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KAPTEYN-MURNANE LABORATORIES, INC

BOULDER, CO · Defense · Private

High-energy, high-repetition-rate 2 micrometer wavelength ultrafast laser systems based on Ho-doped solid-state gain media

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
BOULDER, CO
Latest Form D
$475K offered, May 2023
Total capital
$22.3M
Federal grants
$5.9M
11 awards · 2015–2026
Rank in peer group#61 of 164
Private capital raised
$5.5M
3 Form D · last May 2023
41 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$10.9M
37 awards · Defense, Commerce
Rank in Defense#379 of 1442
Granted patents
3
5 pending · first 2021
Rank in peer group#50 of 164

Capital timeline

20082012201620202024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $22.8M2008: $100K across 1 contract2009: $974K across 4 contracts2010: $1.2M across 4 contracts2011: $32K across 1 contract2012: $132K across 2 contracts2013: $272K across 3 contracts2014: $861K across 3 contracts2015: $1.1M across 2 grants2016: $1.2M across 5 contracts$1.2M2017: $155K across 1 grant · $1.5M across 2 contracts$1.7M2018: $1M across 1 grant · $1M across 1 contract$2M2019: $1.5M across 1 grant · $1M across 2 contracts$2.5M2020: $200K across 1 grant · $15K across 1 contract2021: $1.3M across 2 grants$1.3M2022: $200K across 1 grant2023: $200K across 1 grant · $1.5M across 2 contracts$1.7M2025: $643K across 2 contracts2026: $250K across 1 grant · $427K across 3 contracts1st Form D$5.5M2nd Form D$8K3rd Form D$475K
20082012201620202024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $22.8M2008: $100K across 1 contract2009: $974K across 4 contracts2010: $1.2M across 4 contracts2011: $32K across 1 contract2012: $132K across 2 contracts2013: $272K across 3 contracts2014: $861K across 3 contracts2015: $1.1M across 2 grants2016: $1.2M across 5 contracts2017: $155K across 1 grant · $1.5M across 2 contracts2018: $1M across 1 grant · $1M across 1 contract$2M2019: $1.5M across 1 grant · $1M across 2 contracts$2.5M2020: $200K across 1 grant · $15K across 1 contract2021: $1.3M across 2 grants2022: $200K across 1 grant2023: $200K across 1 grant · $1.5M across 2 contracts$1.7M2025: $643K across 2 contracts2026: $250K across 1 grant · $427K across 3 contracts1st Form D$5.5M2nd Form D$8K3rd Form D$475K

