Fundraising FoxDepartment of Energy — 2020 Investments
89 investments dated 2020 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Acadian Research & Development focuses on carbon product development and innovation in the materials and clean technology space.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew Materials
Anthony R. Richard, Ph.D.(Founder and CEO)Jacob Heil(Engineer)
Pennoakenergyservices is an energy sector company with leadership experienced in natural gas, renewables, energy storage, and hydrogen technologies, serving enterprise clients in North America.
EnergyEnterprise Software
Kim Johnson(Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer)Philip J. Parker
Air Dynamics designs and manufactures custom industrial air and particle control systems for manufacturing facilities, addressing dust collection, air purification, and process air management.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareYork, US
Alchemr develops industrial-scale water electrolyzers that operate with intermittent power sources and do not rely on precious metals, aiming to produce low-cost green hydrogen.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Altisora develops advanced materials and specialty products for construction, including high-strength adhesives, acoustic solutions, insulation products, and coatings for industrial applications.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyConstruction TechNew Materials
Jan Beetge(CEO)C. Michael Smith(Chief Engineering Fellow)
Antares Group (operating as Stark Tech) provides clean energy consulting and owner's engineering services for solar projects, covering site development, land acquisition, interconnection, design, and feasibility analysis.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
ARES Security develops enterprise physical security software including the AVERT platform for security design, assessment, command and control, and situational management.
CybersecurityDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSVienna, US
Automat Solutions manufactures battery electrolytes and operates an AI-robotic platform for accelerating battery material discovery and optimization.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyNew MaterialsSan Leandro, US
Patrick Poon(Co Founder)
Co-investorsTSVC
Berkeley, US
Bruce Wootton(Executive Officer, Director)Francesco Borrelli(Executive Officer)Santosh Alexander(Executive Officer, Director)
Barron Associates develops human interface technologies using motion tracking, gesture recognition, and haptics to serve people with disabilities and specialized users such as astronauts.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareHealthtechRobotics
Celadyne develops thin, durable proton exchange membranes used in fuel cells, electrolyzers, and flow batteries, with hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysis as initial applications.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsChicago, US
Gary Ong(Founder & CEO)inCorey Staller(CTO)in
Co-investorsShell VenturesSputnik ATXManiv MobilityThird DerivativeDynamo Ventures
Centroid Lab develops proprietary software platforms for physics-based simulations, including particle-fluid dynamics, 3D fire modeling, and chemical process simulations for industrial and research partners.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechCloud ComputingDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Chemtronergy is a cleantech company conducting R&D on sustainable energy technologies, including solid oxide fuel cells, solid oxide electrolyzers, and all solid-state lithium batteries for power generation, chemical/hydrogen production, and energy storage.
CleantechDeep TechEnergySalt Lake City, US
ClearlyEnergy provides software and analytics for building energy benchmarking and Building Performance Standards (BPS) programs, serving jurisdictions and utilities across the United States.
CleantechEnergyPropTech
Véronique Bugnion(Co-founder & CEO)
Dimensional Energy develops catalyst and service technology for producing sustainable fuels, licensed to project partners through a recurring, capital-light licensing model.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsIthaca, US
Tobias Hanrath(Director)David Erickson(Founder)inJason Salfi(Founder)inClayton Poppe(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBeni Venture CapitalChloe CapitalDemos Strategic Investing PartnersLaunch NYNew Climate VenturesThird Derivative+6 more
Duryea Technologies designs and manufactures low-voltage and high-voltage brushless DC motors, motor drives, controllers, power supplies, and rotary engines for both its own product line and original equipment manufacturers.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareCentral Pennsylvania, US
Daniel J. Sodomsky(Chief Executive Officer)
Energy Futures Group is a consulting firm specializing in energy planning, resource management, and policy analysis for utilities.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Great Lakes Crystal Technologies manufactures specialized diamond substrates for optical, quantum, thermal, and electronic applications in advanced systems.
