Department of Energy — 2018 Investments
113 investments dated 2018 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
2WiTech commercializes nano-enabled technology solutions, developing products from concept to market based on customer needs.
Deep TechNew Materials
Aerosol Devices builds instruments that collect, count, and size-classify airborne particles from 5 nanometers to 10 microns, including gentle capture of viruses, bacteria, and microbes while preserving viability and DNA/RNA.
BiotechDeep TechHardware
AltaRock Energy (ARE) develops drilling technology for super-hot rock (SHR) geothermal energy, aiming to make geothermal power viable in more locations.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Amphys Tech develops applications of Gas Cluster Ion Beam (GCIB) and Accelerated Neutral Atom Beam (ANAB) technologies for atomic-scale smoothing, cleaning, and polishing of planar and non-planar surfaces.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Anactisis develops solvent-free separation technology to recover critical minerals such as scandium, gallium, and germanium from industrial waste streams including titanium dioxide acid leachates, coal combustion residuals, bauxite residues, and mining tailings.
CleantechDeep TechNew Materials
Apogee Semiconductor designs radiation-hardened, high-performance power semiconductors—including smart high-side power switches and I/O expanders—for space, defense, and high-reliability systems.
Defense TechSemiconductorsSpace TechPlano, US
Applied Power Systems designs and manufactures high-power electronics including inverters, converters, semiconductor assemblies, and IGBT/SCR gate driver boards ranging from 5 to 500 kilowatts.
Advanced ManufacturingEnergyHardware
Aquanis focuses on water pollution and aquatic ecosystem protection, offering water purification technologies, ecosystem protection efforts, and policy advocacy.
CleantechClimate TechMedia & Entertainment
AquaNRG develops screening, diagnostic, and predictive models for subsurface geoenergy and environmental applications, combining geochemistry, microbiology, and physics with AI and cloud high-performance computing.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergy
Ashwin-Ushas develops advanced materials and devices including IR-electrochromic variable-emittance skins for spacecraft thermal control and dynamic camouflage, wide-temperature ionic-liquid Li-ion batteries, electrochemical sensors for chemical agents and hazardous compounds, microwave-based medical waste remediation, and electrochromic eyewear.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSpace Tech
BEM Controls is a software-only company offering WiseBldg, a building automation platform that lets building managers monitor and control HVAC, lighting, plug loads, solar/PV, and security devices from vendors like Google Nest, Belkin WeMo, and Philips Hue, and WiseGrid, an open-architecture grid management platform for utilities supporting transactive energy, demand response, and peer-to-peer energy trading.
CleantechEnergyIoT
EcoCatalytic develops hydrocarbon conversion technologies based on Chemical Looping Catalysis to produce commodity chemicals with lower costs and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
CleantechClimate TechNew Materials
BNNT Materials produces boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) in various as-grown and refined forms for nanotechnology research and development applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsNewport News, US
Kevin C. Jordan(Executive Officer, Director)Michael W. Smith(Executive Officer, Director)R. Roy Whitney(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas W. Henneberg(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJerrold L. Miller(Director)John R. Lawson II(Director)
ClearSign develops low-emission "M1" series industrial burners designed to reduce NOx emissions, supplying customers in the oil and gas midstream sector for use in process heaters.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Clostra develops custom software solutions using machine learning and deep learning for defense, medicine, business, and other domains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech
Cryomagnetics designs and manufactures superconducting magnets, cryostats, cryogenic accessories, and related electronic instrumentation in-house.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
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GamingMedia & Entertainment
Cuberg develops lithium-metal battery cells, modules, and systems designed to be compatible with existing lithium-ion manufacturing supply chains, targeting high-performance mobility applications such as electric aviation.
CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation
Direct Electron develops direct detection cameras and detectors for transmission electron microscopy (TEM), including high-speed cameras for cryo-EM and 4D STEM applications.
BiotechDeep TechHardware
Electroninks develops metal complex conductive inks for semiconductor packaging, printed circuit boards, consumer electronics, and wearables that achieve conductivities up to 90% of bulk metal at low annealing temperatures.
Advanced ManufacturingNew MaterialsSemiconductorsAustin, US
Factual VR builds HyperTunnel, a mixed reality workflow platform that creates a synchronized 3D digital twin of a worksite so remote experts and frontline teams can collaborate synchronously and asynchronously across physical and digital spaces.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Fend builds unidirectional security hardware, including patented data diodes that physically transport data in one direction using optically isolated circuits, to let operators monitor industrial control systems and networks without exposing them to cyberattack.
CybersecurityHardwareIoT
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
Finsterle GeoConsulting provides numerical modeling and simulation services for hydrogeological systems, applied to geothermal reservoir engineering, nuclear waste isolation, geologic carbon sequestration, water resources management, and environmental remediation.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergy
FLUIDON is an engineering partner specializing in fluid power and mechatronics, helping developers analyze, model, and optimize complex hydraulic and pneumatic systems from concept to operation.
Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
GARD Analytics provides consulting, contract research, and application engineering services focused on building energy modeling, energy analysis, energy code development, and software development and testing.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Pasadena, US
Barmak Masoodian(Director)Eric Fossum(Executive Officer, Director)Jiaju Ma(Executive Officer, Director)Saleh Masoodian(Executive Officer, Director)Susan Fossum(Director)
Goldfinch Sensor Technologies and Analytics LLC develops sensor technology and provides analytics services.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
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
IERUS provides hardware, software, and engineering service solutions for defense and military customers, drawing on electromagnetic phenomenology, analytical computing, and weapon system engineering.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
InventWood produces SUPERWOOD, a wood-based structural material engineered at the nanoscale to be stronger than steel while lighter, offering properties like fire resistance and transparency for use in construction and buildings.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechConstruction TechNew MaterialsFrederick, US
LIANGBING HU(Director)ALEXANDER LAU(CEO, President and Chairman)TIMOTHY KREBS(Secretary, Treasurer)Liangbing Hu(Founder)
BoardKEVIN TIDWELL(Director)
ITAMCO is an employee-owned advanced manufacturer of high-precision gears, splines, and tested assemblies, offering complex machining from concept through production.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardware
Ladybug Tools develops free, open-source software that connects 3D CAD interfaces to validated environmental simulation engines (such as Radiance, EnergyPlus, and OpenFOAM) for building performance analysis.
CleantechConstruction TechDeveloper Tools
Maalka provides a software platform for setting and tracking targets to reduce carbon, energy, and water consumption, and for managing ESG performance data across building portfolios.
Climate TechPropTechSaaS
Minus 100 manufactures nano- and micron-size super-abrasive carbon and metal compound materials, along with suspensions, dispersions, and particle characterization services, for the microelectronics industry.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductors
Kevin C. Kerns(President)
Nanomatronix develops nanotechnology and microelectronics products and services, including rugged optical transceivers, environmental screening and qualification, carbon nanotubes, titanate nanofibers, and 3D printing services.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Navitas Systems designs and builds lithium battery systems for applications including warehouse equipment, defense platforms, and mission-critical backup power.
Defense TechEnergyHardware
Numat develops metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and manufactures them at industrial scale through an integrated campus with ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechNew MaterialsIllinois, US
Ben Hernandez(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Dr. Omar Farha(Founder and Chief Scientific Officer)T. Jay Collins(Director)Bill Kroll(Director)Luka Erceg(Director)Jeff Klunzinger(Director)
Ohio Lumex provides analytical instruments, laboratory services, and onsite testing for biogas analysis applications such as renewable energy, pipeline integrity, and process control, as well as portable mercury vapor analyzers and continuous monitors for air quality and industrial hygiene.
