Department of Energy — 2017 Investments

ALT LLC engineers materials, structures, and on-device AI for robots, prosthetics, drones, and autonomous systems, combining synthetic tissues, high-strength composites, additive manufacturing, and edge machine learning.

AI & Machine LearningNew MaterialsRoboticsSanta Barbara, US

ATC is a minority-owned company providing materials engineering services for the power generation and energy industries, including wear- and corrosion-resistant coatings (thermal spray, diffusion chromizing), heat treatment of advanced pressure-part alloys, and metallurgical lab testing.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergyNew Materials

Mr. Grant(Owner/Operator)

Areté develops technology and engineering solutions with a focus on defense applications, including counter-drone systems and missile defense.

Deep TechDefense Tech

Matthew Murbach(Cofounder)

Bergey Windpower designs and manufactures small wind turbines, including the Excel 10 and Excel 15 models with carbon fiber blades and minimal moving parts, aimed at reducing energy costs for owners.

CleantechEnergyHardware

Brains4Drones develops drone-based tools used by electric utilities and cooperatives to inspect infrastructure, including in rugged or hard-to-reach terrain.

EnergyHardwareRobotics

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

Certain Technologies provides enterprise data architecture, data modeling, CRM, ERP, e-commerce, and web-based technology services, along with staffing and training.

CleantechData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

COV Inc. provides advanced semiconductor packaging and assembly services, including through-glass and filled vias, wafer bumping, RDL, ENIG pillars, substrate design and fabrication in organic and glass, and die extraction.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSemiconductors

CompRex designs and manufactures compact heat exchangers and reactors using a 3D channel design and diffusion bonding, along with high-temperature filters.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergyHardware

Coreform develops geometry preparation, hex meshing, and isogeometric analysis (IGA) software for engineers running finite element and CFD simulations, including Coreform Cubit for meshing and Coreform IGA for running analysis directly on CAD in Abaqus.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechSaaS

Thomas J.R. Hughes(Owner / IGA inventor)

A company associated with patents for synthesizing polycrystalline diamond materials and high pressure/high temperature apparatus, along with fullerene-based sintered carbon materials.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials

eFormative Options is a consultancy providing policy and market analysis, feasibility research, financial modeling, and project assessment for clean energy technologies such as solar, on-site wind, and energy efficiency.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Heather Rhoads(Founder & Principal Consultant)in

Electroformed Nickel (ENI) provides structural electroforming services, electrodepositing metals and alloys including sulfamate nickel, nickel/cobalt, and high-purity (OFHC) copper for engineering applications.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials

Fracsun makes the NX Clario, a photovoltaic reference-cell soiling sensor with cloud-based software that measures on-site soiling loss on solar arrays and projects optimal panel wash dates.

CleantechEnergyHardware

HAMR Industries provides materials science and advanced manufacturing services—including design, prototyping, production, and repair—for aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial applications.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechNew Materials

Heavystone Laboratory is a University of Utah spin-off developing metallurgical technologies, including titanium and titanium-alloy powder production, sintering-based near-net-shape component fabrication, and a Hydrogen Reduction Melt-less Steelmaking (HRMLES) process that directly reduces and alloys ore concentrates to produce steel with lower energy use.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials

IBC develops and manufactures high-purity macrocycles and chelating agents (the MacroLig product line) and Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT) systems for highly selective metal separations.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials

iBeam Materials develops flexible LED and MicroLED devices built on metal foil, using a proprietary crystal-alignment (IBAD) process that enables roll-to-roll manufacturing.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

South Bend, US

Dale A. O'Chap(Executive Officer)Jason M. Kulick(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Isaacson(Executive Officer)

EnergyRichland, US

KONIG ROBERT(Director)JEFFREY SURMA(Executive Officer, Director)LARRY DINKIN(Director)E. GARY COOK(Director)PETER KORN(Director)J. MICHAEL ROCKETT(Executive Officer)

Integra designs RF and microwave power transistors, pallet amplifiers, and high-voltage GaN semiconductor solutions for high-power microwave systems.

Defense TechHardwareSemiconductors

LeapTran provides AI-based forecasting solutions for solar generation, net load, and grid flexibility, serving utilities, ISOs, RTOs, and power producers.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy

The site lists research and engineering projects including electric-field engineering in stratified coatings, a Sagnac-Fourier spectrometer (SAFOS), a fiber-based ring laser gyroscope, and laser-induced damage and incubation studies.

