NASA β 2021 Investments
78 investments dated 2021 Β· listed companies and verified rows first Β· show all
ATA is a consulting and professional services firm that provides program management, product management, data team leadership, and design support to government clients.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTech
Aeris develops environmental software, atmospheric and climate modeling, and technical services for national security customers, including the U.S.
Climate TechDeep TechDefense Tech
AmplifiedSpace builds standardized, modular spacecraft power systems that combine flexible hardware with configurable software to replace custom, bespoke designs.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
ANT Automation builds AI-based infrared hot spot detection systems, real-time simulation and 3D visualization tools, an industrial XR collaboration platform, IoT SCADA data acquisition software, and coal-blend optimization tools for heavy industry.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoT
Force Engineering develops and manufactures advanced materials and intelligent systems that manage kinetic energy for impact protection, shock and vibration isolation, and armor applications.
Deep TechDefense TechNew Materials
Boulder, US
Christoph Keplinger(Director)Eric Acome(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Morrissey(Executive Officer, Director)
Denver, US
Aureus Innovation is a consultancy that applies systems engineering, systems architecture, systems design thinking, and mechanical design to help clients clarify and improve complex innovation challenges.
Deep TechEnterprise Software
Matthew Sease(Co-founder)
Ballydel Technologies develops novel materials and manufacturing processes for use in pharmaceutical, defense, energy, and consumer goods applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Bechamo develops high-performance flight simulation and flight control software that uses physics-infused AI for aircraft makers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Brayton Energy is an R&D firm that designs, prototypes, and tests turbomachinery, gas turbine systems, heat exchangers, and combustion systems for sustainable energy production.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Circle Optics develops 360-degree multi-camera imaging systems, including its Hydra product, which uses a patented method of aligning fields-of-view to eliminate image stitching.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardware
Zakariya Niazi(Chief Executive Officer / Chief Technology Officer)Ian Gauger(Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer)Andrew Kurtz(Chief Research Officer)Zak Niazi(Founder)
EdgeDweller is an innovation consultancy that runs ideation, growth-strategy, and team-building engagements using its proprietary Intentional Innovation process, offering services, assessments, and frameworks to help organizations generate and execute new products and growth strategies.
Enterprise Software
Adv Materials Innovations develops materials science solutions including electronic component design and fabrication, customized electronic coatings, and high-temperature applications for government agencies and companies.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Electra develops hybrid-electric aircraft, including its Ultra Short model that uses blown-lift and distributed electric propulsion to take off and land in about 150 feet for short-runway regional travel.
CleantechDefense TechMobility & TransportationManassas, US
Elementum 3D develops enhanced metal additive manufacturing powders and alloyed materials, including aluminum, nickel, copper, and tantalum series, along with printer process parameters.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsErie, US
Jacob Nuechterlein(Founder/President)John E. Watson(Director)Daniel Tessler(Director)Andrew Crickenberger(Chief Executive Officer)
BoardQuinton Hennigh(Director)Gene Colabattisto(Director)
Elphel designs and manufactures high-performance cameras released as free/open-source software and hardware under the GNU GPL and CERN Open Hardware License.
Deep TechDeveloper ToolsHardware
Fifth Gait Technologies provides radiation survivability, nuclear hardening, radiation testing, mission assurance, and modeling and simulation services for space and defense systems.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech
Kathy Doughty(Founder & Board Chairman)Richard Horton(Chief Executive Officer)
IceMOS Technology supplies thick-film SOI, SiSi, and bonded silicon substrates along with Superjunction MOSFETs and MEMS solutions for integrated circuit and MEMS applications.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Kalsi Engineering is a consulting engineering firm offering research, design, analysis, and testing of mechanical equipment and structures, along with patented rotary seal products and engineering software.
Advanced ManufacturingEnergyHardwareSugar Land, US
Kyma Technologies produces GaN, AlN, and Ga2O3 crystalline materials using Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) and Pulsed Sputtering Deposition (PSD) processes.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductors
Kent, US
Tom Nugent, Jr.(Executive Officer)Timothy Jenks(Executive Officer)Robert Zak(Bob Zak's name updated to reflect legal first name)Claes Olsson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRichard Gustafson(Director)Scott Anderson(Director)
LeNgineer is a minority- and woman-owned engineering services firm offering electrical, electronics, systems, automation, mechanical, civil, and software engineering along with CAD design, IT, project management, construction, and R&D support.
