Pluton Biosciences
Sun-powered biological nutrient system that delivers nitrogen and improves phosphorus availability in soil
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- ST. LOUIS, MO
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $17.6M, Jun 2023
- Total capital
- $24.3M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $24.3M
- 3 Form D · last Jun 2023
- 41 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 11 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#17 of 52
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$17.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$6.7M
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1M
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Standing among 52 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Granted patents#17 · top 33%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Barry GoldmanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Charles LinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Charles WalchExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Charlie WalchExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Clay MitchellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Elizabeth GallegosExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 12 people
- Gerald SteinerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Glendon SchusterDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael GillespieDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Neal GuttersonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Steven SlaterExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Wesley SelkeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 12- GrantedChryseobacterium Insect Inhibitory Microbial Compositions And Methods Of Making And UsingUSPTOUS 12,376,589
- PendingInsecticidal CompoundsUSPTOApplication 18388444
- PendingMicrobial Consortia For Soil ImprovementUSPTOApplication 18186931
Show all 12 patent records
- Chryseobacterium Insect Inhibitory Microbial Compositions And Methods Of Making And UsingAug 5, 2025 · US 12,376,589Granted
- Insecticidal CompoundsJun 6, 2024 · Application 18388444Pending
- Microbial Consortia For Soil ImprovementJan 18, 2024 · Application 18186931Pending
- Producing Functional Microbial ConsortiaJun 9, 2022 · Application 17544879Pending
- Chryseobacterium Insect Inhibitory Microbial Compositions And Methods Of Making And UsingApplication PCTUS2022025342Pending
- Microbial Consortia For Soil ImprovementApplication 63322206Pending
- Producing Functional Microbial ConsortiaApplication PCTUS2021062279Pending
- Chryseobacterium Insect Inhibitory Microbial Compositions and Methods of Making and UsingApplication 63188961Pending
- Application-centric Micro-organism Screening For Effecting Climate Change VariablesApplication 63122889Pending
- Insecticidal CompoundsApplication PCTUS2023037099Pending
- Microbial Consortia For Soil ImprovementApplication PCTUS2023064735Pending
- Insecticidal CompoundsApplication 63424935Pending
Related companies, and why
- AG INFO MANAGEMENT INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Tavaci Technologies Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- TARGAN Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Blue River Technology Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- REGROW AGRICULTURE, INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- AQUA YIELD OPERATIONS, 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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Data freshness
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