Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — 2021 Investments

Atomnaut develops an atom microscope that images every atom in a material, capturing 3D position and element identity, and offers imaging, analysis, and design services for materials such as silicon transistors, high-strength steels, nanowires, quantum dots, and metal alloys.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

Autonomous Healthcare develops algorithms and closed-loop control systems for intensive care units, including automated fluid and vasopressor management, patient surveillance, and virtual patient models for validation.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices

Delivers state-of-the-art magnetics to enable power electronics components that are 90% smaller and 50% more efficient

EnergyHardwareNew MaterialsPittsburgh, US

Samuel Kernion(PRESIDENT)

e-skin Displays develops graphene and nanoscale-material technologies including structural-color photonic pigments (non-toxic, energy-saving paint), uncooled infrared sensors, heat-to-electricity conversion cells, and smartphone-based graphene biosensors for measuring neurotransmitters in blood.

Deep TechDefense TechNew Materials

FGC Plasma develops hypersonic and air-breathing propulsion technology, including scramjets aimed at reaching Mach 5 and beyond, for hypersonic and commercial flight vehicles.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Spotlight Technologies Corporation develops SPYDR, a wearable sensor platform that monitors physiological signals (SpO2, heart rate, respiratory patterns) and cognitive load in real time to identify and alert operators to risks such as hypoxia.

Defense TechHardwareHealthtech

Infinity Labs provides AFSIM modeling and simulation training along with cybersecurity training and consulting services.

CybersecurityDeep TechDefense TechDayton, US

Inspird advises and supports life sciences and medical device companies across product marketing, R&D, and manufacturing, drawing on leadership experience from major medical technology firms.

BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices

Sandeep Mehta(Founder & CTO)

LATCH (Lalaith) provides cloud consulting services—including cloud assessment, migration, engineering, and operations using cloud native, agnostic, and hybrid solutions—for U.S. federal agencies modernizing their IT missions.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityGovTech

MORSE is a team of engineers, software developers, and scientists with roots in aerospace engineering that develops technologies for defense and operational applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech

NeyroblastGX develops human iPSC-derived cells and 3D organoids — including cerebral, intestinal, and custom-made organoids — along with growth media for high-throughput drug screening, toxicity testing, and disease pathology research.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMurrieta, US

NNData builds custom data science, AI, and machine learning solutions that organize data and generate analytics, visualization, and predictive insights for decision-making.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

ObjectSecurity provides automated vulnerability analysis tools for binary software (including without source code) and AI/ML model internals, serving red teams, testers, DevSecOps, and MLOps in defense, industrial, and mission-critical environments.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense Tech

Protagonist uses AI, NLP, and machine learning to surface, measure, and track public narratives and audience beliefs across web discourse.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

Pi-Radio builds software-defined radios (SDRs) operating in frequency bands from 6GHz to 140GHz, including mmWave, with options for fully-digital beamforming and multi-lobe channel sounding.

Deep TechHardwareIoT

Quorum Innovations develops microbiome-based biotherapeutics that create biologic barriers in the gut to limit the body's absorption of environmental contaminants.

BiotechHealthtechLongevity

SimVentions is a 100% employee-owned company that develops, integrates, and transitions new technology for U.S. military warfighters, serving government and defense customers.

Deep TechDefense TechGovTech

On-board power conversion for XPUs

Goleta, US

Fumihide Esaka(Executive Officer, Director)Umesh K Mishra(Executive Officer, Director)David Kerko(Director)Michael White(Director)Mario Rivas(Director)Brittany Bagley(Director)

Newark, US

Joseph Anthony Heanue(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Henry Devlin(Executive Officer)Edward Gerald Solomon(Director)Brian Patrick Wilfley(a Director prior to November 23, 2015)Muslim Tyebjee(Executive Officer)Lester John Lloyd(a Director prior to November 23, 2015)

Voreas Laboratories develops a cyberattack attribution system, based on DARPA-funded technologies, that identifies and tracks nation-state and criminal cyber actors across the Internet.

CybersecurityDeep TechDefense Tech

Zymeron develops drug delivery and formulation technologies, including a peptide drug conjugate platform for delivering cytoprotective molecules to the bone marrow and methods to reformulate poorly soluble oral drugs into injectables.

BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices