Compass

The innovation radar for energy and physical AI

Companies, deals, investors, technologies, and sector landscapes across energy, industrials, robotics, and climate.

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Shortlist the leading tech and companies

60,000+

Companies

40,000+

Transactions

800+

Technologies

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Map the market and assess commercialization readiness

KPIs, value chains, market maps, and the activity signals indicating where the market goes next.

Landscape any sector across our 800+ sector taxonomy and see where key players sit across the value chain

Know where commercial-scale deployment is happening drawn from 40,000+ tracked projects

Spot the inflection by monitoring company moves, capital flows, and over 6,000 other signals a week

Pressure-test tech before you invest

Deep tech profiles combining proprietary Currence Readiness scores, cost and performance benchmarks, and technical assessments.

Validate which technologies are commercially competitive with proprietary readiness scores beyond TRL

Compare options side by side on cost, performance, and use cases to prioritize relevant technologies gaining traction

Benchmark vendor and target claims with independent data on deployment track record and economic viability

Shortlist the companies that can actually deliver

Track 60,000+ companies and the investors behind them, then rank the differentiated players with Currence Leaderboards.

Source companies across energy, robotics, and manufacturing, with profiles spanning funding history, commercial traction, and competitive positioning

Track investment and exits and the investors behind them to see where capital is flowing and which companies are scaling

Narrow to the leaders with Currence Leaderboards ranked on tech performance, cost, deployment track record, and economic viability so your procurement or investment decision holds up

How Northx Uses Currence to De-Risk Hard Tech at the Demonstration Stage

Northx, a catalytic investor, has bet more than $52m on climate hard tech using the Currence platform to evaluate which companies are ready for demonstration funding.

Northx

April 20, 2026

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Identify what’s commercial ready with the Readiness Curve

Underpinning Currence’s data, research, and models

The Currence Readiness Curve helps you evaluate the maturity and traction of emerging technologies across the energy transition, from technology readiness to economic competitiveness. Quickly identify the solutions that are ready to scale today, gaining momentum, or still playing catch up.

How many companies does Compass cover?

60,000+ companies across the physical economy, spanning energy, power, industrials, manufacturing, and frontier sectors including robotics, physical AI, space, and advanced materials. Coverage is continuously expanding.

How granular is the sector taxonomy?

1,300+ sectors, built by sector experts to be granular enough that you can find the specific companies and technologies relevant to your thesis. Examples range from established categories like grid-scale storage and hydrogen electrolysis to frontier areas like autonomous construction and orbital infrastructure.

How do you assess technology readiness?

Each technology profile includes a proprietary Readiness Score that combines cost and performance benchmarks, deployment evidence, and commercial traction indicators. This answers the practical question: is this technology commercially real, and is it competitive?

What are Sector Compasses?

40 Sector Compasses are currently published, covering areas like gridtech, robotics applications, water, adaptation, critical minerals, and more. Each is built by our research team with deep domain expertise, combining KPIs, value chain mapping, market structure analysis, and company positioning into a view you can act on. New Compasses are added on a rolling basis and refreshed quarterly with new entrants, deal activity, commercialization milestones, and market shifts.

What are Tech Profiles?

Tech Profiles help you validate which technologies are real, competitive, and best-fit. Each profile combines proprietary Currence Readiness scores, cost and performance benchmarks, and diagrams so you can see which technologies are commercially viable, which are competitive, and where the trade-offs lie. Includes low and high benchmarks across capex, efficiency, energy intensity, delivered costs, and more so you can compare technologies, assess cost curves, and focus on what's gaining traction.

Who is Compass built for?

Three primary audiences: energy and utility corporate innovation teams evaluating technologies, potential partners, and acquisition targets, investors (growth equity, PE, climate/infra funds) building conviction and sourcing deals, and banks identifying where to build coverage and which companies are far enough along to work with.

What geographies do you cover?

Compass is global. Companies, deals, and investors are tracked across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and emerging markets. Coverage depth varies by sector maturity and deal activity, with the strongest depth in the US and Europe.

Where does the company and deal data come from?

We pull from a combination of public and proprietary sources, including:

- Public filings and regulatory disclosures
- Press releases, trade press, and corporate announcements
- Funding round disclosures and investor reports
- Partnership and offtake announcements
- Direct research by our research team, including validation with market participants (startups, investors)

All company and deal data is sourced through our own research. We do not pull from third-party data feeds like PitchBook or Crunchbase.