Grant Recipient Xo Armor — Auburn-based XO Armor, a multi-round Supplemental Grant recipient, will be using this grant to expand its 3D printing technology into rural healthcare clinics. (Casey Stark)

Innovate Alabama awarded over $3.3 million in grants to 20 Alabama-based tech businesses.

All 20 companies are emerging technology businesses, furthering Innovate Alabama’s mission to support entrepreneurs through strategic funding and foster a thriving innovation ecosystem statewide.

Innovate Alabama

Innovate Alabama is a statewide public-private partnership focused on entrepreneurship, technology and innovation. It aims to empower local companies to scale cutting-edge technologies, create jobs and deepen their roots in Alabama.

Through a Supplemental Grant Program, Innovate Alabama provides funds to companies that have previously received SBIR or STTR grants. This year’s grants take the company’s total past $17 million since its inception, helping out 82 small businesses.

“By providing follow-on capital through our Supplemental Grant Program, we’re equipping Alabama’s most promising startups with the resources needed to take their innovations to market. These investments are driving job creation, attracting additional external capital into Alabama, advancing research and technology, and securing Alabama’s place as a competitive hub for innovation.”
Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama

Grant recipients

This year’s recipients are as follows:

Accelerate Wind, Inc: Birmingham business focused on wind energy
Applied Technology Solutions, Inc: Huntsville business specialized in hypersonic technologies.
Aqueous Resources LLC: Bessemer group working on extraction of lithium from brine fluids.
Canairy LLC: Birmingham company innovating wearable devices to track environmental exposure and evaluate respiratory and overall health.
Cosmic Shielding Corporation: Huntsville business providing radiation shielding technologies.
Eikon Research, Inc: Huntsville company specialized in advanced radar technology.
Forsee, LLC: Prattville business developing sustainable, fire-resistant materials from natural fibers.
Hybird Space Systems: Huntsville group developing advanced, affordable rocket propulsion technologies.
Hyperion Aerospace: Huntsville company developing green thruster technology for spacecraft, missile defense and satellites.
KODA Technologies: Huntsville business working on weapon system development.
Mathinvestments, Inc: Huntsville business specialized in capturing return premiums associated with investing in individual businesses.
Moremme VA LLC: Birmingham group developing hormone-free, scientifically designed natural women’s hygiene and wellness products.
nou Systems, Inc: Huntsville company developing products to solve their customers’ technical problems.
Spearstone Solutions, LLC: Birmingham business transforming waste into valuable products.
SSS Optical Technologies, LLC: Huntsville company focused on optical nanomaterials.
Symphony Biosciences, Inc: Birmingham company innovating biomaterials that enhance immune responses against cancer.
Tellus1 Scientific, LLC: Huntsville business working in advanced optical sensing and measurement.
VETS LLC: Madison group specialized in developing digital threads and digital twins.
XO Armor Technologies Inc: Auburn company providing technology to 3D print custom protective devices (e.g., splints, braces).