Portfolio
Startup companies selected to IN2 are chosen because they have a high probability of making a real impact on the environment once they reach the market at scale. They are providing viable solutions in affordable housing, commercial buildings, and sustainable agriculture.
75F
Energy Management
75F offers an easy-to-setup HVAC controls system that has the potential to save 80 percent in deployment labor versus traditional controls systems.
Visit 75F website7AC Technologies
HVAC
7AC Technologies offers a new approach to air conditioning technology, delivering extreme energy savings and the ability to maximize climate-friendly refrigerants.
Visit 7AC Technologies websiteAdept Materials
Materials
Adept Materials is developing a multifunctional building material that automatically regulates the flows of heat and water vapor through surfaces.
Visit Adept Materials websiteAeroshield
Materials
AeroShield manufactures a super-insulating, nanoporous form of glass for energy efficient windows.
Visit Aeroshield websiteAgroSpheres
Crop Nutrition
AgroSpheres is enabling the efficient and improved use of synthetic chemicals and biologicals with the goal of cutting chemical pesticide use by 50 percent.
Visit AgroSpheres websiteAker
Crop Protection
Aker automates the crop-scouting process by capturing and analyzing the presence and intensity of pests and pathogens below the crop canopy.
Visit Aker websiteAPANA
Water
The APANA water management system offers an innovative solution that goes beyond conservation and enables you to manage your water in real time.
Visit APANA websiteAtlas Sensor Technologies
Indoor Agriculture
Atlas Sensor Technologies is developing technology to monitor feedwater chemistry to increase efficiencies in indoor agriculture.
Visit Atlas Sensor Technologies websiteBlocPower
HVAC
BlocPower replaces fossil fuel-based systems with carbon-free tech and increases efficiency for buildings in diverse communities.
Visit BlocPower websiteBlokable
Advanced Manufacturing and Construction Innovation
Blokable manufactures a highly energy efficient, pre-fabricated building system that reduces the cost for the company to develop multi-family housing.
Visit Blokable websiteBlue Frontier
HVAC
Blue Frontier is a pre-revenue cleantech startup, founded to commercialize the innovative integration of low-cost thermochemical energy storage (ES) with a revolutionary air conditioning (AC) technology.
Visit Blue Frontier websitebuildee
Energy Analysis
buildee is a cloud-based platform that connects data and applications, bringing together valuable building data for retrofit decision-making.
Visit buildee websiteCommunity Energy Labs
Energy Management
Community Energy Labs’s AI-powered clean building control platform helps utilities and school districts assess decarbonization goals.
Visit Community Energy Labs websiteCorePower Magnetics
Grid Technologies
CorePower Magnetics' patented high-performance electric motors, inductors, and transformers will extend EV range and improve grid efficiency.
Visit CorePower Magnetics websiteCoverCress Inc.
New Crops
CoverCress is developing a winter crop that covers soil over winter, protecting it from harsh conditions, while producing a low carbon intensity crop for renewable fuel and food.
Visit CoverCress Inc. websiteCypris Materials
Materials
Cypris Materials creates paintable heat-reflective coatings as a roofing retrofit for both residential and commercial building to reduce cooling loads.
Visit Cypris Materials websiteCytophage Technologies
Crop Protection
Cytophage Technologies aims to overcome the problem with evolving bacteria that becomes increasingly resistant to antibiotics by using synthetic biology.
Visit Cytophage Technologies websiteDarcy Solutions
HVAC
Darcy Solutions develops and installs groundwater-sourced heating and cooling systems intended to improve the environment and reduce HVAC costs in buildings.
Visit Darcy Solutions websiteEarthSense
Precision Agriculture
EarthSense is deploying robotics and machine learning to collect data that will allow farmers to increase yields, eliminate superweeds, and improve crops.
Visit EarthSense websiteEdgePower
Energy Management
EdgePower is a buildings energy management software company who were acquired by Just Energy.
Visit EdgePower websiteEdison Agrosciences
Advanced Breeding Technologies
Edison Agrosciences tackles the problem of the endangered natural rubber supply by increasing the amount of rubber already produced by the sunflower plant.
Visit Edison Agrosciences websiteEnKoat
Materials
EnKoat has re-engineered traditional architectural coatings, like paint, plaster and stucco, into energy-saving coatings by incorporating phase change materials.
Visit EnKoat websiteESS Inc.
Energy Storage
ESS Inc. manufactures low-cost, long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications.
