National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency established in 1950 and based in Alexandria, Virginia. It is dedicated to supporting research and education in science and engineering across a wide range of disciplines. The NSF provides significant non-dilutive funding, up to $1.5 million, to startups and small businesses through its America's Seed Fund initiative, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program mandated by Congress. With an operating budget of approximately $7.8 billion, the NSF is committed to advancing fundamental research and education, thus fostering innovation and technological development in the United States.

James Donlon

Program Director

Debasis Majumdar

Program Director

Graciela Narcho

Staff Associate

Sethuraman Panchanathan

Director

Past deals in Data Visualization

Muon Vision

Grant in 2024
Muon Vision specializes in enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and industrial operations through advanced subsurface visualization technology. The company has developed a sophisticated x-ray visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging techniques to assess the bulk density of geophysical assets. This technology enables the detection of issues within large material masses and monitors fluid migration in pore spaces over time. By providing geologists and mining companies with insights into the composition and distribution of materials, Muon Vision facilitates improved decision-making and operational effectiveness in various industrial processes, including leaching heaps and mine tailings dams.

OpenTopography

Grant in 2024
OpenTopography provides access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented topography data, as well as related tools and services.

Map Collective

Grant in 2023
Map Collective is a provider of artificial intelligence-driven software that enhances supply chain transparency and sustainability metrics. The company develops a Software-as-a-Service platform that integrates advanced data analytics with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Its offerings include three primary toolkits: TRACEABILITY, PROCUREMENT, and GHG EMISSIONS, which enable businesses and government entities to simplify processes related to emissions mapping, biodiversity assessment, and energy planning. By leveraging these tools, users can effectively visualize their carbon impact and make informed operational decisions, facilitating a transition toward a more sustainable circular economy.

Moshion

Grant in 2022
Moshion is a data-driven platform for nurse workflow optimization to address the nursing shortage. We act as another set of eyes to help nurses using our 3D image sensors (100% privacy-preserving) to collect movement data analyzed by our machine learning models. Moshion aims to enter the remote patient monitoring market by focusing on patient turning to prevent pressure injuries. Pressure injuries are wounds that can develop when a patient (often bed bound) stays in the same position. These can be prevented by adhering to turning protocols. Our software tracks that adherence, provides personalized turn schedules for each patient, sends nurses gentle reminders, and auto-documents.

Muon Vision

Grant in 2022
Muon Vision specializes in enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and industrial operations through advanced subsurface visualization technology. The company has developed a sophisticated x-ray visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging techniques to assess the bulk density of geophysical assets. This technology enables the detection of issues within large material masses and monitors fluid migration in pore spaces over time. By providing geologists and mining companies with insights into the composition and distribution of materials, Muon Vision facilitates improved decision-making and operational effectiveness in various industrial processes, including leaching heaps and mine tailings dams.

Resolved Analytics

Grant in 2022
Resolved Analytics is a professional engineering company that focuses on partnering with clients to enhance their development processes. The company aims to reduce development cycle times and costs while improving product design and troubleshooting existing designs. It specializes in computational engineering, offering services such as fluid-structure interactions, electrodynamics, magnetics, discrete element modeling, and computational fluid dynamics. By leveraging advanced simulation techniques, Resolved Analytics provides state-of-the-art visualizations and results that help businesses achieve their engineering goals and desired outcomes effectively.

Stratajam

Grant in 2022
Stratajam specializes in providing a comprehensive range of geoscience services aimed at supporting the mining and mineral exploration sectors, particularly in developing countries. The company offers feasibility studies, bulk material procurement, mineral reserves estimation, and geology 3D modeling. Additionally, Stratajam conducts geological report reviews, manages exploration projects, and performs mineral operation due diligence. Their services also include periodic material reconciliation and production optimization, ensuring clients achieve rapid and accurate results throughout their operations. By developing quality tools and methodologies, Stratajam enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of geological assessments and planning processes.

ViQi

Grant in 2022
ViQi offers software-as-a-service solutions for scientific image analysis, catering to various sectors including life sciences, construction, and agriculture. The platform enables users to customize services for data storage and analysis through a straightforward subscription model. ViQi specializes in custom image processing and informatics, providing tools such as bio-image semantic queries, module development, and assistance with intranet deployment. This allows clients to efficiently view, investigate, share, and store complex data and images, facilitating swift results and discoveries in their respective fields.

OmicsCraft

Grant in 2022
OmicsCraft offers customers access to a customised data analytics pipeline and a sample-to-solution service. They offer cloud-based platforms that allow them to build analytics pipelines for omic data preprocessing, mass spectrometric-based metabolite identification, differential analysis of metabolite profiles, and multi-omics integration.

Boston Geospatial

Grant in 2021
Boston Geospatial specializes in delivering geospatial insights tailored for operators and risk managers within critical infrastructure sectors. The company has developed a comprehensive geospatial data platform that facilitates access to various satellite data providers. This platform allows users to search, compare, and analyze data in multiple ways, thereby enhancing decision-making processes and risk assessment. By offering ready-to-use insights, Boston Geospatial supports effective management and operational efficiency in vital industries.

SatVu

Series A in 2021
Satellite Vu specializes in thermal imaging satellite technology designed to monitor the temperature of buildings and infrastructure globally. By focusing on infrared and heat emissions, the company provides near real-time insights into economic activity, energy efficiency, and carbon footprints. This data supports various stakeholders, including the energy sector, investors, and sustainable finance initiatives, by offering actionable environmental insights. Additionally, Satellite Vu's technology aids natural disaster responders and building operators, contributing to informed decision-making on issues such as energy management and environmental sustainability.

Map Collective

Grant in 2021
Map Collective is a provider of artificial intelligence-driven software that enhances supply chain transparency and sustainability metrics. The company develops a Software-as-a-Service platform that integrates advanced data analytics with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Its offerings include three primary toolkits: TRACEABILITY, PROCUREMENT, and GHG EMISSIONS, which enable businesses and government entities to simplify processes related to emissions mapping, biodiversity assessment, and energy planning. By leveraging these tools, users can effectively visualize their carbon impact and make informed operational decisions, facilitating a transition toward a more sustainable circular economy.

