunotherapy treatment for solid tumors, combining engineered immunotherapy with a tumor-specific virus to improve cancer treatment outcomes.

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Distran manufactures ultrasonic (acoustic) cameras that detect and locate pressurized gas leaks from a distance for industrial operators in sectors such as oil and gas, chemical, and power generation. Its handheld and fixed monitoring products support leak detection, methane emission reduction, and safety inspections in hazardous environments.

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Howso (formerly Diveplane) builds understandable, explainable AI that lets users make decisions directly from data instead of relying on black-box neural networks, and offers an open-source engine. It serves researchers, academics, non-profits, financial enterprises, healthcare organizations, and government agencies.

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Divitel provides AI-driven operational intelligence and autonomous operations management for telecom operators and media companies managing video and broadband networks. The company leverages proprietary platforms, real-time data pipelines, and domain-trained AI models built on 25+ years of operational expertise.

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Dognosis builds "olfaction AI" that pairs trained biomedical detection dogs with a non-invasive canine brain-computer interface and machine learning to identify disease-associated volatile organic compounds in breath samples. Its breath-based screening is aimed at early, multi-cancer detection and produces a VOC risk score for clinicians.

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Dutscher provides after-sales service (SAV) and post-delivery support (SAL) for laboratory equipment and consumables, handling warranty claims, non-warranty repairs, maintenance, product returns, and transport damage resolution.

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DotBlocks develops a cloud-based numerical simulation platform for solving fluid dynamics and thermal problems using advanced methods like lattice Boltzmann modeling. The platform serves industrial R&D teams and researchers who need to run complex transient simulations and parametric studies.

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Jetraw Core is an in-camera RAW image compression technology that combines lossy noise compression with lossless signal compression for AI/ML perception systems, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, and industrial imaging. The solution reduces bandwidth and storage requirements while preserving image quality for machine learning model training and inference across embedded FPGA/ASIC or software implementations.

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DotX Automation develops intelligent robotic systems and automation solutions for the robotics industry, combining artificial intelligence, hardware design, and systems integration.

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Dotz develops graphene and carbon-based nanomaterials combined with detectors, a mobile app, and cloud software for product authentication, traceability, and anti-alteration, and is building sorbent technology for CO₂ capture. It serves brand security, ESG, and industrial applications across a range of industries.

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DphiSpace operates OmniSat, shared satellite platforms with onboard compute servers that host third-party hardware sensor payloads and run software workloads in orbit. It serves organizations needing space-based hosting for hardware and software, having flown its first demonstration mission, Clustergate-1, in March 2025.

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Draper is a venture capital firm that invests in startups across AI and robotics, Bitcoin and blockchain, precision medicine and longevity, aerospace and space infrastructure, and frontier deeptech. Its portfolio spans automation, decentralized finance, AI-driven diagnostics, and space technology.

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Draupnir Bio develops oral small-molecule degraders of extracellular and membrane-bound pathogenic proteins using a proprietary platform that targets lysosome receptors, extending targeted protein degradation (TPD). The biotech company focuses on drug discovery for diseases driven by extracellular proteins.

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Dream Photonics works on integrated photonics for use across a large number of devices. The company operates from Vancouver, Canada and Woodinville, Washington, USA.

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Dream3D is a research team building foundation models that turn data into interactive simulations.

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DreamHammer develops a platform for autonomous vehicles and data analytics, delivering actionable insights integrated into customer business systems. The company serves the energy, agriculture, construction, electronic security, defense, and government sectors across North America.

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DrillDocs offers CleanSight, a non-invasive system that measures wellbore health and cuttings transport in real time by integrating with existing rig equipment and data systems. It provides autonomous remote monitoring to help drilling crews and onshore operations centers detect and prevent stuck pipe and other non-productive time issues.

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droninghead labs is an early-stage venture being built at the intersection of hardware and software, led by a deep tech investor. The associated activity includes running a deep tech fund that backs science-driven founders and advising startups and organisations on product strategy and technology roadmaps.

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DropCode uses proprietary droplet microfluidics with a dual barcode technology to run millions of protein-screening experiments per hour, combined with AI analysis to discover novel, optimized proteins for customers. The company applies high-throughput biological data-mining to characterize protein function and design new-to-nature proteins.

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Dropla Tech develops AI-enabled threat detection systems for defense and humanitarian demining applications, utilizing edge computing to detect landmines, unexploded ordnance, IEDs, and drones with high precision in offline environments. The company serves NATO, Ukrainian forces, and European defense establishments with technology designed to operate in contested electromagnetic environments without cloud dependency.

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DropLab designs, tests, and manufactures custom microfluidics cartridges, systems, and devices, offering the full development spectrum from design and prototyping to fabrication. It serves research and industry clients across sectors including health and medicine, biochemical and molecular research, agriculture, and environmental sciences, building products such as lab-on-a-chip cartridges and point-of-care diagnostic devices.

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