LIVING INK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Algae Black, a renewable pigment derived from waste algae biomass that replaces petroleum-derived carbon black in inks and coatings
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- Berthoud, CO
- Latest Form D
- $4.9M, Mar 2025
- Total capital
- $7.7M
- Federal grants
- $2.8M
- 3 awards · 2016–2023
- Rank in peer group#62 of 84
- Private capital raised
- $4.9M
- 1 Form D · last Mar 2025
- 20 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$4.9M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Process and material refinement for increased efficiency and reduced costs of goods sold to bring novel domestic algae biomass to consumers within the pigment and ink markets$1.1M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Engineering novel pigmented cyanobacteria for the use in the ink, printing and colorant industries$1.4M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Engineering novel pigmented cyanobacteria for the use in the ink, printing and colorant industries$225K
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Federal first
99months
from LIVING INK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Dec 2016
- NSF · $225K
- First Form D · Mar 2025
- $4.9M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 3 awards
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Standing among 84 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Scott FulbrightResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $1.6M in grants as PI
- Jacob RoodmanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James SapanskiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter BradleyDirectorNamed 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
Related companies, and why
- Living Ink Technologies, LLCShares a founder: Scott P Fulbright
- Abeam Technologies Inc.Similar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
- Terracent MaterialsSimilar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
- BLACKSAND TECHNOLOGY LLCSimilar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
- CORSAIR INNOVATIONS INCSimilar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
- EM-TECH INCSimilar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
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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