HELICON CORP
Graded perovskite surface coatings on high-temperature metal alloys using reactive thin-film fabrication to resist corrosion in molten chloride salts
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- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- Tucson, AZ
- Founded
- 2025
- Latest Form D
- $20K, Apr 2026
- Total capital
- $220K
- Federal grants
- $200K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#83 of 123
- Private capital raised
- $20K
- 1 Form D · last Apr 2026
- 6 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
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$20K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Graded Surface Modification Of Alloys For Containment Of Chloride Molten Salts.$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
70months
from HELICON CORP’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jun 2020
- Energy · $200K
- First Form D · Apr 2026
- $20K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 123 peers
Line = medianMaterials · Material
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Christopher Douglas BrownExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John Christian DoloresExecutive OfficerNamed 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 · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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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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