UC Berkeley intellectual property spinouts commercializing innovations in Energy.
3C Energy Corporation
The company builds modular systems to capture and convert ambient carbon dioxide to value-added products such as fuels, biopolymers, pharmaceuticals, industrial enzymes, commodity chemicals, and biomass.
Adura Technologies
Adura Technologies provides wireless lighting and energy management systems to improve energy efficiency and facilitate cost savings.
Adura Technologies was acquired by Acuity Brands in 2013.
Amyris, Inc.
Amyris, Inc. is an industrial biotechnology company, which engages in the provision of bioscience solutions. It focuses on the research, development, manufacture, and sale of fuels and farnesene-derived products. Its products include cosmetics, flavors and
Aurora Algae Inc.
Aurora Algae produced premium, algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets.
Formerly known as Aurora Biofuels.
Bio-H2
Bio-H2 was founded to commercialize a proprietary photosynthetic hydrogen production process that utilizes microalgal cultures.
Anastasios Melis, Michael Seibert, John Benemann,
...Read more about Bio-H2California Wave Power Tech
CalWave Power Technologies Inc. provides a solution to harness the renewable power of ocean waves to produce electricity and freshwater. CalWave’s patented Wave Energy Converter (WEC) is moored offshore, simple and scalable. WEC operates submerged, allowing it to survive stormy...Read more about California Wave Power Tech
HFTA
Biomass remediation and energy generation through anaerobic digestion. HFTA's proprietary technology utilizes nitric acid rather than sulfuric or hydrochloric acid to hydrolyze cellulosic material for the production of ethanol and other fuels from biomass. ...Read more about HFTA
Imprint Energy, Inc.
Imprint Energy aims to reshape the battery landscape. Currently available battery technologies limit the pace of improvement in design and functionality of portable electronic devices. Imprint Energy will address these shortcomings with its breakthrough zinc-
MediFuel Inc.
MediFuel is the first tiny, Biological Fuel Cell (BFC) Company solving the power problem of the next generation of implantable medical devices – a market which is projected to reach over a billion dollars. The company's technology is a GlucoCell ™ , a MEMS based power chip that...Read more about MediFuel Inc.
Microgrid Labs
Microgrid Labs Inc (MGL) is a consulting and software company specializing in microgrids and electrification of transportation.
The company's consulting arm follows a simple and practical approach to planning microgrids and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The...Read more about Microgrid Labs
Mosaic Materials
Mosaic Materials is dedicated to reducing the cost and environmental impact of fossil fuels through the application of proprietary, highly efficient gas separation technologies. The company utilizes porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks to selectively remove...Read more about Mosaic Materials
Neuprene Inc.
Neuprene, Inc. is developing a “green” technology for the production of a short-chain volatile hydrocarbon called ISO-NEUPRENE, the next generation solution in fuels and chemicals. ISO-NEUPRENE is a direct replacement for isoprene, a short-chain
Noble Thermodynamic Systems
Noble Thermodynamics is a clean-tech startup spun out from the Combustion Analysis Laboratories at University of California, Berkeley. Our core technology, the Argon Power Cycle, is a closed-loop IC engine cycle using a noble gas working fluid to increase efficiency and...Read more about Noble Thermodynamic Systems
Persistent Efficiency
Persistent Efficiency was founded with the goal of providing cost-effective, sustainable energy-monitoring solutions.
Jeremy Coyle, Igor Paprotny, Jason Trager, Richard White, Qiliang XuRead more about Persistent Efficiency
Silicor Materials, Inc.
Silicor Materials was a global leader in the production of solar silicon. The company was headquartered San Jose, California, with a research and development team located in Berlin, Germany.
The organization was founded as a development company in 2006 under the name...Read more about Silicor Materials, Inc.
Travertine Technologies
Travertine partners with mining and fertilizer operations around the world to recharge critical element production with a circular, electrified process. Standard mining methods use megatons of sulfuric acid annually, and dispose of vast amounts of byproducts, such as...Read more about Travertine Technologies