CleantechEnergyHardware
OKSI develops machine learning-enhanced hardware and software tools for collecting and interpreting optical information, including electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensing systems.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardware
OxEon Energy designs and manufactures solid oxide electrolysis stacks and gas conditioning systems that produce hydrogen and sustainable fuels from water and CO2 on-site.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergy
PassiveLogic builds a physical AI stack—including a world model, reasoning agents, and autonomous control systems—for operating and automating buildings and infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyPropTech
Dallas Quantum Devices and its subsidiary Photon Sciences design custom photonic and VCSEL laser solutions for demanding applications, using a network of outsource manufacturing partners.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsDallas, US
Prisere develops technology to help businesses build resilience against extreme hazards and disasters, and to expand access to insurance with premiums reduced for better risk practices.
Climate TechInsurTechSaaS
Donna Childs(Founder)
QCoefficient offers EMeister MPC, software that uses the drywall and concrete of large commercial buildings as thermal energy storage to manage daily thermal load and cut cooling-season energy costs by around 30% without added equipment.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Quantitative BioSciences Inc.
BiotechDeep TechHardware
Refined Imaging develops X-ray grating interferometry technology that embeds a cyber-physical trust anchor into additively manufactured parts, using porosity-encoded identifiers and blockchain to establish provenance and detect counterfeit components for manufacturers.
Advanced ManufacturingCybersecurityDeep Tech
Resono Pressure Systems develops dynamic and unsteady pressure measurement solutions, including data acquisition hardware and software (Chronos), tubing characterization modeling software, and hardware-as-a-service rentals for wind tunnel and field test applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
SandBox Semiconductor builds physics-based AI and machine-learning models trained on a fab's own etch, deposition, and metrology data to optimize process recipes to critical-dimension targets in fewer experimental runs.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Skyhaven Systems develops electrochemical products and technologies for the energy, defense, aerospace, and environmental markets, including water disinfection systems, quality control sensors, and CO2 processing and removal systems.
CleantechDeep TechDefense Tech
Skymantics builds production-grade platforms that combine applied AI with federal domain expertise to modernize critical infrastructure and legacy government systems, including AI-driven data analytics and synthetic data generation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureGovTechMelbourne, US
Smart Information Flow Technologies (SIFT) is a research and development consulting company working in natural language processing, automated planning, cybersecurity, supervisory control, healthcare, and human-automation interaction.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechMinneapolis, US
Sonalysts is an employee-owned company providing operations analysis and research, training systems, modeling and simulation, software and systems engineering, decision support, and media services.
Defense TechEnterprise Software
Strategic Analysis provides technical, analytical, and program management support services to U.S. federal government clients developing emerging technologies for homeland security and defense.
Deep TechDefense TechGovTech
Sun Vapor develops solar thermal technologies including solar steam generation, desalination, and thermal energy storage.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Tier1 Performance is a consulting partner offering organizational performance and transformation services, covering people development, operations, growth, and digital transformation for businesses.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of Work
Twinleaf designs and sells high-sensitivity atomic magnetometers, magnetic shielding, low-noise current supplies, and related components for measuring and controlling magnetic fields.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
ULC Technologies provides robotics-assisted field services and inspection products for gas distribution utilities, including live gas main repair, cross bore detection, underground mapping, and in-pipe inspection cameras.
CleantechEnergyRobotics
Vertex Solutions develops training programs, mobile learning apps, performance support tools, and 3D modeling and simulation systems for federal, state, and local government agencies and commercial firms.
Defense TechEdTechGovTech
Santa Barbara, US
Kristian Kvilekval(Executive Officer, Director)Katherine Yeung(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPascal Bamford(Director)Andreas von Blottnitz(Director)
ZeroK builds high-performance focused ion beam (FIB) systems, including its FIB:ZERO platform offering smaller spot sizes at lower beam energy and a range of beam currents, positioned as a next-generation replacement for Ga+, He+, or Ne+ based FIBs.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Zyvex Labs develops Atomically Precise Manufacturing (APM), a technology for positioning individual atoms at the single-lattice-site level.
Deep TechQuantum Computing
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