Department of Defense — 2015 Investments
56 investments dated 2015 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing produces water soluble mandrels, tooling, composite parts, and ceramic components for aerospace, defense, racing, research, and university applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechNew MaterialsTucson, US
Adventium Labs offers the CAMET Library, a subscription-based collection of model-based engineering and analysis tools that help system engineers and architects detect flaws in complex cyber-physical systems during the requirements and design phases.
Deep TechDefense TechDeveloper Tools
AET is an engineering design and software development company specializing in radiation-hardened integrated circuits, and it develops software packages for designing engineering systems.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsMelbourne, US
ArchieMD develops visually-based health science education and medical simulation products, including web-based nursing (Nurse-Skills) and EMS (Medrills) training platforms plus augmented, virtual, and mixed reality tools and haptic trainers.
Digital HealthEdTechHealthtechAtlanta, US
Robert Levine(Dr.)
Architecture Technology Corporation develops modeling tools for optimizing air transport efficiency and assessing the impact of incidents such as air traffic control disruptions, and offers CYRIN, a browser-based cybersecurity training platform that uses real tools against real threats.
CybersecurityDefense TechEdTech
Blue Marble Health offers a software platform providing home health tools to improve star ratings, referral and reimbursement rates, and staffing, along with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) tools for staff time tracking and billing.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
CAMX Power develops lithium-ion battery technologies, including cathode materials and cell chemistries, and takes them from laboratory research through pilot-scale manufacturing to commercialization via licensing and partnerships.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
Lightergy builds adaptive power, energy, and thermal systems for data centers, co-designing hardware and control as a unified architecture to increase compute capacity per megawatt and reduce power consumption within existing infrastructure.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Edge Case Research offers a safety intelligence platform and DevSafeOps methodology that build continuous safety assurance into the design, build, and operation of complex autonomous and AI-driven systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech
Energesis is a pharmaceutical company developing oral small-molecule therapeutics for obesity and diabetes that increase brown adipose tissue to boost energy expenditure and produce weight loss.
BiotechHealthtech
Fibralign is a commercial-stage Stanford spinout that develops therapeutic biomedical devices using its Nanoweave scaffolding platform, which prints 3D collagen scaffolds mimicking human tissue structure.
BiotechHardwareMedical Devices
Hedge Fog Research provides end-to-end product development, from early R&D through production, for advanced hardware including medical imaging devices, vision testing products, flexible electronic circuits, and photonic and magnetic sensors.
Deep TechHardwareMedical Devices
Vipo develops, manufactures, and installs high-performance polymer solutions for corrosion, fire protection, and thermal insulation used in demanding environments.
Advanced ManufacturingEnergyNew Materials
Inertialwave designs and manufactures high-performance microelectronics, test equipment, and inertial navigation units, including global navigation products using inertial and electromagnetic wave technology.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Luminit is an optics company that makes Light Shaping Diffusers and Transparent Holographic Components using patented holographic technology to control and reshape light beams.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Mentis Sciences Inc. develops engineering and manufacturing solutions for the defense and aerospace sector.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechSpace Tech
Nalas Engineering provides chemistry, analytical, chemical engineering, and pharmaceutical science services for chemical and pharmaceutical process development, scale-up, and advanced manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechDeep Tech
NanoComposix develops and manufactures precisely engineered, highly characterized nanoparticles and custom nanomaterials, offering catalog materials, custom development, and GMP-regulated manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
OnTo Technology develops direct battery recycling methods, including its patented Inertization and Cathode Healing processes, to recover and restore lithium-ion battery cathode materials at low cost and low carbon footprint.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Dr. Steve Sloop(Owner & Founder)
Otherlab is an independent research and design lab that develops technologies in renewable energy, robotics, and manufacturing, incubating internal projects into spinout companies.
CleantechEnergyRobotics
Saul Griffith(Founder, Chief Scientist)James McBride(Co-founder, CTO)
Perceptive Innovations (PI2) is a systems engineering company that develops small-SWaP (size, weight, and power) software-defined tactical systems, including hardware and software for body-worn and small unattended sensors.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Phelps2020 develops artificial intelligence and computer vision solutions for real-time and edge video processing, including custom algorithms, sensor integration, and GPU-accelerated video compression across electro-optical, infrared, and multi-spectral sensors.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechKnoxville, US
Pulsar Informatics develops fatigue risk management products and services, including a Fatigue Meter tool that provides scientific data to support crew scheduling and staffing decisions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Renaissance Services is a systems engineering firm serving the aerospace and defense industry, providing rapid delivery of low-volume, hard-to-get replacement parts and integrating digital technologies for engineering and manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense Tech
Sentient Science develops DigitalClone, physics-based predictive modeling software that forecasts component fatigue, failure timing, and maintenance needs for critical systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Silicon Micro Display develops low-cost microdisplay components and subsystem solutions aimed at the research and product development community.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Stratonics develops ThermaViz, a multi-vision sensor and control system built around a patented dual-wavelength imaging pyrometer that monitors and controls the thermal melt pool in additive manufacturing processes.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
Sylvatica Bio develops organ and tissue preservation technologies, including supercooling methods that extend the viability of human organs such as livers outside the body.
BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices
BiotechBlacksburg, US
Mami Byrum(Director)Patricia A. Caldwell(Director)David Henderson(Director)John M. Engel IV(Director)George Nichols(Executive Officer)Leo Harris(Director)
ThermAvant Technologies designs and manufactures oscillating heat pipe (OHP) thermal management solutions and thermal straps for aero-defense and high-technology customers, including government and commercial spaceflight applications.
Defense TechHardwareNew MaterialsSpace TechUSA, US
Dr. Bill MaDr. Bin WuJoe Boswell
Trex Enterprises designs advanced communication systems (millimeter-wave, lasercom, optical switching, multi-frequency antennas), sensor technologies (laser radar, security imaging, adaptive optics, camera systems), and technical solutions including celestial navigation and FOD detection radar.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Tridentis is a ship design and engineering firm providing naval architecture, program office support, and integrated logistics support across the full ship life cycle.
Deep TechDefense TechRobotics
VAWD Engineering develops defense technologies including STORMS, a Micro-Doppler radar system that detects, tracks, and identifies life-forms hidden within building structures from a long standoff range, and can also monitor biometric vital signs.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
X-Therma develops a proprietary peptoid-based technology that inhibits ice crystal formation to enable long-term sub-zero preservation and transport of cells, tissues, organs, and other biologics.
BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesNew MaterialsRichmond, US
Johannes Weggemann(Director)Xiaoxi Wei(Founder & CEO)Mark Kline(Executive Officer, Director)
Xerion develops DirectPlate, an electroplating and electrolyte technology that combines metal refinement, battery material synthesis, and electrode deposition into a single-step process.
Advanced ManufacturingEnergyNew Materials
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