AquaMetals, LLC
Closed-loop aqueous metals recycling process for battery material production
- Sector
- Clean tech
- Headquarters
- ALAMEDA, CA
- Founded
- 2014
- Latest Form D
- $15.1M, May 2016
- Total capital
- $15.8M
- Federal grants
- $693K
- 1 award · 2018
- Rank in peer group#23 of 37
- Private capital raised
- $15.1M
- 2 Form D · last May 2016
- 125 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 1 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#8 of 37
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Employing a New Class of Chemosensors for Continuous, Real-Time Measurement of Heavy Metals in Wastewater$693K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$15.1M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$4.5M
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Standing among 37 peers
Line = medianClean tech · Instrument
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#8 · top 22%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Mark L. SladeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Selwyn R. MouldExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephen R. Clarke, Dr.Executive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephen R. CottonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas R. MurphyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Vincent L. DiVitoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 2- New patentSystems And Methods For Direct Oxide ProductionUSPTOUS 12,747,511
- PendingSensor Dyes For Real-time Sensing Of Metal Ions In Aqueous EnvironmentsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2016057182
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Regulatory activity · Clean tech
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Chlormequat Chloride; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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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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