Recently funded science companies in Delaware
40 companies in Delaware closed federal SBIR/STTR awards in the last two years, newest first. The funding event is the signal — small companies grow right after the award lands.
Nitro Biosciences Inc.
NEWARK, DE · 2 employees
“STTR Phase I: A platform to overcome immunodominance in vaccine development”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I
STF TECHNOLOGIES LLC
NEWARK, DE · 3 employees
“Attack deterrent and ballistic-resistant substation component protection system using STF-Armor materials”
Department of Energy · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II
SPHERIC BIO INC
WILMINGTON, DE · 1 employee
“emuLAAte: atraumatic patient-specific stroke prevention technology”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
MOONPRINT SOLUTIONS LLC
DOVER, DE · 12 employees
“Flexible Lunar Robotics/Rover Dust Mitigation Covers”
Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II
Vishenary, LLC
Hockessin, DE · 2 employees
“A novel Th17-enhancing adjuvant and conserved antigen for protection against viral/bacterial co-infection”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
MATRISOME BIO, INC.
WILMINGTON, DE · 4 employees · woman-owned
“Development of an extracellular matrix-targeted theranostic radiopharmaceutical for metastatic lung cancer”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I/Phase II
COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC
NEWARK, DE · 11 employees
“Impact-resistant Composite Structures for Spacesuits”
Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I
CAREVIRTUE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
DOVER, DE · 3 employees
“A Novel, AI-Enabled Dementia Care Agent to Reduce Disparities for Rural ADRD Care Partners.”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I/Phase II
MICROPURE GENOMICS INC.
MIDDLETOWN, DE · 2 employees
“A gel-less, bead-less genomic size selection approach on a rapid and inexpensive microfluidic sample preparation platform”
Department of Health and Human Services · National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I/Phase II
Unco Therapeutics LLC
MIDDLETOWN, DE · 2 employees
“Development of Allosteric Uncouplers as Therapeutics for Chronic Pain”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
SPIROMATICS, INC.
CAMDEN, DE · 4 employees
“Novel Technologies for Detection and Monitoring of Lung Disease”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
TOIVOA, INC
Newark, DE · 23 employees
“Development of an accessible Cognitive Behavioral Therapy digital therapeutic for individuals with Long COVID”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
WUI-GO, LLC
LEWES, DE · 5 employees · woman-owned
“SBIR Phase II: Decentralized Evacuation Intelligence with Generative AI, Personalized Preparedness and Robust Real-Time Navigation”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
BALLYDEL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
WILMINGTON, DE · 11 employees
“Chemical Warfare Agent Spray Detection System”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase II
FOUND ENERGY CO
WILMINGTON, DE · 9 employees
“Modular, Scalable, and Cost-Effective Domestic Gallium Metal Production”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
Walnot, Inc.
NEWARK, DE · 4 employees · woman-owned
“A precision functional neuroimaging platform to enable collection of highly-sampled data at home”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
RASHI TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
WILMINGTON, DE · 2 employees
“Input and Data agnostic topic-evolution system for R&D insights”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
SANSIMEON INC
WILMINGTON, DE · 3 employees
“A Uniquely Scalable Platform for Sequencing Tens of Millions of Single Cells from Complex Clinical Samples with a Streamlined Workflow”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
Koi Biotherapeutics Inc.
NEWARK, DE · 2 employees
“Revolutionizing CAR T-cell Therapy: Enhancing Activity and Persistence of CAR T-cell by Developing a CAR-Enhancer Platform”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
VASARYA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
CAMDEN, DE · 4 employees
“Translating a Novel Therapeutic Approach to the Treatment for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
Coalesenz Inc.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE · 1 employee · woman-owned
“Point of Care Blood Coagulopathy Diagnostics”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase II
FILAMENTECH, INC.
NEWARK, DE · 6 employees
“MUSICO: An in silico platform for evaluating the effects of disease and drug effectiveness in HCM and DCM cardiomyopathies”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
Echo Mind Ai Corp
Dover, DE · 0 employees
“SBIR Phase II: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Ultrasound for Imaging and Diagnosing Musculoskeletal Injuries”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
LEAP PHOTONICS INC
Dover, DE · 1 employee
“SBIR Phase I: Chip Scale Acousto-Optics Beam-Steering LiDAR”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I
PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS INC
NEWARK, DE · 120 employees
“Low Cost Technologies for Manufacturing of Thin Film Lithium Niobate”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
EINSENCA INC.
DOVER, DE · 5 employees
“Phase 0 Study to Evaluate the in vivo Characteristics of a Myeloperoxidase-Targeting PET Agent in Healthy Volunteers and Early AD Patients”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
Instanosis, Inc.
Milford, DE · 1 employee · woman-owned
“A Rapid, Sensitive and Instrument-free Oral Fluid Fentanyl Test”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
VICTORY OVER CARBON, INC.
DOVER, DE · 1 employee
“SBIR Phase II: CAS: A Novel Approach for Achieving Scale in Direct Air Carbon Capture”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
COSMYC INC
DOVER, DE · 5 employees
“Therapeutic Inhibition of MYC:TRRAP Interaction in Cancer”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase II
AQUA SCIENCE LLC
NEWARK, DE · 7 employees · woman-owned
“SBIR Phase II: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
DARK MATTER THERAPEUTICS, INC.
WILMINGTON, DE · 3 employees
“AI-Powered chemical-pathway-patient-directed polypharmacology for OUD therapy”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
Magnolia Electronics
Middletown, DE · 2 employees
“SBIR Phase I: Machine-Learning Enabled Analog-to-Digital Converter”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I
OAKGROVE BIO LLC
TALLEYVILLE, DE · 1 employee
“SBIR Phase II: Cost-Effective Peptide Production Platform”
National Science Foundation · Phase Phase II
Talos Tech LLC
New Castle, DE · 4 employees
“Wild-Temperature Lithium Ion Batteries for Extreme Conditions”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
APPLIED DIAMOND, INC
WILMINGTON, DE · 22 employees
“32e - Large area time-of-flight diamond detector for heavy-ion beam diagnostics”
Department of Energy · Phase Phase I
Apollodyne LLC
WILMINGTON, DE · 2 employees
“Phase Change Material and Metal Organic Framework Fabrics for Enhanced Chemical Protection and Reduced Physiological Burden”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
CELLERGY PHARMA
WILMINGTON, DE · 1 employee
“Bispecific antibody targeting IgE-producing B cells for treating allergic diseases”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
Zenith Space Technologies LLC
Wilmington, DE · 15 employees
“ORBIT DETERMINATION & IMAGE PROCESSING OF NEUROMORPHIC DATA FOR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS (SDA)”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
Inkit Inc.
WILMINGTON, DE · 40 employees
“PWSA Protection: Advanced Information Rights Management and Security Solutions”
Department of Defense · Phase Phase I
IVIDENCE INC
Hockessin, DE · 10 employees
“Assessing Immunology Dataset Quality through Literature Mining”
Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I
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