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Angstrom Publishing - Nanotechnology Accelergy Corporation
Sector(s): Energy & Environment
Location: San Jose, CA
Accelergy creates ultra-clean fuels from abundant coal resources. Its proprietary catalytic process technologies significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the production of high quality fuels. Accelergy's management, directors, and advisors are a talented and dedicated group of industry veterans, serial entrepreneurs, world-renowned scientists, and energy policy experts. Partnered with leading global energy companies, backed by world-class investors, and represented with offices in the U.S. and China, Accelergy is poised to change the way we think about our energy future.
 
Angstrom Publishing - Nanotechnology Angstrom Publishing
Sector(s): Information Services
Location: New York, NY
Angstrom Publishing has an exclusive joint venture with Forbes Inc. to produce the Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report, the authoritative investment publication for emerging technologies. Since its initial March 2002 publication date, the Emerging Tech Report has become Forbes' fastest growing publication.
 
Atair Aerospace
Sector(s): Aerospace & Defense
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Atair Aerospace, Inc. is dedicated to modernizing military, government, and corporate logistics by creatively solving complex aerospace and engineering problems that integrate state-of-the-art parachute designs and flight navigation systems. Atair Aerospace's proprietary technology has resulted in precision airdrop systems.

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Cambrios Technologies Corp. Cambrios Technologies Corp.
Sector(s): Electronics
Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Cambrios is currently focused on the development of electronic materials for the display industry. Its proprietary nanostructured materials can be deposited using existing production equipment to achieve enhanced performance of display devices and components at lower manufacturing cost. The company's first product, a directly patternable, wet-processable transparent conductive film, is poised to replace the industry standard sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO). Subsequent products will leverage this technology to produce other functional films for display and thin films applications.

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Cambrios Technologies Corp. Crystal IS
Sector(s): Electronics, Energy & Environment
Location: Green Island, NY

Crystal IS, Inc. is the market leader in the commercialization of single-crystal aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates for the cost-effective production of high power, high temperature, and optoelectronic devices such as blue and ultraviolet lasers.

 
Everspin EverSpin Technologies
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Sector(s): Electronics
Location: Chandler, AZ

EverSpin Technologies is the global leader in developing and manufacturing magnetic-based memory (MRAM). With roots in Freescale Semiconductor, EverSpin is now an independent company backed by prominent venture capital firms. A growing number of leading corporations have adopted EverSpin MRAM to enable their most advanced products

 
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Sector(s): Life Sciences
Location: Cambridge, MA

Genocea Biosciences was founded in 2006 to commercialize key breakthroughs in vaccine discovery and development. Genocea can rapidly identify antigens that result in the in vivo stimulation of protective CD8+ and CD4+ T-cells, targets that can be immediately incorporated into existing antigen delivery systems to produce multivalent vaccine formulations that have the highest probability of generating protective cell-mediated immunity.

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Kereos Inc. - Molecular Imaging Agents and Targeted Therapeutics Kereos, Inc.
Sector(s): Life Sciences
Location: St. Louis, MO

Kereos develops molecular imaging agents and targeted therapeutics that identify and attack cancer and cardiovascular disease earlier and more specifically than conventional methods. The company has raised over $15 million in government grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute and is currently partnered with Bristol Myers Squibb, Dow Chemical, and Philips Medical Imaging. Kereos’ management and technical team is responsible for over 12 INDs.

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Lux Research - Nanotechnology Lux Research, Inc.
Sector(s): Information Services
Location: New York, NY

Lux Research is an independent research and advisory firm providing strategic advice and ongoing intelligence for emerging technologies. The company helps leaders in business, finance, and government make informed decisions about science-driven innovation. Through its proprietary methodologies and global network of innovators, Lux Research clients uncover opportunities and gain competitive advantage.

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Magen Biosciences Magen Biosciences Inc.
Sector(s): Life Sciences
Location: Cambridge, MA

Magen Biosciences is focused on improving the health and appearance of human skin. Magen's science-driven understanding of skin physiology leads to effective therapies for a number of skin disorders and the prevention of UV radiation related skin damage. The company has assembled an outstanding science, investor and management team. The team includes co-founders of Idexx, Alnylam, Momenta, Vertex, Biogen and Genzyme. The company is headquartered in Massachusetts.

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Molecular Imprints, Inc. - Nanoimprint Lithography Molecular Imprints, Inc.
Sector(s): Electronics
Location: Austin, TX

Molecular Imprints is the technology leader for high-resolution, low cost-of-ownership nanopatterning systems and solutions in the hard disk drive and semiconductor industries. MII is leveraging its innovative technology to become the market leader in patterning solutions for storage and memory devices, while enabling emerging markets in optics, biotechnology, and other industries.

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Nanosys, Inc. - Nanostructures for semiconductors, life sciences, energy and defense Nanosys, Inc.
Sector(s): Electronics, Energy & Environment, Life Sciences
Location: Palo Alto, CA

Nanosys was founded upon seminal intellectual property from more than 40 leading academic and government institutions including Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, and Lawrence Livermore Labs to develop industrially important nanostructures for the semiconductor, life sciences, energy, and defense sectors. The company has raised over $100 million in venture financing, $40 million in government grants, and has partnerships with industry leading firms Intel, Sharp, Kodak, DuPont, and SAIC.

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Silicon Clocks Silicon Clocks
Sector(s): Electronics
Location: Fremont, CA

Silicon Clocks is a fabless semiconductor electronics company developing timing chips for hard disk drives, disk controllers, communications devices, and other consumer electronics. The technology eliminates the need for off-chip quartz crystal resonators, which results in cost reduction and up to a 10x decrease in power dissipation for the timing component.

Tempo Pharmaceuticals Tempo Pharmaceuticals
Sector(s): Life Sciences
Location: Cambridge, MA

Tempo Pharmaceuticals is developing a proprietary nanoparticle technology designed to improve the safety and efficacy of marketed and development-stage drugs. Tempo intends to build a deep pipeline of drug products utilizing its core technology.