PROTA CULTURE, LLC
Poultry feed formulated from organic wastes using protein-synthesizing insects (likely black soldier fly or similar)
- Sector
- Agritech
- Total capital
- $83K
- Federal grants
- $83K
- 2 awards · 2013
- Rank in peer group#17 of 80
- 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
- Federal grantAgriculture · Formulating A Competitively Priced Poultry Feed In Hawai`i Rendered From Organic Wastes Using A Protein-synthesizing, Beneficial Insect$88K
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Standing among 80 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Material
- Federal grants#17 · top 21%
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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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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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- FIBERSTAR BIO-INGREDIENT TECHNOLOGIESSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- HARRIS ACOUSTIC PRODUCTS CORPSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- INSIGHT SENSING CORPORATIONSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- FORAY BIOSCIENCE, 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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