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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DOE Selects the Midwest Regional Innovation Partnership for Award from Energy Program for Innovation Clusters
CHICAGO, IL – June 8, 2021 – Clean Energy Trust, Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, mHUB, and Spark Innovation Center today announced that their Midwest Regional Innovation Partnership was selected for an award of over $900,000 … Read More
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5th Cohort of Five Innovators Selected
Lemont, IL (April 30, 2021) — 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 fifth cohort. The five will join the two-year program starting this June, and each … Read More
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Sustainable Energy Outlook: The Limitations, Opportunities, and Role of Water
Published on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 A panel of expert venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in the field of energy businesses discussed the state of the industry in 2021 as part of Polsky’s Entrepreneurial Outlook series. (Image credit: iStock.com/piyaset) The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship … 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