Comon

Grant in 2021
Comon provides species identification, ecological monitoring, and geological assessment services. They offer unpiloted aerial systems' images for mapping, monitoring, and identifying rare and invasive species and provide reports on water loggers, soil samples, temperature, historic weather, and tidal data, enabling natural resource managers and conservation organizations to determine practices for sites.

Riff Analytics

Grant in 2021
Riff Analytics is a technology company founded in 2017 that specializes in analyzing vocal data to enhance communication during virtual meetings and text chats. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Riff's platform models human interactions, providing insights into individual behaviors, team dynamics, and overall meeting effectiveness. The platform offers detailed metrics on engagement, dominance, influence, and information flow, enabling users to understand and improve their communication practices. Riff prioritizes user privacy by ensuring that data is only accessible to individuals from whom it was collected, without selling or sharing it with advertisers. This focus on privacy, combined with its analytical capabilities, positions Riff as a valuable resource for organizations seeking to optimize their online communication.

HealthTrends.AI

Grant in 2021
HealthTrends.AI is a provider of an AI and blockchain-based platform that focuses on enhancing the accessibility and trustworthiness of public health data. The company aims to assist organizations in converting health data into actionable insights through its innovative solutions. Its offerings include standard APIs, predictive analytics, and comprehensive analysis reports, which facilitate the management of finance, supply chain, logistics, and patient engagement for healthcare providers. HealthTrends.AI's products are available as streaming feeds, dashboards, and other formats, allowing for seamless integration with third-party tools such as Power BI and Tableau. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and complements existing systems, making authoritative health information readily accessible and independently auditable.

Spatio Metrics

Grant in 2021
Spatio Metrics offers a design analytics platform aimed at enhancing health outcomes through improved architectural design in healthcare facilities. By analyzing floor plans, the platform identifies design gaps and suggests performance improvements, enabling hospital administrators to make informed design investments. It bridges the divide between design, data, and human performance by leveraging computational analysis of spatial characteristics and trends. This approach integrates previously disconnected data sources, fostering collaboration among teams and allowing clients to test ideas and prioritize interventions. Ultimately, Spatio Metrics seeks to increase operational efficiency and enhance patient well-being by quantifying the effects of design on health outcomes.

PainScan

Grant in 2021
PainScan develops bio-medical devices intended to measure and map pain intensity onto a 3D image of the human body. Their medical device uses ultrathin pressure sensors in a clinician's glove, cameras to track the location of palpation and data from multiple subjective and objective biosensors to assess pain intensity at each location of palpation, enabling clinicians to comprehensively visualise pain in the peripheral nervous system.

Quantigic Solutions

Grant in 2021
Quantigic Solutions provides equity risk models customized for the quant trading needs as well as quantitative solutions for analyses of business, financial, and scientific data and information, enabling clients to make an educated investment decision.

Ramona

Grant in 2021
Ramona develops advanced microscopy tools designed to enhance cellular-level research by capturing detailed images over vast areas. The company's innovative microscope employs custom control electronics to efficiently process large volumes of image data from multiple micro-cameras, allowing researchers to capture and analyze extensive gigapixel datasets. This capability not only provides a wider field of view but also enables synchronous data capture, allowing for real-time observation of cellular processes. By offering a new perspective on cellular dynamics, Ramona's technology empowers researchers to make more informed decisions quickly and effectively.

Atlas AI

Grant in 2020
Atlas AI develops business analytics software aimed at monitoring economic development drivers in emerging markets. The company's technology generates reliable socioeconomic estimates, covering aspects such as land under cultivation, staple crop productivity, household asset wealth and consumption, as well as access to essential infrastructure like power and transportation. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and deep expertise in emerging markets, Atlas AI enables organizations to effectively allocate resources and monitor high-stakes investments and development programs, including infrastructure initiatives and market expansion efforts. The company is currently focusing on constructing these models for Sub-Saharan Africa, with the intention of scaling its solutions globally.

Muon Vision

Grant in 2020
Muon Vision specializes in enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and industrial operations through advanced subsurface visualization technology. The company has developed a sophisticated x-ray visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging techniques to assess the bulk density of geophysical assets. This technology enables the detection of issues within large material masses and monitors fluid migration in pore spaces over time. By providing geologists and mining companies with insights into the composition and distribution of materials, Muon Vision facilitates improved decision-making and operational effectiveness in various industrial processes, including leaching heaps and mine tailings dams.

PocketLab

Grant in 2020
PocketLab offers a range of wireless sensors designed to facilitate scientific exploration and experimentation for educators, students, and curious individuals. The product enables users to conduct hands-on science investigations by measuring various parameters such as acceleration, force, angular velocity, magnetic field, pressure, altitude, and temperature. With a simple connection to a smartphone or tablet, data can be instantly streamed, viewed, and recorded. PocketLab's intuitive interface and low-cost sensors provide the functionality of traditional lab equipment, making it accessible for a wider audience. Additionally, the accompanying cloud software allows users to analyze their data and create graphs, enhancing the educational experience by integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in an engaging manner.

Prime Labs

Grant in 2020
Prime Labs is a company focused on enhancing drug discovery through its cloud-based software platform, which specializes in mass spectrometry data processing, analysis, reporting, and visualization. The software is designed to support a variety of instruments and workflows, enabling scientists to conduct experiments with greater accuracy and efficiency. By streamlining the data processing experience, Prime Labs offers a user-friendly solution that minimizes the complexity typically associated with such tasks, allowing researchers to focus on their work with minimal training or installation requirements. This innovative approach facilitates a broader range of experiments in a shorter time frame, ultimately contributing to advancements in medical research and drug development.

ViQi

Grant in 2020
ViQi offers software-as-a-service solutions for scientific image analysis, catering to various sectors including life sciences, construction, and agriculture. The platform enables users to customize services for data storage and analysis through a straightforward subscription model. ViQi specializes in custom image processing and informatics, providing tools such as bio-image semantic queries, module development, and assistance with intranet deployment. This allows clients to efficiently view, investigate, share, and store complex data and images, facilitating swift results and discoveries in their respective fields.

