STARTUPS / COMPANY ATTENDEES
Barrow Green, LLC
Lawrence Alan London, CFO
Barrow Green is developing a compact, lightweight, energy-efficient, and hydrofluorocarbon-free heat pump technology.
Overview
Energy-efficient air conditioners for structures, vehicles and PPE.
Commercial Application / Market
AFRL Application
Cooling for forward bases & portable cooling vests for maintenance crews.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding)
Current Funding Round
Seed, Series A
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Eric Schwartz, COO
AI to cut through red tape by identifying people, policies, and prior approvals to get things done in large bureaucracies.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
AI-enabled compliance workflows for unstructured document packages.
AFRL Application
Accelerant for foreign disclosure review and allied information sharing.
Funding Source to Date
Seed.
Current Funding Round
Not currently seeking funding.
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Dr. Misty Blowers, CEO
Datalytica delivers tech development and consulting in cybersecurity, AI, and national security for public and private sector.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Energy-efficient air conditioners for structures, vehicles and PPE.
AFRL Application
Automated capability for cybersecurity experts to black-box test AI systems.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Seed.
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Dr. Jon McCandless, co-founder and CEO
We build gallium oxide-based transistors and diodes to enable highly-scaled, highly-efficient power conversion.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Ga2O3 is a duel use tech. Data center efficiency is our non-defense focus.
AFRL Application
Reduce contact resistance and package devices to improve performance.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Preparing to raise angel / investor funding,Pre-seed Investment.
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Ironstar Engineering
John F Dargin III, Founder and President
Developing a unique and patented solution for space debris remediation using the solar wind and from outside the target orbit.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
International satellite orbit maintenance and debris removal.
AFRL Application
Dual use active debris removal and satellite orbit repositioning.
Funding Source to Date
Self-funded to date.
Current Funding Round
Seed, Series A
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Kilsar
Zach Casey, co-founder and Chief Product Officer
Predictive maintenance and tribal knowledge capture for aerospace, aviation, heavy equipment, and infrastructure.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Aviation and aerospace maintenance, repair, overhaul and supply chain.
AFRL Application
TBD.
Funding Source to Date
Seed.
Current Funding Round
Series A
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Li Creative Tech
Q. Peter Li, CEO
Founded by Bell Labs researchers, specializing in AI and ML for edge computation, recognition, decision, DSP, and autonomy.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
AI-enabled devices and software for 3D audio, DSP, recognition, and sensors.
AFRL Application
Fast, explainable, and trustworthy AI systems for sensor net and autonomy.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Series A
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Ilayda Samilgil, co-founder and CEO
LLume's patented soft and stretchable fiberoptic sensors, Light Lace, measure pressure and stretch.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Measuring biometrics for improving human performance.
AFRL Application
Light Lace measures pressure to improve human robot interactions.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Not seeking funding at the moment.
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Paterson Aerospace Systems Corp.
Kaylon Paterson, CEO
Develops solutions to space sustainability problems, currently focused on Space Domain Awareness technologies.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Operators of spacecraft will have access to faster more accurate SDA data.
AFRL Application
SDA is a major concern for the US Space Force which is supported by AFRL.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Preparing to raise angel / investor funding,Pre-seed Investment.
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Eric Braddom, President
Design and manufacturing of next generation SWIR (Short Wave Infrared) imagers for commercial and defense applications.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Hyperspectral applications like detecting gasses, biomedical analysis, etc.
AFRL Application
Hyperspectral, smart seeker heads, detection of hypervelocity weapons.
Funding Source to Date
Series B or larger.
Current Funding Round
Series B or larger.
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Princeton Satellite Systems
Joyce Mo, Technical Staff
Christopher Galea, Research Scientist
Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc. is a research and development company in the aerospace and energy sectors.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
RF-plasma power electronics for satellite thrusters and plasma proccessing.
AFRL Application
Space power and propulsion (electric and fusion).
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Preparing to raise angel / investor funding.
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PRISAM, LLC
Pritam Poddar, CEO
Additive manufactures digital core material for aerospace sandwich structures.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Core material for aerospace and defense sandwich structures.
AFRL Application
MMOD shields, Attritable aircrafts.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Seed, Series A
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Alexa Schmitz, CEO
REEgen is building clean, bacteria-based processes for the biomanufacturing of rare earth elements.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
US-sourced, sustainable rare earth manufacturing from industrial residues.
AFRL Application
We are investigating methods for commercializing rare earth bioseparations.
Funding Source to Date
Grant and Pre-seed.
Current Funding Round
Seed
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SensVita
Thomas Conroy, founder and CEO
Developing novel next-generation touchless cardiopulmonary sensors that can be integrated into wearables or furniture.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Broad applications to clinical remote patient monitoring & animal health.
AFRL Application
Continuous traumatic injury monitoring during air medical evacuation.
Funding Source to Date
Pre seed.
Current Funding Round
Preparing to raise angel / investor funding, Pre-seed Investment.
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Simplesense
Eric Kanagy, founder and CEO
Simplesense enables mission operators to trust and rely on critical infrastructure data to rapidly adapt and respond.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Simplesense connects Fortune 500 security to critical data sources.
AFRL Application
Simplesense speeds adoption of critical new technology from years to months.
Funding Source to Date
Pre seed.
Current Funding Round
Not seeking funding at this time.
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Skyline Nav AI, Inc.
Kanwar Singh, CEO
At Skyline Nav AI, we have built a GPS-independent precise navigation solution using computer vision and satellite datasets.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Autonomous vehicles, ground robots, drones, boats in urban canyons.
AFRL Application
Navigate effectively without using GPS, cellular, or WiFi for drones & cars.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Seed
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Austin Hickman, CEO
Soctera is developing PAs that address the power density and thermal management bottlenecks that limit AF comm systems.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Telecommunication base station market OEMs limited by PA thermals.
AFRL Application
First demonstration of a packaged Soctera UltraHEMT power amplifier.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Not seeking funding at the moment.
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Ian Fichtenbaum, CEO
Jordana Fichtenbaum, Communications
We provide logistics for the backend of Spacecraft.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Space mobility operators and defense logistics.
AFRL Application
Rapid transport and processing of complex defense platforms.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Series A
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Spectronn, Inc.
Rajarathnam Chandramouli, CEO
Vidya Sagar, co-founder and CTO
Abraar (AB) Anifa Saitbai
We provide a trustworthy AI software platform that delivers geospatial intelligence in minutes rather than hours.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Maritime domain awareness for supply chain risk and insurance.
AFRL Application
Moving target indication automation minimizing operator cognitive load.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Seed
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Visual Ops Holdings, Inc.
Marvin Avilez, Founder
Garry Wade, Brand Design and Marketing
VisualOPS enables private federated networks at the edge or off the grid. Our operational hubs distribute & coordinate action.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Replacing messaging applications with a more secure & cloudless platform.
AFRL Application
Next iteration of IRC as the backbone of msg's traffic & coordination.
Funding Source to Date
Self-funded to date.
Current Funding Round
Pre-seed, Seed.
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Kwame Amponsah, CEO
We enable our clients to reduce their testing times from over 12 hours to under 5 minutes with our probe cards and systems.
Overview
Commercial Application / Market
Inline production testing of semiconductor wafers at foundries.
AFRL Application
Cooling for forward bases & portable cooling vests for maintenance crews.
Funding Source to Date
Grant funding (e.g., AFRL Network Funding/SBIR/STTR Funding).
Current Funding Round
Series A