Construction TechDeep TechRobotics
LyteChip Inc. develops photonic integrated circuit technologies.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
MemComputing builds a silicon architecture designed to increase AI inference throughput and compute density within existing datacenter power and cooling limits.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Microtech Energy develops atmospheric microwave plasma technology for industrial thermal processing, including heat treatments (carburization, nitriding), coatings, and powder metal and ceramic sintering.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
HEETShield researches, designs, and produces advanced materials and custom technical solutions for extreme environments, addressing needs such as thermal protection, energy efficiency, lightweight construction, sound reduction, and blocking energy wavelengths.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Modus Operandi builds intelligence and data analytics products, including its Movia platform and a semantic layer that links data relationships and attributes to support decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDefense Tech
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareLongmont, US
Jeremy Goeckeritz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardYoav Lurie(Director)
Nikira Labs develops compact, sensitive gas analyzers and scientific instruments used for environmental applications such as air quality measurement, greenhouse gas monitoring, and industrial fence line emissions monitoring.
CleantechClimate TechHardware
NOVI builds space compute and AI infrastructure, including flight-proven On-Board Computers, Mission-as-a-Service capabilities, and GENIEedge multi-sensor smart satellites that process sensor data directly in orbit and transmit only actionable results.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSpace Tech
Exton, US
Richard Spinogatti(Secretary and Treasurer)Paul Graziani(Director)Robert Hammett(Chief Executive Officer)
Photon Spot builds superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) and sub-1 Kelvin cryogenic systems that avoid liquid helium consumption.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Ryan Cowdrey(Cofounder)Blake Herren(Cofounder)
re:3D builds large-format, industrial 3D printers (its Gigabot line), including systems using recycled plastic waste as feedstock, with a focus on affordability and social impact.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareImpact & Social GoodAustin, US
Recon-RF designs custom MMICs, integrated microwave assemblies, and RF modules, including GaN SSPAs, LNAs, mixers, and T/R macrocells operating through 140 GHz.
Defense TechHardwareSemiconductors
Resilient Computing develops fault-tolerant, radiation-hardened computer architectures based on FPGA computers, using patented fault detection and recovery methods to protect against single event effects.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Rocky Mountain Instrument Co.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
Shock Tech develops and manufactures custom solutions for vibration, shock-energy, noise, and acoustic challenges, handling the process from design through production.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Smart Material Solutions develops large-area nanomanufacturing technology, including seamless cylindrical molds for roll-to-roll nanopatterning (nanoimprint lithography).
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Soterix Medical develops non-invasive neuromodulation and brain stimulation systems, including High-Definition tDCS, TMS, and tFUS platforms along with neurotargeting planning software and monitoring technologies.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical Devices
S3 develops laser-based remote sensing and LIDAR technologies for greenhouse gas mapping, atmospheric and wind monitoring, and standoff chemical threat detection.
Climate TechDeep TechDefense Tech
Syrnatec Inc. designs and manufactures power electronics using wide-bandgap and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor materials (Ga2O3, GaN, SiC), including radiation-hardened microelectronics, transistors, converters, diodes, rectifiers, and AC inverters.
HardwareSemiconductorsSpace Tech
Tell-i develops non-intrusive current and voltage sensors for wide bandgap (WBG) high-frequency power electronics.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Teltrium is a technical services company providing systems engineering, strategic engineering leadership, and project execution support for space systems, networks, RF, and mission-critical programs.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech
Temper Inc. develops advanced manufacturing processes for thermoset and thermoplastic composites, including magnetic-field-based material processing, tooling, equipment, and services.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Titan 3D Robotics builds industrial large-format additive manufacturing systems, including the EXT Titan Pellet line of pellet-extrusion 3D printers with build volumes up to 1270mm and optional hybrid filament and milling toolheads.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareRobotics
Tomorrow.io develops an AI-powered weather intelligence platform that combines satellite technology and proprietary data to help organizations forecast weather impacts and build resilience.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US
Shimon Elkabetz(CEO, Co-Founder)Rei Goffer(CSO, Co-Founder)Itai Zlotnik(CCO, Co-Founder)
Provider of air traffic control simulation and training software to air navigation service providers, militaries, and universities.
Burlington, US
Lawrence A. Pennett(President)David L. Wolff(Chief Executive Officer)Maria G. DeSousa(Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer)Rajiv J. Sood(Vice President)
BoardDaniel Raynor(Director)
United Protective Technologies develops proprietary nanocomposite surface coatings, including DLC coatings applied via PVD, PECVD, and Cathodic Arc Deposition, to reduce wear, corrosion, and friction on mechanical components.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Denver, US
Kevin Gambold(Executive Officer, Director)Ken Erney(Executive Officer)William Cossoff(Executive Officer, Director)Edwin Freeborn(Executive Officer, Director)
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