IKONA

Grant in 2020
IKONA works at the intersection of storytelling, healthcare and technology to create immersive content that is designed to transform patient education and train the next generation of healthcare providers. IKONA's virtual reality application features interactive modules that generate unique, immersive data sets, which are turned into real-time actionable insights for providers and care teams.

Biocogniv

Grant in 2020
Biocogniv Inc. specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tools designed for hospitals, with a focus on enhancing clinical operations. Founded in 2019 and based in Burlington, Vermont, the company provides plugins for electronic health record (EHR) systems that enable real-time screening of patients for conditions such as COVID-19 by analyzing standard blood test results. Biocogniv's platform is particularly beneficial for emergency departments, as it can predict sepsis-related mortality and the need for intensive care unit admission. By leveraging the vast amounts of clinical and administrative data generated by hospitals, Biocogniv aims to improve the quality, cost, and accessibility of healthcare while facilitating accurate and non-invasive diagnostic methods.

GelSight

Grant in 2020
GelSight, Inc. specializes in advanced sensor technology solutions for precise surface measurements. The company has developed the GelSight benchtop scanner, which captures the surface geometry of various materials and accurately measures rigid objects across a wide range of scales. Their innovative technology allows for detailed three-dimensional visualization and measurement, revealing features that are not discernible to the naked eye, and providing dimensional accuracy to single-digit microns. GelSight's products are utilized in diverse sectors, including aerospace, electronics, and forensics, as well as in academic and research environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, GelSight continues to enhance its offerings while addressing the evolving surface measurement needs of its clients.

Astrolabe Analytics

Grant in 2020
Astrolabe Analytics specializes in battery data management and predictive analytics, catering to various sectors, including automotive, electric vehicles, aerospace, and grid storage. The company has developed an analytics platform that serves partners across the battery value chain, from materials developers to systems integrators. By providing customized insights and solutions, Astrolabe Analytics aims to enhance business outcomes, accelerate time-to-market, and facilitate informed decision-making. In addition to its platform, the company also offers consulting services to support its clients in optimizing their battery-related operations.

Vimaan

Grant in 2020
Vimaan is a computer vision and AI solution company focused on enhancing inventory management in warehouses. By automating and digitizing inventory tasks, Vimaan addresses the challenges associated with maintaining accurate stock levels. Their suite of products includes solutions for various applications, such as dock tracking, storage management, and order picking. These tools are designed to support warehousing and logistics companies, ultimately enabling clients to improve the efficiency of their supply chains. Vimaan aims to streamline processes from receiving and storing items to order fulfillment and shipping, thus facilitating better inventory control in a range of industries.

Resolved Analytics

Grant in 2020
Resolved Analytics is a professional engineering company that focuses on partnering with clients to enhance their development processes. The company aims to reduce development cycle times and costs while improving product design and troubleshooting existing designs. It specializes in computational engineering, offering services such as fluid-structure interactions, electrodynamics, magnetics, discrete element modeling, and computational fluid dynamics. By leveraging advanced simulation techniques, Resolved Analytics provides state-of-the-art visualizations and results that help businesses achieve their engineering goals and desired outcomes effectively.

Tcarta

Grant in 2019
Tcarta is a provider of seabed mapping and bathymetric data, specializing in maritime applications. Based in Denver, Colorado, the company offers a range of geospatial remote sensing solutions, including hydro spatial products and Earth observation analysis services. Tcarta focuses on delivering Satellite-Derived Bathymetry data for near-shore areas, which facilitates hydrographic surveys for research and government agencies. Their offerings support various applications, such as coastal engineering, environmental monitoring, and global mapping, catering to both inland and offshore environments.

Akai Kaeru

Grant in 2019
Akai Kaeru specializes in AI software that enhances decision-making by identifying and visually explaining critical patterns in complex data. Their interactive data visualization platform employs advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to create a map-like representation of high-dimensional data. This approach caters to users' visual literacy, making it accessible and easy to understand. By facilitating the construction of explainable AI models, Akai Kaeru aids data scientists in addressing intricate real-world challenges, ultimately empowering clients to make informed decisions amidst complex multivariate factors.

BassInSight

Grant in 2019
BassInSight develops fishing visual detection technology to estimate the visibility of objects to fish in complex aquatic environments. The company's headquarters are in Champaign, Illinois.

Prime Labs

Grant in 2019
Prime Labs is a company focused on enhancing drug discovery through its cloud-based software platform, which specializes in mass spectrometry data processing, analysis, reporting, and visualization. The software is designed to support a variety of instruments and workflows, enabling scientists to conduct experiments with greater accuracy and efficiency. By streamlining the data processing experience, Prime Labs offers a user-friendly solution that minimizes the complexity typically associated with such tasks, allowing researchers to focus on their work with minimal training or installation requirements. This innovative approach facilitates a broader range of experiments in a shorter time frame, ultimately contributing to advancements in medical research and drug development.

BadVR

Grant in 2019
BadVR specializes in creating immersive data visualization experiences through virtual reality technology. By allowing users to engage with data in a three-dimensional space, BadVR enhances the ability to discover valuable insights and identify hidden opportunities. The platform is designed to make complex data more accessible and actionable, enabling companies to make informed decisions quickly and effectively. Using a combination of virtual reality and machine learning, BadVR simplifies data analysis, requiring minimal effort or specialized training from users. This innovative approach helps both government and commercial clients maximize the value of their data while addressing potential challenges in their operations.

Ikigai Labs

Grant in 2019
Ikigai Labs specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-driven platform that streamlines analytics workflows for modern analysts and operations teams. The platform facilitates automation in data-intensive business processes, finance, analytics, and supply-chain operations, eliminating the need for traditional methods like VLOOKUPs. With features such as interactive drag-and-drop dashboards and automated scheduling of data pipelines, Ikigai Labs enables data operators to efficiently manage tasks with minimal errors. Additionally, the company's Inventory Ops solution enhances inventory tracking and monitoring by providing a real-time, unified view of inventory across various locations and channels, down to the component level. This comprehensive approach allows organizations to optimize their operations and improve decision-making through effective data management.

