LEAP PHOTOVOLTAICS INC.
Crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar cells manufactured via additive manufacturing processes without silicon wafers
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2020
- Latest Form D
- $300K, Dec 2022
- Total capital
- $556K
- Federal grants
- $256K
- 1 award · 2023
- Rank in peer group#15 of 28
- Private capital raised
- $300K
- 1 Form D · last Dec 2022
- 46 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 2 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#8 of 28
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I:Low-cost Domestic Additive Manufacturing for Silicon Solar Cells$256K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$300K
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Standing among 28 peers
Line = medianEnergy · Material
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#8 · top 29%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- DAVID BERNEY NEEDLEMANExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- MATIAS MACHADOExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 3- GrantedMethods And Systems For Photovoltaic Devices Using Silicon ParticlesUSPTOUS 12,218,265
- PendingMethods And Systems For Photovoltaic Devices Using Silicon ParticlesUSPTOApplication PCTUS2022043245
- PendingMethods And Systems For Photovoltaic Devices Using Silicon ParticlesUSPTOApplication 63242960
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- 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
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; 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.
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Data freshness
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