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Smart & Sustainable Cities, Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery

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Funding Stage

• Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Named a 2026 Keeling Curve Prize winner, selected among 10 organizations from more than 600 global applicants.
• Deployed a third-party-validated BioPod in Green River, Utah, achieving 89% total nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater.
• Secured $8.2M in signed contracts, including a $3.2M verified carbon-removal offtake, plus two signed municipal LOIs.

Zero Emissions Transportation, Carbon Removal

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Funding Stage

• Pre-Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Selected to participate in the LARTA Venture Fellowship and Braid Theory’s LA Blue Accelerator.
• Advanced its vehicle-mounted direct air capture technology to TRL 5 through wind-tunnel testing, sorbent regeneration, vehicle integration, and on-road validation.

Zero Emissions Transportation, Shared & Personal Electric Transit

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Funding Stage

• Pre-Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Secured Transportation Network Company (TNC) insurance to support rideshare operations.
• Submitted its TNC application to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
• Launched a $250K pre-seed fundraising round to support continued growth and commercialization.

Clean Energy, Distributed Energy Resources

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Funding Stage

• Series A

Accolades and Awards

• Deployed six commercial EO Canopy systems in Georgia, validating the platform through real-world, revenue-generating operations.
• Secured $8.3M in contracted orders and developed an active pipeline of approximately $250M across 12 states.
• Advanced a strategic manufacturing relationship with Roush Industries to scale production and support defense, government, and emergency-response applications.

Clean Energy, Building Electrification

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Funding Stage

• Pre-Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Selected to participate in LACI Incubation Cohort 12!
• Successfully completed a State of California-funded project supporting technology development and validation.
• Secured three customers to deploy and demonstrate its prototype technology.

Clean Energy, Wildfire & Grid Security

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Funding Stage

• Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Closed a $500K pre-seed funding round to support continued technology development and deployment.
• Signed an LOI with Blue Lake Rancheria for a wildfire-hardening deployment.
• Shipped GridIQ units to Idaho National Laboratory for a wildfire fault study.

Smart & Sustainable Cities, Housing Materials

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Funding Stage

• Bridge Round

Accolades and Awards

• Completed joint development projects with leading global building-product manufacturers, with mass-production partnership negotiations underway.
• Secured $5.7M in federal, state, and local funding for R&D and facility expansion, generating 2.2x in direct follow-on funding per federal grant dollar.
• Awarded a California Energy Commission pilot to install its R-10/inch insulation in manufactured housing retrofits, supported by a Road to ’28 cost-share commitment.

Smart & Sustainable Cities, Wastewater Treatment & Pollution Control

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Funding Stage

• Pre-Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Installed a pilot system in Los Angeles to demonstrate its pollution-capture technology.
• Secured investment from a strategic investor to support continued growth and development.
• Developing AI-driven sensors to optimize filtration speed and monitor system performance.

Clean Energy, Grid Technologies

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Funding Stage

• Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Achieved TRL 8, successfully demonstrating its technology under operational conditions.
• Secured a paid pilot with Hyundai/Kia US and LAZ Parking to deploy its distributed energy technology.
• Signed three utility pilot contracts across New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, structured to transition into commercial contracts following successful pilots.

Smart & Sustainable Cities, Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery

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Funding Stage

• Bootstrap

Accolades and Awards

• Secured a commercialization agreement with NASA for nutrient-recovery technology developed for terrestrial applications.
• Founder Andrea Brimmer was named a 2026 California Women Founder of the Year and selected for Austria’s ALPS 21 leadership program.
• Built and successfully tested its first prototype and is working with California dairy producers toward an on-farm pilot deployment.

Zero Emissions Transportation, EV Charging: Infrastructure

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Funding Stage

• Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Selected for Y Combinator’s Winter 2026 batch.
• Raised $3.3M in seed funding to support continued development and commercialization.
• Completed its first commercial pilot and is advancing additional deployments with leading fleet operators.

Clean Energy, Energy Storage

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Funding Stage

• Pre-Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Selected for Venture for ClimateTech and the Biomimicry Institute’s Ray of Hope Accelerator, both providing non-dilutive funding.
• Completed multiple bench-scale prototypes and developed a Terrament Hoist prototype to validate engineering design ahead of scale-up.
• Secured two DOE EnergyWERX grants supporting independent validation of sub-$0.07/kWh LCOS and 80%+ round-trip efficiency.

Smart & Sustainable Cities, Housing Materials

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Funding Stage

• Pre-Seed

Accolades and Awards

• Named a 2026 Wilkes Climate Innovation Prize finalist and 2026 Women in Cleantech finalist.
• Advanced its technology through a 2026 BATWorks pilot at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
• Selected to participate in the 2026 NEWLAB and LACI cohorts.