News — Mesodyne

June 8th 2022

Mesodyne Receives Mass Ventures’ START Award

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne Inc is a START Phase II winner ($200,000). The goal of this program is to help deep tech startups convert their Small Business Innovation and Small Business Technology Transfer research (SBIR/STTR) into businesses and jobs in Massachusetts. https://www.mass-ventures.com/news/announcing-2022-start-winners

About Mass Ventures START

The mission of MassVentures is to support the innovation economy and the economic growth initiatives of the Commonwealth by transferring research and early stage innovations to viable businesses and jobs.

The SBIR Targeted Technologies (START) program helps growing Massachusetts-based companies convert research developed under SBIR and STTR contracts into businesses and jobs in Massachusetts. The START program plays an important role in powering Massachusetts’ Innovation Economy. https://www.mass-ventures.com/start-program-info

About Mesodyne

Mesodyne is developing a new kind of power generator that converts fuel to electricity via light. The LightCell™ generator is compact, silent, reliable, operates on any fuel, and has up to ten times the energy density of lithium ion batteries. Developed at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, incubated at Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Lab, and accelerated by Techstars, Mesodyne’s patented technology enables long endurance power generation for remote unmanned sites and systems, drones and robots, warfighters and emergency responders, serving industrial, scientific, and defense sectors. mesodyne.com

March 11th 2022

Mesodyne Awarded a Phase II Contract from AFWERX Agility Prime

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne has been awarded an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II $749,819 contract, to further develop and field the LightCell™ power generator for sUAS applications.

About AFWERX Small Business Programs

AFWERX, in partnership with Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), and the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), developed the SBIR Open Topics to increase the efficiency, effectiveness, and transition rate of the SBIR program. Through a competitive awards-based program, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization.

To learn more about the AFWERX SBIR Program, visit: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/sbir.html

About AFWERX

AFWERX serves as a pathway between Airmen and innovative ideas and technologies both inside and outside the Air Force. AFWERX supports the mission of making the Air Force more innovative by uncovering ideas and opportunities to improve the service, connecting ideas with legitimate solutions, and transitioning tools to the warfighter.

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February 15th 2022

Mesodyne Awarded a Phase II Grant from the National Science Foundation

Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne, Inc has been awarded a Phase II National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to conduct research and development (R&D) work on the LightCell™ power generator.

“We are thrilled to receive this continued support from the National Science Foundation which will enable performance improvement and cost reduction of the LightCell™ power generator.” – Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder.

To learn more about America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF, visit: https://seedfund.nsf.gov/

About the National Science Foundation's Small Business Programs

America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF awards $200 million annually to startups and small businesses, transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial and societal impact. Startups working across almost all areas of science and technology can receive up to $1.5 million in non-dilutive funds to support research and development (R&D), helping de-risk technology for commercial success. America’s Seed Fund is congressionally mandated through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The NSF is an independent federal agency with a budget of about $7.8 billion that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering.

About Mesodyne

Mesodyne builds power generators that fit in the palm of your hand. The Mesodyne LightCell™ converts fuel to electricity via light. LightCells™ are quiet, have no moving parts, operate on any hydrocarbon fuel, and offer 10x the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. Developed at MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, incubated at Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Lab, and accelerated by Techstars, Mesodyne’s patented technology enables long-endurance power generation for remote unmanned systems, drones, warfighters, and emergency responders. Mesodyne is hiring. mesodyne.com

December 8th 2021

Mesodyne Announces Seed Funding to Commercialize Its Advanced Solid-State Portable Power Generators

Nor’easter Ventures Leads Round of MIT Startup Delivering Long-Endurance Quiet Power to the US Military

Somerville, MA — December 8, 2021. Mesodyne, the developer of solid-state portable power generators for small unmanned autonomous vehicles and mobile platforms, announced the closing of a $1.75m seed financing led by Nor’easter Ventures. TechStars, Luminate, Capital Factory, and the co-founders of Razor's Edge participated in the financing. This seed financing complements more than $3.5m in non-dilutive funding that Mesodyne was previously awarded from NSF, DOE, ARMY, DARPA, Mass-Ventures and AFWERX.

