Nanoconduction

Nanoconduction, Inc. was a Sunnyvale, California hardware startup that developed carbon-nanotube-based thermal management (chip-cooling) solutions for the microprocessor industry. The company licensed NASA Ames-developed Nano Engineered Thermal Material — vertically aligned carbon nanotube array composites that act as a high-efficiency thermal interface at the junction where processors meet heat sinks. Backed by Battery Ventures, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Phoenix Venture Partners, Western Technology Investment, and Woodside Fund (roughly $23M raised), Nanoconduction was acquired by Unidym in July 2008 and is permanently closed. It was surfaced as a Battery Ventures portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network for enrichment; the enrichment pass found no public API, developer, or specification surface — a defunct materials-science hardware company with no digital API footprint.

Nanoconduction is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Semiconductors, Nanotechnology, Thermal Management, and Carbon Nanotubes.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySemiconductorsNanotechnologyThermal ManagementCarbon NanotubesHardwareMaterials ScienceDefunct

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Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

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name: Nanoconduction
description: Nanoconduction, Inc. was a Sunnyvale, California hardware startup that developed carbon-nanotube-based thermal
  management (chip-cooling) solutions for the microprocessor industry. The company licensed NASA Ames-developed Nano Engineered
  Thermal Material — vertically aligned carbon nanotube array composites that act as a high-efficiency thermal interface at
  the junction where processors meet heat sinks. Backed by Battery Ventures, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Phoenix Venture Partners,
  Western Technology Investment, and Woodside Fund (roughly $23M raised), Nanoconduction was acquired by Unidym in July 2008
  and is permanently closed. It was surfaced as a Battery Ventures portfolio company and added to the API Evangelist network
  for enrichment; the enrichment pass found no public API, developer, or specification surface — a defunct materials-science
  hardware company with no digital API footprint.
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