MYRIAS OPTICS INC
Advanced flat optical components (metalenses and AR waveguides) manufactured via proprietary nanoimprint lithography
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- AMHERST, MA
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $2.1M, Mar 2026
- Total capital
- $6.7M
- Federal grants
- $1.6M
- 1 award · 2025
- Rank in peer group#41 of 141
- Private capital raised
- $5.1M
- 2 Form D · last Mar 2026
- 7 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 · 2nd filing$2.1M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Fast-Track: Advanced Manufacturing of All-inorganic Polarization Controlled Metasurfaces for Enabling Next Generation Full-Stokes Imaging Cameras$1.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3M
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Standing among 141 peers
Line = medianMaterials · Material
- Federal grants#41 · top 29%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- James J. WatkinsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John Joseph FijolExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Myron Joseph KassarabaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Patrick J. TanExecutive Officer, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stuart Joseph NixdorffDirectorNamed 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 · 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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