NITRICITY INC.
Plasma-based nitrogen fertilizer production system using air, water, and renewable electricity
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Stanford, CA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $62.6M, Jul 2025
- Total capital
- $90.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.2M
- 4 awards · 2021–2022
- Rank in peer group#14 of 23
- Private capital raised
- $89.5M
- 4 Form D · last Jul 2025
- 15 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 2
- 23 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#7 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$62.6M
- Federal grantAgriculture · **awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** Heat Integration Of Plasma Reactors For Electrified Fertilizer Production$650K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$20.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$6M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Non-Equilibrium Plasma for Energy-Efficient Nitrogen Fixation$243K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Enabling On-site Nitrate Fertilizer Production: An Absorption Unit to Efficiently and Selectively Capture Nitrates$256K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Low-cost Plasma Reactors For On-farm Nitrogen Fixation$100K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$30K
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.
Standing among 23 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#7 · top 30%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Joshua McEnaneyResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $499K in grants as PI
- Nicolas PinkowskiExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rajesh SwaminathanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Shayle KannDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tony EtnyreDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 25- GrantedDevice And Method For Combined Generation And Fertigation Of Nitrogen FertilizerUSPTOUS 12,672,602
- PendingOrganic Ash Tea Production For Irrigable Nitrogen FertilizerUSPTOApplication 18983273
- GrantedSystems And Processes For Producing Fixed-nitrogen CompoundsUSPTOUS 12,186,728
Show all 25 patent records
- Device And Method For Combined Generation And Fertigation Of Nitrogen FertilizerJul 7, 2026 · US 12,672,602Granted
- Organic Ash Tea Production For Irrigable Nitrogen FertilizerJun 19, 2025 · Application 18983273Pending
- Systems And Processes For Producing Fixed-nitrogen CompoundsJan 7, 2025 · US 12,186,728Granted
- Gas-flow-engineered Plasma Reactor For Efficiently Producing Fixed Nitrogen ProductsJul 11, 2024 · Application 18410958Pending
- Plasma Header For Cost-effective Gas Processing Of Fixed Nitrogen ProductsJul 11, 2024 · Application 18410982Pending
- Sustainable Plasma Nitrophosphate Process For Production Of Nitrogen And Phosphorous Products And For Carbon SequestrationApr 25, 2024 · Application 18492464Pending
- Microwave Plasma System For Efficiently Producing Nitric Acid And Nitrogen FertilizersJul 13, 2023 · Application 18095736Pending
- Plasma Power Supply Using An Intermittent Power SourceJun 22, 2023 · Application 18082797Pending
- Durable And Serviceable Plasma Reactor For Fertilizer ProductionApr 27, 2023 · Application 17970075Pending
- Sustainable Plasma Nitrophosphate Process For Production Of Nitrogen And Phosphorous Products And For Carbon SequestrationApplication PCTUS2023035732Pending
- Plasma Header For Cost-effective Gas Processing Of Fixed Nitrogen ProductsApplication PCTUS2024011303Pending
- A Microwave Plasma System For Efficiently Producing Nitric Acid And Nitrogen FertilizersApplication PCTUS2023010572Pending
- Plasma Header For Cost-effective Gas Processing Of Fixed Nitrogen ProductsApplication 63438450Pending
- Gas-flow-engineered Plasma Reactor For Efficiently Producing Fixed Nitrogen ProductsApplication 63438398Pending
- Plasma Power Supply Using An Intermittent Power SourceApplication PCTUS2022053116Pending
- Sustainable Plasma Nitrophosphate Process For Carbon SequestrationApplication 63418230Pending
- Durable And Serviceable Plasma Reactor For Fertilizer ProductionApplication PCTUS2022047265Pending
- Microwave Plasma System For Efficiently Producing Nitric Acid And Nitrogen FertilizersApplication 63298803Pending
- Plasma Power Supply Using An Intermittent Power SourceApplication 63290845Pending
- Durable And Serviceable Plasma Reactor For Fertilizer ProductionApplication 63270401Pending
- A Device And Method For Combined Generation And Fertigation Of Nitrogen FertilizerApplication PCTUS2021035265Pending
- A Gas-flow-engineered Plasma Reactor For Efficiently Producing Fixed Nitrogen ProductsApplication PCTUS2024011298Pending
- Systems And Processes For Producing Fixed-nitrogen CompoundsApplication PCTUS2021029208Pending
- Organic Ash Tea Production For Irrigable Nitrogen FertilizerApplication 63611015Pending
- Organic Ash Tea Production For Irrigable Nitrogen FertilizerApplication PCTUS2024060427Pending
Related companies, and why
- TRANSMEMBRANE BIOSCIENCES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- The Bee CorpSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- APERIOMICS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- HEARTLAND PLANT INNOVATIONS INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- STONY CREEK COLORS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- SHARK WHEEL, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
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.
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