Pure Biomass Inc.
Industrial-scale algae photobioreactor for wastewater nutrient removal and algae coproduct generation
- Sector
- Clean tech
- Total capital
- $1.9M
- Federal grants
- $1.9M
- 4 awards · 2015–2022
- Rank in peer group#5 of 53
- 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
- 1
- 1 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#17 of 53
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Algae Cultivation Technology for Value Added Co-products from Waste Water Treatment Effluent$256K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Large Scale Cultivation of Phytoplankton via Novel Photo-Bioreactor Technology$1.4M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Large Scale Cultivation of Phytoplankton via Novel Photo-Bioreactor Technology$180K
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1 record has no date or no amount, so it isn’t placed on the timeline.
Standing among 53 peers
Line = medianClean tech · Device
- Federal grants#5 · top 9%
- Granted patents#17 · top 32%
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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
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 2- GrantedMulti-functional Automated Robotic System For AquacultureUSPTOUS 12,599,277
- PendingMulti-functional Automated Robotic System For Submerged And Un-submerged ApplicationsUSPTOApplication 63356481
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Regulatory activity · Clean tech
- 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
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Chlormequat Chloride; 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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