LUCIGEN CORPORATION
Molecular biology reagents and components for oligonucleotide synthesis and genomic analysis
- Sector
- Biotech
- Headquarters
- MIDDLETON, WI
- Latest Form D
- $1.9M, Jan 2015
- Total capital
- $8.6M
- Federal grants
- $5.6M
- 13 awards · 2013–2017
- Rank in peer group#131 of 514
- Private capital raised
- $1.9M
- 2 Form D · last Jan 2015
- 141 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $994K
- 18 awards · Agriculture, Health and Human S, Defense
- Rank in Biotech#191 of 4373
- Granted patents
- 3
- 11 pending · first 2016
- Rank in peer group#109 of 514
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractAgriculture · Dna Isolation And Whole Genome Sequencing Of Mango Germplasm.$75K
- Federal contractDefense · Whole Genome And Metagenomics Lab Svcs$161K
- Federal contractDefense · Whole Genome And Metagenomics Sequencing Project$82K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Fragment Library Service (frag)$141K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Tools for Exceptional Overexpression and Structural Stabilization of Membrane Proteins in Mammalian Cells$323K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Rapid and Simple Device for Point-of-Care Molecular Detection of Arboviruses$225K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Integrated biochemical and bioinformatic technologies for accurate transcriptome-wide full-length RNA assembly.$347K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$1.9M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.1M
Show 24 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Mini Chromosome and Fluorescent Proteins for Expression of Protein Complexes$767K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Expression Enhanced Natural Product Pathways Using Advanced Metagenomic Tools$348K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Tools for Exceptional Overexpression and Structural Stabilization of Membrane Proteins in Mammalian Cells$649K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Klein-map Parental And F1 Hybrid Rnaseq Data To Appropriate Genomes$4K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · A Microfluidic System for POC Molecular Diagnosis of HPV in Oral Fluids$225K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Integrated biochemical and bioinformatic technologies for accurate transcriptome-wide full-length RNA assembly.$5K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Integrated biochemical and bioinformatic technologies for accurate transcriptome-wide full-length RNA assembly.$350K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Igf::ct::igf 384 Fosmid Clones Of Sorghum Mitochondrial Dna Picked And Arrayed$20K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Mini Chromosome and Fluorescent Proteins for Expression of Protein Complexes$1.5M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Expression Enhanced Natural Product Pathways Using Advanced Metagenomic Tools$350K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Molecular Diagnostic Device For Penside Detection Of Viral Pathogens Associated With Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex$450K
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · Igf::ot::igf SBIR 2014 Phase 1, Topic 19$150K
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · Igf::ot::igf$149K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Igf::ct::igf Clone Free Library Service To Include A 8 Kb Nxseq Ngs Library, Ayalysis, Etc.$18K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Igf::ot::igf Custom True Mate Pair Ngs Library Service For 3KB, 8KB, And 20KB Libraries, Per Quote #CS182-61314$28K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Rapid Field-appropriate Diagnostics For Detection Of Viral Pathogens Associated With Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex$100K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Bac Library, Screening For 128,640 Dna Clones Igf::ot::igf$63K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Create 4 X (1 Superpool + 12 Platepools + 24 Rowpools + 16 Column Pools)of The Bac Library Of 27,648 Xlonwa (1/2 Of Bac Library Previously Created By Lucigen Corp.).$6K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Bac Superpooling Dna$6K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Genomic Bac Libraries H&m$22K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Bac (baterial Artificial Chromosome) Library (collection Of Dna Fragments); Plate Library & Bac Clones; Copy Of Bac Library$21K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Random Shear Bac Library$15K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Rice Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library$11K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Random Sheared Bac Library$25K
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
55months
from LUCIGEN CORPORATION’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 2007
- Agriculture · $25K
- First Form D · Apr 2012
- $1.1M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 7 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 514 peers
Line = medianBiotech · Molecule
- Federal grants#131 · top 25%
- Granted patents#109 · top 21%
- Linked publications#79 · top 15%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Andrew ShragoExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Christopher FortuneDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David MeadExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeffrey WilliamsExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Julie MeadDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ralph KautenExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
- Timothy KinocekDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Timothy KonicekDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 3 granted of 14- GrantedSample Collection And Analysis DevicesUSPTOUS 10,093,918
- GrantedLinear Vectors, Host Cells And Cloning MethodsUSPTOUS 9,765,343
- PendingMolecular Detection Of RnaUSPTOApplication 15166497
Show all 14 patent records
- Sample Collection And Analysis DevicesOct 9, 2018 · US 10,093,918Granted
- Linear Vectors, Host Cells And Cloning MethodsSep 19, 2017 · US 9,765,343Granted
- Molecular Detection Of RnaDec 1, 2016 · Application 15166497Pending
- LUCIGEN YELLOW (LucY), A YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINAug 11, 2016 · Application 15138362Pending
- LUCIGEN YELLOW (LucY), A YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINMay 31, 2016 · US 9,354,175Granted
- Sample Collection And Analysis DevicesApplication 62007544Pending
- Rna-and Dna-copying EnzymesApplication PCTUS2010023233Pending
- Linear Vectors, Host Cells And Cloning MethodsApplication PCTUS2007060500Pending
- Modification Of Dna Polymerases For In Vitro ApplicationsApplication PCTUS2017040994Pending
- Thermostable Viral Polymerases And Methods Of UseApplication PCTUS2006039406Pending
- Molecular Detection Of RnaApplication PCTUS2016034551Pending
- Sample Collection And Analysis DevicesApplication PCTUS2015034015Pending
- Molecular Detection Of CellsApplication 62167483Pending
- Lucigen Yellow (lucy), A Yellow Fluorescent ProteinApplication PCTUS2015010770Pending
Recent research by its founders
- Molecular Diagnostic Field Test for Point-of-Care Detection of Ebola Virus Directly From Blood201635 cites
- SMRT Sequencing of Long Tandem Nucleotide Repeats in SCA10 Reveals Unique Insight of Repeat Expansion Structure201568 cites
- Functional Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors Assembled from Concatenated Homo- and Heteromeric Subunits201344 cites
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Regulatory activity · Biotech
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- Medical Devices; General Hospital and Personal Use Devices; Classification of the Infant Supine Sleep SystemFood and Drug Administration
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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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