Starlight Ventures

Tynt Technologies is a developer of a smart window to prevent glare while maintaining views and save energy. It offers ideal visual and thermal occupant comfort while minimizing building energy consumption from lighting and HVAC use. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

With $37 million in government and civil awards, we are developing a transportation platform called CarryAll, a space-rated shipping container capable of carrying up to 10 tons of cargo. It launches aboard rockets like SpaceX’s Falcon or Starship, reaches low Earth orbit in under 10 minutes, and returns to Earth within 45–90 minutes of command. It lands autonomously within five meters of its target using guided parafoils, GPS, and onboard targeting systems. This delivery vehicle redefines how goods move across Earth and how products are manufactured in space. The ability to deliver large, critical cargo anywhere on Earth within 90 minutes will fundamentally reshape global logistics, enabling a new era of supply chains, emergency response and commercial access to space. Also, some of the most valuable technologies of the coming decades will be manufactured in orbit, where zero gravity, vacuum, and stable thermal conditions make it possible to create materials that can't be made on Earth.

Electrified Thermal Solutions replace fossil fuels with renewable heat in every furnace, turbine, boiler, and kiln to decarbonize industry. Electrified Thermal Solutions started at MIT in the noisy laboratory basement of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. The goal was simple: start an energy revolution. Founded in 2021, the company is based in Medford, Massachusetts.

Keel Labs (formerly AlgiKnit) is a biomaterials company creating ocean-focused materials built from renewable resources.

Impossible Mining is building underwater robotics vehicles which mine battery metals responsibly from the seabed. It transitions to carbon-neutral energies and will continue to demand critical metals in volumes. The company's dredge-based technology can’t - the preservation of the seafloor environment. Impossible Mining was established in 2020 in Pasadena, California.

Quaise is an energy company that is developing and commercializing novel millimeter-wave drilling systems to harness geothermal energy around the globe, overcoming the geographic constraints limiting this energy source today. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Modern Hydrogen is a breakthrough energy technology company. Their mission is to provide affordable electricity to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Commonwealth Fusion is a research company that develops energy through an inexhaustible power plant. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide superconductor technology to develop energy. They combine proven physics backed by decades of government-funded fusion research with a revolutionary superconducting magnet technology to accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on track to bring fusion energy technology to the market. CFS was spun out of MIT and is collaborating with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center to leverage decades of research combined with the innovation and speed of the private sector. The business designs and builds fusion machines that deliver limitless and clean fusion energy and integrate proven physics with magnet technology, allowing clients to contribute to the expansion of renewable energy while mitigating the effects of climate change.

Tynt Technologies is a developer of a smart window to prevent glare while maintaining views and save energy. It offers ideal visual and thermal occupant comfort while minimizing building energy consumption from lighting and HVAC use. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Tynt Technologies is a developer of a smart window to prevent glare while maintaining views and save energy. It offers ideal visual and thermal occupant comfort while minimizing building energy consumption from lighting and HVAC use. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Holy Grail captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently stores it above ground

ZELP aims to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the livestock industry.

CarbonChain develops a carbon accounting platform that enables companies to track, report, and reduce their supply chain emissions. It covers the most carbon-intensive industries such as metals, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing.

Inner Cosmos is the neurotechnology company that creates Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) - NeuroMedicine for rebalancing brain networks using imperceptible microstimulation.

Commonwealth Fusion is a research company that develops energy through an inexhaustible power plant. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide superconductor technology to develop energy. They combine proven physics backed by decades of government-funded fusion research with a revolutionary superconducting magnet technology to accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on track to bring fusion energy technology to the market. CFS was spun out of MIT and is collaborating with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center to leverage decades of research combined with the innovation and speed of the private sector. The business designs and builds fusion machines that deliver limitless and clean fusion energy and integrate proven physics with magnet technology, allowing clients to contribute to the expansion of renewable energy while mitigating the effects of climate change.

