US Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy is a government agency established in 1977, located in Washington, D.C. Its primary mission is to ensure the security and prosperity of the nation by tackling energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges. The Department focuses on promoting transformative scientific and technological solutions to address these issues, thereby supporting the country's energy needs and environmental sustainability.

Maria Robinson

Director of DOE's Grid Deployment Office

Past deals in Software

OLI Systems

Grant in 2025
OLI Systems is a prominent software company that focuses on modeling and simulation of electrolyte systems. The company develops commercial software designed to simulate the chemical and phase behavior of aqueous-based systems. Its offerings include a comprehensive chemistry data bank, thermodynamic frameworks, and a diverse software portfolio, along with extensive services and applications expertise. This enables clients to effectively address complex challenges related to water chemistry.

Parallel18

Grant in 2024
Parallel18 is an international innovation hub and accelerator firm established in 2015, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The organization is dedicated to supporting underrepresented founders globally by offering funding, mentorship, and essential business connections. It primarily focuses on the software sector and aims to foster entrepreneurship across Latin America, the United States, and Puerto Rico. By providing resources and guidance, Parallel18 seeks to enhance the growth and success of diverse startups in a competitive landscape.

Aquila Group

Grant in 2024
Aquila is dedicated to design, manufacturing, and implementing advanced technological solutions to help mitigate threat and manage vulnerability.

Kitware

Grant in 2024
Kitware is a company that develops and supports open-source software solutions in various fields including computer vision, medical imaging, and data visualization. Founded in 1998 and based in Clifton Park, New York, it offers a suite of tools such as the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit for medical data processing, CMake for managing software builds, and the Visualization Toolkit for 3D graphics and image processing. Kitware also provides applications like KiwiViewer for exploring geometric datasets and MIDAS, a multimedia server for scientific data management. Additionally, its products include ActiViz, a 3D data visualization interface, VolView for analyzing 3D medical data, CDashPro for software testing management, and ParaViewPro, a subscription service that offers professional support for scientific visualization. The company's software is utilized by government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial organizations to address complex technical challenges and promote reproducible research.

Performance Systems Development

Grant in 2024
Performance Systems Development, LLC specializes in providing building performance software, engineering solutions, and training services primarily for homeowners, businesses, and commercial building owners in the United States. Founded in 1998 and based in Ithaca, New York, the company offers a suite of tools including the Targeted Retrofit Energy Analysis Tool for energy auditing, the Green Energy Compass for managing energy efficiency programs, and the Building Performance Compass for benchmarking and tracking energy use in commercial and multifamily properties. In addition to software, the company delivers program services that encompass residential, multifamily, and commercial applications, as well as customized engineering solutions. Performance Systems Development also offers comprehensive training courses for energy auditors, builders, contractors, and engineers, covering various certifications and software training in the energy efficiency sector. The company effectively connects stakeholders, including utilities and trade allies, to streamline program implementation and support energy efficiency goals across diverse sectors.

Theia Scientific

Grant in 2024
Theia Scientific is a platform for automating scientific and engineering workflows with AI and Machine Learning technologies.

Tech-X

Grant in 2024
Tech-X Corporation is a software development company that specializes in creating high-performance computational physics simulation software. Their platforms are designed for engineers and scientists, offering customizable solutions with user-friendly interfaces, integration capabilities, and robust support services. Tech-X's software aims to enhance operational efficiency and adaptability to evolving market demands by enabling users to understand and simulate physical systems through modern computational methods and advanced visualization.

Sequent Logic

Grant in 2024
Sequent Logic creates software-defined radio and digital signal processing solutions for clients. Their solutions include custom acquisition, DSP, waveform synthesis solutions, custom rf, mixed-signal electronics design, and form factors. They offers customer support through email and phone contact.

Sequent Logic

Grant in 2024
Sequent Logic creates software-defined radio and digital signal processing solutions for clients. Their solutions include custom acquisition, DSP, waveform synthesis solutions, custom rf, mixed-signal electronics design, and form factors. They offers customer support through email and phone contact.

Carbon Solutions

Grant in 2024
Carbon Solutions provides low-carbon energy research and development and software. They offer carbon management services. They support integrated CO₂ capture, transport, and storage solutions. They offer market assessments, project feasibility, and project design services.

