NOON ENERGY INC.
Ultra-low-cost carbon-oxygen battery for stationary energy storage and electric vehicle applications
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- PALO ALTO, CA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $27.7M, Dec 2022
- Total capital
- $32.2M
- Federal grants
- $1.5M
- 3 awards · 2019–2023
- Rank in peer group#36 of 53
- Private capital raised
- $30.7M
- 2 Form D · last Dec 2022
- 46 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 grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Rechargeable Carbon-Oxygen Battery for Ultra-Low-Cost Renewable Energy Storage$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$27.7M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Rechargeable carbon-oxygen battery: A new class of ultra low-cost, lightweight energy storage technology$250K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Rechargeable Carbon-Oxygen Battery for Ultra-Low-Cost Renewable Energy Storage$225K
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
13months
from NOON ENERGY INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Dec 2019
- NSF · $225K
- First Form D · Jan 2021
- $3M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 53 peers
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- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Christopher Ronald GravesResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $1.5M in grants as PI
- Amy M. DuffuorDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeffrey Tibor WeissDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- K. Tibor TothDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mary Kalee WhitehouseExecutive Officer, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard M. SwansonDirectorNamed 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 · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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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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