EMERGY LLC

Boulder, CO · Founded 2014 · Agritech · Still private

Energy and sustainability consulting services for building systems optimization

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · emergy.global

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: Boulder, CO
Founded: 2014
Latest Form D: $222M, May 2024
Total capital: $459M

Federal grants: $1.1M; 3 awards · 2018–2019; Rank in peer group#18 of 20
Private capital raised: $457M; 6 Form D · last May 2024; 30 months since last filing
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

May 2024Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$222M
Aug 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$151M
Jul 2021Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$50M
Sep 2020Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$28.2M
May 2020Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.4M
Aug 2019Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Sustainable alternative protein cultivation from fungal mycelium for human consumption$750K
Apr 2019Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3.8M

Show 2 earlier federal awards

Jul 2018Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Sustainable Biofabrication of Next Generation Materials for High Performance Water Filtration$221K
Jul 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Industrial Process Optimization of High-Value Byproducts from Novel Fungi-Based Food and Beverage Wastewater Treatment Technology$112K

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

10months

from EMERGY LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Jul 2018: Energy · $112K
First Form D · Apr 2019: $3.8M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 2 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 20 peers

Line = median

Agritech · Material

Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Justin WhiteleyResearcherDirectorLinked by $1.1M in grants as PI
Fazeela RashidDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
JOSHUA POSAMENTIERDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Katrin BurtDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
LUCAS MANNDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Mark CuptaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

Show all 11 people

Phil GravesExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Rose MarcanoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Rose MarcarioDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Timothy ThomsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Tyler HugginsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed 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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Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding 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
11 Jun 2026Assistance 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.

How to read this page

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.