Deep TechHardware

Lilac Solutions develops direct lithium extraction technology using ceramic ion exchange media, enabling fast, clean, and affordable lithium production from brines for the electric vehicle and battery industries.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsOakland, US

David Snydacker(President & Chief Technology Officer)inNicholas Goldberg(Chief Legal Officer of Issuer)David Gelinas(Chief Financial Officer of Issuer)inRaef Sully(Chief Executive Officer of Issuer)in

BoardClay Dumas(Director)inDavid Danielson(Director)in

Melink provides HVAC Test, Adjust and Balance and building commissioning services, along with its patented Intelli-Hood demand control kitchen ventilation system that adjusts to cooking activity to reduce energy use.

CleantechEnergyHardware

Microbeam Technologies Incorporated provides fuel-quality analysis, analytical consulting, and predictive tools that assess how fuel quality affects energy conversion system performance and helps identify and recover critical mineral resources.

CleantechEnergyNew Materials

Oceanit is a multidisciplinary innovation lab and engineering firm that applies fundamental science to develop and deploy technology across aerospace and defense, energy, life sciences, and environmental/civil engineering.

Deep TechDefense TechEnergyHonolulu, US

OptiGrate designs and manufactures Volume Bragg Grating (VBG)-based holographic optical elements and filters made from photo-thermo-refractive glass, offered in reflecting, transmitting, and chirped configurations.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

Pajarito Powder manufactures advanced catalysts for PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers, including precious metal-containing catalysts, Engineered Catalyst Supports (ECS), and iridium oxide OER catalysts for PEM water electrolysis.

CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsAlbuquerque, US

Thomas Stephenson(Executive Officer, Director)Sukhwan Yun(Director)Paul Short(Co-founder & Board Vice Chair)Barr Zulevi(Executive Officer)Christian Mohrdieck(CEO)Thomas J. Stephenson(Co-founder & Board Chair)

Paulsson provides subsurface exploration and monitoring services using proprietary Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP) and fiber optic downhole sensor technologies for high-resolution 3D imaging of geological formations, faults, and fluids.

Deep TechEnergyHardware

PLC Connections designs and manufactures optical packaging components and tools for silicon photonics products, including fiber array units, in-plane coupling elements, transposers, trench probes, and PM/SM splitters.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Vienna, US

Gordon R. England(Director)Jeffrey Reed(Director)Joaquin J. Hangen(Director)James Cheng(Director)Steven C. Chen(Executive Officer, Director)

Rayonix designs and manufactures large-area X-ray detectors, including CCD mosaic detectors (MarCCD, SX165, MX series) and Manta hybrid pixel detectors, used at synchrotrons and home labs.

Deep TechHardwareNew Materials

Remcom develops electromagnetic simulation and wireless propagation software for design engineers and EM professionals, with products including XFdtd, Wireless InSite, WaveFarer, and XGtd for antenna design, 5G MIMO, automotive radar, and RF propagation analysis.

Deep TechHardwareSaaS

Resodyn Corporation is a research and development company that engineers and manufactures technology products and provides engineering and manufacturing services, developing solutions through public grants (such as SBIR) and private R&D contracts.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

Resolute Marine develops wave-powered technology, with operations spanning Boston, Ireland, Cape Verde, and South Africa.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyBoston, US

Belle Mead, US

Swee Lian Woo(Director)David H. Wells(Director)Ming Woo(Director)Richard E. Riman(Executive Officer, Director)

SunRay Scientific develops anisotropic conductive adhesives (ZTACH ACE), conductive inks, epoxies, and related materials for printed and flexible electronics, integrable with existing pick-and-place manufacturing equipment.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsWall Township, US

Andrew Stemmermann(CTO, Co-Founder)Madhu Stemmermann(CEO, Co-Founder)

BoardSteve Socolof(Director)

Fremont, US

Cecilia Carol Montalvo(Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer)

BoardLaird Q. Cagan(Director)Bill Loo(Director)James Vetter(Director)Peter Maxim(Director)Sami Tantawai(Director)

NELSON is an engineering and architectural firm that delivers project-based design and construction solutions for clients.

Construction Tech

z SofTech Solutions is a minority- and woman-owned management and technology consulting firm that works as an IT systems integrator and value-added reseller, offering consulting, architecture, procurement, and implementation of hardware and software.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareGovTech