Investments
94Portfolio Exits
15Partners & Customers
9About ARPA-E
ARPA-E, or Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy is an organization within the U.S. Department of Energy, is the country's dedicated exclusively to supporting high risk, high reward energy research projects. ARPA-E's mission is to support nimble and inventive technological approaches that can deliver transformative new solutions for climate change and energy security while advancing America's technology leadership.

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Latest ARPA-E News
Jan 19, 2023
ION Storage Systems partnering with University of Maryland on $4.8M ARPA-E EVs4ALL Grant Award Project will accelerate advancements in fast charging, solid state cells https://ionstoragesystems.com/ ION Storage Systems Inc. will participate in the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) EVs4ALL program as part of a $¬4.8 million grant awarded to the University of Maryland (UMD) . ARPA-E's EVs4ALL program seeks to increase EV adoption and market share by developing next-generation battery technologies to significantly improve EV affordability, convenience, reliability, and safety. The EVs4ALL project will accelerate this objective by enabling a 5–15-minute charge to 80% of cell capacity. ION and UMD will realize current density goals in ION's ceramic bilayer which comprises a dense separator layer and a porous layer which hosts a lithium metal anode. UMD will initiate the partnership and conduct a technology transfer to ION in the second year. This partnership will accelerate advancements in fast charging, solid state cells by integrating a mixed ionic-electronic conducting (MIEC) garnet material into ION's porous layer to enable higher current densities for fast charging at room temperatures with no applied pressure. "This Department of Energy program and ARPA-E funding is perfectly targeted to support the University of Maryland and ION Storage Systems to develop faster charging, more efficient battery technologies," says Ricky Hanna, CEO of ION Storage Systems . "If we are to meet critical electrification goals, the world needs a safe, more powerful battery. Our solid-state platform in combination with the project laid out for the EVs4ALL program delivers the path we need to meet those goals." The ceramic bilayer architecture will also enable higher energy density cells by integrating cobalt and nickel-free high voltage cathodes with advanced, nonflammable electrolytes during the project period. This design will increase the charge and discharge-rate capability, energy density and operative temperature of solid-state lithium batteries. Through the project approach, ION's solid-state cell will achieve fast-charge, cost, and sustainability requirements critical to electric vehicles. Latest from Today's e-Mobility
ARPA-E Investments
94 Investments
ARPA-E has made 94 investments. Their latest investment was in Ampcera as part of their Grant - IV on January 1, 2023.

ARPA-E Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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1/23/2023 | Grant - IV | Ampcera | $2.1M | Yes | 1 | |
1/23/2023 | Grant - III | 24M Technologies | $3.2M | No | 6 | |
11/23/2022 | Grant - V | Via Separations | $9.75M | Yes | 1 | |
11/23/2022 | Grant - II | |||||
11/23/2022 | Grant |
ARPA-E Portfolio Exits
15 Portfolio Exits
ARPA-E has 15 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Aeris Technologies on March 24, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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3/24/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
3/1/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
12/20/2021 | Acquired | 4 | |||
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ARPA-E Partners & Customers
9 Partners and customers
ARPA-E has 9 strategic partners and customers. ARPA-E recently partnered with Transphorm on August 8, 2022.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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8/30/2022 | Vendor | United States | Having one of the largest Power GaN portfolios of more than 1,000 owned or licensed patents , Transphorm , Inc. produces the industry 's first JEDEC and AEC-Q101 qualified high voltage GaN semiconductor devices . | 3 | |
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2/10/2015 | Partner |
Date | 8/30/2022 | 9/18/2018 | 9/23/2016 | 6/1/2016 | 2/10/2015 |
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Country | United States | ||||
News Snippet | Having one of the largest Power GaN portfolios of more than 1,000 owned or licensed patents , Transphorm , Inc. produces the industry 's first JEDEC and AEC-Q101 qualified high voltage GaN semiconductor devices . | ||||
Sources | 3 |
ARPA-E Team
1 Team Member
ARPA-E has 1 team member, including current Founder, David T. Danielson.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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David T. Danielson | U.S. Department of Energy, and General Catalyst | Founder | Current |
Name | David T. Danielson |
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Work History | U.S. Department of Energy, and General Catalyst |
Title | Founder |
Status | Current |
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