RadiaSoft

Grant in 2024
RadiaSoft is a research and development company that specializes in scientific computing and software development. It offers a range of services including high-performance computing simulations accessible via a web browser, machine learning expertise, and algorithm development. RadiaSoft focuses on applications involving electron and ion beams in accelerators, as well as computational modeling for plasmas. The company provides solutions for diverse environments, including public cloud and physically isolated networks. By leveraging open-source and high-performance computing codes, RadiaSoft enables clients to model complex systems such as synchrotron light sources and heavy ion colliders, thereby supporting advanced scientific research and engineering applications.

Lifeboat

Grant in 2024
Lifeboat is an open-source HDF5 data management software.

Tech-X

Grant in 2024
Tech-X Corporation is a software development company that specializes in creating high-performance computational physics simulation software. Their platforms are designed for engineers and scientists, offering customizable solutions with user-friendly interfaces, integration capabilities, and robust support services. Tech-X's software aims to enhance operational efficiency and adaptability to evolving market demands by enabling users to understand and simulate physical systems through modern computational methods and advanced visualization.

Princeton Satellite Systems

Grant in 2024
Princeton Satellite Systems is a company specializing in the development of hardware and software products for the aerospace and energy sectors. It focuses on satellite communication technology aimed at facilitating efficient and reliable global data transmission. The company offers advanced satellite data processing capabilities, real-time analytics, and secure connectivity solutions. These offerings enable enterprises and governmental organizations to seamlessly integrate and manage satellite communication across a variety of applications, ensuring robust performance and operational flexibility in diverse environments.

Phase III Physics

Grant in 2024
Phase III Physics is a scientific research and development program based on fundamental nuclear and high-energy physics that promotes advances in fundamental physics and sustainable energy applications through innovative product and software design.

Stottler Henke

Grant in 2024
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. specializes in the development and application of artificial intelligence and advanced software technologies to address complex problems that traditional methods cannot solve. The company leverages its expertise in expert knowledge elicitation, requirements analysis, software design, data analysis, and user interface design to create innovative software solutions across various domains, including education, planning, knowledge management, decision support, and computer security. A key offering is DataMontage™, a powerful data visualization software designed for the rapid analysis of complex, time-oriented data. DataMontage™ allows users to visualize dense arrays of timelines and graphics, facilitating the identification of patterns within large, multivariate datasets that are often obscured in conventional displays. Through its advanced technology and tailored solutions, Stottler Henke aims to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency for its clients.

Airmettle

Grant in 2024
AirMettle operates a software-defined storage platform designed to streamline data analytics processes. Its core offering is a system that converts diverse data formats into those compatible with analysis tools, thereby minimizing network traffic and reducing the need for costly memory resources in higher-level analytics applications. This enables users to efficiently extract valuable insights from their data.

Kitware

Grant in 2024
Kitware is a company that develops and supports open-source software solutions in various fields including computer vision, medical imaging, and data visualization. Founded in 1998 and based in Clifton Park, New York, it offers a suite of tools such as the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit for medical data processing, CMake for managing software builds, and the Visualization Toolkit for 3D graphics and image processing. Kitware also provides applications like KiwiViewer for exploring geometric datasets and MIDAS, a multimedia server for scientific data management. Additionally, its products include ActiViz, a 3D data visualization interface, VolView for analyzing 3D medical data, CDashPro for software testing management, and ParaViewPro, a subscription service that offers professional support for scientific visualization. The company's software is utilized by government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial organizations to address complex technical challenges and promote reproducible research.

Zeus AI

Grant in 2024
We integrate multi-modal, multi-resolution data to create a unified model of our planet. Our model predicts timely, complete, high-resolution global information. Zeus AI has been recognized for its contributions to the field through selections for NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, receiving funding to further develop its AI-driven solutions for environmental monitoring and analysis. With a focus on software development within the environmental sector, Zeus AI is dedicated to improving how weather data is collected, analyzed, and utilized for various applications.

SeeQC

Grant in 2024
SeeQC, Inc. is a semiconductor company specializing in the development of a digital quantum computing platform aimed at global businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Elmsford, New York, the company designs, tests, and manufactures quantum-ready superconductors and application-specific quantum computing systems. Its innovative approach combines classical and quantum technologies to enhance the efficiency, stability, and cost-effectiveness of quantum computing systems. SeeQC integrates superconducting qubit chips, proprietary Single Flux Quantum technology, and application-specific integrated circuits to create a commercially viable quantum computing solution. The company serves various industries, including machine learning, logistics optimization, quantum chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and fintech, catering to clients in the United States and Europe. With additional facilities in London and Naples, SeeQC aims to facilitate access to scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing applications, thereby addressing the growing demand for advanced computational capabilities.

