OCO INC
Platform converting CO2 and renewable electricity into e-formic acid (formic acid)
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- Richland, WA
- Founded
- 2016
- Latest Form D
- $2.1M, Jan 2026
- Total capital
- $7.8M
- Federal grants
- $920K
- 3 awards · 2020–2021
- Rank in peer group#1 of 32
- Private capital raised
- $6.9M
- 3 Form D · last Jan 2026
- 10 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$2.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$4.6M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · On-site Electro-synthesis of Potassium Formate from Recycled CO2 - Phase II$569K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · High Aspect Ratio CO2 Reduction Electrolyzer Via Novel Gas Diffusion Electrode - Design$240K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · On-site Electro-synthesis of Potassium Formate from Recycled CO2$111K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$200K
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Standing among 32 peers
Line = medianEnergy · Device
- Federal grants#1 · top 3%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Todd BrixResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $111K in grants as PI
- Arthur Terry BrixExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Joshua Terry PhitoussiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Terry BrixExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingMethod Of Producing Formic AcidUSPTOApplication 18957549
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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.
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Data freshness
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