Helix Nanotechnologies uses artificial intelligence to help cure genetic diseases. HelixNano is a Y Combinator and venture backed biotech startup. At HelixNano, we have spent the last two years developing cancer vaccines. Now we are adapting our synthetic biology arsenal to take on COVID-19. We’re moving fast but thinking long-term. We’re already testing COVID-19 vaccine candidates designed to be precise and safe. Our next goal is to create a vaccine that protects everyone not only from this virus, but all future coronaviruses.

Commonwealth Fusion is a research company that develops energy through an inexhaustible power plant. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide superconductor technology to develop energy. They combine proven physics backed by decades of government-funded fusion research with a revolutionary superconducting magnet technology to accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on track to bring fusion energy technology to the market. CFS was spun out of MIT and is collaborating with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center to leverage decades of research combined with the innovation and speed of the private sector. The business designs and builds fusion machines that deliver limitless and clean fusion energy and integrate proven physics with magnet technology, allowing clients to contribute to the expansion of renewable energy while mitigating the effects of climate change.

Carbon Engineering is a clean energy company that commercializes the Direct Air Capture technology to capture CO2 directly from the atmosphere and convert it into clean, affordable transportation fuels. Carbon Engineering focuses on the global deployment of Direct Air Capture technology so it can have the greatest impact on the huge climate challenge.

Carbon Engineering is a clean energy company that commercializes the Direct Air Capture technology to capture CO2 directly from the atmosphere and convert it into clean, affordable transportation fuels. Carbon Engineering focuses on the global deployment of Direct Air Capture technology so it can have the greatest impact on the huge climate challenge.

Biodesigned proteins for beauty, wellness and beyond.

Openwater is a startup developing a medical technology system focused on treating diseases at the cellular level. The company's device uses advanced optoelectronics to replace MRI technology. It has LCDs with small pixels to create holographic images that reduce scattering and achieve MRI-like resolution. This helps physicians diagnose and treat diseases by targeting individual cells without affecting surrounding tissue.

Made In Space, Inc. ("MIS") is an innovative provider of industry-leading on-orbit space manufacturing technologies. Redwire offers mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy. With decades of flight heritage combined with the agile and innovative culture of a commercial space platform, Redwire is uniquely positioned to assist its customers in solving the complex challenges of future space missions.

Good Catch specializes in developing plant-based seafood alternatives. It offers vegetarian shredded tuna, crab cakes, and fish patties made of lentils, chickpeas, fava beans, and other legumes. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Catalog is a developer of a data conversion and storage platform used to offer the next generation of digital data archives and computation. Its platform facilitates the encoding of data and information into DNA format and makes it economically attractive to use DNA as the major medium for long-term archival of data that enables customers to store digital information in DNA molecules. It brings cutting-edge synthetic biology technologies to the world of information storage and computation. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Emulate is a privately held company that creates advanced in vitro models for understanding how diseases, medicines, chemicals, and foods affect human health.

Skyloom is developing a spaceborne infrastructure based on optical communications technology and relay satellites placed in geostationary orbit. ‍ Their mission is to drastically increase space-to-Earth bandwidth and unlock the true economic potential of low Earth orbit.

Plants draw down CO2 from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and solar power at unbeatable efficiency. We take waste biomass and transform it using our patented reactors, permanently storing the carbon in an inert, solid form called biochar. Our unique process produces high-quality biochar for agricultural and construction applications, generates renewable energy, and creates some of the most tangible carbon credits on the market.

Helix Nanotechnologies uses artificial intelligence to help cure genetic diseases. HelixNano is a Y Combinator and venture backed biotech startup. At HelixNano, we have spent the last two years developing cancer vaccines. Now we are adapting our synthetic biology arsenal to take on COVID-19. We’re moving fast but thinking long-term. We’re already testing COVID-19 vaccine candidates designed to be precise and safe. Our next goal is to create a vaccine that protects everyone not only from this virus, but all future coronaviruses.

SuperMeat is an Israeli bio-tech and food-tech company, developing a technology to create clean meat from chicken cells in a safe and controlled environment, external to the animal’s body. SuperMeat is set to revolutionize the meat industry from its core, aspiring to secure a better future for humans and animals alike. Clean meat is grown in a controlled, sterile environment without the use of antibiotics and without any possibility of fecal contamination, such as salmonella. Clean meat will require significantly less resources for its production (99% less land, 90% less water), making it both a healthy and sustainable food source for the coming century.