Latest events

  • Federal contractCommerce · OU03-FY26-170-NEW Chips Maintenance For Kmlabs Euv Hhg Laser System$86K
  • Federal contractCommerce · OU03-FY26-064-NEW - Infrared Rejector Mirror Pair With Ion Plasma Cleaner And Filter Wheel$91K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research On Tunable Vacuum-ultraviolet (vuv) Laser Source, Topic No. OSD25D-001$250K
  • Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research On Tunable Vacuum-ultraviolet (vuv) Laser Source, Topic No. OSD25D-001$250K
  • Federal contractCommerce · OU03-25-NEW-189CHIPS R&d 10 Vuv Light Source$597K
  • Federal contractCommerce · OU03-25-NEW-119 Oscillator Pump Laser$46K
  • Federal contractDefense · Halcyon Prime - 5$287K
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$475K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$8K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$5.5M
Show 40 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractCommerce · Table Top Vacuum & Extreme Ultra Violet Source$1.2M
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Technology for ultrafast lasers at 2-µm wavelength$200K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Robust and Compact Ultrafast mid-IR Laser Technology for Driving Secondary Sources$200K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Kilohertz Laser Plasma Acceleration and Inverse Compton Scattering Light Source$1.1M
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Spatio-temporally shaped deep UV laser source for ultrabright photocathodes using novel upconversion techniques$200K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Novel High Peak- and Average-power Ultrafast Lasers Using Parametric Beam Combination of Fiber Lasers$200K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Xuus Beamline Rejector Module Parts$15K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Ultrafast, Amplified, Pulse It Sapphire Laser, Operating In The Near-infrared At Roughly 800 Nm, Abbreviated Herein As The IR Laser$971K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Wavelength-Agile Real Time Tabletop X-ray Nanoscope based on High Harmonic Beams$1.5M
  • Federal contractCommerce · Extended Warranty On The Ultraviolet Coherent Light Sources Per (SB1341-16-SU-0065).$73K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Sub-diffraction illumination source for Saturated Transient Absorption Microscopy$1M
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II Research And Development$1M
  • Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Maintenance And Urgent Repair Agreement For Kapteyn-murnane Wyvern 500 Laser Amplifier$8K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Defense Acquisition Research Project Agency Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II Entitled, "technologies For Nanoscale Imaging Using Coherent Extreme Ultraviolet And Soft X-ray Light"$1.5M
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Sub-diffraction illumination source for Saturated Transient Absorption Microscopy$155K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Maintenance And Urgent Repair Support For Kapteyn-murnane Wyvern 500 Laser Amplifier$20K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Generation Of High Rep-rate/high Average Power Uspl Sources$149K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIRSOL2016.1 Igf::ct::igf$150K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Ultraviolet Coherent Light Source With Accessory Parts.$772K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Darpa STTR Phase I Effort Entitled, "real Time Tabletop X-ray Nanoscope Based On High Harmonic Light Sources"$144K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Tunable Narrow-Band High Harmonic Beamline Optimized for Ultrafast Soft X-Ray Photoemission and Imaging$995K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Micromachining hard materials for waveguides that can be coated and used at high pressures for HHG (Title on abstract and summary is "Micromachined Hardened Waveguides for High Harmonic Generation (HHG)")$149K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Pockels Cell Drivers$28K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Optical Parametric Amplifier$83K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf STTR Phase II " Technologies For Nanoscale Imaging Using Coherent Extreme Ultraviolet And Soft X-ray Light"$750K
  • Federal contractCommerce · High Rep Rate Ultrafast Pulsed Laser Amplifier$247K
  • Federal contractDefense · Pockels Cell Driver And A Pair Of Polarizers.$15K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Replacement Laser Mirrors$11K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Purchase A Pulsed Laser$32K
  • Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I$100K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Purchased A Pulsed Laser$32K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ultrafast Laser System For Drilling$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$70K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Medium Repitition Rate Amplifier Laser System$360K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Cascade Laser$3K
  • Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase 2) Massively Parallel Micromachining With Ultrafast Lasers$748K
  • Federal contractDefense · GRIFFIN-5 Ultra Short Pulse$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · AF083-101; SBIR I; Ultrafast Laser System$99K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Ultrafast Ti:sapphire Laser System$52K
  • Federal contractDefense · (STTR PHASE1 FY08) Massively Parallel Micromachining With Ultrafast Lasers$100K

Federal awards are summed by year (47 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

1 record has no date or no amount, so it isn’t placed on the timeline.

Federal first

83months

from KAPTEYN-MURNANE LABORATORIES, INC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Nov 2008
Defense · $100K
First Form D · Oct 2015
$5.5M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
20 awards

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Standing among 164 peers

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Defense · Device

  • Federal grants#61 · top 37%
  • Granted patents#50 · top 30%
  • Linked publications#9 · top 5%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants
  • Henry C. KapteynResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent
  • Alex M. AndrianopoulosDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Barbara M. KellerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Carly M. AbrahamsonExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Jackie M. SturmDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Kevin M. FaheyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 9 people
  • Margaret M. MurnaneExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • R.C. M. MercureExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Ryan M. KirkpatrickDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 8
Show all 8 patent records

Recent research by its founders

  • Multi-octave coherent mid-infrared supercontinuum generation out to 11 µm via intra-pulse difference frequency generation in ZGP20242 cites
  • Laser amplifier and method20230 cites
  • Method for optimizing output in ultrashort-pulse multipass laser amplifiers with selective use of a spectral filter20230 cites

Related companies, and why

Regulatory activity · Defense

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Sources

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