Enko Chem, Inc.
AI-driven discovery platform using DNA-encoded libraries and machine learning to identify novel agrochemical compounds for crop protection
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Mystic, CT
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $59.1M, Jul 2022
- Total capital
- $106M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $106M
- 4 Form D · last Jul 2022
- 51 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 4
- 27 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#12 of 52
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$59.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$39.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$7.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$400
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.
Standing among 52 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Granted patents#12 · top 23%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- David JonesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David WurzerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- JACQUELINE HEARDExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Marijn DekkersDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Noor ShakerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- PHILIP AUSTINDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
- Shahram EbadollahiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SPENCER MAUGHANDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Steffen HelmlingDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas MeadeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 31- GrantedProtoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsUSPTOUS 12,637,438
- PendingProtoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsUSPTOApplication 19185050
- GrantedProtoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsUSPTOUS 12,302,900
Show all 31 patent records
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsMay 26, 2026 · US 12,637,438Granted
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsMar 12, 2026 · Application 19185050Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsMay 20, 2025 · US 12,302,900Granted
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsMar 13, 2025 · Application 18727309Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsFeb 6, 2024 · US 11,889,833Granted
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsNov 28, 2023 · US 11,827,610Granted
- Process For Manufacturing 6-PERFLUOROPHENYL BenzoxazinonesApplication 63502346Pending
- Process For Manufacturing 6-PERFLUOROPHENYL BenzoxazinonesApplication 63502350Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63490102Pending
- Herbicidal Compositions Comprising Combination Of Agents, And Methods For Controlling WeedsApplication 63452033Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63490097Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63452040Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63451992Pending
- Fluorinated Phenyl Analogs And Methods Of Using ThereofApplication 63490163Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63452027Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication PCTUS2023060450Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication PCTUS2023060448Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication PCTUS2022076458Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63400365Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63299866Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63299862Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 63299855Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitorsApplication 63244586Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication 19165086Pending
- Process For Manufacturing 6-PERFLUOROPHENYL BenzoxazinonesApplication PCTUS2025053818Pending
- Process For Manufacturing 6-PERFLUOROPHENYL BenzoxazinonesApplication 19484262Pending
- Herbicidal Composition And Method For Controlling WeedsApplication 19165087Pending
- Process For Manufacturing 6-PERFLUOROPHENYL BenzoxazinonesApplication 63715915Pending
- Process For Manufacturing 6-PERFLUOROPHENYL BenzoxazinonesApplication PCTUS2024029309Pending
- Herbicidal Composition And Method For Controlling WeedsApplication PCTUS2024019775Pending
- Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase InhibitorsApplication PCTUS2024019767Pending
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Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding 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
- Assistance 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.
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