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Setcoin Intelligence · emerging sectors · snapshot 2026-09-17

Seven sectors, each read on its own ladder.

57,350 cited records and 11,132 organisations across materials, space, defence, robotics, quantum, fusion and biotech. These sectors have no queue, no COD and no MW, so each gets a gate ladder built from the documents that actually mark its progress — resource reports and strategic status for a mine, contracts and licences for a launch company, grants and raises for fusion, trial phases and clearances for a therapy. The same organisations recur across sectors and into the infrastructure record; that cross-sector read is on every page.

Material supply chains

Critical-mineral deposits, strategic projects, technical reports, smelters and refiners — mine to refiner to cell and magnet maker.

22,903records964organisations$3.3bnon record
R&D awardResource definedStrategic statusPermittedFinancedOfftake signedIn production

Space & aerospace

Launch, spacecraft, satellite and in-space programmes read from R&D awards, prime contracts and air-permitted plants.

1,096records1,063organisations$25.9bnon record
R&D awardContract awardedLaunch or spectrum licenceFacility on recordDelivering

Defence technologies

EDF research and development actions, USASpending and AusTender contracts, TED and Contracts Finder awards.

10,007records1,152organisations$48.1bnon record
R&D awardContract awardedProgramme of recordFacility on recordExport approved

Advanced robotics

Robotic device clearances, robotics and automation contracts, R&D awards, establishment registrations.

1,826records837organisations$1.3bnon record
R&D awardDevice clearanceContract awardedFacility registeredShipping

Quantum technologies

Quantum computing, sensing and networking grants and contracts, public procurement of systems, private placements — and the cloud, error-mitigation, cryo-electronics and PQC build-outs.

3,318records2,269organisations$43.7bnon record
R&D awardContract awardedCapital raisedFacility on recordSystem deployed

Fusion & advanced nuclear

Fusion and advanced-reactor grants, capital raises, HTS magnet and HALEU supply chains, SMR module plants, test facilities — and, where a feed exists, licences.

1,522records446organisations$8.4bnon record
R&D awardCapital raisedRegulatory licenceSite consentedUnder construction

Biotech & life sciences

Industry-sponsored Phase 2/3 trials, NIH awards, 510(k) clearances and registered establishments — and the viral-vector, mRNA, cold-chain, cGMP and sequencing capacity the pipeline needs.

16,678records5,945organisations$66.6bnon record
R&D awardPhase 2 trialPhase 3 trialClearance / approvalFacility registered
Cross-sector

Organisations that span sectors

Companies and institutions with records in more than one emerging sector, or in an emerging sector and as a developer or offtaker in the infrastructure record (grid). The gates listed are the ones evidenced per sector. This is the supply-chain and client read that a single-sector view cannot give.

