Aperi CMC (Peralta), $50,000
Aperi CMC is developing engineering analysis software that will transform the simulation of extreme events, including explosions, landslides, avalanches, car crashes, and the deformation of earthen structures.
CAMINNO (Santa Fe), $50,000
CAMINNO is pioneering the next generation of hardware development with its AI-driven engineering and manufacturing software. Their technology empowers industries ranging from advanced energy (including nuclear fusion and geothermal) to aerospace and defense to accelerate innovation at scale.
Dash2 Labs (Albuquerque), $50,000
Dash2 Labs’ patent-pending core technology, “SAGE”, is a domain-adaptive expert AI system that captures, curates, and delivers operational intelligence at the point of work. SAGE is hyper-focused on bridging the growing workforce gap in additive manufacturing by leveraging a curated foundation of OEM manuals, best practices, industry standards, and expert reasoning to put an additive-manufacturing expert in every worker’s pocket.
Hoonify Technologies Inc. (Albuquerque), $50,000
Hoonify Technologies Inc. is developing TurbOS®, a computing platform that unifies simulation and AI together in one seamless environment. TurbOS accelerates time-to-results by simplifying the deployment, management, and analysis of advanced workloads, enabling faster, reproducible performance that scales effortlessly across edge systems, clusters, and private cloud environments.
GridFlow (Albuquerque), $50,000
GridFlow is developing a “first of a kind” lithium-sulfur hybrid flow battery for safe, low-cost energy storage. Their technology, licensed from Sandia National Laboratories, delivers medium to long-term energy storage, enabling solar and wind energy sources to become dispatchable assets to drive grid resiliency and affordability.
Halo Materials (Albuquerque), $50,000
Halo Materials is developing a novel reactor to produce high-quality graphite, a critical mineral used in the battery, nuclear, and defense industries. Leveraging natural gas as a feedstock, their proprietary technology dramatically reduces material waste and purification costs associated with producing battery anode active material, helping secure the domestic supply chains and mitigating risks posed by foreign dependence.
Telemetry Insight (Albuquerque), $50,000
Telemetry Insight is developing WellTempo®, a system that combines IoT hardware and proprietary software powered by AI to provide affordable remote monitoring, pump-off detection, and control solutions for oil and gas producers. WellTempo® is already in use by dozens of customers across several basins to maximize production and minimize lifting costs, making energy infrastructure smarter, safer, and more efficient.
TS-Nano (Albuquerque), $50,000
TS-Nano, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, manufactures nanomodified polymers that prevent methane leaks from oil and gas wells. Their pioneering technology reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enables next-generation sealing solutions for geothermal, CO₂ sequestration, and hydrogen storage wells, advancing the clean energy transition.
Zenthos Energy (Albuquerque), $50,000
Zenthos Energy is developing novel aluminum-based batteries to support the rising global need for energy storage. Their goal is to store energy using aluminum-based batteries made from low-cost, broadly available, and safe materials.
BGS Engineering (Albuquerque), $50,000
BGS Engineering is developing multifunctional carbon composite materials that merge structural performance with energy resilience and environmental stability. Their technology platform enables lighter, smarter components for the next generation of aerospace, advanced energy systems, and beyond.
DFA Systems (Sandia Park), $50,000
DFA Systems produces highly modular, compact, low-cost attritable robotic systems for military use. Their flagship product, the Precision Flying Grenade (PFG), is a quadcopter-format group 1 attack drone.
ExtraTerrestrial Technologies Corporation (Bernalillo), $45,000
ExtraTerrestrial Technologies Corporation, LLC is developing a next-generation fire detection platform that provides early warning before smoke forms, protecting human life in both space and Earth environments. Their technology aims to enhance astronaut survival and in-space emergency response by creating interoperable, dual-use systems that benefit both space and terrestrial operations.
Rarefied Technologies (Albuquerque), $50,000
Rarefied Technologies has developed the only hardware that can sustainably fly in near-space, a region of Earth’s atmosphere that is too high for planes and balloons, but too low for satellites. The device uses a new propulsion mechanism to sustain passive flight for weeks or months at a time, powered solely by sunlight; no fuel, batteries, or solar cells required.
Reprotox Biotech (Albuquerque), $50,000
Reprotox Biotech is a start-up developing advanced in vitro engineered tissue models to evaluate the safety and efficacy of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and consumer products. The innovative 3D mini-testis platform, enhanced with AI-driven analysis, provides an ethical, cost-effective, and human-relevant alternative to animal testing.
Sandia Medical Technologies (Albuquerque), $50,000
Sandia Medical Technologies, an emerging orthopedic company, has developed a one-of-a-kind, patent-pending joint implant called Zepart® that replaces the third most common site for osteoarthritis in the body, the carpometacarpal joint (joint at the base of the thumb). The implant is designed to closely match the existing anatomy and restore a patient to near-normal strength and range of motion.
Shearit (Albuquerque), $30,000
Shearit LLC is developing Lamiflo™, a first-in-class, non-drug therapy that physically increases blood flow to the brain during stroke by enhancing red blood cell movement. By improving circulation without altering body chemistry, Lamiflo™ preserves brain tissue, extends treatment windows, and improves both patient and hospital outcomes.
Ursa Science (Santa Fe), $50,000
Ursa Science is developing a modular instrumentation system to advance the life sciences and biomanufacturing industries by reducing R&D costs and accelerating innovation. Their system consists of simple plug-and-play devices that can work individually or be connected and configured into advanced instrumentation systems.
ViBo Health (Los Alamos), $50,000
ViBo Health is advancing DigiScan™, a New Mexico–developed metabolic scanner that uses magnetic resonance to deliver clinical-grade health insights, including the early detection of metabolic conditions such as prediabetes, from a simple finger scan.
YEEO Eco-Safe (Albuquerque), $50,000
YEEO Eco-Safe is a New Mexico startup developing a line of mosquito control products made with food-grade ingredients, safe for people and the environment. Their first product, a mosquito larvicide, has been tested and proven highly effective on three continents against the mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever, Zika, Chikungunya, and encephalitis.
