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Berkeley, CA · Agritech · Still private

Plasmonic mercury vapor sensor integrated into a portable analysis instrument (Atlas) for detecting mercury contamination in biofuel feedstocks

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · picoyune.com

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: Berkeley, CA
Total capital: $3.3M

Federal grants: $3.3M; 8 awards · 2015–2023; Rank in peer group#3 of 55
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
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

Aug 2023Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Plasmonic sensor and field monitor for mercury$494K
Aug 2022Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Plasmonic sensor and field monitor for mercury$481K
Sep 2020Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Plasmonic mercury sensor and wearable gas detector$168K
Jun 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Plasmonic mercury sensor and biofuel feedstock analyzer$200K
Mar 2018Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Gold nanoparticle-based mercury analyzer for on-site measurement of soil and sediment$83K
Sep 2016Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Inline plasmonic mercury monitors for natural gas processing$887K
Jul 2016Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Gold nanoparticle-based mercury analyzer for on-site measurement of soil and sediment$436K

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Jul 2015Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Gold nanoparticle-based mercury analyzer for on-site measurement of soil and sediment$599K

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Standing among 55 peers

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Agritech · Instrument

Federal grants#3 · top 5%

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Founders and team

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

APEX BAIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
SMART VISION WORKS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
CYCLOPTICS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
UrbanKisaanSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Bowery FarmingSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
3BAR BIOLOGICS INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts

Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding 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
11 Jun 2026Assistance 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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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.