Quaise Energy
Millimeter wave drilling technology for deep geothermal wells
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- CAMBRIDGE, MA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $13.1M, Dec 2023
- Total capital
- $71.1M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $71.1M
- 4 Form D · last Dec 2023
- 35 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 4
- 13 pending · first 2024
- Rank in peer group#37 of 151
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$13.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$40M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$12M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$6M
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Standing among 151 peers
Line = medianEnergy · Device
- Granted patents#37 · top 25%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Carlos AraqueResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent
- Ann DeWittDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Arunas ChesonisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Colleen CalhounDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Frohman AndersonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jill WatzDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 9 people
- Kevin BonebrakeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark CuptaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William RestrepoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 17- PendingMillimeter Wave Drill Pipe SystemUSPTOApplication 19394048
- PendingSurface WaveguideUSPTOApplication 19174758
- GrantedBasement Rock Hybrid DrillingUSPTOUS 12,326,085
Show all 17 patent records
- Millimeter Wave Drill Pipe SystemMay 21, 2026 · Application 19394048Pending
- Surface WaveguideOct 16, 2025 · Application 19174758Pending
- Basement Rock Hybrid DrillingJun 10, 2025 · US 12,326,085Granted
- Multi-piece Corrugated WaveguideApr 8, 2025 · US 12,270,300Granted
- System And Methods For Distance Determination Within A BoreholeMar 20, 2025 · Application 18813784Pending
- Basement Rock Hybrid DrillingJun 4, 2024 · US 12,000,283Granted
- Multi-piece Corrugated WaveguideApr 16, 2024 · US 11,959,382Granted
- Surface WaveguideApplication 63632378Pending
- System And Methods For Distance Determination Within A BoreholeApplication 63539541Pending
- Multi-piece Corrugated WaveguideApplication PCTUS2022036078Pending
- System And Methods For Distance Determination Within A BoreholeApplication 19521221Pending
- Millimeter Wave Drill Pipe SystemApplication PCTUS2025056103Pending
- Dynamic WaveguideApplication PCTUS2025033642Pending
- Surface WaveguideApplication PCTUS2025023955Pending
- Millimeter Wave Drill Pipe SystemApplication 63722817Pending
- System And Methods For Distance Determination Within A BoreholeApplication PCTUS2024043654Pending
- Dynamic WaveguideApplication 63660120Pending
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Press
American startup raises $180 million to drill rock over 5km deep to build world's first superhot geothermal plant at 500 °CThe Times of India
Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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