Chain Reaction Innovations
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Innovators in Argonne's entrepreneurship program amass millions in investments to aid their energy startups
BY JOAN KOKA AUGUST 29, 2019 The Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) program has an impact in moving energy tech to market. As its first cohort of innovators graduates, CRI startups have raised more than $12.5 million in funding. ClearFlame Engines Chief Executive … Read More
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Argonne-led center receives award for pivotal discovery in battery technology
BY: JOSEPH E. HARMON JULY 31, 2019 Center for Electrochemical Energy Science at Argonne National Laboratory wins ‘Ten at Ten’ award from Department of Energy Ten at Ten Award winners with CEES Director Paul Fenter. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) This year marks the tenth anniversary … Read More
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Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations appoints first advisory council
Lemont IL (May 8, 2019) — World-class energy leaders will offer their expertise to Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of a new Advisory Council announced today. Argonne is operated … Read More
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Five new innovators join Chain Reaction Innovations in third cohort
Argonne helps innovators accelerate energy and science tech-to-market Lemont, IL (April 24, 2019) — Five new innovators will be joining Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the elite program’s third cohort. Read More
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National Labs, Polsky Center, and I-Corps Create Commercialization Partnership
A unique partnership between two of the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs (LEEP) and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps Program will offer valuable additional support for early-stage clean energy startups. Innovators in Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) and Innovation Crossroads (IC) will receive … Read More
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Cohort 5 Virtual Pitch Competition Slated for February 9th – 10th
Through an annual call, four to six startups are selected to join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), a two-year program for innovators focused on energy and science technologies. Program participants will receive financial and technical support to mature and de-risk their technologies to the proof-of-concept level. Read More
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NanoPattern Technologies, ReAx Biotechnologies Receive $150,000 Each to Commercialize Research
Image (left) of a bird created with multiple patterning of red, green, and blue-emitting quantum dots. NanoPattern can use this patterning technique to pattern quantum dots on top of displays as pixels (right) making them more energy-efficient and cover a wider color … Read More
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Semi-finalists Chosen for Cohort 5
Thirty-two individuals comprising 29 startups were chosen to advance to the semi-finals and compete to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ Cohort 5. A broad range of energy innovations are represented in this year’s applicants, including building technologies, quantum information systems, manufacturing, materials, energy storage and renewable … Read More
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Demo Day 2020 Goes Virtual
In a normal year, some of the brightest entrepreneurs in America might market their technologies to industry representatives at an evening soiree in a downtown skyscraper. But this year, startups embedded in three national laboratories – which are making a name for themselves as innovators … Read More
