2023 Cohort
C2C is delighted to unveil the 8 teams that have been chosen to advance to the cohort phase of our program. These scientists and entrepreneurs have demonstrated serious potential, and we congratulate them on their hard work to get to this level.
During the cohort phase, these teams will conduct hard tech development across test beds at Argonne National Lab, Berkeley Lab, Idaho National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, and The Engine, engage in further business mindset training through The Engine's Entrepreneurial Blueprint program, and receive 1:1 mentorship from our Warrior Team experts. The cohort will conclude their program cycle through a pitch and demo showcase at C2C's annual summit next June.
Supported by DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund and administered by the DOE Office of Technology Transitions, C2C is excited to continue helping these teams as they accelerate their innovation to market impact!
Buildings Domain Teams
Hearth Labs
Decarbonizing buildings with thermal-lidar sensors and Auto-CuBES
Hearth Labs makes Q Sense, a thermal-LiDAR sensor and analysis platform used to improve energy efficiency and occupant thermal comfort in buildings. Hearth Labs' customers include HVAC companies, AEC consultants and real estate owners, and it has raised over $2.5 million in VC and non-dilutive funding. Additionally, Hearth Labs is using Automatic point Cloud Building Envelope Segmentation using Machine Learning (Auto-CuBES) IP from Oak Ridge National Lab to improve its point cloud segmentation and analysis of building geometry.
Robert Benjamin
Helene Cornell
Aris Hydronics
Clean, efficient, low-cost all-in-one replacement for outdated high-emissions thermal appliances
ARIS™ is the ultimate combined drop-in HVAC and Hot Water system. It's fully integrated, micro-zonable, and suitable for any building type in all climate zones, including retrofits and new builds. Aris Hydronics seeks to commercialize Integration of our application in Metal Foam Heat Exchangers IP from Oak Ridge National Lab.
Grid Modernization and Energy Storage Domain Teams
Galvanized Energy
Novel Flow-Assisted Battery for Long Duration Energy Storage
Galvanized Energy's flow-assisted long-duration stationary battery is a scalable, non-flammable, and lower-cost system suitable for both residential and government applications. It's being developed without the need for special manufacturing facilities nor precision equipment. Galvanized Energy seeks to commercialize Novel Flow-Assisted Battery for Long Duration Energy Storage IP from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Vivian Tran
Galvanized Energy
Daniel Collins
Galvanized Energy
Anurag Kamal
Vince Wong
Builds & deploys resilient, flexible EV infrastructure to accelerate decarbonization and support community adaptation to climate risks
ElectricFish is building battery-integrated DCFC that can be readily deployed in weeks instead of years for grid-constrained fleet sites, and doubles as a resiliency resource for those sites. ElectricFish seeks to commercialize EV interoperability control systems developed by Argonne National Lab
Alex Makarevich
AmDryve
Kanthi Latha Bhamidipati
AmDryve
AmDryve
Decarbonization of industrial power generation and long-haul marine and heavy-duty ground transportation
AmDryve is developing a zero-emissions direct-ammonia fuel cell technology for industrial power generation and long-haul marine and heavy-duty ground transportation applications.
AmDryve seeks to commercialize High-Performance Electrochemical Hydrogen Production IP from Idaho National Lab
Decarbonizing high-temperature industrial heat using thermal energy storage
Calectra electrifies industrial process heat up to 1600 C at costs competitive with fossil fuels by storing excess renewable electricity as high-temperature heat in our patented bricks and discharging heat to industrial manufacturers on demand.
Calectra seeks to commercialize Conductive ceramic composites for high-temperature thermal energy storage IP from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Nuclear Domain Teams
Kevin O'Sullivan
Alpha Nur
Recycling salt wastes from the proliferation-resistant pyro process to generate HALEU and reduce DoE salt waste forms
Alpha Nur recycles highly enriched spent fuel using a more safe, affordable, and weapons resistant electrorefining process to minimize nuclear waste volumes by a factor of twenty and bolstering U.S. advanced nuclear fuel production from 0 to 100% capacity, with institutional support from Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories, the greater DoE, and the University of Chicago.
Alpha Nur seeks to commercialize
Potentiometric Sensor IP from Idaho National Lab
Conversion of spent uranium oxide fuel into molten salt reactor fuel IP from Argonne National Lab
Renewable Energy Domain Teams
Ji Su
Highly Efficient Clean Hydrogen Production from Methane
Pyrotech Industries implements a proprietary liquid metal catalyst-based pyrolysis process developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to produce green hydrogen from waste methane and renewable energy. The technology produces hydrogen in situ from waste greenhouse gasses at higher efficiency, selectivity, durability and lower temperatures than any other commercially available technology with the goal of making hydrogen readily available at the lowest possible cost.