ENSPIRED SOLUTIONS INC.
Micelle-accelerated photoactivated reductive defluorination (PRD) reactor system for PFAS destruction and ion exchange resin regeneration
- Sector
- Clean tech
- Headquarters
- LAINGSBURG, MI
- Founded
- 2023
- Latest Form D
- $1.2M, Apr 2023
- Total capital
- $3.1M
- Federal grants
- $179K
- 1 award · 2024
- Rank in peer group#49 of 59
- Private capital raised
- $1.2M
- 1 Form D · last Apr 2023
- 42 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1.7M
- 3 awards · Defense
- Rank in Clean tech#48 of 914
- Granted patents
- 0
- 2 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · BAA-EL-2025-0015 Demonstrate Destruction Of Aqueous File Forming Foam (afff) At Commercial Scale With Photoactivated Reductive Defluorination Technology$218K
- Federal contractDefense · Estcp ER23-8436 (follow On To ER21-7569) Field Implementation Of Photoactivated Reductive Defluorination Pfas Destruction$1.2M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Advanced Water Treatment System for On-Site PFAS Capture and Destruction$179K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.2M
- Federal contractDefense · Estcp Project ER21-7569$321K
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Federal first
12months
from ENSPIRED SOLUTIONS INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Apr 2022
- Defense · $321K
- First Form D · Apr 2023
- $1.2M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 59 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Meng WangResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $179K in grants as PI
- Denise KayExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeff WesleyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Laurie ParsonsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 2- PendingSystem And Methods For Photoactivated Reductive Defluorination Of Pfas In A SampleUSPTOApplication 19305388
- PendingSystems And Methods For Photoactivated Reductive Defluorination Of Pfas In A SampleUSPTOApplication PCTUS2025042975
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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