5Metis, Inc.
Novel fungicide molecules with new modes of action for agricultural fungal disease control
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- DURHAM, NC
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $250K, May 2025
- Total capital
- $11.6M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $11.6M
- 4 Form D · last May 2025
- 17 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 3
- 14 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#8 of 73
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$250K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$9.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$600K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 73 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Granted patents#8 · top 11%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Brian GreenExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Cindy SmithDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel L.K. KittleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John L.K AtkinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lucy L.K. Dr. ShapiroDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard L.K. GianniExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Rich L.K. GianniExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Roger L.K. KembleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Steven L.K TuttleExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Yogesh L.K MagoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 3 granted of 17- GrantedSolid Forms of Substituted Benzoxaborole and Compositions ThereofUSPTOUS 12,098,159
- GrantedBenzoxaborole Compounds And Formulations ThereofUSPTOUS 11,834,466
- GrantedSolid Forms Of Substituted Benzoxaborole And Compositions ThereofUSPTOUS 11,560,393
Show all 17 patent records
- Solid Forms of Substituted Benzoxaborole and Compositions ThereofSep 24, 2024 · US 12,098,159Granted
- Benzoxaborole Compounds And Formulations ThereofDec 5, 2023 · US 11,834,466Granted
- Solid Forms Of Substituted Benzoxaborole And Compositions ThereofJan 24, 2023 · US 11,560,393Granted
- Flow Reaction Process For Manufacture Of Boron-containing AgrochemicalsSep 1, 2022 · Application 17631741Pending
- Benzoxaborole Compositions Having A Growth Enhancing EffectFeb 4, 2021 · Application 16966688Pending
- Combinatorial Compositions of Benzoxaboroles and Biologic AgentsMay 30, 2019 · Application 16205416Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication 63442095Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication PCTUS2021046260Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication PCTUS2021045225Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication 63148758Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication 19151732Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication 19150962Pending
- Echinocandin-like And Boron-containing Echinocandin Compounds And Their Use As Agrochemical FungicidesApplication PCTUS2025028549Pending
- Echinocandin-like And Boron-containing Echinocandin Compounds And Their Use As Agrochemical FungicidesApplication 63645732Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication PCTUS2024013457Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication PCTUS2024011703Pending
- Boron Containing Compounds And Their UsesApplication 63442068Pending
Related companies, and why
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- Farmshelf CorpSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Pebble Labs Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Verdant Robotics, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Telesense, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Vertical Harvest, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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