OrganisationSectors · gates evidencedRecordsValueRegions
Company · Europe #8830 grid · recipient/participant/developerQuantum technologies 4 · grantBiotech & life sciences 1 · grantFusion & advanced nuclear 1 · grant6$1.2MEurope
Company · Europe #2838 grid · participant/supplier/developerSpace & aerospace 2 · grantDefence technologies 1 · contractQuantum technologies 1 · contract4$29.5MEurope, Asia-Pacific, United States
Company · Europe #6234 grid · recipient/participant/developerMaterial supply chains 6 · grantSpace & aerospace 1 · grant7$43.1MEurope
Company · Europe #9244 grid · participant/developerAdvanced robotics 1 · grantSpace & aerospace 1 · grant2$16.5MEurope
Company · United States #6178 grid · applicant/developerBiotech & life sciences 85 · phase2, phase385$22.9MUnited States, Asia-Pacific, Global / unsited, Europe, Middle East & Africa
Company · United States #6705 grid · applicant/developerBiotech & life sciences 11 · phase2, phase311—United States, Global / unsited, Asia-Pacific
Company · Canada #1222 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 10 · permits, production10—Canada
Company · Canada #7299 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 6 · permits, production6—Canada
Company · Europe #1402 grid · participant/applicant/developerBiotech & life sciences 5 · clearance, grant, phase2, phase35$3.9MEurope, United States, Global / unsited
Company · Canada #5538 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 4 · permits, production4—Canada
Company · Canada #5912 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 3 · permits, production3—Canada
Company · Canada #6546 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 33—Canada
Company · United States #8657 grid · recipient/developerSpace & aerospace 3 · contract, grant3$64.4MUnited States, Europe
Company · Asia-Pacific #1422 grid · applicant/developerBiotech & life sciences 3 · clearance3—Asia-Pacific
Company · Canada #3354 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 22—Canada
Company · Canada #7953 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 22—Canada
Company · Europe #4675 grid · participant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · grant1$4.4MEurope
Company · Asia-Pacific #4690 grid · supplier/developerDefence technologies 1 · contract1$930kAsia-Pacific
Company · Asia-Pacific #8396 grid · supplier/developerDefence technologies 1 · contract1$663kAsia-Pacific
Company · Canada #2325 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · permits, production1—Canada
Company · Europe #6397 grid · participant/developerAdvanced robotics 1 · grant1$13.2MEurope
Company · Europe #1964 grid · applicant/participant/developerSpace & aerospace 1 · grant1$2.1MEurope
Company · Europe #4341 grid · participant/developerAdvanced robotics 1 · grant1$997kEurope
Company · Europe #4198 grid · participant/developerAdvanced robotics 1 · grant1$4.4MEurope
Company · Europe #2150 grid · participant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · grant1$3.7MEurope
Company · Europe #6172 grid · participant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · grant1$3.7MEurope
Company · Canada #7749 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 11—Canada
Company · Canada #6581 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 11—Canada
Company · Europe #2157 grid · applicant/participant/developerDefence technologies 1 · grant1$9.4MEurope
Company · Europe #5858 grid · recipient/developerSpace & aerospace 1 · grant1$850kEurope
Company · Canada #3275 grid · applicant/developerBiotech & life sciences 1 · phase21—Canada
Company · Asia-Pacific #6154 grid · applicant/developerBiotech & life sciences 1 · clearance1—Asia-Pacific
Company · Europe #9839 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · resource, strategic1—Europe
Company · Europe #3766 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · resource, strategic1—Europe
Company · Europe #7411 grid · participant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · grant1$3.2MEurope
Company · Europe #7757 grid · recipient/developerSpace & aerospace 1 · grant1$11.4MEurope
Company · Europe #8680 grid · participant/developerSpace & aerospace 1 · grant1$19.1MEurope
Company · Europe #4516 grid · recipient/developerAdvanced robotics 1 · grant1$195kEurope
Company · Canada #7970 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 11—Canada
Company · Canada #6520 grid · applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 11—Canada
Company · Europe #6236 grid · recipient/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · grant1$187kEurope
Company · Europe #3024 grid · participant/developerSpace & aerospace 1 · grant1$6.2MEurope
Company · Europe #6504 grid · recipient/developerSpace & aerospace 1 · grant1$6.2MEurope
Company · Europe #3891 grid · participant/developerQuantum technologies 1 · grant1$4.5MEurope
Institution · Europe #2490 · institution grid · participant/recipient/developerQuantum technologies 13 · grantBiotech & life sciences 28 · grantMaterial supply chains 20 · grantSpace & aerospace 11 · grantAdvanced robotics 4 · grantDefence technologies 3 · grantFusion & advanced nuclear 5 · grant84$82.8MEurope
Institution · Europe #9843 · institution grid · applicant/participant/recipient/developerFusion & advanced nuclear 11 · grantMaterial supply chains 16 · grantQuantum technologies 10 · grantAdvanced robotics 5 · grantBiotech & life sciences 4 · grantSpace & aerospace 24 · grantDefence technologies 3 · grant73$35.8MEurope
Institution · Europe #8397 · institution grid · participant/recipient/developerMaterial supply chains 10 · grantSpace & aerospace 6 · grantDefence technologies 5 · grantQuantum technologies 6 · grantBiotech & life sciences 10 · grantAdvanced robotics 4 · grantFusion & advanced nuclear 1 · grant42$32.4MEurope
Institution · Europe #4562 · institution grid · recipient/developerFusion & advanced nuclear 6 · grantDefence technologies 4 · grantSpace & aerospace 2 · grantMaterial supply chains 10 · grantQuantum technologies 10 · grantBiotech & life sciences 1 · grantAdvanced robotics 1 · grant34$14.1MEurope
Institution · Europe #4095 · institution grid · applicant/participant/recipient/developerMaterial supply chains 8 · grantBiotech & life sciences 4 · grantQuantum technologies 4 · grantFusion & advanced nuclear 3 · grantAdvanced robotics 3 · grantDefence technologies 5 · grantSpace & aerospace 4 · grant31$30.8MEurope
Institution · Europe #8617 · institution grid · recipient/participant/developerFusion & advanced nuclear 5 · grantDefence technologies 2 · grantSpace & aerospace 5 · grantMaterial supply chains 2 · grantBiotech & life sciences 2 · grantAdvanced robotics 2 · grantQuantum technologies 3 · grant21$8.7MEurope
Institution · United States #8518 · institution grid · recipient/developerBiotech & life sciences 2 · grantQuantum technologies 11 · grantAdvanced robotics 11 · grantMaterial supply chains 1 · grantFusion & advanced nuclear 10 · grantSpace & aerospace 1 · grant36$47.3MUnited States
Institution · United States #7368 · institution grid · recipient/applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 2 · grantAdvanced robotics 2 · grantQuantum technologies 2 · contract, grantFusion & advanced nuclear 7 · grantBiotech & life sciences 1 · grantSpace & aerospace 1 · grant15$18.4MUnited States
Institution · United States #2314 · institution grid · recipient/applicant/developerAdvanced robotics 3 · grantQuantum technologies 5 · grantBiotech & life sciences 20 · grantFusion & advanced nuclear 4 · grantMaterial supply chains 3 · grant35$104.8MUnited States
Institution · Europe #1901 · institution grid · recipient/developerMaterial supply chains 9 · grantBiotech & life sciences 1 · grantSpace & aerospace 2 · grantDefence technologies 3 · grantQuantum technologies 1 · grant16$9.6MEurope
Institution · Europe #2648 · institution grid · participant/applicant/developerQuantum technologies 9 · grantMaterial supply chains 1 · grantAdvanced robotics 1 · grant11$113.0MEurope
Institution · Europe #4242 · institution grid · participant/recipient/developerAdvanced robotics 6 · grantDefence technologies 1 · grant7$2.6MEurope
Institution · Europe #8316 · institution grid · participant/applicant/developerMaterial supply chains 1 · grantQuantum technologies 1 · grant2$5.3MEurope
Institution · Asia-Pacific #6571 · institution grid · supplier/developerDefence technologies 1 · contractBiotech & life sciences 12$26.1MAsia-Pacific, United States
Institution · Europe #2744 · institution grid · recipient/developerSpace & aerospace 2 · grant2$4.5MEurope
Institution · Europe #2351 · institution grid · recipient/developerBiotech & life sciences 1 · grant1$1.0MEurope