RADICAL PLASTICS INC
Soil-biodegradable plastic mulch films with controlled degradation rates matching crop cycles
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Beverly, MA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $1M, May 2025
- Total capital
- $5.6M
- Federal grants
- $703K
- 2 awards · 2020–2021
- Rank in peer group#17 of 36
- Private capital raised
- $4.9M
- 4 Form D · last May 2025
- 17 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 7
- 5 pending · first 2020
- Rank in peer group#3 of 36
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$750K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Radical Plastics Inc. Has Developed A New Technology To Produce Soil Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films Which Solve Current TECHNOLOGIES' Limitations While Enabling Farmers To Increase Crop Yields, Preserve Water, Energy And Fertilizers, Reduce Labor And Costs Of Farming. The Films Have The Optimal Physical And Optical Properties, Are Made On The Standard Equipment (low Capital Entry, Drop-in Replacement), Are Affordable, Do Not Result In Microplastics, Reduce CO2 Emissions Versus Current Non$603K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.3M
- Federal grantAgriculture · Novel Soil Biodegradable Mulch Films$100K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$800K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 36 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Material
- Federal grants#17 · top 47%
- Granted patents#3 · top 8%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Yelena KannResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 6 patents
- Guy BroadbentDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John OsborneDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kristin TaylorExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Liam BrennerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Liesl A SittonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 13 people
- Maggie A SprengerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Maureen A BoyceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Maureen Stancik BoyceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard EnoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard FedorowichDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert BlackburnExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sean A SheppardExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 7 granted of 12- GrantedCompositions And Methods Of Using Fine Mineral Matter As A Catalyst For Chemical RecyclingUSPTOUS 12,534,365
- GrantedFine Mineral Matter For Upgrading The Quality Of The Products Of Thermal Or Catalytic Cracking Or In-situ Heavy Oil Catalytic CrackingUSPTOUS 12,227,700
- GrantedFine Mineral Matter for Upgrading the Quality of the Products of Thermal or Catalytic Cracking or in-Situ Heavy Oil Catalytic CrackingUSPTOUS 11,926,798
Show all 12 patent records
- Compositions And Methods Of Using Fine Mineral Matter As A Catalyst For Chemical RecyclingJan 27, 2026 · US 12,534,365Granted
- Fine Mineral Matter For Upgrading The Quality Of The Products Of Thermal Or Catalytic Cracking Or In-situ Heavy Oil Catalytic CrackingFeb 18, 2025 · US 12,227,700Granted
- Fine Mineral Matter for Upgrading the Quality of the Products of Thermal or Catalytic Cracking or in-Situ Heavy Oil Catalytic CrackingMar 12, 2024 · US 11,926,798Granted
- Compositions and Methods of Using Fine Mineral Matter as a Catalyst for Chemical RecyclingJul 4, 2023 · US 11,691,873Granted
- Utilization of Fine Mineral Matter in the Conversion of Non-Biodegradable Plastic and in Remediation of Soils Polluted with Non-Biodegradable PlasticJun 6, 2023 · US 11,667,058Granted
- Utilization of Fine Mineral Matter in the Conversion of Non-Biodegradable Plastic and in Remediation of Soils Polluted with Non-Biodegradable PlasticFeb 2, 2021 · US 10,906,209Granted
- Utilization of Fine Mineral Matter in the Conversion of Non-Biodegradable Plastic and in Remediation of Soils Polluted with Non-Biodegradable PlasticFeb 4, 2020 · US 10,549,455Granted
- Compositions And Methods Of Using Fine Mineral Matter As A Catalyst For Chemical RecyclingApplication PCTUS2020058036Pending
- Coal-derived Fine Mineral Matter For Upgrading The Quality Of The Products Of Thermal Or Catalytic Cracking Or In-situ Heavy Oil Catalytic CrackingApplication 63115550Pending
- Utilization Of Fine Mineral Matter In The Conversion Of Non-biodegradable Plastic And In Remediation Of Soils Polluted With Non-biodegradable PlasticApplication PCTUS2021050480Pending
- Utilization Of Fine Mineral Matter In The Conversion Of Non-biodegradable Plastic And In Remediation Of Soils Polluted With Biodegradable PlasticApplication PCTUS2019021066Pending
- Fine Mineral Matter For Upgrading The Quality Of The Products Of Thermal Or Catalytic Cracking Or In-situ Heavy Oil Catalytic CrackingApplication PCTUS2021059682Pending
Related companies, and why
- HABITERRE, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Farmwise Labs, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- ORATEL DIAGNOSTICS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- SENTINEL AG, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- RESOLV, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- LIVE ADVANTAGE BAIT, LLCSimilar 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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