Visit ESS Inc. websiteGeli
Energy Management
Geli’s end-to-end software platform streamlines the energy storage development process, offering the industry’s only solution for design, automation, and management.
Visit Geli websiteGlass Dyenamics
Materials
Glass Dyenamics is developing low-cost plug-and-play smart windows for energy-efficient buildings, homes, and smart cities.
Visit Glass Dyenamics websiteGo Electric
Energy Management
Go Electric delivers turnkey, distributed energy storage solutions that provide energy security and energy efficiency to facilities and the grid.
Visit Go Electric websiteGrowFlux
Indoor Agriculture
GrowFlux is designing an intelligent horticultural lighting control panel that enables energy savings of 20%-30%.
Visit GrowFlux websiteHabiTerre
Precision Agriculture
Habiterre uses a system-of-systems approach to create a holistic picture of farm production systems and performance, improving emissions, water use, yield, and more.
Visit HabiTerre websiteImpetus Ag
Crop Protection
Impetus Ag is developing next-gen crop insect control products with an eco-friendly platform that enhances the performance of current biological products.
Visit Impetus Ag websiteImpossible Sensing
Precision Agriculture
Impossible Sensing boosts soil management, merging in-situ sensors with regular farming operations to maximize land potential and improve profitability through sustainable practices.
Visit Impossible Sensing websiteInnerPlant
Crop Enhancement, Crop Protection
InnerPlant develops seed technology to tap into plants’ natural response pathways and code crops to communicate specific stresses via easy-to-collect optical signals.
Visit InnerPlant websiteIntrinsyx Bio
Crop Nutrition
Intrinsyx Bio plant probiotics increase crop yield, reduce excess fertilizer, and improve soil and water conditions.
Visit Intrinsyx Bio websiteJ2 Innovations
Energy Management
J2 created FIN Framework, the most open software platform for building automation & IoT and was acquired by Siemens.
Visit J2 Innovations websiteKelvin
HVAC
Kelvin, formerly Radiator Labs, is solving a 100-year-old problem: the lack of comfort and efficiency in steam-heated buildings.
Visit Kelvin websiteKit Switch
Advanced Manufacturing and Construction Innovation
Kit Switch installs prefabricated walls and ceilings with integrated plumbing and electrical systems in underutilized housing units.
Visit Kit Switch websiteLadybug Tools
Energy Analysis
Ladybug Tools is a collection of computer applications that support the design process for sustainable buildings and net-zero districts seeking to employ cutting-edge energy technologies.
Visit Ladybug Tools websiteLiquidCool Solutions
Data Infrastructure
LiquidCool Solutions are leaders in edge computing and designers of the world’s most efficient liquid cooling technology for electronic equipment.
Visit LiquidCool Solutions websiteMaalka
Energy Analysis
Maalka is an open, energy efficiency platform designed to help cities and building owners easily meet their commercial benchmarking goals.
Visit Maalka websiteMirai Solar
Indoor Agriculture
Mirai Solar’s photovoltaic shade screen technology enables sustainable, large-scale agriculture by empowering net zero-energy food production facilities with lower operating costs than current alternatives.
Visit Mirai Solar websitemobius
Crop Nutrition
mobius is creating naturally biodegradable and compostable materials that can replace fertilizers for improved plant and soil health.
Visit mobius websiteNeoCharge
Software
NeoCharge is building an integrated software platform that will synchronize charging of electric vehicles and appliances for cleaner and more affordable charging access.
Visit NeoCharge websiteNETenergy
Energy Storage
NETenergy has created a thermal battery using its Black Ice technology, which works much like an electrical battery, except it stores thermal energy.
Visit NETenergy websiteNew West Genetics
Indoor Agriculture
New West Genetics is creating proprietary hemp seed bred for high-yield and stability.
Visit New West Genetics websiteNEXT Energy Technologies, Inc.
Smart Glass
NEXT offers low-cost, printable, transparent coatings that are seamlessly integrated into windows, allowing for the harvest of light energy for use as onsite renewable power.
Visit NEXT Energy Technologies, Inc. websiteNineDot Energy
EV Infrastructure
NineDot Energy supports grid reliability by using the batteries in fleets of electric vehicles to supply energy back to the grid during times of peak electricity demand.
Visit NineDot Energy websitePeptyde Bio
Crop Protection
Peptyde Bio strives to provide a safe alternative to combat fungal diseases even as resistance to current solutions accelerates.
Visit Peptyde Bio websitePlastomics
Crop Enhancement
Plastomics is developing technology to introduce beneficial traits into plant cells, creating crops that can withstand insects, diseases, and weeds while delivering higher yields and environmental benefits.
