Launch Alaska Investment Fund
AcceleratorInactiveAnchorage · Seed · 6 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Launch Alaska focuses on accelerating energy, transportation, and industrial innovation in Alaska. Through an eight-month deployment accelerator program, it helps market-ready technology startups build strong local networks and connects them with partners and project opportunities across the state. The goal is to deploy infrastructure solutions that help communities save money, create jobs, and build long-term sustainability, thereby accelerating the energy transition and strengthening Alaska's economy one startup at a time.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 48 of 55 portfolio companiesCleantech ×30Energy ×27Hardware ×21Climate Tech ×19Deep Tech ×14Advanced Manufacturing ×8AgTech ×5AI & Machine Learning ×5
HQs:United States×27Canada×3United Kingdom×1
Portfolio companies · 55 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeBy year:2024 · 12021 · 12020 · 12018 · 12016 · 12015 · 27 dated
Oklo develops next-generation fast fission reactors for producing clean electricity at scale, with a focus on safety features and the ability to use recycled nuclear waste as fuel.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergySan Francisco, US
Jacob DeWitte(Founder/CEO)inCaroline Cochran(Founder)in
Co-investorsArmada Investment AGCrunchFundDCVC (Data Collective)Draper DragonKluz VenturesOpen Field Capital+6 more
60Hertz Energy provides asset management and computerized maintenance software for renewable energy operations, covering solar (C&I, utility scale, agrovoltaics), utility scale wind, substations, and vegetation management.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investors49th State Angel FundClean Energy VentureClimate Impact CapitalSeaChange
Ampaire develops hybrid-electric propulsion systems for aircraft, with the AmpDrive technology deployed across multiple aircraft types to reduce fuel consumption, maintenance costs, and noise emissions.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Kevin Noertker(Executive Officer, Director)Cory Combs(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Bilton(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors1955 CapitalAutodesk FoundationHemisphere Ventures LLCTechstarsMassive
Applied Atomics develops space launch and test infrastructure for commercial rocket companies.
Deep TechEnergyHardwareSpace TechAnchorage, US
Ben Kellie(CEO)Paul Keutelian(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Lambert(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlpaca VCCorigin VenturesUnruly CapitalTransition
Aquagga develops field-deployable technology that uses a patented hydrothermal process to permanently destroy PFAS chemicals, breaking them down into harmless byproducts.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareTacoma, US
Brian Pinkard(Cofounder)Nigel Sharp(Co-Founder & former CEO)Christopher Woodruff(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsVertueLab
Avari develops American-made Group 1-3 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones) for a range of customers and applications, with initial work aimed at addressing food insecurity.
Deep TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsAnchorage, US
Amanda Cannell(CEO)Graham Burris(CTO)
Biomass Controls builds decentralized sanitation systems, including the Biogenic Refinery, to process fecal sludge, septage, and biosolids in areas where centralized wastewater treatment is unavailable or not cost-effective.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareImpact & Social Good
Birdstop manufactures drone technology for government and industrial clients.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareIoTSan Francisco, US
Keith Miao(Founder and CEO)
BoardAndrea Hippeau(Director)in
Co-investors640 OxfordAnorak VenturesData TechLerer HippeauTech Square VenturesTechstars
BladeRunner Energy develops hydrokinetic renewable energy technology, including components and systems for clean electricity generation from water resources.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardware
Moriel Arango(Co-Founder, CEO and CTO)Matt Ross(Co-Founder and COO)
Blue Ocean Gear makes connected smart buoys that provide real-time GPS location, movement tracking, and local condition data for deployed fishing and aquaculture gear, transmitting via satellite and radio to a vessel, mobile app, or cloud.
