January Round-up: EIC Portfolio Key Moments & Highlights

One month into 2025, and we've already had a lot of exciting news from our portfolio companies. Here are a few of the key pieces of news from a busy January:

Titan Advanced Energy Solutions: Automotive World feature

• Titan's CEO and CTO Shawn Murphy was interviewed for a piece in Automotive World about ultrasound cell inspection technology ?? https://www.automotiveworld.com/articles/can-ultrasound-imaging-help-maximise-battery-yields/

Streamline Innovations: Newsweek Industry Innovator

• Streamline Innovations was named as an Industry Innovator by Newsweek ?? https://streamlineinnovations.com/2025/01/06/newsweek-streamline-innovations-revolutionizes-disposal-of-toxic-industrial-wastes/

Phoenix Tailings: $43 million Series B funding round

• An EIC Rose Rock portfolio company, Phoenix Tailings received strategic investment from industry giants BMW and Yamaha Motors ?? https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/bmw-yamaha-motor-back-us-rare-earths-startup-phoenix-tailings-2024-12-31/

Insight M: EPA approval

• Insight M's methane detection methods have been given the EPA's seal of approval for their efficacy, reliability and cost-effectiveness ?? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insight-m-gains-epa-approval-230000630.html

Moleaer: Cleantech 100; news features; talks; new programs and challenges

• Moleaer was named on the Cleantech Group's Global Cleantech 100 list for 2025 ?? https://www.cleantech.com/the-global-cleantech-100/
• A CEAg World piece highlighted the transformative impact of nanobubbles on Controlled Environment Agriculture ?? https://www.ceagworld.com/greenhouse-produce/tiny-bubbles-big-results-nanobubble-technology/
• CEO Nick Dyner was featured in S2G Investments' Entrepreneur Spotlight video series ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJAqD2JfQI8
• The new Moleaer Ambassador Program launched ?? https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/moleaer_start-2025-as-a-moleaer-nanobubble-ambassador-activity-7282059592765685760-lyCl
• Moleaer team members delivered talks at the European Aquaculture Society (https://www.aquaeas.eu/member-services/what-is-eastalk) and the Connecticut Greenhouse Growers Association's Annual Winter Meeting (https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/moleaer_nanobubbles-sustainablegrowing-greenhouseinnovation-activity-7280975155361628163-BPm5/)
• Moleaer launched the Lake Rescue Kickstart Challenge, a competition aimed at revitalizing lakes and ponds in the Pacific Northwest and Northeast United States ?? https://www.moleaer.com/press-releases/lake-rescue-kickstart-challenge-2025

Infinitum: Cleantech 100

• Infinitum was named on the Cleantech Group's Global Cleantech 100 list for 2025 ?? https://www.cleantech.com/the-global-cleantech-100/

Xpansiv: Built In award

• Xpansiv was named one of 2025's best companies to work at by Built In ?? https://xpansiv.com/xpansiv-recognized-as-one-of-the-best-companies-to-work-at-in-2025/

Outsight: Hesai and embotech partnership

• Outsight's LiDAR software platform will be part of BMW's autonomous driving testing process, along with Hesai and embotech ?? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/embotech-collaborates-with-outsight-and-hesai-to-power-technology-for-automated-vehicle-marshalling-avm-systems-302361779.html

Orbital Sidekick: ISS research

• Orbital Sidekick validated its cutting-edge hyperspectral imaging technology, part of the International Space Station's record-breaking research output in the 2024 fiscal year ?? https://issnationallab.org/press-releases/2024-iss-national-lab-scientific-results/

Vortexa: 9th birthday

• Votexa celebrated its 9th birthday in style ?? https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/vortexa_celebrating-9-years-of-vortexa-were-activity-7288125815626579968-SK-d

In EIC news, it's been announced that EIC Managing Partner Joaquin Silva lva will be a speaker at the Carbon Solutions Forum (Feb 19–20; https://hubs.ly/Q030pfdn0). On top of that, he'll also be a judge at the first Produced Water Society Technology Pitch Competition (Feb 13) Read more about it here.

February may be the shortest month, but we're sure it will be full of exciting developments from EIC and our innovators, so stay tuned for our next roundup.

We hope your 2025 is off to a strong start, with plenty more to come.