Aperi CMC

Grant in 2024
Aperi CMC is an agile open-source community that trains subject matter experts to use open-source code, so they are no longer bound by the software provided by their host firm.

BioSynthetic Machines

Grant in 2023
BioSynthetic Machines create organisms for the microbiological synthesis of chemicals by utilizing AI that is proprietary and computational, experimental, and synthetic biology methods.

Sequent Logic

Grant in 2023
Sequent Logic creates software-defined radio and digital signal processing solutions for clients. Their solutions include custom acquisition, DSP, waveform synthesis solutions, custom rf, mixed-signal electronics design, and form factors. They offers customer support through email and phone contact.

Phase III Physics

Grant in 2023
Phase III Physics is a scientific research and development program based on fundamental nuclear and high-energy physics that promotes advances in fundamental physics and sustainable energy applications through innovative product and software design.

Om Bharti

Grant in 2023
Om Bharti is a machine-learning software platform that will combine and analyze enormous amounts of biological data to produce actionable results that will speed up research, development, industrialization, and optimization.

Kitware

Grant in 2023
Kitware is a company that develops and supports open-source software solutions in various fields including computer vision, medical imaging, and data visualization. Founded in 1998 and based in Clifton Park, New York, it offers a suite of tools such as the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit for medical data processing, CMake for managing software builds, and the Visualization Toolkit for 3D graphics and image processing. Kitware also provides applications like KiwiViewer for exploring geometric datasets and MIDAS, a multimedia server for scientific data management. Additionally, its products include ActiViz, a 3D data visualization interface, VolView for analyzing 3D medical data, CDashPro for software testing management, and ParaViewPro, a subscription service that offers professional support for scientific visualization. The company's software is utilized by government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial organizations to address complex technical challenges and promote reproducible research.

Carbon Solutions

Grant in 2023
Carbon Solutions provides low-carbon energy research and development and software. They offer carbon management services. They support integrated CO₂ capture, transport, and storage solutions. They offer market assessments, project feasibility, and project design services.

Areté Associates

Grant in 2023
Areté is an advanced science and engineering company that provides innovative solutions from scientific discovery to production.

Shifted Energy

Grant in 2023
Shifted Energy, Inc. is a technology company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that specializes in transforming electric water heaters into demand response assets that support grid stability and facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources. Founded in 2014, the company offers innovative software solutions and controllers, including Grid Maestro, a virtual power plant, and Tempo, a retrofit controller for electric water heaters. Their technology enables the consumption of excess renewable energy by preheating water while optimizing hot water availability through advanced algorithms. Additionally, Shifted Energy provides rapid demand response capabilities and value-added services such as leak detection, maintenance alerts, and automated power management for unoccupied units. By focusing on electric water heaters and other grid-interactive devices, Shifted Energy enhances the efficiency of energy resources and improves the overall experience for utilities, energy aggregators, building managers, homeowners, and renters.

Innowatts

Grant in 2023
Innowatts, Inc. is a Houston-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in software solutions for energy management. Its flagship product, PowerEASE, is designed for load forecasting, energy risk optimization, and infrastructure planning, serving a diverse clientele that includes retail energy providers, regulated utility companies, and public policy boards. Innowatts leverages advanced data analytics and machine learning to utilize energy usage data effectively, assisting energy retailers and utilities in managing grids, enhancing profitability, and achieving sustainability goals. The company's eUtility technology platform has processed data from over 34 million meters to help energy providers improve grid reliability, anticipate market trends, and create personalized energy experiences for customers.

Upstream Tech

Grant in 2023
Upstream Tech is a mission-driven organization that specializes in software development, machine learning, remote monitoring, and geographic information systems (GIS), particularly focused on freshwater conservation. The company creates technological applications that utilize satellite imagery and machine learning to monitor and measure irrigation across extensive geographic areas with high precision. By integrating various satellite and meteorological data sources, Upstream Tech enables environmental research organizations to enhance their conservation efforts and promote efficient water markets. Its software products aim to simplify access to advanced remote sensing and machine learning technologies, thereby accelerating the impact of environmental initiatives globally.

Kitware

Grant in 2023
Kitware is a company that develops and supports open-source software solutions in various fields including computer vision, medical imaging, and data visualization. Founded in 1998 and based in Clifton Park, New York, it offers a suite of tools such as the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit for medical data processing, CMake for managing software builds, and the Visualization Toolkit for 3D graphics and image processing. Kitware also provides applications like KiwiViewer for exploring geometric datasets and MIDAS, a multimedia server for scientific data management. Additionally, its products include ActiViz, a 3D data visualization interface, VolView for analyzing 3D medical data, CDashPro for software testing management, and ParaViewPro, a subscription service that offers professional support for scientific visualization. The company's software is utilized by government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial organizations to address complex technical challenges and promote reproducible research.