The demand for portable power for defense applications increases as power-hungry communications platforms and unmanned vehicles become increasingly dependent on electricity. Mesodyne develops lightweight, portable power solutions which deliver tactical advantage for military missions. The Mesodyne LightCell™ is designed to generate 10x more energy than lithium-ion batteries of equal weight and to provide reliable and silent power in the 50-5000 W range to autonomous systems and people operating in remote locations.

“Lightweight portable power has been a longstanding and elusive objective for defense planners. Internal combustion engines and lithium-ion batteries are wholly insufficient to meet the demands of the modern warfighter or small unmanned vehicles,” said Josh Wachman, Managing Partner of Nor’easter Ventures. “Via their engineering brilliance and entrepreneurial grit, the founders continue to advance performance and engage customers. We are delighted to fuel their seed round and help grow Mesodyne.”

After seven years in development at MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Veronika Stelmakh, Ph.D., and Walker Chan, Ph.D., co-founded Mesodyne to commercialize the new category of portable power generators that they invented while they were doctoral students. With world-record-setting energy conversation efficiency, Mesodyne’s patented platform converts fuel to electricity via the physics of thermophotovoltaics.

“To build the LightCell™ we solved a set of complex and interrelated engineering problems,” said Walker Chan, CTO. “Soon a small unmanned aerial drone outfitted with our LightCell™ will be capable of extending a 2-hour reconnaissance mission to 24 hours.”

“Currently, the demand for LightCells™ outstrips supply,“ said Veronika Stelmakh, CEO. “We are delighted to close our seed financing as it helps us scale operations, hire key staff and deliver first units to customers next year.”

About Nor’easter Ventures

Nor’easter Ventures is an early-stage venture investor backing exceptional entrepreneurs building enterprise solutions with deep tech. Nor'easter principals are serial entrepreneurs and operators with a twenty-year history building companies together. www.noreaster.vc

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August 16th 2021

Mesodyne Awarded a Phase II Contract from AFWERX

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne has been awarded an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract, to further develop and field a JP-8 compatible LightCell™ power generator for austere environments: a new class of compact solid-state generator with up to ten times the energy density of a lithium ion battery.

“We are very thankful to AFWERX for their continued support. It is enabling Mesodyne to build a solution that significantly enhances warfighter capability.” – Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder.

About AFWERX Small Business Programs

To learn more about the AFWERX SBIR Program, visit: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/sbir.html

About AFWERX

About Mesodyne

July 15th 2021

Mesodyne Receives Mass Ventures’ START Award

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne Inc is a START Phase I winner. The goal of this program is to help deep tech startups convert their Small Business Innovation and Small Business Technology Transfer research (SBIR/STTR) into businesses and jobs in Massachusetts.

About Mass Ventures START

About Mesodyne

March 5th 2021

Mesodyne Receives DARPA DSO Award

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne Inc has been awarded a research contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of the Thermal Engineering using Materials Physics (TEMP) Program. The goal of this program is to develop materials and physics to control the wavelength and directionality of radiative heat transfer while simultaneously withstanding harsh high-temperature environments. Applications for TEMP technology include Mesodyne’s LightCell™ power generator and other thermophotovoltaic energy converters, as well as turbine engines.

"I am pleased to work with DARPA to push the limits of high temperature nanophotonics," said Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO of Mesodyne, “and this work will significantly enhance the performance of our LightCell generator.”

About DARPA DSO

DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO) identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines and transforms them into important, new game-changing technologies for U.S. national security. Current DSO themes include frontiers in math, computation and design, limits of sensing and sensors, complex social systems, and anticipating surprise. DSO relies on the greater scientific research community to help identify and explore ideas that could potentially revolutionize the state-of-the-art. https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/offices/dso

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December 16th 2020

Mesodyne Awarded an AFWERX Agility Prime Phase I STTR Contract!

Funding Intended to Accelerate Commercialization of Game-Changing Power Generator

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne has been awarded another AFWERX Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract, in partnership with Argonne National Lab to refine their compact solid-state generator with 10 times the energy density of a lithium ion battery.

During their time at MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Mesodyne’s founders broke the world record for energy conversion efficiency in thermophotovoltaics, a process that converts fuel to heat to light to electricity via photovoltaics cells. Mesodyne's thermophotovoltaic portable power generator works by burning fuel to heat a photonic crystal thermal emitter to incandescence, leading to infrared radiation which drives specialized photovoltaic cells to generate electricity. Unlike internal combustion engines, the generator has no moving parts, makes no noise, can burn any fuel, is higher in efficiency as compared to similarly sized generators, and has similar performance to hydrogen fuel cells without the difficult supply chain problems of compressed hydrogen.

