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Harshit Sharma

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January 21, 2019

Pyrowave

Microwave-based depolymerization technology for recycling polystyrene

Developed the catalytic microwave depolymerization (CMD) technology that recycles waste polystyrene to styrene monomers via microwave pyrolysis Pyrowave's CMD reactors have a processing capacity of 4.8 metric tons per day (MTPD) and offer a 90% yield of recycled styrene that exhibits equivalent ... read more.
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Runeel Daliah

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January 21, 2019

Starfire Energy

Small-scale renewable ammonia synthesis

The company was founded by Joe Beach and Jennifer Beach in 2007 to develop projects in solar energy; in 2016, the company switched to developing a catalytic technology for renewable ammonia synthesis. The company develops a fast-ramping low-pressure ammonia synthesis process that uses renewable ... read more.
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Joshua Haslun

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January 21, 2019

Cyclica

Drug discovery using biophysics, artificial intelligence, and systems biology

Cyclica began operations in 2014, and the current CEO is Naheed Kurji The company's flagship product, Ligand Express, allows for rapid polypharmacology screening of small molecules against protein structure databases or a complex database of molecules (i.e., the hypothesized contents of a cell) The ... read more.
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Joshua Haslun

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January 21, 2019

FarmBeats

Develops information communication technology for digital agriculture applications

Developed as an innovation project within Microsoft Azure Utilizes TV white spaces as an information streaming technology for agriculture data FarmBeats and Microsoft are not interested in becoming an agriculture company but will instead develop enabling technologies for existing platforms The ... read more.
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Dynium robot
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Joshua Haslun

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January 21, 2019

Dynium Robot

Autonomous agriculture tractor with crop analytics

The company was founded by Charles Kirby (CEO) and Christopher Marshall (CTO). So far, the company has raised about $2.5 million through grants and projects and recently closed a seed funding round. Among its investors, we highlight AI Seed and Innovation UK. The company develops driverless ... read more.
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Laura Krishfield

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January 21, 2019

NovoNutrients

Uses microbial bioreactors from carbon dioxide to create protein for aquaculture feed

NovoNutrients is a developer of proprietary microbes and gas fermentation systems for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into protein The company sources CO2 and hydrogen (H2) gases from industrial gas emissions to produce its fishmeal alternative, branded Novomeal; Novomeal is currently 68% protein  ... read more.
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Laura Krishfield

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January 21, 2019

Panacea.Ag

AI-powered control-environment agriculture monitoring and maintenance systems

The company develops a software platform, JustGrow, that automates greenhouses and uses AI technology to make predictions on operational behaviors (harvest cycles, yields, pests and diseases, etc.) The JustGrow software can retrieve data of up to 10 operational variables; six of the variables are ... read more.
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Laura Krishfield

Agro Innovation More...

January 21, 2019

Skyx

Autonomous drones with agri-spraying applicators

The company was founded by CEO Eylon Sorek and CTO Itzik Turkel; Eylon was the founder and CEO of a financial media company called CommuniFin, and Itzik founded and managed an algorithm-trading technology company called AutoInvest. Skyx has participated in two accelerators, MassChallenge and Impact ... read more.
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Laura Krishfield

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January 21, 2019

AgBoost

Livestock management platform with genomics-based insights

Agric-Bioinformatics is developing a cloud-based livestock management platform that also features genetic testing and analysis of livestock; the company's software platform is branded AgBoost The AgBoost platform analyzes genetic data of beef cattle to estimate the genetic potential of breeding and ... read more.
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Max Halik

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January 21, 2019

Encentiv Energy

Software platform for managing rollout and participation in energy efficiency programs

The company was founded by Stephen Mortiz in 2009; since then, the company has disclosed about $3 million in funding, with a Series A round of $2.4 million in 2016, with contributions from Pittsburgh Equity Partners, Innovation Works, and Birchmere Ventures. Encentiv has developed a cloud-based ... read more.
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A Vertically Integrated Powerhouse: China’s Strategy for Leading the Energy Storage Industry

Coverage Areas: Energy Storage More...

Planned Publication Date: January 2019

China's rapidly growing EV sales and concentration of battery production has impacted the world's emerging energy storage industry. This report analyzes China's focus on becoming vertically integrated leaders of the lithium-ion industry, their future activities in next-generation batteries, and implementing those batteries in automotive or stationary applications.

