AI research assistant for venture investors

Find deep tech companies
before anyone else does.

Fig. 1 — product walkthrough · ~3 min · narrated

Loturo surfaces R&D-backed companies from government grant databases across the US, UK, EU, and Canada — enriched with TRL scores, funding history, and key contacts.

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Built for venture funds · pricing by arrangement.

Signal before the headline — companies Loturo users found before the press release
Fervo Energy SBIR 2020 · 9 mo before Series A $1.25B raised
Commonwealth Fusion DOE 2018 · 2 yrs before Series A $1.8B raised
Apptronik NSF 2016 · 6 yrs before Series A $1.36B raised
Joby Aviation NASA SBIR 2015 · pre-Series A $2.6B raised
Radiant Industries SBIR 2021 · 10 mo before Series A $574M raised
Sila Nano DOE SBIR 2012 · early stage $375M raised
Form Energy ARPA-E 2017 · pre-Series A $450M raised
Relativity Space NASA SBIR 2016 · 2 yrs before Series B $650M raised
Axiom Space NASA SBIR 2016 · early stage $130M raised
Gecko Robotics SBIR 2018 · 18 mo before Series B $100M raised
Varda Space NASA SBIR 2021 · seed stage $90M raised
Bright Machines SBIR 2018 · pre-Series B $179M raised
Fervo Energy SBIR 2020 · 9 mo before Series A $1.25B raised
Commonwealth Fusion DOE 2018 · 2 yrs before Series A $1.8B raised
Apptronik NSF 2016 · 6 yrs before Series A $1.36B raised
Joby Aviation NASA SBIR 2015 · pre-Series A $2.6B raised
Radiant Industries SBIR 2021 · 10 mo before Series A $574M raised
Sila Nano DOE SBIR 2012 · early stage $375M raised
Form Energy ARPA-E 2017 · pre-Series A $450M raised
Relativity Space NASA SBIR 2016 · 2 yrs before Series B $650M raised
Axiom Space NASA SBIR 2016 · early stage $130M raised
Gecko Robotics SBIR 2018 · 18 mo before Series B $100M raised
Varda Space NASA SBIR 2021 · seed stage $90M raised
Bright Machines SBIR 2018 · pre-Series B $179M raised
§ 01 — proprietary taxonomy

Two vocabularies. Every grant classified.

We built two classification systems from scratch — 47 VC investment themes and 12 scientific disciplines — and applied them to all 278K grants. When you search, you search our taxonomy, not keyword soup.

VC Sectors · 47 categories
Investment themes — from FinTech to Frontier & Dual-Use
Science Taxonomy · 12 disciplines
Scientific fields — from Physical Sciences to Biomedical Engineering
§ 02 — what's in the database

11,000 companies heading toward their first VC round. Right now.

Pre-VC companies tracked
11K+
Government-backed companies still in R&D phase — before they're on anyone's radar.
Active grant recipients, no venture capital yet
Grants indexed
278K
Every grant enriched with TRL score, taxonomy, and AI summary.
2003 — present
Deep tech companies
78K
Full profile: grant history, capital rounds, contacts.
136 countries
Grant databases
6
SBIR · CORDIS · InnovateUK · NIH · IRAP · NSF
US · UK · EU · CA

Counts as of last data run · refreshed daily

§ 03 — newsletter

The FOMO Generator

Every week: one company that was in our grant database before anyone noticed — and what happened next. Free.

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