The six startups below have been selected as finalists to compete in the Spring 2025 EPIC Pitch Competition taking place at Energy Thought Summit on May 20 in San Antonio! These teams will face off to compete for a cash prize pool of $105,000.
- Anactisis (Pittsburgh, PA) – Enhancing U.S. energy security by developing polymer-based materials to recover critical minerals from industrial waste streams.
- Dig Energy (Manchester, NH) – Affordable, compact, fast, and thermally efficient drilling tech enabling geothermal heating and cooling to scale.
- Infinion Technology (Palo Alto, CA) – AI-powered, high-frequency magnetic sensing for low-cost, real-time grid asset monitoring, enabling a more resilient, reliable grid.
- Natrion Inc. (Binghamton, NY) – Revolutionary U.S.-made separators for lithium batteries making cells safer, fast-charging, and more cost efficient.
- Petra Power (Solon, OH) – Ultra efficient, fuel-flexible power systems converting diesel, natural gas, propane, and more to electricity with 90% greater efficiency.
- Sage Geosystems (Houston, TX) – Commercializing new geothermal technologies to improve the costs and efficiencies of power, heating, and energy storage.
Congratulations, finalists, and thank you to all of the startups who submitted their impressive pitches on groundbreaking energy technologies!
