Tusaar Corp.
rare earth element extraction and recovery technology from ore, tailings, waste, and water
- Sector
- Materials
- Headquarters
- LAFAYETTE, CO
- Founded
- 2011
- Latest Form D
- $200K, Oct 2018
- Total capital
- $5.4M
- Federal grants
- $2.1M
- 1 award · 2025
- Rank in peer group#1 of 19
- Private capital raised
- $1.7M
- 3 Form D · last Oct 2018
- 97 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1.6M
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Materials#142 of 1258
- Granted patents
- 0
- 4 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Scale-up And Commercialization Of Rare Earth Separation From Mining Wastes Using Chromatography - Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) II$2.1M
- Federal contractDefense · Tusaar Proposal L2-0372 Entitled "scale-up And Commercialization Of Rare Earth Separation From Mining Wastes Using Chromatography"$1.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$200K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$806K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$711K
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Standing among 19 peers
Line = medianMaterials · System
- Federal grants#1 · top 5%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- David PearceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Gautam KhannaExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 4- PendingHighly-Functionalized Carbon Materials for the Removal of Inorganic and Organic ContaminantsUSPTOApplication 16750761
- PendingSystem For Dynamic Fluidized Loading Of A Ligand Upon Carbon Media And Methods Associated TherewithUSPTOApplication 15667026
- PendingHighly-functionalized Carbon Materials For The Removal Of Inorganic And Organic ContaminantsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2020014779
Show all 4 patent records
- Highly-Functionalized Carbon Materials for the Removal of Inorganic and Organic ContaminantsJul 30, 2020 · Application 16750761Pending
- System For Dynamic Fluidized Loading Of A Ligand Upon Carbon Media And Methods Associated TherewithNov 30, 2017 · Application 15667026Pending
- Highly-functionalized Carbon Materials For The Removal Of Inorganic And Organic ContaminantsApplication PCTUS2020014779Pending
- Highly-Functionalized Carbon Materials for the Removal of Inorganic and Organic ContaminantsApplication 62796785Pending
Related companies, and why
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- Prosolia, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Materials · $1.7M in contracts
- Ceramics Composites and Coatings IncorporatedSimilar federal contract value in Materials · $1.6M in contracts
- Quick-Med Technologies, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Materials · $1.6M in contracts
- LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Materials · $1.6M in contracts
- CUBIC AEROSPACE, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Materials · $1.5M in contracts
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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