SpinLaunch is a stealth space catapult startup that aims to creates a much cheaper and sustainable way to get things like satellites from earth into space without chemical propellant. SpinLaunch plans to use a centrifuge spinning at an incredible rate inside a vacuum that reduces friction. All that momentum is then harnessed to catapult a payload into space at speeds one source said could be around 3000 miles per hour. With enough momentum, objects could be flung into space on their own. Alternatively, the catapult could provide some of the power needed with cargo being equipped with supplemental rockets necessary to leave the earth’s atmosphere.

Locus Biosciences is a developer of a CRISPR-engineered precision antibacterial platform designed to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial disease. The company's platform combines the antibacterial power of CRISPR-Cas3 with the efficient, safe delivery of bacterial viruses called bacteriophage, enabling physicians to begin treatment more quickly, resulting in a better medical outcome.

OpenZeppelin builds developer tools and performs security audits for distributed systems that power multimillion-dollar economies. At OpenZeppelin, we have built the world’s leading Open Source library for smart contract development. OpenZeppelin Contracts powers over 3,000 public projects, with over 7,000 stars on Github and maintained by a community of 180+ contributors. We also conduct security audits for the Ethereum Foundation, Coinbase, and other leading organizations in the space. With the success of our product, our security audits work, and our educational efforts, we have set industry standards for building secure systems in a fast-growing industry. We are now excited to offer a development platform that will help the growing number of developers working on top of decentralized protocols build the applications that will reach mass adoption.

Founded in 2017, 3T Biosciences is an immunotherapy company headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

ICEYE specializes in Earth observation by utilizing the world's largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation to deliver near real-time data. The company offers insights for various sectors, including insurance, natural disaster response, and maritime monitoring, enabling informed decision-making.

Catalog is a developer of a data conversion and storage platform used to offer the next generation of digital data archives and computation. Its platform facilitates the encoding of data and information into DNA format and makes it economically attractive to use DNA as the major medium for long-term archival of data that enables customers to store digital information in DNA molecules. It brings cutting-edge synthetic biology technologies to the world of information storage and computation. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Finless Foods provides cellular-agriculture technologies to create accessible plant-based and cell-cultured seafood alternatives. Finless Foods offers a variety of food choices that cater to different tastes and dietary requirements. They provide consumers with responsibly produced food items to help them expand their daily eating habits while also contributing to a more sustainable future and promoting better ocean health.

uBiome provides smart gut tests, clinical microbiome testing, healthcare services, citizen science, healthful probiotic cultures, discoveries, and medical services.

Modern Meadow is a purpose-driven company positioned at the intersection of material science and biology with a mission to be a catalyst for real-world impact on people and the planet. Modern Meadow’s proprietary Bio-Alloy and Bio-Farm technology application platforms harness the unique properties of tuned proteins to sustainably move the world away from petrochemical and animal-derived inputs without compromising on performance. These innovations can drop into any existing infrastructures for immediate scalable adoption in the materials, beauty, and other industries. Modern Meadow's close relationship with development partners and production facilities allows companies partnering with Modern Meadow to feel confident knowing our products are 100% traceable from Lab-to-Brand.

Satellogic is the first company to develop a scalable earth observation platform with the ability to remap the entire planet at both high-frequency and high-resolution. The company's low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation, platform, and data science teams work together to deliver high-frequency, high resolution, end-to-end solutions at the right price point.

Stereobot specializes in developing 3D building and visualization systems. Stereobot was founded in 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

inui Health is a consumer medical diagnostics company based in Silicon Valley. Their vision is to make medical-grade information accessible anytime, anywhere. Their cloud-based diagnostic platform works in a mobile environment to empower consumers with access to their own health information. Their products will help consumers detect complications early, monitor their health, and easily share their health information so they can work with their healthcare provider for timely interventions. The first product to be released will be the inui In-Home Urine Analysis test system, which provides patients and physicians with immediate lab test results.