Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — 2022 Investments

BEAM Co. develops advanced optics and photonics products and has been awarded a DARPA POWER contract.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareOrlando, US

Biomason uses biotechnology to grow biocement, producing concrete and tile products by using bacteria to bind natural materials as an alternative to Portland cement, aimed at concrete producers and the construction industry.

BiotechClimate TechConstruction TechNew MaterialsResearch Triangle Park, US

Michael F. Noel(Director)Ginger K. Dosier(Executive Officer, Director)John M. Dosier(Executive Officer)

BioSqueeze develops well integrity solutions for the oil and gas industry, using biomineralization technology to seal cement gaps and leaks in wells.

Deep TechEnergyButte, US

Latham Turner(Director)Mark Ranalli(Executive Officer, Director)

Dragoon Technology develops the Coriolis unmanned aerial system (UAS), a long-range drone platform with onboard collaborative autonomy for coordinated multi-aircraft operations.

Defense TechHardwareRoboticsTucson, US

Elementum 3D develops enhanced metal additive manufacturing powders and alloyed materials, including aluminum, nickel, copper, and tantalum series, along with printer process parameters.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsErie, US

Jacob Nuechterlein(Founder/President)John E. Watson(Director)Daniel Tessler(Director)Andrew Crickenberger(Chief Executive Officer)

BoardQuinton Hennigh(Director)Gene Colabattisto(Director)

Elve designs and manufactures high-efficiency millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) delivering 25W to 300W across K, Ka, Q, V, E, and W bands.

Defense TechHardwareSpace Tech

Dr. Diana Gamzina(Founder & CEO)

Glas Ocean Electric offers Performarine, a vessel monitoring platform that records live vessel data and provides safety alerts, fuel-reduction advice, machine-learning weather routing, and post-voyage analytics.

CleantechIoTMobility & Transportation

Glint, a brand by Luminii, makes specification-grade architectural lighting including the HERO luminaire family, whose patented LightShift technology adjusts light direction without moving the fixture.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware

Integer Technologies develops autonomous systems, sensors, energy management, manufacturing optimization, and cyber-physical resilience solutions for national security and industry customers.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech

International Consulting Engineers (ICE) is a civil engineering and consulting firm providing architectural, civil, survey, and structural design services for infrastructure, commercial/industrial, and federal projects.

Construction TechGovTech

Jesus J. Jimenez(Founder & CEO)

KIHOMAC provides systems engineering, reverse manufacturing, custom fabrication, engineering analyses, and sustainment solutions for aerospace vehicles, serving U.S.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardware

Maybell Quantum designs and manufactures dilution refrigerators for quantum computing and research, offering systems that reach base temperatures below 10mK with front-opening access and self-regenerating helium traps.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingDenver, US

Corban Israel Tillemann-Dick(Executive Officer, Director)Bryan Choo(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChristopher Darby(Director)Mary K. Bush(Director)

MSI Transducers designs and manufactures custom transducers and arrays, ranging from synthetic aperture sonars to lower-cost commercial arrays, using materials such as piezocomposite and solid ceramic.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardware

Mustang Optics develops optical sensors for precision and reliability, offering customized solutions across a range of industries and applications.

Deep TechHardwareIoT

NanoVMs builds unikernel technology (based on the Nanos operating system and the Ops tooling) that packages applications into small, single-purpose virtual machines without a traditional OS, aiming for faster boot times, higher server density, and reduced attack surface.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

CybersecurityCambridge, US

ODNC performs hands-on systems R&D in defense and science technology, including advanced imaging (microwave, millimeter-wave, THz), EO/IR sensors, metamaterials, optical laser phased arrays, and nanofabrication processes.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Plus Designs, Inc.

Defense TechNew MaterialsSpace Tech

Pseudolithic develops next-generation RFIC (radio-frequency integrated circuit) products, working in the RF semiconductor industry.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors

QLEDCures develops luminescent materials such as quantum dots and perovskites, along with related devices, for applications on earth and in space.

Deep TechNew MaterialsSpace Tech

ASRC Federal is a government services contractor providing engineering, infrastructure operations, supply chain and logistics, and software and analytics support for U.S. federal missions spanning space exploration, defense and intelligence, national security, and public health.

Defense TechGovTechSpace Tech

Mike Manzo(CEO)

QuEra develops neutral-atom quantum computers, building both the quantum hardware and the classical control systems that operate them, along with related software and applications.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing

Nate Gemelke(Co-founder, Chief Technology Strategist)Vladan Vuletić(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Mikhail Lukin(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)Markus Greiner(Co-founder)Takuya Kitagawa(President)Dean Bogdanovic(SVP Engineering)

Redshred is a document AI platform that converts technical documents such as service manuals, maintenance orders, and parts catalogs into structured, queryable databases with extracted content and metadata.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise Software

SAAZ is a deep-tech R&D company that designs and produces image sensors and camera systems detecting UV, visible, near-infrared, and infrared light for space, air, and ground applications.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Atul Joshi(President & CEO)Dave Chiaverini(Chief Technologist)Vish Madhugiri(Chief Strategist)Mihail Milkov(Chief Engineer, IC Design)

SciTec develops defense technologies including missile warning and defense systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control, space domain awareness, and aircraft survivability solutions.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech

Robust Physics develops Stochastica, a statistical wave-physics simulation tool for system-level electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) design that models coupled conducted and radiated emissions without numerical meshing or Monte Carlo iterations.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSan Diego, US

Syrnatec Inc. designs and manufactures power electronics using wide-bandgap and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor materials (Ga2O3, GaN, SiC), including radiation-hardened microelectronics, transistors, converters, diodes, rectifiers, and AC inverters.

HardwareSemiconductorsSpace Tech

SYVI is a veteran-owned small business focused on research and technology development, currently commercializing its HIPCEMS magnetic shielding technology.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareAuburn, US

Technical Systems Integration, Inc.

Defense TechGovTechLogistics & Supply Chain

Provides SonarQube-based code quality and security analysis across 35+ programming languages, covering first-party, AI-generated, and open source code including mobile applications.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSBoston, US

Ryan McIntyre(Director)Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Lee Katz(Executive Officer)Donald Francis Fischer(Executive Officer, Director)Luis Villa, IV(Executive Officer)Matthew Szulik(Director)

X-Hab 3D builds 3D concrete printing (3DCP) systems, including fixed-site and mobile robotic printers with programmable robotic arms for tasks like spraying, welding, and drilling, plus design software for construction projects.

Construction TechHardwareRoboticsState College, US