NASA — 2022 Investments
65 investments dated 2022 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Ad Astra Rocket Company develops the VASIMR plasma rocket propulsion engine for in-space transportation, targeting applications such as cargo delivery, space station reboost, space debris removal, and deep space missions.
CleantechDeep TechSpace Tech
Franklin Chang Díaz
Advent Diamond designs and manufactures all-diamond semiconductor components, including discrete and integrated devices, using precision-doped diamond films and proprietary low-resistance ohmic contacts.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Ahmic Aerospace develops precision instrumentation for aerospace testing, including wall shear sensors, temperature gauges, and aerodynamic balances used in hypersonic ground facilities and flight programs.
Deep TechHardware
AIRCO builds modular systems that produce fuel, using carbon-capture and synthesis technology.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Aurora Engineering provides engineering services spanning design, simulation, and flight operations, including spacecraft instrument calibration, commanding, telemetry monitoring, data handling, laboratory automation, and research facility management.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech
Avilution develops the eXtensible Flight System (XFS), avionics software running on common microprocessors that unifies aircraft subsystems, drives multiple displays, and provides a common data bus for interoperability between vendors.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
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)
Buendea developed a Moon-mission experience inside the multiplayer video game Fortnite, built with Unreal Engine for Fortnite, in which players explore, gather resources, build, and upgrade a lunar settlement at the Moon's South Pole.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Chascii develops high-data-rate optical communications terminals and an all-optical ground, air, and space network (its INSPIRE network) to deliver low-latency data downlink and two-way connectivity for space missions.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
ChemCubed develops jettable materials and printer systems for printed electronics and 3D printing, targeting applications such as printed circuit boards, displays, flexible hybrid electronics, passive components, RFID/sensors, photovoltaics, and wearables.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Cislune builds hardware, software, and field-tested operations to convert lunar regolith and ice into infrastructure such as water, oxygen, propellant, landing pads, and construction feedstock.
HardwareRoboticsSpace Tech
Coeur D'Alene, US
Tyler B Alvarado(Executive Officer, Director)John Swallow(Director)Matthew Blake(Director)
Diamond Age Technology builds digital twin models of physical assets and connects them with operational data, using AI, spatial computing, and extended reality to power dashboards, VR/AR training, and real-time field operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTHouston, US
DSTAR Communications develops optical materials, specialty fibers, and probes for the 0.3–16 micron spectral range, along with integrated solutions for spectral diagnostics, IR imaging, and life science.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareWoodland Hills, US
Euclid develops beam physics and RF technologies for electron microscopy and particle accelerators, including a retrofit module (UltraFast Pulser) that converts transmission electron microscopes into ultrafast stroboscopic instruments, compact portable MeV electron accelerators, and lab-grown HPHT/CVD diamonds for optics, detectors, and quantum applications.
Deep TechHardwareNew Materials
Hover, Inc. develops Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) computing platforms, combining low size, weight, and power hardware with certified real-time operating systems and software for automated and semi-automated aircraft and next-generation powertrains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
SkyTL is a multi-hazard platform that combines sensor data, AI, and physics models to predict and track extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes, and wildfires in real time.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechGovTech
Intact Solutions develops physics-based simulation software that runs finite element analysis and topology optimization directly on implicit, BREP, mesh, G-code, and CT scan models without meshing or pre-processing, integrating CAD, process, and material data into a single model.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
IDA Technology is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, minority-owned small business offering professional technical services including performance analysis, test and evaluation, program management, information technology, and facility and warehouse management.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTech
Kaney Aerospace designs electromechanical actuation, motion control, and electric power and control systems for the aerospace and medical industries, including autopilot and fly-by-wire smart-servos with embedded DO-178 Level A software.
Defense TechHardwareMedical DevicesRockford, US
Kayhan Space develops technology to improve the safety of spaceflight operations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaSSpace TechLafayette, US
Siamak Hesar(Founder)inAraz Feyzi(Founder)inKane Hsieh(Director)
KIHOMAC provides systems engineering, reverse manufacturing, custom fabrication, engineering analyses, and sustainment solutions for aerospace vehicles, serving U.S.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardware
Moonprint Solutions is a product development and manufacturing company that designs, tests, and fabricates softgoods products such as inflatable and flexible structures using textiles, coated fabrics, and membranes.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechSpace Tech
MI is the for-profit commercialization arm of MTU/MTRI, formed to capitalize and monetize intellectual property and innovations arising from MTU/MTRI funded research.
Deep Tech
Gregory Leonard(President & Board Chairman)Jim Baker(Secretary)Suzanne Morin(Treasurer)Nikola Subotic(Board of Directors)Robert Shuchman(Board of Directors)
Niobium develops a platform for encrypted computation using fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) that processes data while keeping it encrypted throughout its lifecycle.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDayton, US
Kevin Yoder(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Farrell(Executive Officer)Georgios Dimou(Executive Officer)Lucas Duncan(Executive Officer)David Archer(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Wiltbank(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Opto-Atomics develops atomic and photonic metrology technologies for precision positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and RF electrometry applications.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Outpost Technologies develops technology solutions for government and commercial customers.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechGovTechHardware
Pendar Technologies develops Raman spectroscopy instruments and autonomous chemistry systems for chemical analysis and discovery, including handheld devices for identifying threat materials and tools for real-time reaction kinetics, inspection, authentication, and process control.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Praevium Research develops high-speed tunable VCSELs (vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers) along with other novel semiconductor lasers and detectors.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
PVT Clean Energy LLC develops and commercializes energy harvesting technologies including solar and geothermal, such as building integrated photovoltaic and thermal (BIPVT) systems.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyPropTech
Dr. Chen(Co-founder & Interim CEO)Dr. Zadshir(Co-founder)
QuantCAD develops quantum sensing technology and works to translate quantum research into deployable tools, including workforce training and commercialization programs.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Jennifer Flatté(Chief Executive Officer)Michael Flatté(Chief Science Officer)
SenSigma develops a Smart Optical Monitoring System (SOMS) that uses spectroscopy and machine-learning software to provide real-time sensing, defect detection, and quality control for arc and laser welding and additive manufacturing processes.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareAnn Arbor, US
Sigma-Netics designs and manufactures sensing elements including ruggedized pressure switches, pressure transducers, and metal bellows assemblies.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareRiverdale, US
Sigmatech provides technical and management services to aerospace, defense, federal, and commercial clients, drawing on decades of experience delivering engineering and program support.
Deep TechDefense Tech
SRICO develops application-specific integrated optic technology using electro-optics, nonlinear optics, and ferroelectric materials to produce optical chip-based products.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
SSS Optical Technologies develops photonic and optical products, including a low-cost continuous ammonia sensor for animal houses, photonic security nano ink, a light-driven actuator, and a pulsed LED illuminator.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
Starfish Space develops autonomous satellite servicing technology and infrastructure to enable affordable and available satellite maintenance in orbit.
Deep TechHardwareSpace TechTukwila, US
Trevor Bennett(Co-founder)Austin Link(Co-founder)
BoardMorgan Beller(Director)Peter Ortez(Director)Letitia Long(Director)
Ten One Aerospace builds hardware and flight software for Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD), including its Astraeus autonomous RPO flight software suite and COTS RPO hardware that makes satellite buses RPO-ready.
Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Thinking Robots develops AI software that makes robots controllable through natural instructions, removing the need for end-user programming, data collection, or prior training.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics
VISIMO builds AI decision systems that connect fragmented data, preserve source provenance, quantify uncertainty, and produce traceable recommendations subject to human review.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTech
Vivonics develops medical technologies for unmet human health needs, including mobile physiological monitoring, advanced diagnostics, non-invasive interventions, and clinical decision support tools.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Zephyr Computing builds space-grade computing hardware and software—including radiation-hardened GPUs, networking, storage, and a Linux-based open-source OS (Colossus)—that lets satellites process raw data onboard in orbit.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSpace Tech
Zeus is an AI platform that builds foundation models for Earth data, integrating multi-modal, multi-resolution observations from sounders, imagers, and in situ sensors to produce complete, high-resolution global information.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep Tech
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