Monitoring and Control for Water Quality

Coverage Areas: Owning the Energy Transition More...

Planned Publication Date: January 2019

Due to the size and complexity of water and wastewater systems and the premium instrument costs, the water industry has struggled to automate water quality monitoring. Meanwhile, increasing concerns over public health and irregularly but inexorably tightening regulations put utilities under pressure to ensure safe drinking water and wastewater discharge. Potential to improve plant performance and uptime also encourage more active adoption of advanced sensors among industrial operators. This report shows the interesting use cases for different water quality sensors across the water space.

Building a Circular Economy

Coverage Areas: Accelerating Materials Innovation

Planned Publication Date: January 2019

The Circular Economy - converting waste such as spent biomass, foodwaste, and plastic waste into products with value - has seen significant innovation interest in recent times. However, the path towards circularity requires connecting multiple technologies including waste collection/sorting, and the conversion technologies themselves. This report aims to highlight and evaluate these enabling technologies, while also highlighting gaps in creating a circular economy.

Carbon Nanomaterials Update

Coverage Areas: Accelerating Materials Innovation More...

Planned Publication Date: January 2019

This report will update our Carbon Nanomaterial coverage. To complement last year's production-focused report, this report will focus more on applications. It will feature a detailed study of use cases and applications, case studies of industry players, a data driven analysis of applications, and updated Lux Innovation Grids.

Food, health, and wellness in retrospect: The top news, tech, and questions you asked in 2018

Coverage Areas: Consumer Choices in Food, Health, and Wellness

Planned Publication Date: January 2019

Over 2018, we saw major changes across the food and health value chain, from the introduction of new crops developed with gene editing to progress on growing meat without needing animals. It was an eventful year, which can make it difficult to keep perspective on the major changes, and avoid getting caught up in day-to-day happenings. This report offers a retrospective view of 2018 - the news we covered and what it means for your business, the top developers our analysts feel are worth engaging with, and the major questions that you and your competitors asked our analyst team. It also helps frame the themes we anticipate covering in 2019 and beyond

Energy's Top News, Technology Developers, and Questions You Asked About in 2018

Coverage Areas: Owning the Energy Transition

Planned Publication Date: January 2019

Highlights of the top news, technology developers, and questions that you and your peers asked Lux Research about in 2018. While not designed as a ranking list, this report instead serves as a summary of the developments in 2018 and how Lux Research's Energy Team views them as key steps in the evolution of the energy system in 2019 and beyond.

The Cost-Effective Distributed Grid: Energy Trading Within Microgrids

Coverage Areas: Owning the Energy Transition

Planned Publication Date: February 2019

While the energy transition promises a decentralized electrical grid composed of a network of actors with distributed energy resources, microgrids are not cost-effective for many electricity customers around the world. However, recent years have seen a rise of energy trading software platforms, which promise to provide better compensation for distributed generation and energy assets. We examine the combination of energy trading and microgrid technology to determine if we have finally crossed that critical financial turning point - whether it is more cost-effective to source electricity from distributed resources than from the electrical grid.

Measuring the Impact and Opportunity of 5G in Physical Industries

Coverage Areas: Digital Transformation More...

Planned Publication Date: February 2019

This report will take a deeper look at 5G technology and its potential impact on physical industries like manufacturing, automotive, oil and gas, energy, and agriculture. It will cover both operational impacts on these industries, as well as potential business opportunities for developers.

Roadmap: Next Generation PV

Coverage Areas: Next Generation Power More...

Planned Publication Date: February 2019

Silicon remains the dominant material in the PV market, with innovations coming mostly from the larger players. In order to keep ahead of the competition, companies are continually improving on silicon PV architectures. This report is an update on the advanced silicon PV report of 2015, noting new trends in research and manufacturing in silicon PV, and highlighting the economics and scenarios of deployment of each type.

The State of Your Innovation in 2019

Coverage Areas: Accelerating Materials Innovation More...

Planned Publication Date: February 2019

What keeps innovation executives up at night? Tapping into our proprietary data around the world's innovation executive peer group, we analyzed more than 100,000 recent technology-related searches run on our platform, 10,000 questions asked of our analysts, and 1,000 key innovation initiatives of leading companies (all aggregated and anonymized, of course). The results paint an accurate and insightful look into the state of the world’s actual innovation treads going into 2019: What technologies are attracting the most interest, what strategic questions are proving hard to answer, what start-ups are attracting the most attention, and more.

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