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    • Welcome
    • Programs & Events 
      • 2025 GAFC
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      • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
      • America's Seed Fund Week
      • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
      • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
      • Startup Expo
    • Contact
    America's Seed Fund
    America's Seed Fund

    #SeedtheFuture

    • Welcome
    • Programs & Events 
      • 2025 GAFC
      • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
      • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
      • America's Seed Fund Week
      • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
      • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
      • Startup Expo
    • Contact
    • …  
      • Welcome
      • Programs & Events 
        • 2025 GAFC
        • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
        • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
        • America's Seed Fund Week
        • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
        • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
        • Startup Expo
      • Contact
      America's Seed Fund
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      • About Startup Expo 2023

        The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) featured winning startups and 4 finalists with technology developed through the Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs, presenting their work at the America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo.
         
        SBA plays a substantial role in the Federal Lab-to-Market ecosystem, serving as the hub of the SBIR/STTR programs – also known as America’s Seed Fund. These programs are an important resource for a wide range of researchers, innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and startups working on big ideas.
         
        Competition Goals:

        The main objectives of America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo are to showcase innovative small businesses supported by America’s Seed Fund and to connect these startups with resources that enable their ability to scale, grow, and thrive.

         

        The competition also amplifies U.S. public awareness for the commercialization of critical innovation necessary for our continued competitiveness in the global marketplace, and for the entrepreneurship that creates jobs and drives forward the U.S. economy.

         

        Prize:

        The prize offered for the competition was selection to present publicly at the America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo event planned for May 15, 2023. The Startup Expo event was held on a virtual platform, allowing for the public to attend and participate, and providing broad exposure to the startup. There is no monetary prize.

         

      • Show Notes and Video Replays from Startup Expo 2023

        At Startup Expo 2023, 9 startups across 14 Critical Technology Areas were selected to feature their innovation developed through America's Seed Fund.

        Fireside Chat: Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative

        Welcome to Startup Expo 2023 with Bailey DeVries; SBA Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation.

        Bailey hosts a Fireside Chat with Jason Rathje; Director of the Office of Strategic Capital at the Department of Defense.

         

        Show Notes and Resources:

        Visit the Office of Strategic Capital website here.

        Learn more about the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative here.

        Learn more about partnered capital through the SBIC program here.

         

        Startup Expo: Advanced Computing Panel

        Moderated by Helena Krusec; Strategic Engagement Lead, AFWERX

        Advanced Computing Panel Description:

        These startups are working across a variety of related critical technology areas that include Trusted AI and Autonomy, Integrated Sensing and Cyber, and Quantum Science and Space; modernizing legacy systems with resilient, affordable, and assured new software that we can have confidence in.

        Showcasing Companies:

        EarthSense

        Kana Systems

        Xairos Systems

        Startup Expo: Advanced Materials Panel

        Moderated by Bob Smith; Director, SBIR/STTR Programs at the Department of the Navy.

        Advanced Materials Panel Description:

        These startups are creating materials that have higher strength, lighter weight, higher efficiency, and can handle more extreme temperatures; which ultimately help improve the capability of materials produced for the government and for the commercial market.

        Showcasing Companies:

        AlchLight

        IsoTruss

        necoTECH

        Startup Expo: Biotechnology/Public Health Panel

        Moderated by Andy Yakulis; Director, Corporate Ventures, Army Applications Lab.

        Biotechnology/Public Health Panel Description:

        These startups are doing groundbreaking work in the emerging engineering discipline of biotechnology. As we’ve all experienced from living through a global pandemic, focusing more resources on improving outcomes for public health is critical for sustaining our very way of life, and the field of biotechnology plays a critical role.

        Showcasing Companies:

        Allied Microbiota

        Molecular Rebar Design

        PediaMetrix

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