Visit Plastomics websitePluton Biosciences
Crop Protection
Pluton Biosciences is micro-mining and supplying microbes targeted at specific pests, including those with biological resistance to current products.
Visit Pluton Biosciences websitePowerFlex
Energy Management
PowerFlex Systems provides affordable large-scale electric vehicle charging solution for workplaces and have been acquired by EDF Renewables North America.
Visit PowerFlex websitePre Framing
Materials
Pre Framing is an innovative, partially-prefabricated solution which allows homebuilders, general contractors and framers to build standard and gable walls faster, with less waste and more precision than traditional methods.
Visit Pre Framing websiteProStar Energy
Energy Management
ProStar Energy is a leading energy efficiency innovator in HVAC retrofit and building automation solutions that will meet you where you're at in your journey to achieve energy efficiency.
Visit ProStar Energy websiteRNAissance Ag
Crop Protection
RNAissance Ag is developing a safe, effective, and environmentally sustainable insecticide for precision pest management.
Visit RNAissance Ag websiteRobigo
Crop Protection
Robigo is shaping microbial communities to create a more sustainable food system.
Visit Robigo websiteRunning Tide
Crop Enhancement
Running Tide designs and develops integrated systems to deploy nature-based interventions that remove carbon, combat ocean acidification, and increase the scientific understanding of ocean ecosystems.
Visit Running Tide websiteSentinel Fertigation
Precision Agriculture
Sentinel Fertigation leverages remote sensing and geospatial data to empower precision nitrogen management, particularly for farmers who fertigate.
Visit Sentinel Fertigation websiteShifted Energy
Energy Management
Shifted Energy developed a Power Controller and accompanying software that converts existing electric water heaters into intelligent, grid-interactive water heaters.
Visit Shifted Energy websiteSolGro
Physical Infrastructure
SolGro has developed a nanoparticle film designed to increase crop productivity through light conversion on greenhouses.
Visit SolGro websiteSpan
Energy Management
Span is developing a panel that replaces traditional electric panels to deliver a new level of energy automation in the home.
Visit Span websiteStash Energy
HVAC
Stash Energy’s mission is to provide cost-effective, eco-friendly, and convenient solutions for renewable and clean energy sources.
Visit Stash Energy websiteSTRATIS
Energy Management
STRATIS is an IoT Platform that provides smart access, energy, water, and automation management for multifamily and student housing.
Visit STRATIS websiteSunPath
Indoor Agriculture
SunPath is using fiber optics to deliver sunlight deep inside buildings, increasing crop yield and quality in controlled environment agriculture.
Visit SunPath websiteTallarna
Software
Tallarna is an analytics company with a platform that enables building owners to act with confidence and speed towards the legislative goals of carbon net zero.
Visit Tallarna websiteTerViva
New Crops
TerViva is commercializing pongamia trees to increase the global supply of plant protein and vegetable oil while restoring agricultural land.
Visit TerViva websiteThermoLift
HVAC
ThermoLift's TCHP™ natural gas-powered air conditioner and cold-climate heat pump combine heating, cooling, and hot water delivery into a single appliance utilizing a proven thermodynamic cycle to improve system efficiency.
Visit ThermoLift websiteTurntide Technologies
HVAC
The Turntide Technologies Smart Motor system marries a patented high rotor pole switched reluctance motor with matching motor controller, optional IoT Supervisor, and powerful user-friendly software.
Visit Turntide Technologies websiteUbiQD
Smart Glass
UbiQD is producing nanomaterials for energy harvesting that provide a simple, scalable, low-cost, and aesthetically pleasing approach to solar windows.
Visit UbiQD websiteVG SmartGlass
Smart Glass
VG SmartGlass (previously SmarterShade) delivers instant privacy, glare, and energy control built into a window.
Visit VG SmartGlass websiteWattIQ
Energy Management
WattIQ is a full-stack cleantech company that provides plug-level energy monitoring and control to solve energy and asset management problems for the enterprise.
Visit WattIQ websiteWhisker Labs
Energy Management
Whisker Labs develops sensing and software technology for home intelligence and was acquired by Earth Networks, which operates the world’s largest weather observation network.
Visit Whisker Labs websiteYotta Energy
Energy Storage
Yotta Solar is modular energy storage integrated with solar, designed to reduce cost and expand development of energy storage and grid resiliency on commercial buildings.
Visit Yotta Energy website