Physical Sciences

VibraPower LLC

VibraPower is an energy technology startup developing resonance-tracking vibration energy harvesters that convert wasted mechanical vibrations into continuous electrical power for wireless sensors.

Our mission is to eliminate batteries and wiring in industrial monitoring systems, enabling self-powered, maintenance-free sensors that power the next generation of AI-enabled industrial intelligence.

Nhu Energy

Grid reliability and resiliency remain challenged because distributed energy resources (DER) and microgrids have yet to drive transformative change in electric power systems.

Nhu Energy addresses this gap with high-performing digital operating technology (OT) that enables clean, flexible, and resilient distributed power at scale.

Our interoperable Operating Technology as a Service (OTaaS®) solutions deliver proven value to mission-critical facilities, including:

Soteria Formulations Inc.

Crop pests cause 20–40% of global crop losses, costing over $220 billion worldwide and $30–100 billion in the U.S. annually (USDA ARS, 2024; NIFA, 2024).

Yet 75–90% of sprayed pesticides never reach their target, requiring multiple applications, driving excess chemical leaching into soil and water, and raising costs for farmers.

Plaid Semiconductors

Plaid Semiconductors is developing the next generation of hardware infrastructure for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

Current GPUs are built as mosaics of smaller chips interconnected on substrates, then linked across boards, racks, and data centers via copper and optical fibers. This fragmented approach creates significant inefficiencies:

SARC Solutions

SARC Solutions addresses a critical gap in cybersecurity: traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools fail to protect high-value infrastructure in energy systems and data centers.

As environments shift to virtualization, edge computing, and always-on control systems, conventional platforms become ineffective—they are OS-dependent, resource-intensive, and vulnerable to tampering on SCADA systems, embedded devices, and virtual machines.

SkyNano

SkyNano is a science-driven company pioneering a sustainable pathway to produce low-cost advanced carbon-based materials directly from carbon dioxide.

Using a proprietary electrochemical process developed at Vanderbilt University, SkyNano captures CO2 from industrial emissions and converts it into valuable solid carbon nanomaterials—without fossil feedstocks.

Nutrivert Inc.

Nutrivert, based in Atlanta, is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company with worldwide exclusive patent rights to a breakthrough inflammation-sparing NOD2 agonist platform.

The Problem

For 75 years, broad-spectrum antibiotics have transformed bacterial infections. Viral diseases deserve the same breakthrough: a simple prophylactic that prevents symptoms from common colds to pandemic threats like flu or coronavirus.

Coulomb Technology

Coulomb Technology is developing next-generation sodium-ion batteries that are fire-safe, durable, and sustainably manufactured in the United States.

Our mission eliminates dependence on geopolitically constrained lithium and cobalt resources while addressing the major challenges of lithium-ion technology: fire hazards, high costs, limited raw materials, and environmental/ethical mining concerns.