The mission of the STTR program is to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy. Once a small business is awarded a Phase I grant: Feasibility Study ($150,000), it becomes eligible to apply for the next Phase: Trial with the Air Force (between $500,000 and $1M for a typical Phase II).

“We are thrilled to receive another award from AFWERX. The AFWERX STTR program has enabled us to make tremendous technological progress and to find government customers who have helped us refine our product to meet their critical needs” – Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder.

About AGILITY PRIME

The Air Force recently launched Agility Prime, a non-traditional program seeking to accelerate the commercial market for advanced air mobility vehicles (i.e., "flying cars"). Leveraging unique testing resources and revenue generating government use cases for distributed logistics and disaster response, the government plans to mitigate current commercial market and regulatory risks. Agility Prime also aims to bring together industry, investor, and government communities to establish safety and security standards while accelerating commercialization of revolutionary technology. agilityprime.com

About Small Business Programs

The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) is a program that expands funding opportunities in the federal innovation research and development (R&D) arena. Central to the program is expansion of the public/private sector partnership to include the joint venture opportunities for small businesses and nonprofit research institutions. The unique feature of the STTR program is the requirement for the small business to formally collaborate with a research institution in Phase I and Phase II. STTR's most important role is to bridge the gap between performance of basic science and commercialization of resulting innovations.

About AFWERX

About Argonne National Lab

Argonne is a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center, where talented scientists and engineers work together to answer the biggest questions facing humanity, from how to obtain affordable clean energy to protecting ourselves and our environment. Ever since Argonne was born out of the University of Chicago’s work on the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, the goal has been to make an impact — from the atomic to the human to the global scale.

The laboratory works in concert with universities, industry, and other national laboratories on questions and experiments too large for any one institution to do by itself. Through collaborations here and around the world, we strive to discover new ways to develop energy innovations through science, create novel materials molecule-by-molecule, and gain a deeper understanding of our planet, our climate, and the cosmos.

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October 8th 2020

Mesodyne Wins the AUVSI 2020 Startup Showdown

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne has won the AUVSI 2020 Startup Showdown. It’s an honor to have been chosen among so many great companies.

“We’re really excited to demonstrate our LightCell™ in a drone and show the potential of the technology, which is to enable more than 12 hours of flight time for small UAVs” - Dr. Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder said during the Startup Showdown.

About AUVSI Startup Showdown

The AUVSI Startup Showdown is a competition for early-stage, disruptive companies who are creating, innovating or enhancing unmanned systems technologies and applications. Startup Showdown identifies up-and-coming, investment-worthy startups and gives them a platform to share their innovations with investors and corporates looking to form profitable connections with the next generation of game-changers. Five finalists are selected every year among the applicants — each has ten minutes each to pitch their business to the panel of judges and a chance to win a grand prize package valued at $35,000!

https://www.auvsi.org/industry-news/mesodyne-wins-2020-startup-showdown

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October 1st 2020

Mesodyne Awarded a Phase II Contract from AFWERX

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne has been awarded an AFWERX Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract, in partnership with Texas A&M University to develop and field a JP-8 compatible LightCell™ for austere environments: a new class of compact solid-state generator with up to ten times the energy density of a lithium ion battery.

“We are thrilled to receive this award from AFWERX which validates our Phase I feasibility study. The STTR program has enabled us to find government customers and to learn their pain points so that we are building a solution that effectively enhances capability.” – Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder.

The mission of the STTR program is to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy. Once a small business is awarded a Phase I grant: Feasibility Study (up to $50,000), it becomes eligible to apply for the next Phase: Trial with the Air Force (up to $500,000 for a Phase II).

First debuted in July 2019, the STTR ‘Open Topic’ aims to help small businesses commercialize emerging research in partnership with a university, non-profit entrepreneurship center, or research center. In contrast to the traditional STTR program, the Open Topic is ‘open’ to any technology, customer, or application.

About Small Business Programs

To learn more about the AFWERX STTR Program, visit: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/sttr.html

About AFWERX

About Mesodyne

August 15th 2020

Mesodyne is a semifinalist in the US Army’s xTechSearch 5

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne is thrilled to be a semifinalist in the US Army’s xTechSearch 5 Competition. Semifinals will take place virtually in October 2020 due to COVID-19. Details will be announced shortly.