Deep TechNew MaterialsQuantum ComputingSemiconductors
Timothy Grotjohn(CTO)in
Co-investorsMichigan Rise
Gybe provides watershed-scale water quality monitoring.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodPortland, US
Omar Zurita(Founder)
Co-investorsOne Planet GroupOne Planet OpsRockies Venture ClubEcho River Capital
iMetalX develops real-time perception and characterization software for space object tracking and orbital operations, serving U.S. national security missions.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDefense TechRoboticsSpace TechSausalito, US
Nehal Gajjar(CEO and Founder)inAlex Fleming(CTO & Cofounder)in
Co-investorsTechstars
Infisys provides data engineering, analytics, and reporting services, including consulting, education, and hands-on development, with a focus on open architectures and long-term maintainability.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Edward M. Roush
Innovative Scientific Solutions Incorporated (ISSI) is an engineering R&D company providing measurement and instrumentation solutions for fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, combustion analysis, and optical diagnostics.
Deep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareDayton, US
Kebotix uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and laboratory automation to discover and develop new materials and molecules.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsCambridge, US
Dennis Sheberla(Executive Officer)inSemion Saykin(Executive Officer)Alan Aspuru-Guzik(Executive Officer)inAshish Kulkarni(Chairman and CEO)in
BoardTong Hui(Director)Andrew Krowne(Director)in
Co-investorsArcTern VenturesBantam GroupConstructor Capital USEmbark VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersOne Way Ventures+7 more
Kuprion develops ActiveCopper materials and printable conductive inks used to manage heat in high-power, high-temperature electronic systems, serving electronics engineers and manufacturers across industries including semiconductor packaging, electric vehicles, and 5G communications.
HardwareNew MaterialsSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Dr. Alfred Zinn(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlsop Louie PartnersDolby Family VenturesStartup Capital Ventures
Ampere Scientific develops sensor and control systems paired with a software suite for monitoring and controlling the Vacuum Arc Remelting process.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Dr. Paul E King(CEO and President)
Littoral Power Systems develops and manufactures products for hydropower and ocean energy projects that reduce construction time, cost, and regulatory complexity.
CleantechEnergyHardware
David Duquette(CEO)
VPI Technology is a multi-discipline engineering and product development firm specializing in custom electronic design, embedded systems, and hardware and firmware development.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareDraper, US
Jeremy Williams(President / Managing Director)Paul Hepworth(Vice President of Engineering)Gary Olsen(Vice President of Business Development, Products)Jerry Scott(Vice President of Operations)Kurt Olsen(Vice President of Business Development, Services)
Sanchez Engineering develops optical and sensor-based technologies, including PIQuE software for Windows that analyzes geotagged image collections to detect photogrammetry reconstruction issues and an Android app for calculating drone flight parameters such as height, field of view, and ground sample distance.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Sanchez(Founder, Optical Engineer, Drone Pilot)
MillenniTek is an advanced ceramic materials manufacturer providing safety-related components for the nuclear energy industry, including neutron absorbers, shielding materials, and composites.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechEnergyNew MaterialsKnoxville, US
Steve GetleyDrew SpradlingMatthew Buchmeyer
Multiscale Systems is an engineering and manufacturing firm serving teams that develop demanding systems where materials, geometry, performance, and manufacturing constraints must be optimized together, particularly in extreme environments or with tight performance margins.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsWorcester, US
NanoVMs provides a unikernel platform designed for enterprises to run applications on their own servers with enhanced security, performance, and control compared to traditional cloud systems.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Ian Eyberg(Founder)
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaInitialized Capital
Nielson Scientific develops advanced 3D microfabrication technologies for semiconductors, metals, and other materials, serving customers in aerospace, solar, quantum computing, and medical device sectors.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Dr. Gregory Nielson(Founder)Brad Ferguson(Head of Manufacturing)inSusan Knudsen(Proposal Specialist Engineer, Compliance Strategist)inN.P. Jacobson(Head of Marketing and Operations)in
Ocean Motion Technologies develops small-scale wave energy devices powered by artificial intelligence systems that can be installed on oceanographic platforms to support big data collection and monitoring at sea.
CleantechDefense TechEnergyIoT
OceanSpace develops the Aquatic Imager, a real-time plankton recognition and quantification system for monitoring aquatic organisms in industrial cooling water systems.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardwareIoT
Kurt Kramer(PhD)
Pancopia develops systems to recover water and nutrients from animal agriculture operations, helping farms improve performance and reduce environmental losses while generating economic returns.
AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Bill Cumbie(CEO)
Pecos Wind Power is an early-stage wind turbine manufacturer developing the PW85, an 85kW distributed wind turbine aimed at supplying clean energy to electric distribution utilities, commercial and industrial businesses, schools and universities, agricultural facilities, and military installations.
CleantechEnergyHardwareSomerville, US
JOSHUA GROLEAU(Executive Officer)in
BoardJAMES FORTE(Director)CAMERON REAGOR(Director)
Co-investorsSWAN Impact Network
PSD combines building science with software tools, engineering services, and training to help utility companies, program implementers, and building performance professionals design energy efficiency programs and achieve energy savings.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
PolyMaterials App develops advanced material technologies and energy storage solutions, including supercapacitor technology, supported by multiple U.S. government research and development grants from defense and energy agencies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationNew MaterialsTampa, US
Dr. Manoj Ram(CEO)
RadTran develops technology to extract and produce radioactive isotopes (Ra-224 and Ac-225) from naturally occurring thorium for use in targeted alpha therapy cancer treatments.
BiotechDeep TechEnergyHealthtechMedical DevicesNew Materials
Saleem Drera(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)Andy Edwards(Chief Technical Officer)
RenewCO₂ develops an electrocatalytic carbon utilization technology (eCUT) that converts waste CO₂ from industrial emissions into chemicals and fuels using only water and electricity and a patented catalyst.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsSomerset, US
Karin Calvinho(Co-founder & CTO)inAnders Laursen(Co-founder & CEO)inG. Charles Dismukes, PhD(Co-founder and Chair of the Advisory Board)
BoardNeal Dikeman(Director)in
Co-investorsEnergy Transition Ventures
ResilientGrid develops software solutions for electric grid operators to enhance operational performance and system resilience during both routine operations and emergencies.
EnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US
SAFI-Tech develops supercooled solder pastes for electronics manufacturing and assembly.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Dr. Ian Tevis(Co-Founder, President, CTO)Dr. Martin Thuo(Co-Founder, CSO)
Co-investorsRhapsody Venture Partners
Sensatek designs, simulates, and manufactures complex antennas for aerospace and defense applications in extreme environments, with advanced RF testing and characterization capabilities up to 20 GHz.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareIoTDaytona Beach, US
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCloquet Capital Partners, LLCRhapsody Venture Partners
Sequent Logic designs custom RF and mixed-signal electronics along with signal acquisition, DSP, and waveform synthesis solutions supporting ultra-wide bandwidths and high throughput.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Shift Thermal develops thermal storage technology for data center cooling systems, enabling efficient power allocation between cooling and computing infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergyTennessee, US
Levon AtoyaninMitchell Ishmaelin
Co-investorsClean Energy VentureE8 AngelsMarket Square Ventures
Syndem develops enabling technologies that allow power electronics-connected equipment (renewables, EVs, energy storage, and loads) to function as virtual synchronous machines, enabling seamless grid integration and autonomous frequency and voltage regulation across industrial, commercial, and residential applications.
CleantechEdTechEnergyHardwareIoTChicago, US
Qing-Chang Zhong(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)David E. Baker(Advisor)Robert Owen(Advisor)Dr. Zhen Yu(Advisor)Jim MacInnes(Advisor)Tony Lakin(Advisor)
TCPoly develops thermally conductive polymer materials under the Ice9 brand, offered as 3D printing filaments, molding/extrusion pellets, and end-to-end design, prototyping, and production services.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Dr. Thomas BougherDr. Matt Smith
Co-investorsTech Square Ventures
Terrafore Technologies develops cost-effective high-temperature thermal energy storage technologies for power generation plants, concentrated solar power plants, industrial processes, and commercial buildings.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Titan is an energy storage technology company developing R&D-driven solutions aimed at changing patterns of energy storage and use.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechEnergySalem, US
Co-investorsHG VenturesSE Ventures
Upstream Tech builds software for land and water management, including its Lens (geospatial monitoring) and HydroForecast (hydrological forecasting) products.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechSaaS
Marshall Moutenot(Chief Executive Officer)Alden Keefe Sampson(Chief Technology Officer)Carolyn duPont(Chief Commercial Officer)
Co-investorsENGIE New VenturesJapan Energy CapitalSE VenturesXavier NielY Combinator
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.