NONLINEAR MATERIALS CORP
Silicon organic hybrid electro-optic modulators for photonic integrated circuits
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Seattle, WA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $1M, Aug 2026
- Total capital
- $27M
- Federal grants
- $2.4M
- 4 awards · 2021–2024
- Rank in peer group#17 of 17
- Private capital raised
- $22.7M
- 8 Form D · last Aug 2026
- 2 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1.9M
- 2 awards · Defense
- Rank in Semiconductors#100 of 707
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$9.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$8M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$380K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$670K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$500K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$150K
Show 6 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · STTR Ph II Proposal F2-17465 Towards Pdk Availability For Silicon Organic Hybrid Modulators On Aim Photonics 300 Mm Silicon Photonics Platform$1.8M
- Federal contractDefense · STTR Ph II Proposal F2-17465 Towards Pdk Availability For Silicon Organic Hybrid Modulators On Aim Photonics 300 Mm Silicon Photonics Platform$1.8M
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Hybrid organic electro-optic modulators for silicon photonic integrated circuits$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Hybrid Organic Electro-optic Devices For High-speed Communications And Sensing$75K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Robust High-Performance Organic Electro-Optic Materials$256K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Machine-learning Based Prediction of Thermal Limits for Conjugated Organic Materials$230K
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 17 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Material
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Lewis JohnsonResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $486K in grants as PI
- Andrew E. GrenvilleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brad BoothExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Frank E. BalasDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Gerard ZytnickiExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul NyeExecutive 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
Related companies, and why
- NONLINEAR MATERIALS CORPORATIONShares a founder: Lewis Johnson
- Mattrix Technologies, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $2M in contracts
- LA LUCE CRISTALLINA, INC.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.9M in contracts
- ARITH INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.9M in contracts
- PARTOW TECHNOLOGIES LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.8M in contracts
- DeepSim, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $1.8M in contracts
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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