Grant Funded Startups in United States
Grant-funded rounds in this US list show a pronounced size outlier: Applied Materials received a disclosed $100M on 2022-10-19 (tied with Group14 Technolog…
Grant-funded rounds in this US list show a pronounced size outlier: Applied Materials received a disclosed $100M on 2022-10-19 (tied with Group14 Technologies, also $100M the same day), while the next-largest disclosed amounts sit well below that level (e.g., Microvast at $200M on 2022-10-19, and other large awards like Piedmont Lithium’s $142M on 2022-10-19). At the low end, the only explicitly disclosed small figure is EVQLV’s $40K on 2022-10-12; several other grants are “undisclosed” (5 entries), which affects how tightly the distribution can be summarized.
The entries concentrate heavily in a narrow window: the most recent round date shown is 2022-10-26 (Cellular Logistics, $340K), and the oldest date in the list is 2022-10-10 (VisionQuest Biomedical, $1M). Sector-wise, energy, health care, and biotechnology recur multiple times (energy: 5 entries; health care: 10; biotechnology: 8), and the geography clusters around repeated multi-asset hubs like New York (multiple biotechnology/health-related entries) and Chicago, where both Block Club Chicago ($2M on 2022-10-10) and NorthStar ($undisclosed on 2022-10-13) appear.
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Frequently asked
Which disclosed grant amounts stand out most, and how wide is the gap versus the rest of the list?
The largest disclosed amounts are $200M (Microvast, 2022-10-19) and $142M (Piedmont Lithium, 2022-10-19); the only $100M rounds are Applied Materials ($100M, 2022-10-19) and Sila Nanotechnologies ($100M, 2022-10-19). By contrast, the smallest disclosed amount is EVQLV at $40K on 2022-10-12, and several entries are “undisclosed” (5 total), which adds uncertainty to the lower tail.
Do the grant rounds cluster in time, or are they spread across a longer period?
They cluster tightly: the list runs from 2022-10-26 (Cellular Logistics, $340K) back to 2022-10-10 (VisionQuest Biomedical, $1M). That makes the 50 entries look like a short burst of grant activity rather than a multi-year distribution.
Are any sectors over-represented among these grant-funded companies?
Yes. Health care appears 10 times, biotechnology 8 times, and energy 5 times across the 50 rows, far more frequent than most other categories (e.g., manufacturing shows 2 entries; AI shows 2 entries). This creates a clear tilt toward clinical and bio/energy-linked grant priorities.
Are there notable city-level concentrations, based on repeated city appearances in the same sector mix?
Chicago appears more than once (Block Club Chicago in Chicago, IL at $2M on 2022-10-10; NorthStar in Chicago, IL at “undisclosed” on 2022-10-13). New York also repeats across different sub-themes, including RenBio ($3M, 2022-10-12), Soterix Medical ($910K, 2022-10-13), and both Talon Metals Corp (Minnesota) and other energy/biotech-adjacent entries elsewhere, indicating multiple grant recipients rather than a single isolated address.
Which entries fall into the most recent 90-day slice of dates shown, and do those recent rounds include large outliers?
Within the dates shown, everything is already within a roughly 2-week window (from 2022-10-10 to 2022-10-26), so the “most recent 90 days” filter doesn’t meaningfully separate records. Still, the newest dates include large grants such as PHARMAJET ($2M, 2022-10-24) and Exceptional Minds ($1M, 2022-10-23), while the biggest disclosed amounts cluster on 2022-10-19 (e.g., Microvast $200M and Piedmont Lithium $142M).
How should an analyst treat disclosure gaps when comparing round sizes here?
Five entries list “undisclosed” amounts (including Alexandria Chamber of Commerce on 2022-10-24; Peregrine Technologies on 2022-10-21; 6K on 2022-10-19; Mintdropz on 2022-10-18; and NorthStar on 2022-10-13). Because these sit alongside very large disclosed rounds on 2022-10-19, size comparisons should exclude or qualify those five when identifying true concentration versus reporting noise.
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