Error Corp

Grant in 2023
Error Corp specializes in developing error control solutions aimed at enhancing the reliability of quantum computers. The company focuses on creating software designed for both near-term and future fault-tolerant quantum computing applications. Utilizing proprietary algorithms, Error Corp's solutions facilitate noise suppression in quantum control and implement resource-efficient quantum error correction techniques. This innovative approach allows researchers to collectively extract error information, thereby improving the performance and stability of quantum computing systems.

ParaTools

Grant in 2023
ParaTools offers training and workshops in software development, porting, and performance evaluation tools for high-performance computing. They also help to integrate the tools in the projects and help with all aspects of instrumentation, measurement and analysis of programs.

Kitware

Grant in 2023
Kitware is a company that develops and supports open-source software solutions in various fields including computer vision, medical imaging, and data visualization. Founded in 1998 and based in Clifton Park, New York, it offers a suite of tools such as the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit for medical data processing, CMake for managing software builds, and the Visualization Toolkit for 3D graphics and image processing. Kitware also provides applications like KiwiViewer for exploring geometric datasets and MIDAS, a multimedia server for scientific data management. Additionally, its products include ActiViz, a 3D data visualization interface, VolView for analyzing 3D medical data, CDashPro for software testing management, and ParaViewPro, a subscription service that offers professional support for scientific visualization. The company's software is utilized by government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial organizations to address complex technical challenges and promote reproducible research.

Carbon Solutions

Grant in 2023
Carbon Solutions provides low-carbon energy research and development and software. They offer carbon management services. They support integrated CO₂ capture, transport, and storage solutions. They offer market assessments, project feasibility, and project design services.

OLI Systems

Grant in 2023
OLI Systems is a prominent software company that focuses on modeling and simulation of electrolyte systems. The company develops commercial software designed to simulate the chemical and phase behavior of aqueous-based systems. Its offerings include a comprehensive chemistry data bank, thermodynamic frameworks, and a diverse software portfolio, along with extensive services and applications expertise. This enables clients to effectively address complex challenges related to water chemistry.

RadiaSoft

Grant in 2023
RadiaSoft is a research and development company that specializes in scientific computing and software development. It offers a range of services including high-performance computing simulations accessible via a web browser, machine learning expertise, and algorithm development. RadiaSoft focuses on applications involving electron and ion beams in accelerators, as well as computational modeling for plasmas. The company provides solutions for diverse environments, including public cloud and physically isolated networks. By leveraging open-source and high-performance computing codes, RadiaSoft enables clients to model complex systems such as synchrotron light sources and heavy ion colliders, thereby supporting advanced scientific research and engineering applications.

Applied Materials

Grant in 2022
Applied Materials, Inc. is a leading provider of manufacturing equipment, services, and software for the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three primary segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment focuses on the development and sale of equipment essential for fabricating semiconductor chips, utilizing advanced technologies such as epitaxy, ion implantation, and chemical vapor deposition. The Applied Global Services segment enhances equipment and fabrication performance through integrated solutions, including spare parts, upgrades, and automation software. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers manufacturing products for various display technologies, including liquid crystal displays and organic light-emitting diodes. Established in 1967 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Applied Materials serves a global customer base that includes some of the largest chip manufacturers, operating across regions such as the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

Super.tech

Grant in 2022
Super.tech is a company that specializes in developing software designed to accelerate quantum computing. Founded in 2020 by Pranav Gokhale and Fred Chong, Super.tech focuses on bridging the gap between quantum applications and hardware. The company's technology stack is engineered to make quantum software explicitly aware of the underlying quantum hardware, allowing developers to achieve significant speedups for practical applications. This full-stack, cross-layer architecture aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of quantum computing processes.

Galois

Grant in 2022
Galois is a scientific research organization focused on enhancing the trustworthiness of critical systems where failure is not an option. By leveraging advanced computer science and mathematics, the company conducts innovative research and development projects that transform theoretical concepts into practical technological solutions. Galois collaborates with government entities and industry partners to address significant societal challenges in areas such as privacy, security, and safety. Through its expertise in engineering and cutting-edge research, Galois aims to provide reliable and effective solutions for complex problems, ensuring the integrity and dependability of essential systems.