AgTechHardwareIoT
Co-investorsBrighter CapitalGood Growth CapitalGratitude RailroadLocus VenturesSignia Venture Partners
Blue Planet Energy develops energy storage systems used in homes, businesses, and communities to enable clean, reliable, fossil-fuel-free power.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHonolulu, US
Henk Rogers(MEMBER, DIRECTOR)
BoardVINCENT PAUL PONTHIEUX(MEMBER, DIRECTOR)ALEKS VELHNER(MEMBER, DIRECTOR)DARREN KIMURA(Director)KENT OTSU(Director)
Co-investorsEnerdigm Ventures
BoxPower provides turnkey solar microgrid systems that combine solar, battery storage, and backup generators, handling project development, engineering, installation, monitoring, and maintenance.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareGrass Valley, US
Angelo Campus(Executive Officer, Director)Anderson Barkow(Executive Officer)Michele Nesbit(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAvesta FundData Point Capital
Cache Energy provides thermal energy storage systems that use thermo-chemical technology to store heat at 1,000°F for dispatch periods ranging from 1 to 1,000 hours, serving industrial and commercial customers needing long-term energy storage and heat electrification.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsCantos VenturesEvergreen Climate InnovationsUnshackled VenturesVoyager Partners
CalWave develops wave energy converter technology that generates power from ocean waves while withstanding storms and extreme conditions.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardware
Nigel Kojimoto(Vice President of Engineering)
Co-investorsNeotribe Ventures
Carter Wind Energy designs, engineers, and manufactures light-weight, self-erecting two-blade wind turbines, initially targeting small wholesale and industrial distributed-generation installations for harsh and remote locations.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Jay Carter Sr.(Inventor / Founder)Matt Carter(President & CEO)Jay Carter Jr.(CTO)
Cascadia Seaweed cultivates kelp on low-impact ocean farms in British Columbia and manufactures seaweed-based products such as natural fertilizers and livestock feed for crop and livestock farmers.
AgTechCircular EconomyClimate TechFoodTechBritish Columbia, CA
Michael Frank Williamson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Williamson(CEO and Co-founder)inRoberto Enrico Napoli(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony Ethier(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Carlo Zarrillo(Executive Officer, Director)William T. Collins(Director, Promoter)
Circle Seafoods operates floating processor barges that freeze wild-caught seafood at ultra-low temperatures at sea, providing refrigeration, sorting and grading technology, and cold storage, along with amenities for fishermen.
Circular EconomyFoodTechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSitka, US
Gene Patrick Glaab(Executive Officer, Director)Charles B. Campbell(Executive Officer, Director)Eren Barclay Shultz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardVictor Kiam(Director)
Co-investorsPropeller VC
Constellation Navigator provides energy and utility data, software, and advisory services to help organizations manage energy costs, operational performance, and sustainability goals.
Climate TechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsIntelis Capital
Ebb develops electrochemical water treatment technology that recovers freshwater from desalination brine while removing carbon dioxide and producing industrial chemicals.
CleantechClimate TechSan Carlos, US
Ben Tarbell(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Eisaman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKevin Tidwell(Director)Mike Biddle(Director)inGabriel Kra(Director)in
Co-investorsAutodesk FoundationCongruent VenturesEvok InnovationsPrelude VenturesPropeller VC
Eden GeoPower develops an Electrical Reservoir Stimulation technology intended to improve the recovery of natural resources with reduced environmental impact.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Co-investorsGood Growth CapitalMassVenturesPortfoliaTechEnergy Ventures
Electric Fish builds products for a decentralized electric grid system to enable energy independence.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyMobility & TransportationFremont, US
Anurag KamalVince WongLeonardo Mattiazzi(President)Folasade Olanrewaju Ayoola(Director, Promoter)Nelio Batista(Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsCool Climate CollectiveTechstarsVoyager Partners
Co-investorsWaterman Ventures
FlyWire provides digital monitoring systems for commercial fishing operations using patented technology and proprietary automation to track catch data, reduce costs, and support sustainable fishery management.
AgTechClimate TechFintechIoTLexington, US
Co-investorsTechstarsCultivation Capital
General Galactic develops spacecraft and propulsion systems, including nuclear propulsion and technology to generate propellant from water, aimed at lower-cost, higher-efficiency access to orbit and logistics from Earth to the Moon, Mars, and across the solar system.
Deep TechLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechEl Segundo, US
Halen Mattison(Cofounder)Luke Neise(Cofounder)
Co-investorsAntiHarpoon VenturesPathbreaker VenturesSeraphim SpaceUnruly CapitalRefactor Capital
Gentian combines satellite technology and machine learning to provide biodiversity and ecological insights for organisations to inform decision-making that balances environmental protection with business operations.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechLondon, GB
Daniel White(CEO & Co-founder)Karen Day(COO & Co-founder)Thomas Fenal(CSO & Co-founder)Dusty Gedge(Co-founder)
Co-investorsTechstars
GreenTaxi Solutions offers technology aimed at aircraft ground operations, focused on reducing fuel use and emissions while replacing tug/pushback operations, cutting engine maintenance, and improving ground safety and speed.