Atlas AI

Grant in 2019
Atlas AI develops business analytics software aimed at monitoring economic development drivers in emerging markets. The company's technology generates reliable socioeconomic estimates, covering aspects such as land under cultivation, staple crop productivity, household asset wealth and consumption, as well as access to essential infrastructure like power and transportation. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques and deep expertise in emerging markets, Atlas AI enables organizations to effectively allocate resources and monitor high-stakes investments and development programs, including infrastructure initiatives and market expansion efforts. The company is currently focusing on constructing these models for Sub-Saharan Africa, with the intention of scaling its solutions globally.

Accordion Health

Grant in 2019
Accordion Health, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in healthcare predictive analytics software solutions. As a subsidiary of Evolent Health, Accordion Health focuses on transforming large datasets into actionable insights through advanced machine learning and innovative design. Its platform processes data to identify undocumented conditions and track member behaviors in real-time, providing healthcare organizations with targeted guidance. By offering custom analytics and precise predictions, Accordion Health aims to help these organizations lower costs and enhance quality outcomes.

bosWell

Grant in 2019
BosWell provides a record-keeping platform tailored for community-based organizations, focusing on simplifying and securing data collection. The platform features a user-friendly dashboard and custom client intake forms that allow organizations to gather client information from any device. This functionality not only enables organizations to save time and digitize their data but also facilitates the generation of insights that can lead to improved client outcomes. By streamlining these processes, BosWell supports community organizations in effectively managing their records and enhancing their service delivery.

Equilo

Grant in 2019
Equilo is a data analytics-as-a-service platform that harnesses big data, deep analytics, and machine learning to provide decision makers with the information they need. They offer gender analysis tools that instantly provide analysis and action planning using the most up-to-date data. They use specialists, portfolio managers, program managers, and business development professionals.

Ultorg

Grant in 2019
Ultorg creates general-purpose software that helps organizations manage their data. Based on a new method for interactive data visualization, our product combines ease-of-use with expressive power to allow end-users to query, display, and edit relational data, without resorting to custom programming. This fills a long-standing gap between spreadsheets and tailor-made database applications.

Riff Analytics

Grant in 2019
Riff Analytics is a technology company founded in 2017 that specializes in analyzing vocal data to enhance communication during virtual meetings and text chats. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Riff's platform models human interactions, providing insights into individual behaviors, team dynamics, and overall meeting effectiveness. The platform offers detailed metrics on engagement, dominance, influence, and information flow, enabling users to understand and improve their communication practices. Riff prioritizes user privacy by ensuring that data is only accessible to individuals from whom it was collected, without selling or sharing it with advertisers. This focus on privacy, combined with its analytical capabilities, positions Riff as a valuable resource for organizations seeking to optimize their online communication.

BioInfoExperts

Grant in 2018
BioInfoExperts specializes in comprehensive molecular surveillance services aimed at understanding infectious disease dynamics and monitoring pathogens. The company offers a range of services, including genomic sequencing, RNA and DNA extraction, data analytics, and cloud-based data visualization. These services are designed to support clients in researching and developing various diagnostic tests while providing essential laboratory capabilities. Through its expertise, BioInfoExperts contributes to advancements in the field of infectious disease management and pathogen tracking.

Azimuth1

Grant in 2018
Azimuth1 specializes in geospatial analytics and data science, providing customized technology solutions to address challenges in environmental, public safety, and national security sectors. The company develops specialized data analysis applications aimed at improving resource allocation in energy, environment, and public safety. Their offerings include minicarta, a tool for commercial real estate risk assessment, and envimetrics, focusing on environmental metrics. Through these products and services, Azimuth1 enables users to leverage data analytics for practical enhancements in their respective fields.

Reconstruct

Grant in 2018
Reconstruct, Inc. specializes in predictive computer vision data analytics software tailored for construction projects. Its visual production management platform facilitates data collection through drones, fixed cameras, or mobile devices, enabling effective progress analysis and documentation. By visualizing images and 3D points aligned with Building Information Modeling (BIM), the platform enhances coordination and transparency among project stakeholders. It identifies locations at risk of delays, allowing for proactive weekly work planning, and integrates schedules with BIM animations to illustrate any changes in plans. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Champaign, Illinois, Reconstruct aims to improve construction management by fostering better communication and visibility, thereby mitigating risks and ensuring project returns on investment.

PocketLab

Grant in 2018
PocketLab offers a range of wireless sensors designed to facilitate scientific exploration and experimentation for educators, students, and curious individuals. The product enables users to conduct hands-on science investigations by measuring various parameters such as acceleration, force, angular velocity, magnetic field, pressure, altitude, and temperature. With a simple connection to a smartphone or tablet, data can be instantly streamed, viewed, and recorded. PocketLab's intuitive interface and low-cost sensors provide the functionality of traditional lab equipment, making it accessible for a wider audience. Additionally, the accompanying cloud software allows users to analyze their data and create graphs, enhancing the educational experience by integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in an engaging manner.

PIPA

Grant in 2018
PIPA applies state-of-the-art machine learning, deep learning, NLP, optimization, graph, theoretical, and scientific computation algorithms to build predictors and knowledge graphs that capture the intricacies of biological connections with high fidelity.

Plectica

Grant in 2018
Plectica LLC is a technology company based in New York that specializes in transdisciplinary science, focusing on visualizing and connecting information among individuals. Founded in 2016, Plectica offers a platform that allows users to collaboratively create visual maps, effectively organizing complex ideas, processes, and systems in real-time. This tool is particularly beneficial for consultants and educators who require clarity when working with intricate concepts. Plectica's mission revolves around enhancing the way clients map and share ideas, whether for diagramming workflows, brainstorming new opportunities, or onboarding team members. Through its innovative approach, Plectica aims to transform how individuals visualize and interconnect information.

