ARPA-E
VC Fund
Washington, United States
ARPA-E is a VC fund in Washington focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) catalyzes transformational energy technologies that could create a more secure and affordable American future. We advance high-potential, high-impact energy technologies that are too early for private-sector investment. ARPA-E awardees are unique because they are developing entirely new ways togenerate, store, and use energy.
- Total investments:
- 102
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 82%
Last updated:
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Industries ARPA-E invests in
EnergyRenewable EnergyManufacturingEducationCleanTech
Stages ARPA-E invests in
GrantSeedPre-SeedSeries C
Countries ARPA-E invests in
United StatesCanadaFranceAustralia
Contacts
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Jon Glass
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Lane Genatowski
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Philseok Kim
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Sam Wurzel
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Will Regan
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 26 (25%)
- Renewable Energy 16 (16%)
- Manufacturing 15 (15%)
- Education 13 (13%)
- CleanTech 9 (9%)
Stage
- Grant 80 (78%)
- Seed 1 (1%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (1%)
- Series C 1 (1%)
Country
- United States 78 (76%)
- Canada 2 (2%)
- France 1 (1%)
- Australia 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Jon Glass
Technology to Market Advisor
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Technology to Market Advisor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Lane Genatowski
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Philseok Kim
Program Director
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Program Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Sam Wurzel
Technology to Market Advisor, Fusion Energy Programs
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Technology to Market Advisor, Fusion Energy Programs | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Will Regan
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Thea Energy
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Thea Energy is taking a faster approach to commercialize fusion energy. The company’s fusion systems will create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering developed at Princeton University and elsewhere. The company was founded in 2022with the objective of building modular, utility-scale fusion power. | $20M / Grant / Jul 27, 2026 | |
P2 Science
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P2 Science a venture-backed, renewable specialty chemicals company, co-founded by Yale scientists, a chemical industry CEO and Elm Street Ventures, an early-stage venture fund. P2 Science has developed a unique process technology for converting renewable feedstocks—including vegetable oils—into high-value, specialty chemicals. These includeflavor, fragrance and cosmetics ingredients. Many of their products are today available only from petrochemical sources. Among the first products to be produced by P2 are vegetable-derived, cost-effective versions of current petrochemical fragrance ingredients. Major users and formulators of specialty chemicals have a strong interest in substituting renewable for petrochemical ingredients. Patrick Foley, a Yale graduate of the PhD program in Environmental Engineering, is P2′s Chief Scientific Officer. Neil Burns, an executive with 20+ years experience in the specialty chemical industry, is the company’s CEO. P2 has a laboratory in New Haven, CT to support this technology’s development and commercialization, as well as partnerships with major companies at a number of points along the supply chain. | $2.8M / Grant / Apr 13, 2026 | |
Alice & Bob
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Alice&Bob build Universal, Error-free, Quantum Computers to help industries and researchers solve the hardest problems. | $3.9M / Grant / Mar 31, 2026 | |
Infleqtion
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Infleqtion, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, delivers high-value quantum information precisely where it is needed. By operating at the Edge, our software-configured, quantum-enabled products deliver unmatched levels of precision and power, generating streams of high-value information for commercial organizations,the United States, and allied governments. With 17 years of ColdQuanta's pioneering quantum research as our foundation, our hardware products and AI-powered solutions address critical market needs in positioning, navigating, and timing, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing. Learn how Infleqtion is revolutionizing how we communicate, navigate, and discover at www.Infleqtion.com and connect with us on LinkedIn. | $3.9M / Grant / Mar 11, 2026 | |
Xanadu
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Since its founding in 2016, Xanadu has focused extensively on the effects quantum will have on society and how to best service those needs. Xanadu's ultimate goal is to provide quantum on demand to enable significant computational improvements over the best classical methods to solve really tough real-world problems. Xanadu has amalgamatedleading scientists and professionals to pair academic research with industry veterans to develop a massively scalable venture.For more information, please visit xanadu.ai | $2M / Grant / Mar 06, 2026 | |
Jefferson Lab
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is one of 17 national laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The lab also receives support from the City of Newport News and the Commonwealth of Virginia.The lab’s primary mission is to conduct basic research of the atom's nucleus using the lab’s unique particleaccelerator, known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF). Jefferson Lab also conducts a variety of research using its Free-Electron Laser, which is based on the same electron-accelerating technology used in CEBAF.In addition to its science mission, the lab provides programs designed to help educate the next generation in science and technology, and to engage the public.Managing and operating the lab for DOE is Jefferson Science Associates, LLC. JSA is a limited liability company created by Southeastern Universities Research Association and PAE Applied Technologies | $8.2M / Grant / Feb 26, 2026 | |
Deep Isolation
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Nuclear power contributes over 10% of the world’s power needs. From the 500 reactors built around the world, the growing inventory of nuclear waste is over 450,000 metric tons and is increasing by ~12,000 tons each year. In the US, there is currently ~$40 Billion in the Nuclear Waste Fund, with no active program to dispose of the 80,000 tons ofnuclear waste. Many countries are actively seeking new options as no country anywhere in the world has ever disposed of high-level waste or spent nuclear fuel. A new approach is needed.Nuclear waste disposal is a $500 billion worldwide market.Deep Isolation is the first private company to offer a solution to dispose of nuclear waste in safe, permanent deep geologic repositories. A solution that is proven, demonstrated and primed to disrupt and dominate in this untapped market. Deep Isolation combines scientific and nuclear expertise with sophisticated stakeholder engagement skills to work alongside communities to design and deliver an equitable and environmentally protective solution. | Grant / Jan 13, 2026 | |
Phoenix Tailings
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Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the miningindustry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically. | $1.6M / Grant / Dec 04, 2025 | |
Addis Energy
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Addis Energy is on a mission to alter the way we feed and fuel our society, harnessing the Earth's potential for clean ammonia production. | $4.5M / Grant / Jan 21, 2025 | |
SHINE Technologies
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SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. manufactures and supplies medical tracers and cancer treatment elements. The company offers Molybdenum-99, a light-emitting element that is administered to patients for the purpose of diagnosing and staging cancer and heart diseases. It also provides Iodine-131 that is used to treat thyroid cancer and variousabnormal thyroid conditions, including hyperthyroidism, as well as to diagnose liver function, renal blood flow, and urinary tract obstruction.The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin. | Grant / Jan 17, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
US Department of Energy
5 deals together
California Energy Commission
2 deals together
Anglo American
1 deal together
Bonneville Power Administration
1 deal together
Castor Ventures
1 deal together
Chrysalix Venture Capital
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does ARPA-E invest in?
ARPA-E invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 102 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at ARPA-E?
The team at ARPA-E includes Jon Glass (Technology to Market Advisor), Lane Genatowski (Director) and Philseok Kim (Program Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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