CleantechClimate TechMobility & Transportation
EnergyEmeryville, US
John R. Muir(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph A. Scherer(Executive Officer, Director)Alan D. Eastman(Executive Officer)
BoardJoseph A. Osha(Executive Officer, Director)
Greensparc builds modular, utility-aligned co-location data centers designed to bring AI compute infrastructure to remote communities.
CleantechCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnergyCordova, US
Sam Enoka(Founder/CEO)inManu Kalia(Co-Founder/Head of Data Science)inJeffrey Cohen(CEO)Vikki Ellison(Executive Vice President)inMC Rydzewski(Chief of Staff)inGeorge Reitz(VP, Product Development & Sales)in
Co-investors49th State Angel Fund
GridWrap makes composite-material wraps that reinforce utility poles, restoring structural capacity in under an hour without pole replacement, permitting, or service interruptions.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
ICE Thermal Harvesting converts waste heat from industrial operations into zero-emission electricity using modular, portable systems.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyHouston, US
Ben Bodishbaugh(Co-Founder)Carrie Murtland(Co-Founder)
Ivaldi offers consulting and solutions focused on additive manufacturing (AM) and supply chains, publishing industry reports and advisory services for business leaders, executives, and engineers in the manufacturing sector.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsFarvatn Venture
Kartorium is an operations platform that provides a 3D "Visual Twin" of sites, AI-powered search across manuals, SOPs, and records, and analytics tracking batches, jobs, downtime, and quality.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaSAnchorage, US
Jay Byam(Founder)in
Co-investors49th State Angel FundTechstars
Wasilla, US
Anena Marie Combs(Executive Officer, Director)Walter W Combs(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardRobert W Combs(Director)
Natel Energy develops FishSafe turbine runners for hydropower plants, available in Francis, Kaplan, and propeller configurations that retrofit into existing civil works to improve efficiency while enabling high through-turbine fish passage survival.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyHardwareAlameda, US
Gia Schneider(Executive Officer, Director)Abraham Schneider(Director)Abe Schneider
BoardMichael Mars(Director)Ray Naizer(Director)
Co-investorsSE Ventures
Generac makes home generators, portable power products, and energy storage systems for emergency and backup power.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsCapital Midwest FundMetaplanet
OCOchem develops an electrochemical process that converts CO2 into formic acid (hydrogen formate) using only electricity and water, aiming to undercut the cost of the fossil-fuel-based version.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsRichland, US
Todd T. Brix(CEO and Co-Founder)Arun S. Agarwal(Chief Technology Officer)Todd Thoreau Brix(Executive Officer, Director)Arthur Terry Brix(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJoshua Phitoussi(Director)A.T. "Terry" Brix(Chairman & Chief Strategy Advisor)
Co-investorsTO VC
Onboard Dynamics builds patented natural gas compression technology, including the GoVAC FLEX and GoVAC MAX pipeline evacuation systems used during pipeline blowdowns and evacuation projects.
CleantechEnergyHardwareNot stated, US
Jeff Witwer(Co-founder & Technical Advisor)Rita Hansen(Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor)Steven Douglas Westberg(Chief Financial Officer)Mitch Schmidtke(Chief Executive Officer & Board Member)Nadine Johnson(Chief Financial Officer)Jeff English(Director)
Co-investorsPortland Seed FundElevate Capital
Parallel Flight develops heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technology for applications such as aerial firefighting and industrial operations.
Deep TechHardwareRoboticsLa Selva Beach, US
Joshua Alan Resnick(Executive Officer)Joshua Resnick(Co-founder)Craig Stevens(CEO)David Adams(Director of Hardware + Systems)Bobby Hulter(Director of Software + Controls)
Radiant Nuclear develops Kaleidos, a portable nuclear microreactor designed to replace diesel generators for remote locations and provide resilient backup power to hospitals, datacenters, and military installations.
