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STONY CREEK COLORS, INC.

SPRINGFIELD, TN · Founded 2013 · Agritech · Private

Analytical tool for measuring indican precursor levels in indigo plants combined with genetic markers for selective breeding of high-yield indigo crop varieties

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Sector
Agritech
Headquarters
SPRINGFIELD, TN
Founded
2013
Latest Form D
$7.8M, Dec 2022
Total capital
$19.7M
Federal grants
$3.6M
7 awards · 2014–2021
Rank in peer group#4 of 55
Private capital raised
$16.2M
4 Form D · last Dec 2022
46 months since last filing
Federal contracts
None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents
2
5 pending · first 2020
Rank in peer group#5 of 55

Capital timeline

20142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $19.7M$450K$225K$100K$600K$1.4M$650K1st Form D$2.2M2nd Form D$845K4th Form D$7.8M
20142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $19.7M$450K$600K$1.4M$650K1st Form D$2.2M

Latest events

  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$7.8M
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Stony Creek Colors Sells Clean And Safe Natural Dyes To The Textile And Fashion Industries, Allowing Its Customers To Offer Environmentally Conscious Premium Products. Through Its Flagship Natural Indigo Product, The Company Has Developed And Proven A Complete Agricultural Supply Chain To Replace Synthetic Dyes With Plant-based Drop-in Solutions. This Supply Chain Is Currently Based On The Mechanized Harvest And Immediate Processing Of Fresh Leaf Biomass From Nearby Farms, As The Highly Perishab$650K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$5.3M
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Novel Extraction And Processing Method For Year-round Production Of Natural Indigo Dye$100K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$845K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase II · STTR Phase II: Novel Analysis Tools for Production of Higher Indican Yielding Plants for Bio-based Indigo$1.4M
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Bio-based Indigo Agricultural Supply Chain Development$600K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.2M
Show 3 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Bio-based Indigo Agricultural Supply Chain Development$100K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Novel Analysis Tools for Production of Higher Indican Yielding Plants for Bio-based Indigo$225K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Novel And Improved Extraction Techniques And Supply Chain Development For Indigo Crop And Black Walnut Hull.$450K

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.

Federal first

25months

from STONY CREEK COLORS, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Sep 2014
Agriculture · $450K
First Form D · Sep 2016
$2.2M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
3 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 55 peers

Line = median

Agritech · Instrument

  • Federal grants#4 · top 7%
  • Granted patents#5 · top 9%

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

From SEC Form D filings
  • Daphne PreussExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Ellen EarheartExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • JERRY STEINERDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Ken WoodyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Lauren DudleyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Mark CooleyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
  • SARAH BELLOSExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Shonda WarnerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • TIM HASSLERDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • VONNIE ESTESDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 2 granted of 7
Show all 7 patent records
  • Dyed Fibers And Methods Of Dyeing Using O,o`-diacetyl LeucoindigoDec 28, 2021 · US 11,208,760Granted
  • Dyed Fibers And Methods Of Dyeing Using N,n'-diacetyl IndigoMay 19, 2020 · US 10,655,273Granted
  • Indigo Plant Populations With High Indican ContentApplication 63199708Pending
  • Dyed Fibers And Methods Of Dyeing Using O,o'-diacetyl LeucoindigoApplication 62595834Pending
  • Dyed Fibers And Methods Of Dyeing Using N,n’-diacetyl IndigoApplication 62529248Pending
  • Dyed Fibers And Methods Of Dyeing Using N,n'-diacetyl IndigoApplication PCTUS2018040279Pending
  • Dyed Fibers And Methods Of Dyeing Using O,o'-diacetyl LeucoindigoApplication PCTUS2018064223Pending

Related companies, and why

Regulatory activity · Agritech

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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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