Bert Thin Films, LLC
Copper paste (CuBert) for solar panel manufacturing as a silver paste substitute
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- LOUISVILLE, KY
- Founded
- 2014
- Latest Form D
- $1.2M, Mar 2024
- Total capital
- $4.1M
- Federal grants
- $975K
- 2 awards · 2015–2017
- Rank in peer group#51 of 53
- Private capital raised
- $3.2M
- 3 Form D · last Mar 2024
- 32 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$1.0M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.0M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Low Cost Copper Contacts with Built in Barriers for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells$750K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Low Cost Copper Contacts with Built in Barriers for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells$225K
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.
Federal first
51months
from Bert Thin Films, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jan 2015
- NSF · $225K
- First Form D · Mar 2019
- $1.0M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
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Standing among 53 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Ruvini DharmadasaResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $975K in grants as PI
- Ben StreepeyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Bill HamanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Karen DruffelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Malcolm AbbottDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ted CaposselaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Ted CapposelaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thad DruffelExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William HamanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingPastes For Solar Cells, Solar Cells, And Methods Of Making SameUSPTOApplication PCTUS2020064514
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- 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
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; 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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