Deep TechEnergyHardware
Doug Bernauer(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Andreessen HorowitzBeyond CapitalCantos VenturesCrosscut VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)+14 more
Remote Hands is a platform that connects businesses operating across Alaska with local workers ("Hands") to complete on-site tasks in remote villages, reducing the need to fly staff in.
B2B MarketplacesFuture of WorkImpact & Social GoodMarketplacesAlaska, US
Gabriel Low(Founder & CEO)
Rhythmos.io, now part of Electron, provides analytics tools that give insight into distributed energy resource (DER) location and grid impact for intelligent energy delivery and use.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechData & InfrastructureEnergy
Ken Munson(CEO and President, Board Member)inMark Rawson(Chief Operating Officer)inMark Jaggassar(SVP, Products and Analytics)in
Co-investorsProeza Ventures
RUNWITHIT Synthetics builds synthetic environments and populations that model complex urban, infrastructure, and policy systems, using data science, simulation, and 3D visualization to support decision-makers in technology, policy, and infrastructure choices.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechGovTech
Dean Bittner(Founder & CVO)Myrna Bittner(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsKickstart InnovationRaven Capital
Sage Geosystems develops pressure geothermal technology to generate energy from the earth's subsurface heat, drawing on decades of experience drilling wells worldwide.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHouston, US
Cynthia Taff(Executive Officer, Director)Lev Ring(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardWilliam Restrepo(Director)Clay Shamblin(Director)Staffan Qvist(Director)
Co-investorsCarbonCubit CapitalHelium-3 VenturesAll Aboard
Switched Source develops medium voltage power electronics devices, such as its Tie Controller and Phase-EQ products, that automate dynamic re-balancing of load across phases and distribution circuits for electric distribution utilities.
CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareHardwareChicago, US
Lane Nelson(Cofounder)inCHARLES MURRAY(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCapital InnovatorsCubit Capital
TerraFixing is a climate infrastructure company building modular Direct Air Capture units that capture and purify CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, designed to operate in cold Far North climates.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Vida Gabriel(Cofounder)inDr. Sean Wilson(Co-founder)Dr. Vida Gabriel(Co-founder)
Co-investorsInnovative Solutions Canada
VECKTA operates a technology platform that connects commercial and industrial companies with analytics, expertise, and pre-qualified suppliers to plan, purchase, and deploy onsite energy systems such as microgrids.
CleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Gareth Evans(Founder)in
Co-investorsTech Square VenturesCove FundVoLo Earth Ventures
Vibrant Planet Data Commons is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that generates and publicly shares scientific research on environmental risks, particularly focused on wildfire resilience and forest science.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureGovTechImpact & Social GoodSaaSTruckee, US
Allison Wolff(Executive Officer, Director)Neil Hunt(Executive Officer, Director)Guy Bayes(Executive Officer)Maria Tran(Executive Officer)Scott Conway(Executive Officer)
BoardJames Everett(Director)
Co-investorsData TechEcosystem Integrity FundHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcValia VenturesCiti VenturesDay One Ventures+2 more
ZeroAvia develops aerospace-grade hydrogen-electric propulsion and power systems for regional aircraft, UAVs, trainers, and fixed-wing platforms across commercial and defense markets.
CleantechDeep TechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsAP VenturesDniproEcosystem Integrity FundHorizons VenturesSGH CapitalSystemiq Capital+4 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioOkloNYSE: OKLO
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Oklo · stocktwits.com · Jul 17, 2026

Ebb Carbon · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Gentian · investing.com · Jul 9, 2026
Applied Atomics · ca.investing.com · Jun 17, 2026
General Galactic · spacenews.com · Mar 5, 2026
Radiant · neutronbytes.com · Dec 21, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Launch Alaska Investment Fund made?
- Launch Alaska Investment Fund has 55 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Launch Alaska Investment Fund invest at?
- Launch Alaska Investment Fund invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Launch Alaska Investment Fund focus on?
- Launch Alaska Investment Fund focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy, Impact & Social Good, Mobility & Transportation.
- Where is Launch Alaska Investment Fund located?
- Launch Alaska Investment Fund is headquartered in Anchorage, US.
- Who does Launch Alaska Investment Fund co-invest with?
- Launch Alaska Investment Fund most often shares deals with Techstars, 49th State Angel Fund, DCVC (Data Collective), among 89 tracked co-investors.
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