ThruPore Technologies develops catalysis technologies that control the pore size of catalyst support structures to increase accessible surface area and catalytic performance. The company’s approach creates roughly 50 percent more accessible surface area and, the company says, produces catalysts six times more active than competitors. ThruPore was cofounded in 2012 at the University of Alabama by CEO Dr. Franchessa Sayler and professor Martin Bakker and is headquartered in New Castle. The company raised its first institutional funding in this seed round. With the capital raised, ThruPore will be eligible for a potential two-to-one matching grant through the NSF SBIR Phase IIB Program. The article references a product demonstration video illustrating the technology.

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$1M

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Feb 2018