LumiShield Technologies Incorporated
Aqueous aluminum electroplating process for anti-corrosion coatings
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- PITTSBURGH, PA
- Founded
- 2014
- Latest Form D
- $500K, Jul 2019
- Total capital
- $2M
- Federal grants
- $1M
- 3 awards · 2016–2017
- 3.0× sector median 1 award
- Private capital raised
- $825K
- 2 Form D · last Jul 2019
- 87 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $99K
- 2 awards · Defense
- Rank in Materials#259 of 1258
- Granted patents
- 1
- 4 pending · first 2021
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I / Cost-effective, Sustainable Repairs For Painted Aluminum Surfaces.$50K
- Federal contractDefense · Ultra-adherent Metal Treatments For Air Force Corrosion Challenges$50K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$500K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low Hydrogen Embrittlement Brush Plated Aluminum-based Coatings$150K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: A Cost-effective, Environmentally-responsible Alternative to Toxic Metal Coatings$741K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$325K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: The LumiShield Process: A Cost-effective, Environmentally-responsible Alternative to Chromium Plating$150K
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Federal first
8months
from LumiShield Technologies Incorporated’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jan 2016
- NSF · $150K
- First Form D · Aug 2016
- $325K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing in Materials · 1258 companies
Line = median- Federal contracts#259 · top 21%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Hunaid B. NulwalaResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 1 patent · $891K in grants as PI
- Luebke R. DavidResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $150K in grants as PI
- Brett L. LuebkeExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew L. BootmanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stanko L. BrankovicDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 5- PendingMethods and Compositions for Improved Adherence of Organic Coatings to MaterialsUSPTOApplication 17427345
- GrantedMethods and Compositions For Electrochemical Deposition of Metal Rich Layers In Aqueous SolutionsUSPTOUS 11,111,591
- PendingElectrochemical Deposition of Elements in Aqueous MediaUSPTOApplication 16074346
Show all 5 patent records
- Methods and Compositions for Improved Adherence of Organic Coatings to MaterialsApr 28, 2022 · Application 17427345Pending
- Methods and Compositions For Electrochemical Deposition of Metal Rich Layers In Aqueous SolutionsSep 7, 2021 · US 11,111,591Granted
- Electrochemical Deposition of Elements in Aqueous MediaAug 22, 2019 · Application 16074346Pending
- Methods And Compositions For Improved Adherence Of Organic Coatings To MaterialsApplication PCTUS2020016356Pending
- Methods And Compositions For Electrochemical Deposition Of Metal Rich Layers In Aqueous SolutionsApplication PCTUS2018035577Pending
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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.
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Data freshness
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