Algal Scientific Corp
Aeroponics system for cultivating nutrient-dense sea vegetables at scale
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- PLYMOUTH, MI
- Founded
- 2009
- Latest Form D
- $600K, Jul 2016
- Total capital
- $7.7M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $7.6M
- 4 Form D · last Jul 2016
- 123 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $80K
- 1 award · Environmental Prot
- Rank in Agritech#73 of 882
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$600K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$6.8M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$50K
- Federal contractEnvironmental Prot · SBIR Phase I Algal Scientific Corporation$80K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$190K
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.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Geoffrey HorstExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- George Paul HorstExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James S. ZhangDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeffrey Paul LeBrunExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John Paul RiceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John TuckerExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
- Mark S. RedshawDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael GruberDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert Paul BucklerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sanford Paul AaronDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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- PACIFIC BIODIESEL TECHNOLOGIES LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $61K in contracts
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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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Data freshness
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