Department of Energy — 2012 Investments

Advanced Conductor Technologies manufactures high-temperature superconducting (HTS) Conductor on Round Core (CORC®) cables and wires used in high-current power cable systems and high-field magnets.

Deep TechEnergyNew Materials

AASC develops electric propulsion systems for satellites that generate thrust by ionizing solid metallic puck fuel (its Metal Pulsed Thruster), avoiding fluids, tanks and heaters.

Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech

Advanced ManufacturingWest Sacramento, US

Richard E Russo(Executive Officer)Jong Yoo(Executive Officer)

Aqwest develops and commercializes photonics, thermal management, and energy-efficiency technologies, including high pulse energy and ultra-fast lasers, magneto-caloric refrigeration engines, and high-performance heat exchangers.

Deep TechEnergyHardware

Brechtel designs aerosol measurement instruments and software used to support research on climate change, air quality, and cloud sampling.

Climate TechDeep TechHardwareFremont, US

Fred Brechtel

Bridge12 develops gyrotrons, traveling wave tubes (TWTs), and other vacuum electron devices used for plasma heating and diagnostics in nuclear fusion, Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP), and material processing.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) develops probabilistic weather and climate forecasting products using ensemble methods and machine learning, offering decision-support dashboards and tools for tropical cyclones, energy trading, and extreme events.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergy

Judith CurryPeter Webster

Concepts NREC provides turbomachinery design software (CAE tools), manufacturing services, and engineered products such as air dynamometers for engineering teams.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

Crossfield Technology designs chassis management solutions, VPX plug-in cards, and high-performance computing and storage systems aligned with open systems standards (MOSA, SOSA, HOST, VITA 46.11) for commercial, industrial, and defense markets.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Delaware Diamond Knives (DDK) manufactures custom industrial diamond tools and parts, including diamond knives and cutting tools used for abrading, cutting, and light transmission.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials

Eden Park manufactures wafer-thin Far-UVC 222nm technology panels that continuously disinfect air and surfaces to reduce viruses and bacteria in populated spaces.

CleantechHardwareHealthtechChampaign, US

Cy Herring(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Gary Kudron(Director)Tom Parkinson(Director)James Garry Eden(Director)Randy Cothers(Executive Officer)William Brewer(Director)

Electro-Mechanical Associates (EMA) provides spark and compression ignition engine research services, including instrumentation, in-house testing, prototyping, engine building and design, and software development.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareMobility & Transportation

Electron Energy Corporation manufactures rare earth magnets, including samarium cobalt magnets, and develops custom magnet solutions for customers.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials

Enthought provides scientific computing services, enterprise scientific software development, and digital transformation for science, applying Python, AI/machine learning, and simulation to research and R&D problems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software

Eric Jones(Founder, Chairman & CEO)

Ferric develops power management technology based on magnetic materials and semiconductors, holding patents in integrated voltage regulation.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsNew York, US

Noah Sturcken(Executive Officer, Director)Kenneth Shepard(Director)Vivek Mohindra(Director)

BoardSomu Subramaniam(Director)Yi Chen(Director)Alex Kalnitsky(Director)

Kratos develops propulsion and power systems—including turbojets, turbofans, and solid rocket motors—for defense and aerospace platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles, hypersonic vehicles, and strategic weapons.

Defense TechHardwareSpace Tech

Freestone Environmental Services is an environmental and water resources consulting firm offering field work, regulatory, and document support services to public and private sector clients.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyRichland, US

Gener8 is a product development company offering engineering services including product design, software development, prototyping, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

BiotechSouth San Francisco, US

Chuck Wilson(Director)Carter Keller(Director)David Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)

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

San Diego, US

Lowell J. Burnett(Director)George A. Eiskamp(Chief Executive Officer, Director)Jeffrey W. Symington(Chief Financial Officer)Carlos D. Heredia(Secretary)Svein Kjellesvek(Director)John T. McDougal(Director)

Harmonia provides engineering and technology services to government agencies to support their missions.

Enterprise SoftwareGovTech

Develops advanced materials and electrochemical technologies, including geopolymers, electrochemical processes and sensors.

Deep TechDefense TechNew Materials

HYPRES designs and commercializes superconductor integrated circuits and systems, including its Advanced Digital-RF Receiver and the ICE-T cryogenic test-bed, for government and commercial applications.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Incom develops and manufactures polymer and glass microstructures, including microchannel plates, fiber optic faceplates, capillary arrays, and photodetectors.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

Inrad Optics fabricates optical materials and manufactures precision optical components, assemblies, and electro-optic systems, including optical crystals, metal mirrors, x-ray imaging crystals, and thin film coatings.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

SkuTek Instrumentation designs high-performance digital data acquisition systems (DAQs) and related FPGA-based hardware for large-scale physics experiments, such as the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment.