About xTechSearch

xTechSearch is a competition sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)), targeting small businesses to uncover novel dual-use science and technology solutions. The competition aims to tackle the Army's most critical modernization challenges supporting the top Army focus areas and consists of four phases that all eligible participants progress through, culminating in proof-of-concept demonstrations at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference. https://www.arl.army.mil/xtechsearch/competitions/xtechsearch-5.html

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July 25th 2020

Mesodyne Chosen as 2020 New England Innovation Finalist

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200722005885/en/Announcing-2020-New-England-Innovation-Finalists

WESTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Massachusetts Innovation Network announced the 25 finalists of the Annual New England Innovation Awards. Twenty six independent judges comprised of innovators, entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders undertook the challenging task of assessing the innovation entries and selecting the finalists, out of a large pool of high quality applicants. The top-three scoring innovators in each category were chosen to move on to the New England Innovation Showcase, the final and live phase of the competition; they will exhibit their innovations, present a three-minute pitch, and answer questions about their break-throughs on Wednesday, October 21st, for the New England Innovation Award of their category.

Mesodyne is thrilled to compete alongside Cleo Robotics (Boston, MA), Southie Autonomy (Boston, MA) and Waypoint Robotics (Nashua, NH) in the Robotics Category.

About the New England Innovation Awards

The Annual New England Innovation Awards is the oldest and longest-running innovation program in New England. The awards recognize, support and publicize ground-breaking solutions and pioneering advancements in a variety of business sectors, that shape tomorrow’s economy. Historically, the Awards have helped catapult start-ups and young companies to success (Genzyme, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, zipcar, iRobot, KRONOS, MassChallenge, Vistaprint, and Staples) for the past 35 years. newenglandinnovation.org/about

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April 27th 2020

Mesodyne Selected for Inaugural Cohort of the U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge

Source: https://www.hanscom.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2165926/the-us-air-force-lab-with-masschallenge-selects-inaugural-cohort/

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The first 10 startups to participate in The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge, a two-year pilot project designed to increase non-traditional participation in Small Business Innovative Research program opportunities, were selected April 24.

Airgility, Inc.; Agile Data Decisions LLC; Colvin Run Networks; Jaxon, Inc.; Lynq Technologies, Inc.; Mesodyne; Pison; Sema; Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc.; and SimX, Inc. make up the first cohort to benefit from specialized mentorship and support from Air Force and MassChallenge experts through this program.

The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge is contracted through the Griffiss Institute and is a partnership between MassChallenge, a network of zero-equity startup accelerators; the Digital Directorate; the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate; the Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems and the Air Force Research Lab.

As the cohort begins interacting with the program’s customized resources, Hanscom’s participating directorates will evaluate how the individual technologies might be utilized to support the warfighter.

“MassChallenge’s expertise identifying startups for the Air Force to evaluate brings forward many new and evolving concepts and technologies,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Schmidt, PEO for C3I&N. “We are grateful for the opportunity to begin this new phase and specifically look at technology insertion in areas such as C3I&N’s software development, process automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning.”

Representatives from Hanscom’s directorates will be key contributors throughout the accelerator program.

“As PEO Digital progresses with the accelerator, we’ll be working closely with MassChallenge to tailor and develop curriculum that fits the unique needs of the cohort,” said Capt. Amanda Rebhi, chief innovation officer for Digital. “We will also be intimately involved with the program, essentially serving as subject matter experts to guide the cohort as it navigate the Small Business Innovative Research program.”

The CROWS team is also actively engaged in the program, assisting with company selections, submitting problem statements and judging applications, said Joe Bradley, director of CROWS and associate director of Engineering and Technical Management at Hanscom.

“CROWS is laser-focused on finding creative ways to advance mission assurance in cyber-contested environments,” he said. “We will be helping the SBIR Phase I companies better understand our opportunities, connect with potential customers across the Air Force, and progress to SBIR Phase II and beyond.”

According SBIR.gov, only Phase I awardees are eligible for Phase II awards, which are typically $1 million or less in total costs over two years. The Phase II objective is to continue research and development efforts started in Phase I and funding is based on a startup’s results achieved in Phase I, as well as the scientific and technical merit and commercial potential of the project proposed in Phase II.

