Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator

Canndoers' Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid library offers a revolutionary approach to wellness, providing natural relief from chronic pain, anxiety and sleep disturbances. Harnessing the healing power of cannabinoids, their meticulously crafted products target inflammation, epilepsy and addiction with unparalleled efficacy. With a diverse range of applications, from skincare innovations to neurological support, their offerings stand at the forefront of wellness innovation, providing tangible solutions to pervasive health challenges. By embracing the science-backed benefits of hemp-derived cannabinoids, individuals can embark on a journey towards vitality and fulfillment, elevating their well-being with Canndoers' premium formulations.

An innovative mobile application that uses native digital sensors and machine learning strategies to build personalized digital mental health models for users—their mental health fingerprint. Personalized models guide app functions that monitor daily mental health, generate wellness notifications to users and members of their community and provide evidence-based digital therapeutics that are customized for users, improving mental health at scale.

EndoGuard is a coating around stents that uses a combination of nano and bioactive materials to help mitigate conditions that re-narrow blood vessels. Coaterra's technology augments existing products in the market by minimizing damage to blood vessels on deployment and maximizing surface-to-surface contact of the stent to blood vessels to induce natural healing. Further, the coating is tuneable, opening the platform up for use in many applications.

Entangl3d is developing strong bioadhesive hydrogels that can seal off wet tissues and mechanically support them after surgical procedures. The platform technology improves the strength of 3D -rinted hydrogels to the level of casted materials and enables energy-free curing at room temperature. The team is pursuing applications in the spine, heart and defense sectors.

Green Steel Environmental provides patented and patent-pending products for wastewater treatment plants to clean wastewater and renewable natural gas in an economical and environmentally positive way. They upcycle an industrial by-product, use it to sequester important nutrients from renewable natural gas and wastewater and recycle those nutrients as fertilizer.

Mach Electric produces carbon fibers through a process that directly sequesters waste gas CO₂ from industrial sources. As Mach Electric’s proprietary process is 30% more thermally efficient than the current state-of-the-art process for producing carbon fiber, their end product promises to be both cost-competitive and carbon-negative.

Sodium-based batteries have the potential to displace lithium-ion batteries in a variety of applications based on their promised low costs and abundant supply chain, but have been limited to date by insufficient cycle lifetimes and energy density. Formed in October 2023 by experienced energy storage technologists and entrepreneurs, Mana addresses these issues and delivers on the promise of the sodium-ion battery with a proprietary low-cost, self-extinguishing liquid electrolyte material and battery cell design platform.

MicroG Stem Cell Technologies harnesses cutting-edge microgravity environments to revolutionize stem cell expansion, enhancing therapeutic outcomes in regenerative medicine.

Ultrathin Endomicroscope (UTE) for real-time, high-resolution imaging inside volumetric scattering samples, particularly in neuroscience labs using animal models.

PAGE Technologies is developing high-tech chemical sensors for agricultural crop management that can be deployed directly into the environment at a >10x lower cost than competing products. They have developed a suite of sensors at the lab scale that can detect key parameters in aqueous media, including pH, electrical conductivity, moisture, temperature and nutrient content (e.g., nitrogen, potassium). These sensors are adaptable to many different use cases (such as handheld probes or deployable in-situ IoT sensors), and their low cost allows them to be easily replaced, eliminating the need for regular maintenance and recalibration. PAGE Technologies saves growers time and money and relieves the stress surrounding fertilizer management.

RayChill is committed to offering a zero-energy cooling solution by harnessing the natural coldness from the sky to improve energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and thermal resilience on Earth. Their goal is to innovate radiative cooling materials and systems to reduce the energy consumption of cooling and refrigeration systems in every sector of society.

Science is under attack. Every year, millions of scientific papers are published, and a large portion contain figure manipulation, statistical inconsistencies and nonsensical or missing citations. ReviewerZero.ai is a technology that automatically scans and detects a range of issues with images, text and citations. It gives peace of mind to scientific publishers, journals, authors, funders and universities. ReviewerZero.ai is in the online digital trust market, which is becoming increasingly important due to GenAI. According to a 2022 McKinsey & Company Report, this market will reach $190 billion by 2030.

Terra Cognita helps farmers boost crop growth and health sustainably by harnessing the power of beneficial microbes in the soil. Their software tool uses advanced data analysis to recommend the best microbial products for each farmer's unique field conditions, soil type and crops. By making it easier for farmers to select and use these natural alternatives to synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, Terra Cognita promotes eco-friendly farming practices while helping growers increase yields and profitability.

WHISPER Energy lowers building energy consumption by 30%+ with battery-free wireless sensors. Their sensors wirelessly communicate human occupancy and environmental attributes like air quality in commercial buildings. Using machine learning (ML), WHISPER Energy, unlike other sensor solutions, allows situation-specific controls targeted at personalized "smart" buildings and electric grid modernization opportunities. Savings are obtained by communicating occupancy and environmental levels with the building's heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) or building automation system (BAS) to apply energy only when and where needed.

Zero Gap Energy enables ultra-long duration energy storage for future renewable US grid at lower cost than current electrochemical solutions.