Featured Startup Companies

A2O is transforming how industry is using adhesives with its proprietary self-healing, reversible coatings, tapes, and adhesives where standard adhesives fail.

ACT-ion is changing the battery manufacturing paradigm, enabling cheaper, cleaner, and higher-performing cathode materials in the US while mitigating critical raw material supply chain constraints.

Ammonia production at atmospheric pressure using plasma catalysis.

AeroShield is making super-insulating transparent materials that improve the energy-efficiency of windows by 65%. Our patented silica aerogel is one of the most insulating materials ever created, and will launch the first aerogel-insulated products in 2026 with our window partners.

Allied Microbiota uses biotechnology to destroy environmental contaminants and recover commercial value from industrial waste streams. 

Anvigen developed biodegradable microencapsulation technology that protects and delivers crucial agriculture additives such as microbes - amplifying crop performance while protecting the planet.

Arctura decarbonizes industrial chemistry by replacing fossil-based processes with electrified alternatives-starting with green nitric acid made from air, water, and renewable power.

Building Better Batteries with the Fastest, Lowest-Cost, and Most Sustainable Manufacturing Platform.

Capro-X uses low-cost natural biorefineries to transform organic wastes into a high impact portfolio of products ranging from commodity chemicals, to personal care ingredients, to bioplastics, and SAF.

Cascade Bio empowers enzymes to change how molecules are made across chemicals, food ingredients, pharma and more.

CERT converts CO2 emissions into ethylene, for drop-in, low-carbon materials and fuels.

Our nano-structured coating passively cools sun-exposed surfaces up to 10°F below ambient, cutting energy use by up to 23%.

Redefining battery materials with homegrown innovation .

CUPTech turns local plastic wastes into high-value chemical and fuel products.

Decycle Bio manufactures sustainable chemicals using designer synthetic biochemical cascades and cell-free processes.

 

Ecovaleric converts agricultural waste into e-HVA, a platform monomer for high-performance, compostable plastics and green chemicals-delivering circular materials via clean electrochemistry.

Accelerating next-gen batteries with scalable, domestically produced, high-performance electrolytes.

Monetizing industrial waste to produce valuable critical metals and green metals.

HAND Technologies, a leading national innovator for high temperature resins, exclusively owns and licenses IP on a novel carbon precursor that effectively reduces the  manufacturing time of advanced carbon structures by 50-80%. 

We use exclusive NASA tech to retrofit existing HVAC systems, reducing energy use and emissions while improving ventilation and indoor air quality across the built environment.

Kismet technologies is disrupting the antimicrobial additive market with its mineral-based antimicrobial systems that are powerful oxidizer only when it detects microbial activity. 

Oboro Labs is the only company globally that can produce Cyclic Polyolefins on scale.

OmniPath H2 is developing novel midstream H2 transport solutions to UNLOCK the hydrogen economy.

Transforming CO2 into ultra-tough 3x cheaper composite materials for the construction industry.

PFC-X is Where Forever Ends: we do room temperature PFAS destruction and activated carbon regeneration

Renewcat Inc technology is revolutionizing the way polyvinyl chloride (PVC) waste is recycled by converting PVC into value added polyethylene waxes. 

Resollant delivers 250 tpd of decarbonized hydrogen and ultra-pure graphite at lower cost than today's production methods-no government incentives or carbon price needed-serving refineries, petrochemicals, and steel.

Rushnu's CarbonCatalyze™ integrates carbon capture with scalable chemical production to reduce emissions and deliver essential chemicals to host sites at lower cost and with minimal transportation.

Silvis Materials is decarbonizing the $54 billion industrial adhesives industry with adhesives made from plants and trees for use in packaging and building materials.

SynMatter sells NASA Smart Particles that protect the world's steel from corrosion, delivering millions of dollars in savings to the shipping, defense, oil & gas and infrastructure industries every year.

Zenthos Energy (formerly Flow Aluminum) is building ultra-safe, high-performance aluminum-CO₂ batteries for grid, military, and microgrid storage with fully domestic materials.

ZILA converts plant-based oils into high performance, high bio-content, recyclable bio-epoxy resins for use in industrial composites, coatings, and adhesives. 

We're driving a future where our homes, businesses, and grid rely on safe, sustainable, water-based batteries powered by our game-changing electrolyte chemistry.

Pyran is a chemical company that uses crop waste resources (e.g., corn cobs, sugarcane bagasse) to make sustainable 1,5-pentanediol (PDO) - a key ingredient used in paints and coatings. Pyran offers our customers renewable 5-carbon alternatives to their oil-based molecules at up to 40% lower prices.

Rivalia is pioneering new chemical extraction technology to pull valuable critical minerals out of industrial wastes, starting with rare earths and coal ash.

We enable textile-to-textile recycling of mixed synthetic blends for brands that currently cannot source recycled materials from post-consumer waste.