Biochar Now, LLC
Biochar produced from pyrolysis of biomass at scale
- Sector
- Clean tech
- Headquarters
- LOVELAND, CO
- Founded
- 2011
- Latest Form D
- $6M offered, Nov 2024
- Total capital
- $728K
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $728K
- 13 Form D · last Nov 2024
- 23 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 13
- 9 pending · first 2017
- Rank in peer group#3 of 50
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 13th filing$6M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 12th filing$6M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 11th filing$5M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 10th filing$5M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 9th filing$4M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 8th filing$4M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 7th filing$4M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 6th filing$4M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 5th filing$1.3M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 4th filing$9.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$228K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$500K
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.3M
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Standing among 50 peers
Line = medianClean tech · Material
- Granted patents#3 · top 6%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- William BeierwaltesResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 1 patent
- James Gerard GaspardExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 13 granted of 22- GrantedLid Assembly For Portable Biochar KilnUSPTOUS 11,135,728
- GrantedBiochar KilnUSPTOUS 10,883,052
- GrantedGripper Assembly For Portable Biochar KilnUSPTOUS 10,751,885
Show all 22 patent records
- Lid Assembly For Portable Biochar KilnOct 5, 2021 · US 11,135,728Granted
- Biochar KilnJan 5, 2021 · US 10,883,052Granted
- Gripper Assembly For Portable Biochar KilnAug 25, 2020 · US 10,751,885Granted
- Managed Biochar KilnJan 7, 2020 · US 10,527,282Granted
- Portable Biochar KilnAug 20, 2019 · US 10,385,274Granted
- Biochar KilnAug 20, 2019 · US 10,385,273Granted
- Controlled Kiln And Manufacturing System For Biochar ProductionAug 6, 2019 · US 10,370,593Granted
- Airflow Control And Heat Recovery In A Managed KilnJun 18, 2019 · US 10,323,845Granted
- Flow Regulation For A Biochar KilnApr 9, 2019 · US 10,253,979Granted
- Exhaust System For A Biochar KilnDec 25, 2018 · US 10,160,911Granted
- Contaminant Removal From Water With Containerized BiocharApr 19, 2018 · Application 15846895Pending
- Airflow Control And Heat Recovery In A Managed KilnMar 15, 2018 · Application 15814166Pending
- Airflow Control And Heat Recovery In A Managed KilnMar 15, 2018 · Application 15814110Pending
- Contaminant Removal From Water Bodies With BiocharJan 30, 2018 · US 9,878,924Granted
- Airflow Control And Heat Recovery In A Managed KilnSep 5, 2017 · US 9,752,078Granted
- Modified Biochar Treatment Media, System and MethodMay 16, 2017 · US 9,650,261Granted
- Modified Biochar For Treatment Of Acid And Mineralized Water And SoilApplication 61712678Pending
- Biochar KilnApplication 62317573Pending
- Contaminant Removal From Water Bodies With BiocharApplication 62113275Pending
- Modified Biochar Treatment Media, System And MethodApplication PCTUS2013064333Pending
- Airflow Control And Heat Recovery In A Managed KilnApplication PCTUS2013030079Pending
- Controlled Kiln And Manufacturing System For Biochar ProductionApplication PCTUS2013025999Pending
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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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