How RadianX is Unlocking Energy on Any Surface

Invested Date
Jul 2026
Location
San Francisco, United States

RadianX provides an elegant, ultralight power layer capable of harvesting electricity from any photon - indoors or out - at a time when edge AI compute, physical automation, and smart infra are expanding carbon footprints and pushing battery limits to their breaking point.

quantumEDGE invested in RadianX to unlock the decentralized energy paradigm. RadianX transforms ordinary structural surfaces into active, self-sustaining power generators. By delivering record-breaking efficiency with uncompromising safety, RadianX is providing the ultimate power layer for the 21st-century hardware ecosystem.

RadianX's core technical breakthrough is an ultra-light, conformal perovskite 11-layer architecture that captures diffuse, shaded, and artificial light with extraordinary efficiency. While standard perovskites struggle with interfacial degradation, RadianX utilizes an anchored, pyrene-based self-assembled monolayer that eliminates unstable mixed-valence layers to yield ultra-smooth, highly durable interfaces. Their transparent, "Scotch-tape-like" encapsulation matrix is chemically active with phosphonic-acid chelators that capture more than 99.9% of potential lead leakage under physical damage. This ensures extreme safety and durability, validated by a certified 27.3% Power Conversion Efficiency in outdoor conditions, up to 40% indoors, and module-level world records on massive panel formats.

The company is spearheaded by deeptech operators and material scientists Vivian Qu (successfully exited nanomaterials startup) and Josh Douglas (ex-Apple & SandboxAQ) combining deep perovskite research with hardware commercialization expertise. Their agile manufacturing model has allowed rapid transition from lab to commercial without booking massive capital expenditure, while securing a $3M non-dilutive infrastructure commitment from Hong Kong based Tier-1 OEM PUT. RadianX is backed by SOSV, Twynam and Tiger Hu, and is shipping integrated power systems for rugged electronics and high-volume IoT sensor deployments, executing commercial building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) rollouts.

For the GCC, as giga-projects and autonomous infrastructure redefine the urban landscape, continuous and reliable energy at the edge is vital. RadianX’s scalable energy skins bridge the gap between extreme environments and high-performance electronics, eliminating the maintenance overhead of battery replacements. RadianX is not just extending battery life; they are securing the foundation for a fully autonomous, self-powered future.

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