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Nsic
Mountain View, United States
Provides trusted capital to dual‑use hardware startups to accelerate development of national security technologies.
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27+
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Founded
2021
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Anthro Energy develops the Proteus electrolyte platform to enhance battery performance, safety, and energy density. This technology is a drop-in solution compatible with existing giga-factory infrastructure, enabling next-generation chemistries like Silicon anodes. The company provides advanced electrolyte solutions and structural battery cells for consumer electronics, micromobility, defense, and automotive applications.
Funding: $25.5M
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US Department of Energy
US Department of Energy
Funding: $25.5M
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Ateios provides the RaiCure™ platform, a radiation‑curable polymer coating that replaces thermal curing and toxic solvents in battery electrode manufacturing. The drop‑in solution enables thicker, higher‑density electrodes, cuts energy use by up to 82%, and speeds production up to five times while reducing capital and operating costs and eliminating PFAs.
Funding: $350.0K
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Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine
Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine
Funding: $350.0K
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Beacon Photonics develops innovative optical microsystems for commercial and national security applications. Their heterogeneous photonics platform integrates high-performance optics onto a chip, offering advantages in cost, size, and functionality. This technology targets markets currently reliant on expensive, hand-built optical products across communications, sensing, and quantum sectors.
This company designs and manufactures specialized electrical and optical devices, focusing on laser design, modeling, and electro-optical testing. Their offerings include design optimization, device characterization, and custom packaging for components like VCSELs, edge emitters, detectors, and gratings.
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100+Approximate amount of employees
Darkhive develops open autonomous robotics systems tailored for defense and public safety applications, utilizing advanced navigation and sensor technologies. These systems enhance operational efficiency and safety by providing real-time situational awareness and reducing the need for human intervention in hazardous environments.
Funding: $21.0M
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Ten Eleven Ventures
Ten Eleven Ventures
Funding: $21.0M
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Direct Kinetic Solutions develops ultra-light radioisotopic batteries that provide continuous, multi-decade power for remote applications. This technology utilizes beta-emitting isotopic power sources to generate electricity via semiconductor junctions, offering superior longevity and reduced weight compared to traditional lithium-ion devices. The solution is specifically designed for powering CubeSats, long-term IoT asset tracking sensors, and communications systems.
Funding: $3.6M
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AFWERX
AFWERX
Funding: $3.6M
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Fenixspace develops modular launch vehicle components, standardized satellite bus architectures, and end‑to‑end mission planning tools to make space access more routine and affordable. By offering reusable hardware, cloud‑based operations platforms, and streamlined regulatory support, it enables small and medium enterprises, research institutions, and emerging space startups to launch and operate satellites with lower cost and complexity.
FuelX Innovation manufactures solid-state hydrogen storage products using Alane (AlH3) to provide high energy density fuel for various power systems, including military, aviation, and recreational vehicles. By employing a novel production method that eliminates the need for lithium, FuelX aims to reduce carbon emissions and address the challenges of sustainable energy storage.
Funding: $380.0K
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Funding: $380.0K
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Great Lakes Crystal Technologies manufactures ultra‑high‑quality single‑crystal CVD diamond plates, substrates, and epitaxial wafers for demanding electronic, quantum and optical applications. Its proprietary reactors and patented growth processes deliver diamond materials with exceptional thermal conductivity, dielectric strength, and carrier mobility, enabling high‑power transistors, AI‑chip packaging, quantum NV‑center sensors, and radiation‑hard X‑ray optics. The company supplies these traceable, ISO‑certified substrates directly to semiconductor manufacturers, AI‑chip designers, quantum‑tech developers, and advanced optics firms.
Funding: $2.7M
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National Security Innovation Capital
National Security Innovation Capital
Funding: $2.7M
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Lunar Resources develops technologies for in-situ resource utilization and space manufacturing, focusing on molten regolith electrolysis to extract high-purity oxygen and metals from lunar soil. Their solutions enable the large-scale industrialization of space by providing essential materials for constructing off-earth infrastructure, addressing the need for sustainable resource extraction in space.
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300+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $1.0M
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National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
Funding: $1.0M
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Lyten develops and manufactures supermaterials based on its proprietary 3D Graphene™ platform, which captures carbon from methane and produces clean hydrogen. Its product line includes lithium‑sulfur batteries (LytCell™), graphene‑infused polyethylene composites (LytR™), and concrete additives that deliver higher energy density, reduced weight, and lower carbon footprints for EVs, aerospace, construction, and plastics manufacturers.
Funding: $200.0M
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The Luxembourg Future Fund
The Luxembourg Future Fund
Funding: $200.0M
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Maybell designs and manufactures dilution refrigerators for quantum research, offering intuitive, low‑maintenance systems that reach sub‑10 mK temperatures with configurable cooling power up to 1 W at 100 mK. Their modular products—ranging from the affordable Fast Fridge to high‑capacity units—feature maintenance‑free micro‑root blowers, self‑regenerating helium traps, and front‑loading access to enable rapid sample changes and scalable multi‑qubit experiments.
Funding: $40.0M
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Addition
Funding: $40.0M
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Neuron provides a cloud-based platform that streamlines the development, training, and deployment of neural network models, enabling data science teams to manage their AI workflows more efficiently.
New Frontier Aerospace manufactures full-flow staged combustion rocket engines powered by net carbon-negative liquid natural gas, enabling efficient propulsion for hypersonic aircraft and orbital transfer stages. Their technology addresses the need for high-performance, reusable propulsion systems in civil, commercial, and defense sectors, facilitating advanced mobility and logistics solutions.
Funding: $2.8M
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Pacific Bays Capital
Pacific Bays Capital
Funding: $2.8M
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NUVIEW builds commercial satellites designed to annually map the entire global land surface using LiDAR technology. This effort produces high-resolution Digital Surface Models (DSMs) and Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) for diverse applications. The resulting 3D data supports critical functions like infrastructure planning, environmental monitoring, and creating real-time digital twins.
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3K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $18.0M
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MaC Venture Capital
MaC Venture Capital
Funding: $18.0M
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Parallel Flight Technologies is developing drone systems equipped with advanced flight control technology to enhance stability and increase payload capacity for aerial firefighting and emergency response. These drones provide rapid deployment capabilities to combat wildfires and manage disaster situations, protecting lives, property, and natural resources.
Funding: $9.9M
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Funding: $9.9M
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Princeton Innotech manufactures vertical‑cavity surface‑emitting lasers that deliver single‑mode output above 10 W with less than 1 mrad divergence and support modulation speeds exceeding 200 Gb/s per device. Using a 6‑inch wafer platform, it provides high‑power VCSEL arrays and terabit‑per‑second optical links with custom packaging, thermal management, and driver integration for industrial heating, power‑beaming, high‑speed communications, atomic sensing, and AI edge‑computing applications.
Rydberg Technologies utilizes the quantum properties of Rydberg atoms to develop atomic RF sensors that provide absolute SI-traceable measurements of electromagnetic fields across a frequency range from DC to THz. This technology enhances RF sensing, measurement, and imaging capabilities, offering over three times the coverage of traditional probe antennas and improving measurement precision by more than tenfold.
Funding: $1.5M
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Funding: $1.5M
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Starfish Space manufactures the Otter, an autonomous satellite servicing vehicle that utilizes electric propulsion for docking and performing missions such as satellite life extension and disposal. This technology addresses the growing need for sustainable satellite management as the number of operational satellites in orbit increases.
Funding: $53.4M
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Shield Capital
Shield Capital
Funding: $53.4M
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Teradar develops next-generation terahertz sensors that provide high-resolution, all-weather imaging for enhanced vehicle perception and security applications. These non-ionizing sensors deliver superior clarity and range, cutting through adverse conditions like rain, fog, and snow. The technology supports automotive safety, defense systems, and advanced security screening requirements.
Funding: $2.6M
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Funding: $2.6M
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Xplore operates a low‑Earth‑orbit satellite constellation that provides hyperspectral and multi‑sensor Earth observation data as a Data‑as‑a‑Service, and offers edge computing so customers can run custom algorithms on‑orbit. Their Major Tom platform delivers Operations‑as‑a‑Service, handling satellite tracking, command scheduling, telemetry monitoring, and data downlink via a cloud‑based dashboard and global ground‑station network, reducing latency and bandwidth costs for industries that need rapid geospatial insights.
Funding: $7.2M
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Funding: $7.2M
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