MERIDIAN BIOTECH, LLC
Standardized reference diets for zebrafish containing microbial-based single cell protein
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- THE WOODLANDS, TX
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $2.2M offered, Sep 2020
- Total capital
- $4.8M
- Federal grants
- $2.5M
- 3 awards · 2018–2024
- Rank in peer group#7 of 160
- Private capital raised
- $2.2M
- 2 Form D · last Sep 2020
- 73 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
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Development and Production of Standardized Reference Diets for Zebrafish Research$909K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Development and Production of Standardized Reference Diets for Zebrafish Research$1.3M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.2M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.7M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Development and Production of Standardized Reference Diets for Zebrafish Research$341K
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
5months
from MERIDIAN BIOTECH, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 2018
- Health and Human S · $341K
- First Form D · Feb 2019
- $1.7M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 160 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Material
- Federal grants#7 · top 4%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Ann-Marie CoraceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brandon CoraceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brian MinishDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dave SovereignExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Don CoraceExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Erik CoraceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Tom HighExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed 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 · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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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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