PRINCETON NUENERGY INC
Technology consulting and advisory services for enterprise transformation
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- Bordentown, NJ
- Founded
- 2019
- Latest Form D
- $24M, Nov 2023
- Total capital
- $25.3M
- Federal grants
- $1.4M
- 2 awards · 2020–2021
- Rank in peer group#10 of 19
- Private capital raised
- $24M
- 1 Form D · last Nov 2023
- 36 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 17 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$24M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Direct sorting, purification and regeneration of cathode materials for aged lithium-ion batteries using a novel low-temperature plasma assisted separation process (LPAS)$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Direct separation, purification and regeneration of cathode materials for aged lithium ion battery using a novel low-temperature plasma assisted separation (LPAS) process$200K
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Federal first
40months
from PRINCETON NUENERGY INC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jun 2020
- Energy · $200K
- First Form D · Nov 2023
- $24M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
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Standing among 19 peers
Line = medianMaterials · System
- Federal grants#10 · top 53%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Xiaofang YangResearcherDirectorLinked by $1.6M in grants as PI
- Chao YanExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jerry WangDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 17- PendingRecycling And Upcycling Battery Anode MaterialsUSPTOApplication 19181260
- PendingMethods And Systems For Direct Recycling And Upcycling Of Phosphate-based Cathode Active MaterialsUSPTOApplication 19394742
- PendingSystems And Methods For Cathode-to-cathode Upcycling Of Oxide Cathode Active MaterialsUSPTOApplication 19368417
Show all 17 patent records
- Recycling And Upcycling Battery Anode MaterialsJun 11, 2026 · Application 19181260Pending
- Methods And Systems For Direct Recycling And Upcycling Of Phosphate-based Cathode Active MaterialsMay 28, 2026 · Application 19394742Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cathode-to-cathode Upcycling Of Oxide Cathode Active MaterialsApr 30, 2026 · Application 19368417Pending
- Methods And Apparatuses For Recycling Battery Cathode MaterialsApr 23, 2026 · Application 19366370Pending
- Methods And Systems For Discharging Spent BatteriesMar 14, 2024 · Application 18464634Pending
- Systems And Methods For Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Material Recovery, Regeneration, And ImprovementDec 21, 2023 · Application 18322327Pending
- Systems And Methods For Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Material Recovery, Regeneration, And ImprovementDec 7, 2023 · Application 18322158Pending
- Recycling And Upcycling Battery Anode MaterialsApplication 63386242Pending
- Method Of Aged Battery Safe Discharge And Operation ThereofApplication 63375070Pending
- Methods And Systems For Direct Recycling And Upcycling Of Phosphate-based Cathode Active MaterialsApplication PCTUS2025056705Pending
- Method And Apparatus For Battery Cathode Materials UpcyclingApplication 63374569Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cathode-to-cathode Upcycling Of Oxide Cathode Active MaterialsApplication PCTUS2025052952Pending
- Methods And Systems For Direct Recycling And Upcycling Of Phosphate-based Cathode Active MaterialsApplication 63725113Pending
- Systems And Methods For Cathode-to-cathode Upcycling Of Oxide Cathode Active MaterialsApplication 63713391Pending
- Method And Apparatus For Recycling Battery Cathode MaterialsApplication 63710482Pending
- Recycling And Upcycling Battery Anode MaterialsApplication PCTUS2023082773Pending
- Methods And Systems For Upcycling Spent BatteriesApplication PCTUS2023073487Pending
Related companies, and why
- HIT NANO INCShares a founder: Xiaofang Yang
- SPIRITED, INC.Similar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
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- SFNanoSimilar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
- SALIX LIGNOPOLYMERS, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
- PD3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Materials · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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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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