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NEW MEXICO STARTUP ALLIANCE × THE FOURTH EFFECT
Board Builder
Bootcamp
The 2026–2027 cohort. Twelve New Mexico founders building category-defining companies in aerospace and defense, advanced energy, bioscience, and advanced computing.
PRESENTED BY
New Mexico Startup Alliance
With The Fourth Effect and NM EDD
Sponsorship open · 2026
$16.6M
Capital raised across the cohort
12
Selected from 33 applications
5
Companies generating revenue today
This is New Mexico's most investable early-stage pipeline, in one room for ten months.
Backed by NIH, NSF, DoD, DOE, and Army SBIR awards. Sponsors get direct line of sight to these companies before the rest of the market does.
The 2026–2027 cohort
Twelve companies. Four strategic sectors.
Selected from thirty-three applications against a weighted 100-point rubric across leadership, traction, board readiness, growth potential, and strategic fit. Sectors overlap; several founders work across multiple categories.
6
Aerospace & Defense
8
Advanced Energy
4
Bioscience
5
Advanced Computing
Bioscience · HealthTech
Patented at-home brain health assessment that measures Brain Age and identifies opportunities to support healthier brain aging.
$1.5M
Raised · NIH, NSF and DoD funding partners
Aerospace · Energy · Computing
Hybrid AI cutting design-to-market cycles by 50% in advanced engineering and manufacturing.
$270K
Non-dilutive raised · $5K monthly recurring revenue
Advanced Energy · Computing
Physics-informed AI turning fragmented geoscience and environmental data into confident decisions.
$4.6M
Raised · DOE SBIR funded · 2 enterprise customers
Advanced Energy · Critical Materials
Zero-waste hydrogen and battery-grade carbon from a single process, addressing U.S. graphite supply risk.
$1.5M
Raised · 7 international letters of intent signed
Bioscience · Energy · Climate Tech
Upcycling primary and secondary waste biomass into valuable biocarbon products that generates energy and treats polluted water.
$5M
Raised to date · $200K annual UK client fees
Advanced Energy · Software
AI-powered wildfire intelligence helping electric grid utilities prevent catastrophic fire.
$1.8M
$400K raised plus $1.4M NMEDD · 4 paying utility customers
Aerospace · Cyber · Computing
Runtime vulnerability defense for the software supply chain, cutting response from months to days.
50+
Active open source contributors · OpenSSF board seats
ADVANCED COMPUTING · AGENTIC AI
Agentic AI accounting assistant running on-demand internal audits and automating data entry.
$120K
Raised · $3K monthly recurring revenue
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE · ADVANCED ENERGY
Moldable carbon fiber with intrinsic UV protection and conductivity allowing for reduced part counts, lower maintenance costs, and lower weight by removing parasitic coatings.
$50K
Founder-funded plus NMEDD grant · ABQ manufacturing
Bioscience · Health Sciences
Evidence-based health coaching delivered at no cost to Medicaid members · 96 active members
$100K
Revenue generated to date
BIOSCIENCE · FUNCTIONAL FOODS
Probiotic-rich brain and gut health foods made from rescued eggs on patent-protected science.
Patent
Proprietary probiotic egg technology · $18K raised
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
Low-latency drone detection and classification for next-generation Counter-UAS defense.
$2M
Raised to date · Army SBIR Phase II
SPONSOR THE COHORT
Back the pipeline.
Build the state.
Sponsorship funds Technical Assistance grants, Board Members-in-Residence, and the final pitch showcase that moves these twelve companies toward institutional capital.
First look at deal flow
Direct access to twelve vetted, revenue-and-federally-backed New Mexico companies across ten months of programming.
Brand alignment
Visibility alongside NMSA, The Fourth Effect, and the New Mexico Economic Development Department.
Named presence
Recognition across cohort sessions, program collateral, investor introductions, and the final pitch showcase.
SPONSOR OR LEARN MORE
nmstartupalliance.org
FY26 · EDD Entrepreneurship Programmatic Support Grant