LAKRIL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Catalysts and process technology for acrylic manufacturing
- Sector
- Clean tech
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $30K, Jun 2026
- Total capital
- $4.6M
- Federal grants
- $1.7M
- 6 awards · 2022–2025
- Rank in peer group#3 of 26
- Private capital raised
- $2.9M
- 3 Form D · last Jun 2026
- 5 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 · 3rd filing$30K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$1
- Federal grantAgriculture · Låkril Technologies Responds To Topic Area 8.8, Biofuels And Biobased Products Under The Research Priority For New Processes For Manufacture Of Industrial Products, Chemicals, Or Biofuels. Our Lactic-to-acrylic Technology Helps Decarbonize Industrial Chemicals By Providing A Drop-in Bio-based Acrylic Acid And Acrylates At Cost Parity To TODAY'S Petrochemical Acrylics While Providing > 85% Reduction In CO2 Emissions (energy Efficiency / Renewable Energy). We Also Address Agricultural$180K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.9M
- Federal grantAgriculture · ** Awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** The United States Needs To Shift From Petroleum Based Chemicals To A Drop-in Sustainable And Biobased Alternative At The Lowest Possible Cost By 2030. Our Lactic-to-acrylic Technology Connects Rural Agricultural Value Chains To The Urban Chemicals Value Chains And Provides Drop-in Bio-based Acrylic Acid And Acrylates At Cost Parit$650K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Non-Oxidative Regeneration Processes for Na-FAU based catalysts for Decarbonization of the Acrylic Acid Industry through Biomanufacturing$207K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I:Effect of Alcohol Concentration on Lactic to Acrylic Selectivity and Deactivation Rate over Na-FAU Zeolite Catalysts$256K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantAgriculture · Låkril Technologies Is Developing New Processes For Manufacture Of Bio-based Industrial Chemicals. Our Lactic-to-acrylic Technology Provides Corn-derived Drop-in Bio-based Acrylic Acid And Acrylates At Cost Parity To TODAY'S Petrochemical Acrylics While Providing At Least 35% Reduction In CO2 Emissions And Increasing Economic Competitiveness In Global Markets Through New Industrial Uses For The US' Largest Crop. Once Commercialized, Our Process Technology Will Be Constructed And Pr$175K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Potassium Exchanged FAU Zeolites for Improved Lactic to Acrylic Selectivity and Deactivation Rate for Decarbonization of the Acrylic Acid Industry$207K
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Federal first
29months
from LAKRIL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jun 2022
- Energy · $207K
- First Form D · Dec 2024
- $2.9M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 5 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 26 peers
Line = medianClean tech · Material
- Federal grants#3 · top 12%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Christopher NicholasResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $463K in grants as PI
- Andy ShaferDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Justin BrownExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lisa DufresneDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mel LuetkensDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Neal GuttersonDirectorNamed 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 · 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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