“The U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge has streamlined a difficult step in the Phase I to Phase II transition, identifying a product-market match between the Air Force and solution providers,” said Marissa McCoy, MITRE's Air Force cyber operations portfolio chief of staff. “As a judge and mentor for the program, I look forward to helping ensure that the Phase I awardees gain greater insight into government challenges and have the support they need to accelerate customer discovery. The MITRE team and I are eager to mentor companies to ensure the Air Force has access to the most promising technologies.”

Cait Brumme, the managing director of MassChallenge Boston, expressed her congratulations to the 10 startups selected for the program.

“MassChallenge’s startup-centered approach to acceleration will ensure that these companies are more effectively and efficiently able to bridge the ‘valley of death’ between Phase I and Phase II awards,” she said. “Additionally, partnering with key defense stakeholders will validate early-stage startups while helping to de-risk the development of these applications.”

About the U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge partnership

To learn more about the U.S. Air Force Lab with MassChallenge partnership, visit http://apply.masschallenge.org/en/usaf.

About Mesodyne

March 9th 2020

Mesodyne Awarded a Competitive Grant from AFWERX!

Funding Intended to Accelerate Commercialization of Game-Changing Power Generator

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne, Inc has been awarded a AFWERX Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract, in partnership with Argonne National Lab to refine their compact solid-state generator with ten times the energy density of a lithium ion battery.

The mission of the STTR program is to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy. Once a small business is awarded a Phase I grant: Feasibility Study (up to $50,000), it becomes eligible to apply for the next Phase: Trial with the Air Force (up to $500,000 for a typical Phase II and up to $1.5M for RAPID Phase II).

“We are thrilled to receive this award from AFWERX. In addition to enabling Mesodyne to have funding for technical milestones, the STTR program enables us to find government customers, learn their pain points, get their feedback on the solution as we are building it, to ensure the success of the technology.” – Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder.

By streamlining the proposal process, accelerating contract award, and providing direct access to our global network of customers and capital, our STTR Open Topic provides unrivaled opportunity for small businesses to protect their IP and establish themselves in both the commercial and federal marketplace.

To learn more about the AFWERX STTR Program, visit: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/sttr.html

About Small Business Programs

About AFWERX

About Argonne National Lab

About Mesodyne

March 4th 2020

Mesodyne Wins Prize at the WERCBench Labs Demo Day!

Milwaukee, WI - Mesodyne participated in WERCBench Labs Demo Day alongside other startups graduating from the program. The Midwest Energy Research Consortium is a Milwaukee-based organization promoting research and innovation in energy power and controls in the Midwest and this year marks the fifth anniversary of the accelerator.

“This year is the first time three women engineers were awarded these prizes,” said Jacquin Davidson, M-WERC’s Managing Director. “In the male-dominated Energy, Power and Controls industry, it is exciting to see their success and the success of all of the businesses in the WERCBench Labs Accelerator program.”

https://www.tmj4.com/news/women-who-inspire/women-engineers-win-top-prizes-at-wercbench-labs-demo-days

About Mwerc and MWERCBench Labs

The Midwest Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) uses science and technology–driven innovation to spark economic development and growth for Wisconsin’s Energy, Power, and Controls (EPC) sector, a $38 billion industry made up of 900 Wisconsin companies that employ 100,000 people.

WERCBench Labs Accelerator is a program for start-up companies in the Energy, Power and Controls sector with innovative products and services to advance technologies. Our accelerator uses the lean startup method and helps companies advance to investor readiness. Each business receives up to $40,000 in grants and royalty-based financing. www.m-werc.org/wercbenchlabs

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February 10th 2020

Mesodyne Accepted Into Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars!

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne Inc, a Somerville MA-based maker of compact, solid-state, high-energy-density power generators, proudly announces that it has been accepted into the Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars 2020 class. The company's flagship electric generator that fits in the palm of your hand and boasts 10 times the power density of a lithium ion battery has the potential to revolutionize future mobility platforms through long endurance portable power.

"Mesodyne fits our accelerator thesis perfectly", said Warren Katz, Managing Director of the Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars. "They have a highly disruptive commercial product that will ultimately revolutionize portable electric power generation for all applications, while providing a near-term military advantage of enabling electric unmanned systems (drones, robots) to operate 10 times longer than the most advanced battery technology."