Vimaan

Grant in 2018
Vimaan is a computer vision and AI solution company focused on enhancing inventory management in warehouses. By automating and digitizing inventory tasks, Vimaan addresses the challenges associated with maintaining accurate stock levels. Their suite of products includes solutions for various applications, such as dock tracking, storage management, and order picking. These tools are designed to support warehousing and logistics companies, ultimately enabling clients to improve the efficiency of their supply chains. Vimaan aims to streamline processes from receiving and storing items to order fulfillment and shipping, thus facilitating better inventory control in a range of industries.

Radial Analytics

Grant in 2018
Radial Analytics is a venture-backed startup with a unique technology and approach. Every day, patients across America face “crossroads moments” in their healthcare journey. Clinicians often describe these moments as “inflection points,” windows of time when focused intervention by doctors, nurses, and health plans is most impactful. Our proprietary decision support platform helps clinicians and health insurers improve decision-making at these crossroads moments. Radial Analytics received research innovation funding from the National Science Foundation and is backed by Initialized Capital. Our flagship products Smart Placement and Smart Placement Hospice are used by hospital systems, health insurance plans, and accountable care organizations. Our technology delivers real-time insights that “nudge” nurses and caregivers in the right direction, enabling higher-quality and more cost-effective decisions for the patients they serve.

Vana Learning

Grant in 2018
Vana Learning's (SaaS) platform helps tutors, academic coaches, and teachers improve student academic outcomes and grow their businesses by simplifying processes and hosting features including behavior tracking, visualizations, and actionable insights.

Bayesian Health

Grant in 2017
Bayesian Health Inc. is a digital health company based in New York, established in 2016. It specializes in an AI-driven platform that enhances patient monitoring by assessing illness severity and detecting changes in acuity. This technology integrates with hospital electronic medical records (EMR), allowing clinical staff and hospital leadership to access real-time data and insights. The platform provides actionable early detection alerts and supports decision-making in complex clinical environments, ultimately optimizing patient care throughout their hospital stay. By leveraging existing investments in EMR systems, Bayesian Health enables healthcare providers to make informed, data-driven decisions that improve safety and efficiency in patient management.

DataChat

Grant in 2017
DataChat is all about the conversation. With our novel Conversational Intelligence technology, user can carry out a conversation with their data to get meaningful insights. Going well-beyond simple chat technology, Conversational Intelligence allows users to naturally express a sequence of complex analysis tasks in natural language. Our platform also has a powerful in-built real-time data analytics engine that delivers the results quickly, and in a visual way, to enable the user to conduct sophisticated analysis at the speed of human thought.

GelSight

Grant in 2017
GelSight, Inc. specializes in advanced sensor technology solutions for precise surface measurements. The company has developed the GelSight benchtop scanner, which captures the surface geometry of various materials and accurately measures rigid objects across a wide range of scales. Their innovative technology allows for detailed three-dimensional visualization and measurement, revealing features that are not discernible to the naked eye, and providing dimensional accuracy to single-digit microns. GelSight's products are utilized in diverse sectors, including aerospace, electronics, and forensics, as well as in academic and research environments. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, GelSight continues to enhance its offerings while addressing the evolving surface measurement needs of its clients.

VinSense

Grant in 2017
VinSense, an Indiana-based LLC established in March 2015, specializes in developing a decision support software system aimed at enhancing agricultural crop production, particularly within the wine grape growing and winemaking sectors. The software equips producers, field managers, and winemakers with tools to make informed crop management decisions that improve production volume, uniformity, and quality while also promoting long-term sustainability and profitability. By leveraging advanced scientific models and real-time data, VinSense enables timely interventions in critical areas such as cover crop decisions, irrigation practices, and nutrient management. The platform integrates insights from soil physics, hydrology, viticulture, and enology, transforming complex data into actionable information through a user-friendly visual interface. This innovative approach not only conserves water and reduces irrigation costs but also supports better environmental protection practices, ultimately leading to optimized quality yields in vineyards.

Accelevir Diagnostics

Grant in 2017
Accelevir Diagnostics is a biotech-based industry. They provide clinical researches like unparalleled virology and infectious disease expertise to clinical, biotech, pharmaceutical, public health, academic, and diagnostic partners. They provide scientifically-driven custom services. They include digital PCR, single-target culture techniques, fidelity sequencing, and data-driven analytics.

PatentDive

Grant in 2017
PatentDive, Inc. is a New Orleans-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in developing visual patent drafting software aimed at improving communication in the patent process. The company's tools assist in invention disclosure and rapid patent drafting, allowing users to transform complex ideas into patent applications efficiently. Funded by the National Science Foundation, PatentDive's software features a visual interface that simplifies the navigation of patent portfolios and translates invention language into actionable data. This innovative platform serves a diverse user base, including patent professionals, inventors, entrepreneurs, corporate innovation teams, in-house patent counsel, technology transfer offices, and educational institutions. Additionally, the application incorporates gamified elements to enhance patent education, enabling users to make informed decisions throughout the patenting process.

ViSOAR

Grant in 2017
ViSOAR provides multidimensional data arrays for platform-independent collaborative analytics and visualization. The ViSOAR Explorer software solutions, powered by ViSUS, were designed with the primary philosophy that massive data visualization does not require specialized hardware or infrastructure. To put it another way, a large data visualization environment can be designed to be lightweight, highly scalable, and run on a variety of platforms or hardware.

Virridy

Grant in 2017
Virridy offers cost-effective remote monitoring solutions tailored for water, energy, and environmental projects, primarily in global development contexts. The company specializes in remote sensors designed to monitor rural and remote water supplies, including applications such as water pumps, filters, cook stoves, and latrines. These sensors utilize cellular-based reporting to deliver user and performance data that is analyzed and presented online in near-real time. By enhancing transparency, accountability, and cost-effectiveness, Virridy aims to improve health and overall quality of life for communities reliant on these critical resources.

