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SeekOps Inc.
SeekOps is an Austin-based climate-technology company that mounts a NASA-derived laser methane sensor, the SeekIR, onto enterprise-grade drones to detect, locate, quantify, and report methane emissions for energy, renewable natural gas, and waste operators. Spun out of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2017, its drone-agnostic Leak Detection and Quantification (LDAQ) systems help operators meet regulatory frameworks such as OGMP 2.0, EPA rules, and the EU Methane Regulation, and have been deployed onshore and offshore for majors including bp, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Equinor.
NevadaNano
NevadaNano (Nevada Nanotech Systems, Inc.) is a Sparks, Nevada company that builds MEMS gas sensors and hardware-enabled SaaS for detecting flammable gases and quantifying methane and other emissions. Its patented Molecular Property Spectrometer (MPS) measures the thermodynamic properties of a gas mixture instead of relying on chemical reactions, delivering multi-gas detection with a 15-year life and no field calibration. The MPS platform powers flammable, refrigerant, methane, and hydrogen sensors, and underpins MethaneTrack, a continuous methane-monitoring system used to cut LDAR costs and meet OGMP 2.0 reporting requirements.
Ian Rogoff
Ian Rogoff is the CEO and a board member of NevadaNano (Nevada Nanotech Systems), a Sparks, Nevada company building semiconductor-based gas sensors and IoT emissions-monitoring systems used by some of the world's largest industrial operators. A former Microsoft Consulting Services VP turned climate-tech operator and investor, he co-founded Sierra Nevada Partners and chairs New Energy Nexus (the California Clean Energy Fund). Under his leadership NevadaNano raised a $30M Series C in 2023 led by Honeywell Ventures and Emerson Ventures, and its MethaneTrack platform won Best Industrial and IIoT Solution at Sensors Converge 2026.
Picarro
Picarro builds laser-based gas analyzers that detect molecules at parts-per-billion (and better) using its patented Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS). Its instruments are deployed by utilities, semiconductor fabs, biopharma cleanrooms, and climate scientists across roughly 90 countries to find methane leaks, measure greenhouse gases, monitor hazardous air pollutants, and track water isotopes.
Alex Balkanski
Alex Balkanski is the President and CEO of Picarro, a Santa Clara-based company pioneering precision methane and greenhouse gas measurement technology for natural gas utilities worldwide. A Harvard-trained physicist turned serial entrepreneur, he co-founded C-Cube Microsystems in 1988, helped establish the MPEG video compression standard that underpins modern digital television, took C-Cube public in 1994, and orchestrated its acquisition of DiviCom in 1998. After a stint as General Partner at Benchmark Capital, he pivoted to climate tech, joining Picarro in 2013 to apply the same precision-instrument mindset to the urgent challenge of detecting and quantifying fugitive methane emissions across global gas distribution networks.