START.nano Ventures

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START.nano is MIT's hard-tech accelerator program. Following are companies invited to participate since 2021:

3D Architech

3D Architech is a metal 3D printing technology company developing a gel-to-metal conversion technology.

Axoft

Axoft is developing brain implants made from soft, flexible materials that reduce injury and could treat disorders such as cerebral palsy. 

Lydian Labs

Lydian Labs applies scalable additive manufacturing techniques to build thermally-driven reactor systems that use high-efficiency electric heat as the main source of process energy to accelerate the decarbonization of the chemical industry.

Mesodyne

Mesodyne is building a new kind of power generator—the Light Cell—to enable reliable efficient, silent, and portable power generation anywhere, anytime, and from any fuel for applications ranging from unmanned drones and vehicles to sensors in remote locations, dismounted warfighters, and emergency response.

NeuroNexus

NeuroNexus is a neurotechnology company that develops and commercializes neural interface technologies, instrumentation systems, and analytics and visualization software for neuroscience and clinical applications.

Rectify Pharmaceuticals

Rectify is developing small molecule disease-modifying therapeutics for patients with serious ABC transporter mediated diseases.

SiPhox

SiPhox is merging biochemistry and photonic chip technology to enable ubiquitous point-of-need and at-home diagnostics.

SiTration

SiTration is developing ultra-durable filtration membranes that cut energy use in challenging industrial separations by combining the low cost, extreme durability, and filtration performance of various state-of-the-art commercial membrane solutions.

Tiba Biotech

Tiba BioTech is advancing the RNA medicine field with an improved approach to nucleic acid delivery.

Transaera

Transaera is developing a new class of affordable, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly cooling systems.