Deep TechHardwareIoT

Wojtek Skulski(Chief Technology Officer)Jeff Maggio(Principal Investigator)

Kultevat develops sustainable, petrochemical-free biomaterials by extracting natural rubber (Kultra), resin, inulin, and fiber from its proprietary Kultevar Dandelion, aimed at manufacturers concerned about the environmental impact of their products.

AgTechBiotechNew MaterialsCreve Coeur, US

Jason Wrone(Director)Ronald Nordquist(Executive Officer, Director)Roger N. Beachy(Executive Officer)Daniel R. Swiger(Founder & CEO)Roger Beachy(Chief Science Officer)

LightStanza is a cloud-based lighting and daylight design software that runs complex lighting and BIM model calculations using the Radiance calculation engine, with options to work in Revit or through an online platform.

CleantechConstruction TechSaaS

Matmod builds custom sintering units engineered to specified pressure and current/voltage requirements, and fabricates high-performance parts from advanced materials.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials

Microxact designs and manufactures probe stations for semiconductor device and wafer testing, including specialty systems for demanding environments such as cryogenic temperatures and high magnetic fields.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Nexceris develops custom catalysts and electrochemical materials for clean energy and advanced manufacturing applications, including sustainable aviation fuel pathways (Fischer-Tropsch, Methanol-to-Jet, Alcohol-to-Jet, and Power-to-Liquids).

CleantechEnergyNew Materials

NextGen Aeronautics designs, fabricates, and tests UAVs, wind tunnel models, and complete flight and underwater vehicles, along with multi-functional materials, sensing and control systems, and integrated antennas.

Defense TechHardwareNew Materials

Jay Kudva(CEO)Shiv Joshi(Co-Founder, Chief Scientist)Scott Bland(CTO, Danville Site Manager)John Flanagan(Co-Founder, Fabrication Manager)

Nimbis provides technology-transition services and collaborative tools (the Nimbis Trusted Stratus) to move mission-critical microelectronics technologies from R&D to acquisition, maintenance, and sustainment.

Deep TechDefense TechSemiconductors

OSI develops DaRRT, an enterprise application for sales and operations planning (S&OP) that companies use to plan production, optimize supply chain networks, and model "what-if" scenarios across weekly to yearly time horizons.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Pacific MicroCHIP Corporation (PMCC) is a privately held company offering Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) development services and turnkey solutions since 2006.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsLos Angeles, US

PhosphorTech develops and manufactures photonic materials and optoelectronic products, including LED phosphors, nanocrystals, color conversion films, phosphor sheets, scintillators, and NIR-enhanced lighting and IR/red light therapy devices.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

Physical Sciences Inc.

Deep TechDefense TechNew Materials

Pixelligent develops high-refractive-index zirconia and titania nanocrystal formulations and dispersions used in optical applications such as XR waveguides, diffractive optical elements, wafer-level optics, and OLED/MicroLED displays.

Deep TechHardwareNew MaterialsBaltimore, US

Craig Bandes(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Werthan(Executive Officer)Mudar Yahgi(Director)Gregory Cooper(Executive Officer, Director)Craig Mintz(Executive Officer)

BoardPeter Kirlin(Director)

Powdermet provides toll processing services (CVD, milling, furnace, and other processing equipment) and contract R&D to help customers scale material processes from lab bench to pilot production.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials

Symbios Technologies develops an energy-efficient aqueous plasma technology platform for water and wastewater treatment and recycling.

CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech

Tau Science makes inspection and measurement systems for photovoltaic solar cells, including electroluminescence excitation (ELE), hot spot inspection, electro/photoluminescence, LBIC, and rapid quantum efficiency (QE) measurement.

CleantechEnergyHardware

TA&T develops and manufactures advanced ceramic materials, including transparent Spinel ceramic armor, electro-optical windows, ceramic composites, and coatings, for aerospace, defense, industrial, automotive, and medical applications.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials

TPL, Inc. develops advanced dielectric materials, including ceramic nanopowders, ceramic capacitors, performance capacitor films, and nanocomposite dielectrics.

Deep TechHardwareNew MaterialsAlbuquerque, US

Ultra Communications designs, develops and manufactures compact high-speed fiber optic components for harsh environments, built on a patented planar flip-chip packaging platform with low size, weight and power.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Vorcat develops computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software based on a patented vortex method for simulating turbulent flows, aimed at reducing the need for physical testing such as wind tunnels.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech

North Besthesda, US

Irving Weinberg(Executive Officer, Director)

Renderboss is a render farm management tool for VFX, animation, and game studios, built in Rust.

Developer ToolsMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Z-Terra develops seismic imaging software, including interactive depth imaging and velocity model building tools, along with related services for the upstream oil and gas industry.

EnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS