AquaOrganix
Pre Seed Round in 2024
AquaOrganix specializes in waste management services for the agricultural sector. It converts organic waste into regenerative fertilizers, bio-stimulants, and nutrient systems within 24 hours, enhancing crop growth and quality while eliminating synthetic inputs. This process not only boosts agricultural productivity but also reduces environmental impact and improves soil health. AquaOrganix caters to farmers of all scales, promoting a greener, waste-free future in agriculture.
SemanticGuard
Grant in 2023
Developer of a cybersecurity platform designed to protect organizations against cyber threats by guarding the software applications. The company's platform disrupts traditional threat-specific protection by offering effective real-time application-specific protection, detection and response for mission-critical software, enabling clients to increase their efficacy and decision-making speed while tackling cyber threats.
IERUS Technologies
Grant in 2023
IERUS Technologies is a technology firm recruiting and retains workforce of highly skilled engineers,scientists and mathematicians.
Xplosion Technology
Grant in 2023
A Personal Coaching Assistant, Xplosion is a 4D Motion Baseball Training system that is Providing a range of sensors that you can put on the Body and Sporting Equipment.
Research In Flight
Grant in 2023
Research In Flight specializes in developing and providing advanced aerodynamic and hydrodynamic analysis tools tailored for aerospace engineering applications. Their key product, a surface vorticity flow solver, empowers users to create optimized designs for various vehicle types, from subsonic to transonic, by importing geometries from any commercial CAD/CAE software. This streamlines the process, reducing user input and enhancing the generation of high-fidelity surface meshes.
Quadrus provides advanced manufacturing, internal research, development, products, and training services.
Outpost Technologies
Grant in 2023
Outpost Technologies is a manufacturer of space-rated hardware focused on enhancing weapons systems analysis and testing capabilities. The company provides engineering solutions, including metal-based optical components and custom design, to meet the needs of government entities and industries. By collaborating with customers to define requirements and create precise plans, Outpost Technologies delivers comprehensive solutions for complex challenges, thereby advancing technological boundaries in its field.
CFD Research
Grant in 2023
CFD Research is a technology company that specializes in engineering simulations and innovative design solutions across various industries, including aerospace, biomedical, and defense. The company develops advanced software and test evaluation tools for systems engineering, focusing on cyber and data sciences. Their capabilities encompass the entire development process, from initial concept ideation and design to analysis, prototype fabrication, testing, and evaluation. CFD Research's software facilitates coupled multiscale, multiphysics simulations, enabling the analysis of fluid, thermal, chemical, biological, electrical, and mechanical phenomena for real-world applications.
J-Tech Digital
Grant in 2023
J-Tech Digital is a consumer electronic accessory superstore that offers the finest selection of electronics, photo and camera, office, and computer products from the leading manufacturers around world. J-Tech is committed to customer satisfaction and has reps available around the clock 24/7 for your convenience. In the case that you are not happy with your product, J-Tech has a dedicated team of trained professionals that will help you either with trouble shooting a product or possibly returning the product. At J-Tech their overall goal is to ensure that your purchasing experience goes as smooth as possible and they will do everything in their power to make that happen.
Arcarithm provides Artificial Intelligence-based solutions for commercial and defense markets.
Zeus Research and Technology
Grant in 2023
Zeus Research and Technology is a woman-owned small business founded by two former government employees, specialize in the design, development and integration of navigation systems.
Alveolus Bio
Grant in 2023
Alveolus Bio is a biotechnology company focused on developing inhaled biotherapeutics for lung diseases. The company creates proprietary delivery systems for biotherapeutics designed to address chronic respiratory conditions by targeting fibroblast dysfunction and neutrophilic inflammation, with the aim of improving patient outcomes in COPD and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Its team of scientists, physicians, and innovators pursues a clinical pipeline that includes preclinical live biotherapeutics intended for bronchopulmonary dysplasia, COPD, IPF, and pulmonary arterial hypertension, reflecting an emphasis on early-stage therapies for lung disease.
Summit Information Solutions
Grant in 2023
Summit Information Solutions is a management consulting firm that specializes in information technology strategy and management, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and IT governance. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
EngeniusMicro
Grant in 2023
EngeniusMicro LLC, established in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007, specializes in micro-systems engineering, focusing on the design, development, fabrication, modeling, and testing of micro sensors and actuators. The company offers a range of products including passive ceramic-based sensors for measuring strain, temperature, pressure, and heat flux; nano-enhanced sensors like portable chemical detectors; and wireless connectivity technologies for harsh environment sensors. Additionally, EngeniusMicro provides embedded systems solutions encompassing analog/digital circuit design, PCB manufacturing, FPGA/microprocessor systems, wireless integration, software development for Android/iPhone, desktop PC GUI development, and web-based applications. The company also offers modeling and simulation services such as 3D mechanical design, MEMS design, multi-physics finite element analysis, circuit analysis, mechanical thermal analysis, and micro-fluidic modeling. EngeniusMicro's expertise lies in developing wireless microsensors for IoT connected devices and systems, along with MEMS sensors, microfabrication, electronic packaging, and wireless communication technologies.
Analytical AI
Grant in 2023
Analytical AI develops artificial intelligence products that analyze financial transaction data and detect threats in checkpoint security. It offers an AI-driven threat detection software for aviation security checkpoints, border ports of entry, and defense and homeland security applications. The software uses deep learning with self-learning capabilities that adapt to new and unknown cases, enhancing threat detection accuracy and reducing manual screening.
Fagan Consulting
Grant in 2023
Fagan Consulting offers contract oversight, system testing & auditing, toll policy, and business rule development services.
Auditocity
Seed Round in 2023
Auditocity is a B2B enterprise offering a subscription-based SaaS platform for human resource compliance auditing. It assists businesses by conducting custom audits across 15 HR competencies, providing actionable insights and improvement plans. The platform aims to simplify HR compliance, helping businesses avoid penalties and maintain ethical standards. It also caters to HR service providers lacking in-house compliance auditing capabilities.
MRIMath is a company focused on advancing medical imaging technology to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment response, and prognosis. It offers innovative solutions that enhance tumor identification and monitor treatment efficacy for oncologists and surgeons. By leveraging artificial intelligence, MRIMath provides a reliable and cost-effective human-AI interface that empowers healthcare professionals to detect brain tumor growth and optimize patient outcomes. In addition to its core offerings in medical imaging, MRIMath also delivers hospital care, medical device services, and general healthcare services, along with AI consulting and software solutions designed to streamline medical processes.
NeXolve manufactures and designs aerospace products and polymer materials for electronics, display, and aerospace applications. They provide solar sails, sun shields, deployable systems, colorless polyimides, white polyimides, and copper-clad laminates. They are a material and hardware provider to commercial and government customers.
Adjuvax specialises in the discovery and development of vaccination adjuvants.
Cleaned and Green
Grant in 2023
Cleaned and Green is a functional firm that converts poultry litter into fertilizer.
Arcarithm provides Artificial Intelligence-based solutions for commercial and defense markets.
Sync Energy AI
Grant in 2023
Sync Energy AI is an Energy-Tech startup focused on assisting electric utilities in enhancing their operational efficiency, particularly in preparation for and response to natural disasters. The company has developed two proprietary artificial intelligence technologies that are integral to its software solutions. These AI-driven tools feature a no-code interface, allowing field crews and planners to utilize advanced analytics effectively. By implementing these technologies, electric utilities can minimize customer downtime and gain insights into potential disaster impacts before they occur. Sync Energy AI's offerings are delivered through Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) models, providing real value to its clients.
ReLogic Research
Grant in 2023
ReLogic Research is a manufacturing firm that develops advanced technology and application for the aerospace and defense industry. The company provides depot support, automation, additive manufacturing, hypersonic technology development, and optical metrology services. ReLogic Research engages in helping defense, military, aviation, and weapons development industries.
Tricorder Array Technologies
Grant in 2023
Tricorder Array Technologies builds tools and systems for collecting and interpreting sensor data to prevent and treat animal care issues.
Analytical AI
Grant in 2023
Analytical AI develops artificial intelligence products that analyze financial transaction data and detect threats in checkpoint security. It offers an AI-driven threat detection software for aviation security checkpoints, border ports of entry, and defense and homeland security applications. The software uses deep learning with self-learning capabilities that adapt to new and unknown cases, enhancing threat detection accuracy and reducing manual screening.
RippleWorx is a developer of a people analytics platform that aids organizations in understanding and enhancing their workforce dynamics. The platform provides insights into employee sentiment, enabling companies to implement targeted strategies for motivation and development. By utilizing in-app feedback analytics, RippleWorx empowers businesses to identify performance opportunities and drive personalized interventions that foster growth. Additionally, the software offers robust capabilities for tracking skills related to specific roles and groups, analyzing historical data to uncover trends, and creating custom dashboards. It also incorporates features for scheduling, communication, and organizational assessment, all of which help clients optimize meetings and enhance team performance.
Tango Tango enhances communications for first responders nationwide by integrating existing two-way radio networks with the internet. Its innovative platform offers encrypted push-to-talk voice, GPS tracking, emergency alerting, recording, fire tones, and text/multimedia messaging, enabling use on various devices and networks at a fraction of traditional radio system costs.
AVNIK Defense Solutions
Grant in 2023
AVNIK Defense Solutions is a woman-owned small business based in Huntsville, Alabama, specializing in programmatic, technical, and logistics management services for the defense industry. The company focuses on research and development in areas such as fatigue life management, aircraft predictive maintenance, and logistics analytics. AVNIK provides support for enterprise product lifecycle management and engages in engineering and research projects tailored to client needs. Additionally, the company offers appraisals, market analysis reports, and maintenance facilities for turbine-powered business aircraft and rotorcraft. AVNIK operates on a contract basis to serve its customers effectively.
Founded in Huntsville, Alabama in 2009, GeneCapture develops rapid diagnostic devices that detect and identify infectious pathogens within an hour. Its technology enables healthcare professionals to contain pandemics and provide urgent care across various settings.
Avilution develops advanced aviation technology, specializing in the eXtensible Flight System (XFS), which replaces outdated avionics systems with contemporary software applications. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama since its founding in 2010, Avilution enables aircraft manufacturers and integrators to design modern flight decks efficiently.
Polaris provides research and development, builds prototypes, and integrates and tests optical systems for custom and technically challenging applications for military, commercial, and scientific entities. They offer daylight detail in the dark and visibility in low-contrast conditions with real-time image processing. Their sensors capture, measure, display, and enhance images, which can be colored to display critical data.
Botts Innovative Research
Grant in 2023
Botts Innovative Research specializes in the design and application of open standards for sensor systems within the intelligence.
SemanticGuard
Grant in 2023
Developer of a cybersecurity platform designed to protect organizations against cyber threats by guarding the software applications. The company's platform disrupts traditional threat-specific protection by offering effective real-time application-specific protection, detection and response for mission-critical software, enabling clients to increase their efficacy and decision-making speed while tackling cyber threats.
SSS Optical Technologies
Grant in 2023
SSS Optical Technologies specializes in the development and manufacture of advanced photonic instruments and materials. The company focuses on creating innovative products, including ammonia sensors for pulsed LED illuminators, photonic security nano ink, and light-driven actuators. Its technologies are targeted at various sectors such as agriculture, biomedical, defense, and research. With a strong emphasis on reliability and cost-effectiveness, SSS Optical Technologies holds numerous patents and provisional patent applications that support its commitment to delivering durable and precise solutions for its clients.
Sure Med Compliance
Grant in 2022
Sure Med Compliance offers a digital health platform that supports safer exposure to controlled substances by enabling prescribing compliance in hospital and healthcare settings. The platform provides electronic patient-reported outcomes and clinical and medicolegal insights to help clinicians assess treatment options, mitigate medicolegal risk, and improve patient safety and outcomes in pain management, dependence, and addiction care.
Reliant Glycosciences
Grant in 2022
Reliant Glycosciences is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing diagnostic and prognostic tools specifically for patients with IgA nephropathy. The company focuses on creating assays that identify biomarkers associated with this condition, which possess diagnostic and prognostic value. By characterizing disease-specific biomarkers, Reliant Glycosciences aims to facilitate the development and testing of innovative, targeted therapies for IgA nephropathy. This approach not only supports the advancement of transformative treatments but also enhances the overall understanding of the disease, ultimately benefiting patients affected by this condition.
Accelerate Wind
Grant in 2022
Accelerate Wind develops on-site wind energy solutions for commercial and industrial buildings, including small-scale rooftop wind turbines and integrated solar systems to maximize rooftop space and provide additional revenue streams. The company uses patent-pending airfoil designs to increase wind speed and energy output and is developing a patent-pending powertrain concept that stores energy in a small flywheel to reduce the cost of wind turbine power electronics.
AI Metrics develops artificial intelligence–driven imaging software for radiology, providing workflows, measurements, image analysis, and reporting tools to improve accuracy and efficiency in clinical practice and trials. The platform includes an image viewing and analysis suite and cancer workflow features to track responses of non-target lesions and other image findings, enabling data-driven findings and graphical reports for patient care and advanced research. The company supports robust data capture and communication for radiologists, aiming to enhance throughput and research capabilities. Founded in 2019 and based in Birmingham, Alabama.
AVNIK Defense Solutions
Grant in 2022
AVNIK Defense Solutions is a woman-owned small business based in Huntsville, Alabama, specializing in programmatic, technical, and logistics management services for the defense industry. The company focuses on research and development in areas such as fatigue life management, aircraft predictive maintenance, and logistics analytics. AVNIK provides support for enterprise product lifecycle management and engages in engineering and research projects tailored to client needs. Additionally, the company offers appraisals, market analysis reports, and maintenance facilities for turbine-powered business aircraft and rotorcraft. AVNIK operates on a contract basis to serve its customers effectively.
Trialtus Bioscience
Grant in 2022
TriAltus Bioscience, LLC, founded in 2017 and based in Birmingham, Alabama, specializes in developing innovative protein purification technology aimed at enhancing the efficiency of protein-based research for life scientists. The company’s proprietary CL-7 technology utilizes an affinity tag system that simplifies the protein purification process to a single step, allowing researchers to obtain high-purity proteins more easily and affordably. This advancement not only streamlines laboratory workflows but also contributes to the overall effectiveness of scientific research in the field of life sciences.
NeXolve manufactures and designs aerospace products and polymer materials for electronics, display, and aerospace applications. They provide solar sails, sun shields, deployable systems, colorless polyimides, white polyimides, and copper-clad laminates. They are a material and hardware provider to commercial and government customers.
Founded in Huntsville, Alabama in 2009, GeneCapture develops rapid diagnostic devices that detect and identify infectious pathogens within an hour. Its technology enables healthcare professionals to contain pandemics and provide urgent care across various settings.
TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation
Grant in 2022
TruSpin specializes in the mass production of unique nanofibers using its proprietary A/C electrospinning process. These nanofibers are currently employed as additives in battery chemicals, significantly enhancing energy density.
Ossillate is a security testing platform focused on open-source software, founded in 2020 and based in Auburn, AL. The company provides a solution that enables developers to assess and manage cybersecurity and operational risks associated with open-source dependencies in their software supply chain. By offering tools for vetting third-party code, Ossillate helps developers adopt secure and reliable open-source components, ultimately facilitating the creation of safer digital products and services.
Streamline Automation
Grant in 2022
Streamline Automation’s facilities support the research and development interests of our diverse staff of scientists, engineers, and technicians.
Trac9 Informatics combines gold-standard clinical assessments with proprietary data analytics to provide insights and predictive outcomes that enhance clinical efficacy.
FreEnt Technologies
Grant in 2022
FreEnt Technologies working on a hit-detection system that will be used during the flight of an aircraft, spacecraft, missile, or satellite and will send data back in real time, allowing for flight path correction to protect the vehicle.
CFD Research
Grant in 2022
CFD Research is a technology company that specializes in engineering simulations and innovative design solutions across various industries, including aerospace, biomedical, and defense. The company develops advanced software and test evaluation tools for systems engineering, focusing on cyber and data sciences. Their capabilities encompass the entire development process, from initial concept ideation and design to analysis, prototype fabrication, testing, and evaluation. CFD Research's software facilitates coupled multiscale, multiphysics simulations, enabling the analysis of fluid, thermal, chemical, biological, electrical, and mechanical phenomena for real-world applications.