ParaTools

Grant in 2022
ParaTools offers training and workshops in software development, porting, and performance evaluation tools for high-performance computing. They also help to integrate the tools in the projects and help with all aspects of instrumentation, measurement and analysis of programs.

Cypienta

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cypienta is a technology company that specializes in AI-powered cybersecurity monitoring and response systems for businesses. Its platform uses artificial intelligence to instantly and scalably correlate and contextualize alerts, events, and logs within existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) systems. This enables organizations to enhance their cybersecurity posture by swiftly detecting and mitigating potential threats, thereby protecting their data from cyberattacks.

Onboard

Grant in 2021
Businesses of all sizes, from startups to the Fortune 500, use Onboard's AI software and APIs to extract, transform and stream real-time data from buildings. We give everyone the opportunity to shape the future of our world's buildings with data.

Maalka

Grant in 2019
Maalka is a developer of an energy efficiency platform aimed at assisting cities and building owners in measuring, managing, and reducing their environmental impact. The company offers a suite of tools that enable organizations to track their energy, water, and waste consumption, providing critical insights for improving efficiency. By leveraging data-driven program management, Maalka empowers private organizations and agencies to automate building energy efficiency initiatives, streamline outreach and reporting efforts, and scale analytics across their building portfolios. With a focus on open, secure, and scalable solutions, Maalka facilitates the deployment of data-driven programs aligned with proven frameworks in sustainability and commercial real estate.

AquaNRG

Seed Round in 2019
AquaNRG has developed a state-of-the-art cloud-based application for energy, water and environmental markets which merges physics-chemistry simulation with machine learning for faster, more accurate and less expensive product and process design and engineering

Onboard

Grant in 2019
Businesses of all sizes, from startups to the Fortune 500, use Onboard's AI software and APIs to extract, transform and stream real-time data from buildings. We give everyone the opportunity to shape the future of our world's buildings with data.

Fracsun

Grant in 2018
Fracsun is a company that specializes in providing comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) soiling monitoring solutions for solar array owners, operators, and developers. It is known for its patented ARES soiling management system, which directly measures soiling loss through local instrumentation, thereby reducing uncertainty in performance assessment. Fracsun’s technology enables clients to accurately monitor and manage soiling loss, optimizing cleaning schedules and minimizing financial risks associated with project development. The company's cloud-based software not only calculates soiling loss but also projects optimal cleaning dates, allowing clients to receive timely alerts for necessary maintenance. With a mission to enhance the performance of solar assets, Fracsun plays a vital role in improving the efficiency and reliability of solar energy production.

AquaNRG

Pre Seed Round in 2018
AquaNRG has developed a state-of-the-art cloud-based application for energy, water and environmental markets which merges physics-chemistry simulation with machine learning for faster, more accurate and less expensive product and process design and engineering

PowerMarket

Grant in 2017
ProjectEconomics specializes in providing software and solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of distributed generation programs within the energy sector, particularly focusing on community solar initiatives. The company caters to utilities, energy retailers, and solar developers, facilitating the implementation and administration of community solar projects. By streamlining these processes, ProjectEconomics aims to support the growth of renewable energy and promote more accessible solar power options for communities.

Fracsun

Grant in 2017
Fracsun is a company that specializes in providing comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) soiling monitoring solutions for solar array owners, operators, and developers. It is known for its patented ARES soiling management system, which directly measures soiling loss through local instrumentation, thereby reducing uncertainty in performance assessment. Fracsun’s technology enables clients to accurately monitor and manage soiling loss, optimizing cleaning schedules and minimizing financial risks associated with project development. The company's cloud-based software not only calculates soiling loss but also projects optimal cleaning dates, allowing clients to receive timely alerts for necessary maintenance. With a mission to enhance the performance of solar assets, Fracsun plays a vital role in improving the efficiency and reliability of solar energy production.

Solstice Energy Solutions

Venture Round in 2017
Solstice Energy Solutions uses IoT and software to enable, connect, and intelligently manage the shared-economy of distributed energy resources in emerging markets. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PowerMarket

Grant in 2016
ProjectEconomics specializes in providing software and solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of distributed generation programs within the energy sector, particularly focusing on community solar initiatives. The company caters to utilities, energy retailers, and solar developers, facilitating the implementation and administration of community solar projects. By streamlining these processes, ProjectEconomics aims to support the growth of renewable energy and promote more accessible solar power options for communities.

RPM Solar

Grant in 2015
RPM Solar is a solar installation company that serves both residential and commercial customers. It develops solar asset management software created to manage financial operations.
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