The Air Force Accelerator has a successful track record. Currently in its third year, the 20 companies that have previously gone through the program have won more than $20 million in Department of Defense contracts for prototypes and products.

“Techstars is one of the world’s preeminent accelerators and we are honored to join the network and work alongside talented innovators with the support of the incredible Techstars team,” said Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and co-founder of Mesodyne.

The accelerator program began February 10th and runs through Demo Day, May 7th, co-located with AUVSI XPONENTIAL at the Boston Convention Center. Mesodyne’s selection as one of the 10 participating companies was also announced by Techstars on their website at

https://www.techstars.com/content/accelerators/air-force-accelerator-powered-techstars-proudly-announces-class-2020/

About Techstars

Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies. Techstars operates three divisions: Techstars Startup Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, and Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships. The Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 2,000 companies with a market cap of $25 billion. www.techstars.com

About Mesodyne

September 17th 2019

Mesodyne showcases prototype at Chain Reaction Innovations Demo Day 2019!

Chicago, IL - Mesodyne showcased initial prototype at the Chain Reaction Innovations Demo Day 2019 at the Gleacher Center in Chicago, alongside other innovators from not only Chain Reaction, but also Innovation Crossroads and Cyclotron Road!

“We revealed the demo prototype of our power generator and are very thankful for all the people and programs that enabled this tremendous progress.” said Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and co-founder of Mesodyne.

Six teams from Chain Reaction Innovations Cohort 2 showcased their technologies and emerging companies to potential investors and the energy community. For the first time, innovators from all three of the Department of Energy’s Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs participated. Along with the teams from CRI, four from Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and two from Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory presented their technologies and companies.

About Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) created the Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs to provide an institutional home for innovative postdoctoral researchers to build their research into products and train to be entrepreneurs. The two-year program is funded by EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO). CRI is located at Argonne and supported by area mentors from the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago.

About Mesodyne

February 1st 2019

Mesodyne Awarded a Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation!

Small Business Innovation Research Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne, Inc has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to conduct research and development (R&D) work on a scalable photonic crystal fabrication process for mesoscale fuel to electricity conversion.

“The National Science Foundation supports small businesses with the most innovative, cutting-edge ideas that have the potential to become great commercial successes and make huge societal impacts,” said Barry Johnson, Director of the NSF’s Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships. “We hope that this seed funding will spark solutions to some of the most important challenges of our time across all areas of science and technology.”

“We are thrilled to receive this award from the National Science Foundation which will accelerate our technology’s transition from the lab into the hands of real users.” – Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, CEO and cofounder.

Once a small business is awarded a Phase I SBIR/STTR grant (up to $225,000), it becomes eligible to apply for a Phase II grant (up to $750,000). Small businesses with Phase II grants are eligible to receive up to $500,000 in additional matching funds with qualifying third-party investment or sales.

NSF accepts Phase I proposals from small businesses twice annually in June and December. Small businesses with innovative science and technology solutions, and commercial potential are encouraged to apply. All proposals submitted to the NSF SBIR/STTR program undergo a rigorous merit-based review process.

To learn more about America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF, visit: https://seedfund.nsf.gov/

About the National Science Foundation's Small Business Programs

About Mesodyne

October 9th 2018

Mesodyne is competing in Phase III of the Army’s xTechSearch Competition 2018!

Somerville, MA - Mesodyne participated in Phase III of the Army’s xTechSearch Competition at the AUSA Innovators’ Corner at the AUSA national meeting on October 9 2018 in Washington, D.C.

http://ausameetings.org/2018annualmeeting/innovators-corner/

Mesodyne was highlighted in the National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA) magazine.

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2018/11/13/competition-highlights-new-battlefield-energy-sources/

About xTechSearch

About Mesodyne

April 19th 2018

Mesodyne is joining Cohort 2 of Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory!

Cambridge, MA - Mesodyne is thrilled to be joining Cohort 2 of Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory. Chain Reaction Innovations is a new two-year program for innovators focused on energy and science technologies. Four to six teams are selected each year to join CRI. Mesodyne’s selection as one of the participating companies was also announced by CRI on their website at

https://chainreaction.anl.gov/2018/04/19/argonne-selects-innovators-from-across-nation-to-grow-startups/