CACTUS MATERIALS, INC.
Radiation-hardened Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs) with fine-pitch electrodes and 5D tracking capability
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Tempe, AZ
- Latest Form D
- $2.8M, Apr 2024
- Total capital
- $5.7M
- Federal grants
- $2.9M
- 5 awards · 2020–2022
- Rank in peer group#49 of 72
- Private capital raised
- $2.8M
- 1 Form D · last Apr 2024
- 31 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 7 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#33 of 72
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.8M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Radiation hardened double sided Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) with small pixel readout for 5D tracking$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Novel heavy ion focal plane detectors$200K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Radiation hardened double sided Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) with small pixel readout for 5D tracking$200K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · A New Approach to Achieving High Granularity in Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A New Approach to Achieving High Granularity in Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors$200K
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
49months
from CACTUS MATERIALS, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Feb 2020
- Energy · $200K
- First Form D · Apr 2024
- $2.8M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 5 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 72 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#33 · top 46%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Mohammed Rafiqul IslamResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $2.9M in grants as PI
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 8- GrantedMultijunction Solar Cells And Multicolor Photodetectors Having An Integrated Edge FilterUSPTOUS 12,191,410
- PendingMethod For Manufacturing Deep-junction Low-gain Avalanche Detectors And Associated Semiconductor SubstratesUSPTOApplication 18282446
- PendingPassivated Silver Nanoparticle Coatings And Methods Of Making The SameUSPTOApplication 18000587
Show all 8 patent records
- Multijunction Solar Cells And Multicolor Photodetectors Having An Integrated Edge FilterJan 7, 2025 · US 12,191,410Granted
- Method For Manufacturing Deep-junction Low-gain Avalanche Detectors And Associated Semiconductor SubstratesJun 6, 2024 · Application 18282446Pending
- Passivated Silver Nanoparticle Coatings And Methods Of Making The SameJul 6, 2023 · Application 18000587Pending
- Control Of Vcsel Spatial Modes And Output BeamMar 3, 2022 · Application 17423459Pending
- Method For Manufacturing Deep-junction Low-gain Avalanche Detectors And Associated Semiconductor SubstratesApplication PCTUS2022020902Pending
- Passivated Silver Nanoparticle Coatings And Methods Of Making The SameApplication PCTUS2021035410Pending
- System And Method For Radiation-hardened Engineered Substrates For Time And Space ResolutionApplication PCTUS2022031263Pending
- Passivated Silver Nanoparticle Coatings And Methods Of Making The SameApplication 63035355Pending
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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