2025 Report
How Critical Technologies are Reshaping Resilience,
Resource Security and Economic Competitiveness
The United States is at a pivotal moment. With shifting political priorities and evolving economic conditions, the landscape for clean energy and industrial innovation is rapidly transforming.
This report offers the most comprehensive analysis of the U.S. innovation ecosystem to date. Read about the regional hotspots, sector breakthroughs, and critical market gaps shaping the country’s competitiveness in the clean energy transition.
Net Zero Insights market intelligence platform tracks more than 18,000 U.S. companies and 4,000 investors in the clean energy and industrial innovation space.
This report provides visibility into where capital is flowing, which technologies are scaling, and what these shifts mean for industry leaders to fuel the transition to a net-zero economy.
As the ecosystem matures, partly accelerated by the IRA, nearly 2000 companies are approaching the second valley of death as they transition from demonstration to commercial scale. While grants help projects launch, they’re not essential for scale. The greater risk lies in shifting policies and regulatory uncertainty.
Who are the key players driving progress? The report looks at role the government, VCs, growth investors, banks and ecosystem contributors play at different stages of growth. Learn about the startups attracting investment and the breakthrough technologies about to enter the market.
The US has shown resilience despite policy headwinds with a $10.5B in total funding. Specialist equity investors continue to fund solutions addressing large, real-world problems to decarbonize hard-abate industries. Find out which sectors continue to gain investor confidence and what technologies are experiencing the fastest growth.
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