SFP WORKS, LLC
Flash-processed high-strength steel from plain carbon steel using a novel rapid thermal cycle heat treatment
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- WASHINGTON, MI
- Latest Form D
- $500K offered, Dec 2015
- Total capital
- $2.3M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 2 awards · 2015–2018
- Rank in peer group#15 of 141
- Private capital raised
- $500K
- 1 Form D · last Dec 2015
- 130 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Flash Processed Steel for Automotive Applications$800K
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$500K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Flash Processed Steel For Automotive Applications$1M
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Federal first
5months
from SFP WORKS, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jul 2015
- Energy · $1M
- First Form D · Dec 2015
- $500K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 141 peers
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- Federal grants#15 · top 11%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Gary R ColaResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $1.8M in grants as PI
- Thomas Richard StautzExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingMicro-treating Iron-based Alloy, And The Material Resulting TherefromUSPTOApplication PCTUS2005041444
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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.
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Data freshness
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