Akai Kaeru

Grant in 2017
Akai Kaeru specializes in AI software that enhances decision-making by identifying and visually explaining critical patterns in complex data. Their interactive data visualization platform employs advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to create a map-like representation of high-dimensional data. This approach caters to users' visual literacy, making it accessible and easy to understand. By facilitating the construction of explainable AI models, Akai Kaeru aids data scientists in addressing intricate real-world challenges, ultimately empowering clients to make informed decisions amidst complex multivariate factors.

MiddleScholars

Grant in 2017
Create and connect the dots.

GDA Corp

Grant in 2017
GDA specializes in sophisticated processing and deep analysis of airborne and satellite imagery for agricultural intelligence. They are a recognized leader in the rapid processing and analysis of massive amounts of imagery for frequent, objective in-season assessments of crop conditions, progress, acreage, and yield from sub-field to country levels. GDA continually aggregates imagery from a multitude of sources enabling global cropland coverage and analysis. They work with customers to integrate quality imagery and advanced analysis from GDA into their agricultural management systems. GDA is, at its core, a satellite image analysis company and has been focused on tough problems in image processing from its inception in 2002. GDA grew out of a long history of science-backed image processing research particularly as it relates to agricultural analysis. They have a seasoned track record of winning highly competitive Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants to develop state-of-art technology and have been a prime contractor to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service since 2005.

BioInfoExperts

Grant in 2016
BioInfoExperts specializes in comprehensive molecular surveillance services aimed at understanding infectious disease dynamics and monitoring pathogens. The company offers a range of services, including genomic sequencing, RNA and DNA extraction, data analytics, and cloud-based data visualization. These services are designed to support clients in researching and developing various diagnostic tests while providing essential laboratory capabilities. Through its expertise, BioInfoExperts contributes to advancements in the field of infectious disease management and pathogen tracking.

SILAS

Grant in 2016
SiLAS specializes in providing social, emotional, and behavioral solutions aimed at practitioners and students, particularly those on the autism spectrum. The company offers a comprehensive program that includes social-emotional learning (SEL) screenings and curricula for various age groups, in addition to curricula focused on applied behavior analysis (ABA), executive functioning, and transitional and vocational skills. SiLAS also features a data-driven animation platform designed to assist children in recognizing facial expressions, enhancing language abilities, and improving social interactions. This platform encompasses three tiers of social skills and vocational training, while allowing educators to track student performance metrics associated with individual animation projects. By enabling children to collaborate on creating animation scripts, the platform promotes essential skills such as topic generation, eye contact, and appropriate social responses.

Imagars

Grant in 2016
Imagaars offers software solutions for the automatic recognition of vector graphics in image sketches, automatic identification and visualization of CAD files, and automatic assessment of design activities. Imagaars is based in Portland, Oregon.

Accelevir Diagnostics

Grant in 2016
Accelevir Diagnostics is a biotech-based industry. They provide clinical researches like unparalleled virology and infectious disease expertise to clinical, biotech, pharmaceutical, public health, academic, and diagnostic partners. They provide scientifically-driven custom services. They include digital PCR, single-target culture techniques, fidelity sequencing, and data-driven analytics.

Radial Analytics

Grant in 2016
Radial Analytics is a venture-backed startup with a unique technology and approach. Every day, patients across America face “crossroads moments” in their healthcare journey. Clinicians often describe these moments as “inflection points,” windows of time when focused intervention by doctors, nurses, and health plans is most impactful. Our proprietary decision support platform helps clinicians and health insurers improve decision-making at these crossroads moments. Radial Analytics received research innovation funding from the National Science Foundation and is backed by Initialized Capital. Our flagship products Smart Placement and Smart Placement Hospice are used by hospital systems, health insurance plans, and accountable care organizations. Our technology delivers real-time insights that “nudge” nurses and caregivers in the right direction, enabling higher-quality and more cost-effective decisions for the patients they serve.

VinSense

Grant in 2016
VinSense, an Indiana-based LLC established in March 2015, specializes in developing a decision support software system aimed at enhancing agricultural crop production, particularly within the wine grape growing and winemaking sectors. The software equips producers, field managers, and winemakers with tools to make informed crop management decisions that improve production volume, uniformity, and quality while also promoting long-term sustainability and profitability. By leveraging advanced scientific models and real-time data, VinSense enables timely interventions in critical areas such as cover crop decisions, irrigation practices, and nutrient management. The platform integrates insights from soil physics, hydrology, viticulture, and enology, transforming complex data into actionable information through a user-friendly visual interface. This innovative approach not only conserves water and reduces irrigation costs but also supports better environmental protection practices, ultimately leading to optimized quality yields in vineyards.

Springbok Analytics

Grant in 2016
Springbok Analytics offers an AI-powered software platform that transforms MRIs into three-dimensional analyses of muscle to enable true precision. Springbok Analytics' advanced imaging technology identifies and measures each individual muscle, providing data to scientists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and physicians to evaluate muscle function in relation to performance and injury management. The technology has numerous applications, including injury management, performance enhancement, and the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.

State Of Place

Grant in 2016
State of Place is ushering in data-driven, evidence-based place-making, quantifying what people love about places and forecasting the benefits of making them better. Our predictive analytics SaaS arms placemakers (urban planners, business improvement districts, real estate developers, and others involved in managing and creating “places”) with the data they need to cost-efficiently create and effectively justify the need for walkable, livable, and sustainable places. We help placemakers get seamless project approvals, heed the demand for walkability, retain economic competitiveness, and grow more sustainably - saving time, money, and agony while doing so.

Graphistry

Grant in 2015
Graphistry, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a visual investigations platform designed to enhance data analysis and investigation processes. Founded in 2013, the platform enables users to deploy, connect, and analyze various data sets efficiently. By utilizing graph-based analysis, it uncovers hidden connections and contextual insights related to events and entities. The platform is equipped with advanced capabilities such as graph reasoning, GPU-accelerated visual analytics, and rich investigation templating. These features facilitate quicker and more reliable investigations, supporting applications in incident response, threat hunting, anti-fraud efforts, and data science. Overall, Graphistry aims to empower organizations with the tools needed to make informed decisions based on comprehensive data insights.

