You’re invited! LEEP Demo Day will be held in-person (with a hybrid option) on June 7, 2023 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk. The event will showcase 20 startups from U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)  Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (LEEP) including Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory, Innovation Crossroads at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and West Gate at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

The event will also feature a LEEP alumni panel discussion for program graduates to share insights about successful entrepreneurship. Attendees are invited to attend a post event reception to mingle and network.

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Check out the agenda to see who’s pitching and then review the list of startups below for more information

 

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Chain Reaction Innovations Startups

Revolutionizing Carbon Composites With Nano Surface Engineering	Your Diverse Graphene Product Provider
Hongjun Zeng CTO & C0-Founder	Arsheen Allam CEO & Co-Founder
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Grid-independent renewable energy systems at the water/energy nexus for a more self-reliant and sustainable world	Next-generation battery that can achieve three times the energy density of existing lithium-ion batteries
Sanza Kazadi, Presdient & CEO	Claudiu Bucur, CEO & Founder
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New-era in-situ inspection for 3D printing

Niall O’Dowd, CEO & Founder

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Innovation Crossroads Startups

Real-time monitoring and issue detection	Metal-air (M-Air) battery for increased battery energy density
Shuchi “SK” Khurana, CEO & Founder	Caleb Alexander, CEO & Founder
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We extend the lifetime of your hydrogen fuel cells	Truly Sustainable Materials
Philip Stuckey, CEO & Founder	Tommy Gibbons, COO & Co-Founder
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Unlock the potential of AI to minimize equipment downtime	Nano-adsorbent for the purification of contaminated water
Forrest Shriver, CEO & Founder	Sam Evans, CEO & Founder
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West Gate Startups

 

You Can’t Fix It If You Can’t See It	Oil wells that end well
Andrew Gabor, CTO & Director of Business Development	Stefan Streckfus, CTO
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Electrifying homes to build a happier, healthier world

Grant Gunnison, CEO & Founder

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Cyclotron Road Startups

 

Commercializing a new class of infinitely recyclable polymers to enable the transition to a more circular economy	Stores solar energy with batteries made from abundant materials that are safe, long-lasting, and efficient
Kezi Cheng, Co-Founder	Antonio Baclig, Founder
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Commercializing a groundbreaking enzyme stabilization technology, first being used to make plastics degrade from the inside out	Effective, Sustainable Bio-control
Aaron Hall, CEO & Founder	Fatma Kaplan, CEO
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Precision Separations of Critical Metals
Daniel Sun, CEO & Founder
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New Mexico LEEP Startup

OAM Photonics

Photonic sensing solutions for 3D imaging with applications in autonomous driving, drone, and robotics

Cliff Chan, CEO & Founder,  Chung Ki Wong, Principal Engineer & Co-Founder

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