TRGEL LLC
Biodegradable thermoplastic film (poly(2,3)Glucose) made from woody biomass for food packaging with intrinsic vapor barrier properties
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- Mission Viejo, CA
- Total capital
- $1M
- Federal grants
- $1M
- 3 awards · 2021–2023
- Rank in peer group#129 of 141
- 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 · **awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** Domestic Production Of Biobased Chemical Intermediatesthis Project Promotes The Use Of Non-food Biobased Polyols By Developing Improved Technologies For Hemicelluloses Extraction, Hemicelluloses Conversion To Tetrahydrofuran (thf), And Polymerization Of Thf To Polytetramethylene Ether Glycol (ptmeg.) These Technologies Will Enable $650K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Manufacturing a New Sustainable Plastic$256K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Polyurethane Foam Is Used In Cushions, Packaging, And Insulation. Fossil Fuel Based Polyurethane Manufacture Releases 3.7 Times The Polyurethane Mass In Atmospheric CO2. Instead, Biobased Polyurethane Can Capture And Sequester Atmospheric CO2. Consumers Want Sustainable Foams, But 95% Of Polyurethane Is Still Made From Petrochemicals Because Of Their Excellent Performance. Woody Resources Including Forest Products, Construction Demolition Wood, Paper/cardboard Waste, And Bagasse Can Be Pyrolytic$100K
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Standing among 141 peers
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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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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