Physics Front

Grant in 2015
Physics Front develops and provides sharp, fast, and versatile learning analytics tools to capture and enhance learning in digital environments such as educational games. Their web-based tools will give detailed learning reports, in real-time and cumulative, to teachers, parents, self-learners, and game designers, thereby making learning more engaging and games more optimised for learning.

PocketLab

Grant in 2015
PocketLab offers a range of wireless sensors designed to facilitate scientific exploration and experimentation for educators, students, and curious individuals. The product enables users to conduct hands-on science investigations by measuring various parameters such as acceleration, force, angular velocity, magnetic field, pressure, altitude, and temperature. With a simple connection to a smartphone or tablet, data can be instantly streamed, viewed, and recorded. PocketLab's intuitive interface and low-cost sensors provide the functionality of traditional lab equipment, making it accessible for a wider audience. Additionally, the accompanying cloud software allows users to analyze their data and create graphs, enhancing the educational experience by integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in an engaging manner.

Radial Analytics

Grant in 2015
Radial Analytics is a venture-backed startup with a unique technology and approach. Every day, patients across America face “crossroads moments” in their healthcare journey. Clinicians often describe these moments as “inflection points,” windows of time when focused intervention by doctors, nurses, and health plans is most impactful. Our proprietary decision support platform helps clinicians and health insurers improve decision-making at these crossroads moments. Radial Analytics received research innovation funding from the National Science Foundation and is backed by Initialized Capital. Our flagship products Smart Placement and Smart Placement Hospice are used by hospital systems, health insurance plans, and accountable care organizations. Our technology delivers real-time insights that “nudge” nurses and caregivers in the right direction, enabling higher-quality and more cost-effective decisions for the patients they serve.

i2k Connect

Grant in 2015
i2k Connect is a software manufacturer of Artificial Intelligence software focusing on Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Knowledge Management. The AI pipeline processes content located in files shares, SharePoint, Teams, 3rd Party applications and databases in order to gain insights, auto-classify against domain specific taxonomies and extracts datapoints enabling business users to quickly find the right information required to get the job done. The results of the ingestion, processing and insights are visualized with a web portal or the RestAPI.

GDA Corp

Grant in 2015
GDA specializes in sophisticated processing and deep analysis of airborne and satellite imagery for agricultural intelligence. They are a recognized leader in the rapid processing and analysis of massive amounts of imagery for frequent, objective in-season assessments of crop conditions, progress, acreage, and yield from sub-field to country levels. GDA continually aggregates imagery from a multitude of sources enabling global cropland coverage and analysis. They work with customers to integrate quality imagery and advanced analysis from GDA into their agricultural management systems. GDA is, at its core, a satellite image analysis company and has been focused on tough problems in image processing from its inception in 2002. GDA grew out of a long history of science-backed image processing research particularly as it relates to agricultural analysis. They have a seasoned track record of winning highly competitive Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants to develop state-of-art technology and have been a prime contractor to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service since 2005.

PatentDive

Grant in 2015
PatentDive, Inc. is a New Orleans-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in developing visual patent drafting software aimed at improving communication in the patent process. The company's tools assist in invention disclosure and rapid patent drafting, allowing users to transform complex ideas into patent applications efficiently. Funded by the National Science Foundation, PatentDive's software features a visual interface that simplifies the navigation of patent portfolios and translates invention language into actionable data. This innovative platform serves a diverse user base, including patent professionals, inventors, entrepreneurs, corporate innovation teams, in-house patent counsel, technology transfer offices, and educational institutions. Additionally, the application incorporates gamified elements to enhance patent education, enabling users to make informed decisions throughout the patenting process.

Imagars

Grant in 2014
Imagaars offers software solutions for the automatic recognition of vector graphics in image sketches, automatic identification and visualization of CAD files, and automatic assessment of design activities. Imagaars is based in Portland, Oregon.

Scientific Imaging and Visualization

Grant in 2014
Scientific Imaging and Visualization develops image processing, computer vision, and visualization products and services. The company was founded in 2010 by Oskar Skrinjar and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Accordion Health

Seed Round in 2014
Accordion Health, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in healthcare predictive analytics software solutions. As a subsidiary of Evolent Health, Accordion Health focuses on transforming large datasets into actionable insights through advanced machine learning and innovative design. Its platform processes data to identify undocumented conditions and track member behaviors in real-time, providing healthcare organizations with targeted guidance. By offering custom analytics and precise predictions, Accordion Health aims to help these organizations lower costs and enhance quality outcomes.

iGlobe

Grant in 2014
iGlobe offers spherical display solutions. They offer systems for displaying real-time data and images of every description onto three-dimensional surfaces, and the opportunity to participate in the global collaboration of government, business, education, and philanthropy to create unprecedented technical and educational tools.

Radial Analytics

Grant in 2014
Radial Analytics is a venture-backed startup with a unique technology and approach. Every day, patients across America face “crossroads moments” in their healthcare journey. Clinicians often describe these moments as “inflection points,” windows of time when focused intervention by doctors, nurses, and health plans is most impactful. Our proprietary decision support platform helps clinicians and health insurers improve decision-making at these crossroads moments. Radial Analytics received research innovation funding from the National Science Foundation and is backed by Initialized Capital. Our flagship products Smart Placement and Smart Placement Hospice are used by hospital systems, health insurance plans, and accountable care organizations. Our technology delivers real-time insights that “nudge” nurses and caregivers in the right direction, enabling higher-quality and more cost-effective decisions for the patients they serve.

Springbok Analytics

Grant in 2014
Springbok Analytics offers an AI-powered software platform that transforms MRIs into three-dimensional analyses of muscle to enable true precision. Springbok Analytics' advanced imaging technology identifies and measures each individual muscle, providing data to scientists, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and physicians to evaluate muscle function in relation to performance and injury management. The technology has numerous applications, including injury management, performance enhancement, and the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.

i2k Connect

Grant in 2014
i2k Connect is a software manufacturer of Artificial Intelligence software focusing on Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Knowledge Management. The AI pipeline processes content located in files shares, SharePoint, Teams, 3rd Party applications and databases in order to gain insights, auto-classify against domain specific taxonomies and extracts datapoints enabling business users to quickly find the right information required to get the job done. The results of the ingestion, processing and insights are visualized with a web portal or the RestAPI.

