Aegis Creek has successfully worked with (and within) a very broad variety of industries from health care to clean energy and cybersecurity. We have extensive experience in the Energy and Materials space, have a deep functional understanding of the digital transformation occurring across every sector of industry, and have a particular passion for advancing technology that improves the human experience.
Digital Transformation is one of the fastest growing and most well-funded spaces in which the Aegis Creek team works. The Federal Government is extremely interested in assuring that US technology firms are successful in the global economy and that the US government has access to the best digital tools. Primarily, this is application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) to solving specific problems such as precision agriculture, but it also includes software defined networking, 5G related technologies, and cybersecurity.
Agencies investing in digital technologies include (in no particular order) the Departments of Defense, Energy, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Education, and non-departmental agencies including NASA, various intelligence agencies, USAID, and more. Specific organizational interests drive end use needs and applications, while underlying technology may be broadly available for funding. Cybersecurity is the most broadly funded technology, with AI/ML following closely. Next and beyond next generation technologies are particularly attractive for investigational and early research funding, while more mature technologies may be more appropriate for demonstration and deployment funding.
Energy is the currency of the 21st Century, and technologies that can cleanly and safely generate energy at low cost continue to be in demand. The Aegis Creek team is highly experienced in both the production of energy generation technologies and their implementation in the market. Included in this area are semiconductors, solar, geothermal, battery and automotive technologies, power electronics, and a host of manufacturing technologies.
Naturally, much of the funding in the energy space comes from the Department of Energy - however the Department of Defense has been and remains extremely interested in reliable clean energy production, energy storage, and energy efficiency technologies. Reducing the energy budget for industry and agriculture remain of broad interest and receive funding from DOE, USDA, and Commerce. Next and beyond next generation materials technologies, both core materials development and processing development, are of great interest to the DoD and receive significant funding. Opportunities for collaborative research and development abound in this space with potential collaborative research and development agreements (CRADAs) possible with the National Labs system (DOE) and the uniformed service research labs (DoD). Funding encompasses early stage research and development, demonstration installations, and, for certain technologies, full scale manufacturing capacity funding.
Access to affordable and effective healthcare is one of the biggest areas of concern globally. Technologies such as AI/ML, telehealth, and high-performance genomics are transforming how healthcare is delivered, how diseases are diagnosed, and the cost and availability of treatments. From pharmaceutical production and discovery to in-home remote care, to novel approaches to mental health, there are significant opportunities to leverage non-dilutive funding to create competitive advantage and grow your company’s value.
While the lion's share of federal funding of health-related technologies comes through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) also support research in healthtech, with budget lines of well over a billion dollars annually. Funding in this space runs from fundamental scientific research into the causes and processes of diseases, through technology development, clinical trials, and in some cases to post-clinical trial deployments. Deployment of medical technologies around the world may also be supported by USAID with a particular focus on developing countries and regions.
