UW–Madison Spinoffs

UW–Madison research has the power to transform the economics of clean energy in Wisconsin, the U.S., and the world. The spinoff companies listed here, all of which bring new technologies and products to the marketplace, have roots in energy research first conducted at UW–Madison.

The spinoff companies marked with have operations in the state of Wisconsin.

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Alithic

Alithic is tackling two issues in one process, scaling CO2 removal from the air while decarbonizing emissions from the cement industry.

C-Motive

C-Motive Technologies

C-Motive Technologies is an early-stage startup developing fundamentally new ways of producing motion with electricity. By using electrostatics instead of the electromagnetics of the past century, C-Motive creates entirely new capabilities, including new materials, manufacturing techniques, and applications for electric machinery.

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Flux XII

Flux XII is an organic energy solutions start-up company developing flow battery technology based on work from Dawei Feng, the Y. Austin Chang Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in UW–Madison's College of Engineering. The Flux XII team has developed proprietary flow battery chemistries with improved safety, lifetime, area footprint, energy efficiency, and cost.

NovoMoto

NovoMoto

NovoMoto is a Sustainable Social Enterprise that aims to provide clean, renewable, and sustainable electricity to communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other sub Saharan African countries in the future.

Pyran

Pyran

Pyran has developed a renewable process to manufacture 1,5-pentanediol, a key chemical used to make paints and plastics. Pyran’s patented process uses renewable wood and crop waste resources to make 1,5-pentanediol at over 2x lower prices than competing oil-based products.

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Realta Fusion

A Madison-based startup called Realta Fusion aims to develop commercially viable fusion technology that could help offset global greenhouse gas emissions. 

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SHINE Technologies

Founded in 2005 by Greg Piefer, SHINE Technologies is exploring commercial applications of nuclear fusion technology as part of its pursuit of an innovative, deliberate pathway to clean, abundant fusion-based energy production. Piefer believes that fusion energy should become the world’s primary source of power in order for humanity to continue its growth and industrial development.

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Type One Energy

Type One Energy is founded by experts and technology from the University of Wisconsin, a world leader in stellarator R&D, with the mission to provide clean, affordable fusion power to every city across the globe.

Xylome

Xylome

Xylome, a start-up from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, specializes in using metabolic engineering to develop high value, sustainable products from non-conventional yeasts with a focus on producing novel oils and oil replacements.