The companies of START.nano are launching their hard-tech innovations into the world with the help of MIT.nano's facilities and networks.
Active Surfaces: Woburn startup could give US solar industry a second chance
Active Surfaces says it’s got just the thing — a new kind of solar collector so thin and flexible it can be attached to anything under the sun.
January 27, 2025
New START.nano cohort is developing solutions in health, data storage, power, and sustainable energy
With seven new startups, MIT.nano's program for hard-tech ventures expands to more than 20 companies.
January 23, 2025
Neurobionics: This MIT spinout wants to spool hair-thin fibers into patients’ brains
Neurobionics thinks it could one day improve the lives of millions of people who live with neurological conditions like depression, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s disease.
January 16. 2025
SiPhox: Bringing lab testing to the home
The startup SiPhox, founded by two former MIT researchers, has developed an integrated photonic chip for high-quality, home-based blood testing.
November 14. 2024
Advanced Silicon Group, Finwave Semiconductor, Plaid Semiconductors, Quantum Network Technologies: Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub Awards More Than $1 Million to Advance Microelectronic Innovation
First-of-its-kind program awards startups and small businesses with funding to develop next-gen microelectronics technologies
October 8, 2024
Biosens8: Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Nearly $20 Million in Life Sciences Funding to Advance Innovation in Research and Development, Data Science, Drug Delivery, and Women’s Health
This funding will provide state-of-the-art equipment to colleges, research institutions and hospitals that will drive lifesaving innovations in women’s health, drug delivery and beyond.
September 23, 2024
Transaera: Humidity sucks. Transaera has a new way to deal with it
Transaera is developing a unique air conditioner for homes and apartments that uses a special material to remove humidity before cooling the air.
August 9, 2024
SiTration: Pioneering the future of materials extraction
MIT spinout SiTration looks to disrupt industries with a revolutionary process for recovering and extracting critical materials.
July 2, 2024
SiTration: SiTration uses silicon wafers to reclaim critical minerals from mining waste
Although SiTration is starting with mining waste, including a pilot project with Rio Tinto, it’s also pitching its filtration systems to battery recyclers and metal refiners.
June 5, 2024
Advanced Silicon Group, Biosens8, Electrified Thermal: MassVentures Announces $3 Million in Grant Funding for 17 Deep Tech Startups
2024 START Winners are Paving the Way for Future Generations
May 22, 2024
Active Surfaces: Active Surfaces Secures $5.6M in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Solar Technology
Active Surfaces is pioneering the next generation of solar technology with its lightweight, flexible solar panels that can be integrated into virtually any surface.
May 13, 2024
SiTration: How an RFP brought two companies together: Rio Tinto and SiTration
Rio Tinto and SiTration have partnered to recover metals and other compounds from the water generated during the mining process.
October 19, 2023
Active Surfaces: 3 Questions: What’s it like winning the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition?
The founders of MIT spinout Active Surfaces describe their thin-film solar technology and their experience winning this year’s $100K.
July 26, 2023
3D Architech: AdMaCom Accelerator 2023: 11 Startup Finalists Announced
The Innovation Network for Advanced Materials is proud to announce the selection of eleven remarkable startups for the 2023 AdMaCom accelerator program.
May 8, 2023
3D Architech: UTEC Founders Program (UFP) Grant Track 2nd round Awardees
The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners announced the selection of two startups / teams as winners of the 2nd "Grant Track" of UTEC Founders Program, an initiative to support seed-stage startups and teams preparing to start their own companies, using science and technology.
February 15, 2023
SiTration: J-WAFS Solutions grant spinout SiTration is pioneering new separation processes for materials extraction
The company recently raised $2.35 million in pre-seed funding specifically for recycling electric vehicle batteries.
January 25, 2023
Axoft: Move Over, Elon: This Under 30 CEO Just Raised $8 Million To Build A Next-Generation Brain Implant
Axoft announced that it has raised $8 million in seed funding in a round led by venture firm The Engine.
October 18, 2022
Transaera: EIP’s Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund Leads $4.5M Seed Round in Transaera Inc.
Energy Impact Partners LP, a global investment platform leading the transition to a sustainable energy future, announced today that its Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund led the seed round in Transaera Inc., the innovative pioneers behind a novel air conditioner providing affordable, energy-efficient dehumidification.
September 15, 2022
Finwave Semiconductor: Finwave Semiconductor Raises $12.2M Series A Funding Round to Advance the Ultimate Transistor for 5G
3DGaNTM (Gallium Nitride) innovators Finwave Semiconductor, Inc. today announced a $12.2 million Series A funding round led by Fine Structure Ventures with additional participation from Citta Capital, Soitec, Safar Partners and Alumni Ventures.
July 27, 2022
SiTration: SiTration Raises $2.35 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Battery Recycling for Electric Vehicles
SiTration, the MIT spinoff pioneering new separation processes for materials extraction, today announced it has raised $2.35 million in pre-seed funding led by Azolla Ventures with participation from the MIT-affiliated E14 Fund.
July 12, 2022
Finwave Semiconductor: GaN Transistor Unlocks the Power of 5G
Finwave Semiconductor, a startup company working on proprietary GaN technology, says it has developed a transistor technology that claims to provide higher output power, higher linearity, and lower cost than existing GaN technologies.
June 27, 2022
Mesodyne: Mesodyne Receives Mass Ventures’ START Award
Mesodyne Inc is a START Phase II winner ($200,000). The goal of this program is to help deep tech startups convert their Small Business Innovation and Small Business Technology Transfer research (SBIR/STTR) into businesses and jobs in Massachusetts.
June 8, 2022