Serina Therapeutics
Grant in 2022
Serina Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing wholly-owned drug candidates to treat neurological diseases, pain, cancer, and metabolic disorders, using its POZ platform, a proprietary polyoxazoline polymer technology that enables controlled drug loading and release and attachment of small molecules, proteins, peptides, and DNA to modify pharmacokinetic profiles. The company’s pipeline includes SER-214 for Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome, SER-226 for postoperative pain, SER-228 for refractory epilepsy, and SER-232 for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, among other POZ-based delivery programs. The POZ platform aims to improve safety and efficacy by achieving favorable pharmacokinetics compared with traditional polymers and broadens the range of compounds that can be effectively delivered. Serina Therapeutics was founded in 2006 and is based in Huntsville, Alabama.
Polaris provides research and development, builds prototypes, and integrates and tests optical systems for custom and technically challenging applications for military, commercial, and scientific entities. They offer daylight detail in the dark and visibility in low-contrast conditions with real-time image processing. Their sensors capture, measure, display, and enhance images, which can be colored to display critical data.
MRIMath is a company focused on advancing medical imaging technology to improve cancer diagnosis, treatment response, and prognosis. It offers innovative solutions that enhance tumor identification and monitor treatment efficacy for oncologists and surgeons. By leveraging artificial intelligence, MRIMath provides a reliable and cost-effective human-AI interface that empowers healthcare professionals to detect brain tumor growth and optimize patient outcomes. In addition to its core offerings in medical imaging, MRIMath also delivers hospital care, medical device services, and general healthcare services, along with AI consulting and software solutions designed to streamline medical processes.
Zeus Research and Technology
Grant in 2022
Zeus Research and Technology is a woman-owned small business founded by two former government employees, specialize in the design, development and integration of navigation systems.
Nanoxort develops diffusive magnetic fractionation technology to precisely tailor the properties of magnetic nanomaterials. The company also pursues MRI contrast solutions in which a contrast agent is administered to improve image resolution and reduce gadolinium exposure, addressing safety concerns for patients who require repeated scans and those with kidney impairment. Founded in 2018 and based in Auburn, Alabama, Nanoxort aims to enable safer, higher quality MRI imaging by controlling magnetic nanoparticle behavior and minimizing potential toxic effects associated with gadolinium-based contrast agents.
SunFire Biotechnologies
Grant in 2022
SunFire Biotechnologies is a contract research organization formed by a group with extensive experience in pneumococcal vaccine evaluations. SunFire offers testing for antibodies against the pneumococcal serotypes found in existing and developing pneumococcal vaccines, as well as for immunoassays for other bacterial species (such as GBS and Shigella).
EH Group is a project development company. They offer engineering support and project management for aircraft design and build, rapid prototyping, systems integration, flight clearance, and system operating clearance services. They provide aviation projects that have spanned systems for fighter aircraft, refuelling tankers, and commercial derivative platforms.
EngeniusMicro
Grant in 2022
EngeniusMicro LLC, established in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007, specializes in micro-systems engineering, focusing on the design, development, fabrication, modeling, and testing of micro sensors and actuators. The company offers a range of products including passive ceramic-based sensors for measuring strain, temperature, pressure, and heat flux; nano-enhanced sensors like portable chemical detectors; and wireless connectivity technologies for harsh environment sensors. Additionally, EngeniusMicro provides embedded systems solutions encompassing analog/digital circuit design, PCB manufacturing, FPGA/microprocessor systems, wireless integration, software development for Android/iPhone, desktop PC GUI development, and web-based applications. The company also offers modeling and simulation services such as 3D mechanical design, MEMS design, multi-physics finite element analysis, circuit analysis, mechanical thermal analysis, and micro-fluidic modeling. EngeniusMicro's expertise lies in developing wireless microsensors for IoT connected devices and systems, along with MEMS sensors, microfabrication, electronic packaging, and wireless communication technologies.
525 Solutions
Grant in 2022
525 Solutions develops medical products and biopolymers for the medical & pharmaceutical industry, together with R&D.
CerFlux develops advanced cancer modeling technology to enhance understanding and treatment of cancer. Its platform uses innovative ex vivo models to evaluate therapeutic efficacy on patient tumor tissue, enabling oncology professionals to improve patient outcomes through tailored therapy approaches.