ZillionInfo

Grant in 2014
ZillionInfo provides location intelligence solutions to help clients deal with large datasets, dig into data insights, and make better location allocation decisions such as site selection, territory mapping, and routing.

Molecular Vista

Grant in 2014
Molecular Vista, Inc., based in San Jose, California, specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing advanced tools for molecular-level analysis through quantitative visualization. The company offers the VistaScope, an atomic force microscopy and optical spectroscopy platform that enables the study of both material and biological systems with high chemical specificity and nanometer spatial resolution. Additionally, Molecular Vista provides the Vista-IR, which measures near-field optical responses via mechanical force detection, and photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) contract analysis services. The applications of PiFM span a range of fields, including polymers, 1D/2D materials, nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics, biological applications, and semiconductors. Molecular Vista sells its products through an online store and has been operating since its founding in 2011.

HealthMyne

Grant in 2013
HealthMyne, Inc. is a healthcare informatics company based in Madison, Wisconsin, established in 2013. It specializes in providing innovative imaging solutions and analytics primarily for cancer care providers. The company's technology enhances clinical decision-making by offering real-time, evidence-based imaging insights that facilitate improved patient care while also reducing delivery costs. HealthMyne's platform includes features such as tumor image manipulation, automatic tumor staging, specialized reporting, and management of incidental findings, all aimed at streamlining clinical workflows. By integrating electronic health records and image repositories, HealthMyne supports physicians in diagnosing and treating patients more effectively, ultimately enhancing clinical collaboration and quality assurance in patient management.

TerraFly

Grant in 2013
TerraFly is an innovative technology and tool for fusing, visualizing and querying geospatial Big Data into powerful intelligent map solutions for use by industry professionals and decision makers. These powerful solutions allows for materializing and capitalizing on market opportunities that otherwise would go unseen without the visualization of Big Data - subjects and locations.

Budding Biologist

Grant in 2013
Budding Biologist produces engaging and scientifically accurate educational tools designed to inspire children to explore science both at home and in school. The company offers a series of illustrated books and is expanding into interactive video games aimed at children in grades 1-5. Recently, Budding Biologist received a grant to develop an ecologically-themed video game, which will be released as three tablet apps. These apps will come with supplementary lesson plans, worksheets, and assessment tools aligned with Common Core Standards, enhancing their use in educational settings. Collaborating with leading ecologists from UC-Davis, the video game will be based on real-life data and scientific principles, addressing a gap in the market for ecology-focused educational games that foster scientific inquiry in young learners.

CitiLogics

Grant in 2013
CitiLogics, LLC specializes in developing models and analytics to assist clients in managing urban water infrastructure investments. The company offers a range of services, including real-time model and SCADA integration, hydraulic and water quality model calibration, and distribution system water quality management. Additionally, CitiLogics provides tools for online water quality monitoring, GIS analysis, and custom software solutions. One of its key products, Polaris, combines a SCADA HMI emulator with real-time network model forecasts and a scenario manager, enabling users to explore alternative operational strategies. Founded in 2009 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, CitiLogics serves clients within the water and wastewater industry, applying research-level engineering expertise to address practical challenges in water distribution and management.

ADM Diagnostics

Grant in 2013
ADMdx specializes in brain image analysis to enable diagnosis, prognosis, and drug effect detection for Alzheimer's disease and various other forms of dementia. We provide pharmaceutical companies with powerful information to improve clinical trial success. ADMdx provides image data analysis and full CNS imaging study services with structural MRI, amyloid PET, tau PET, FDG PET, ASL, fMRI BOLD, and DTI. We are developing diagnostic products to enable early, accurate disease detection supporting optimal patient care.

Azavea

Grant in 2012
Azavea is a company that specializes in developing geospatial web applications and data analytics tools aimed at enhancing decision-making across various sectors, including education, health services, natural resources, and politics. The firm leverages both open source and commercial technologies to provide solutions that facilitate the processing and visualization of geographic data. Azavea's offerings include products for geospatial data processing, earth imagery, and collaborative redistricting, as well as capabilities in big data processing, machine learning, and software engineering. By harnessing the power of geospatial technology, Azavea aims to improve communities and promote sustainable practices.

Scientific Imaging and Visualization

Grant in 2012
Scientific Imaging and Visualization develops image processing, computer vision, and visualization products and services. The company was founded in 2010 by Oskar Skrinjar and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Molecular Vista

Grant in 2012
Molecular Vista, Inc., based in San Jose, California, specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing advanced tools for molecular-level analysis through quantitative visualization. The company offers the VistaScope, an atomic force microscopy and optical spectroscopy platform that enables the study of both material and biological systems with high chemical specificity and nanometer spatial resolution. Additionally, Molecular Vista provides the Vista-IR, which measures near-field optical responses via mechanical force detection, and photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) contract analysis services. The applications of PiFM span a range of fields, including polymers, 1D/2D materials, nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics, biological applications, and semiconductors. Molecular Vista sells its products through an online store and has been operating since its founding in 2011.

TerraFly

Grant in 2012
TerraFly is an innovative technology and tool for fusing, visualizing and querying geospatial Big Data into powerful intelligent map solutions for use by industry professionals and decision makers. These powerful solutions allows for materializing and capitalizing on market opportunities that otherwise would go unseen without the visualization of Big Data - subjects and locations.

Synoptos

Angel Round in 2011
Synoptos specializes in delivering tailored business intelligence through advanced media monitoring and analysis services. The company employs proprietary technologies and algorithms, partially funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology, to provide comprehensive insights into news and social media. By blending advanced data visualization tools with rigorous human analysis, Synoptos helps clients, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and non-profits, understand the media landscape, track information flow, and identify key influencers. Its services support intelligence gathering, business operations, performance measurement, and enhanced decision-making, enabling organizations to effectively leverage digital media for their strategic goals.
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