Flora Coatings sells $800,000 offering to one undisclosed investor
Founder and polymer scientist Atul Tiwari is turning NSF-backed research into coating products for aerospace, marine and automotive applications.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Why it matters
The one-check round adds private capital to years of grant-backed R&D. Flora's next test is converting coating claims and trials into qualified, repeatable industrial sales.

Atul Tiwari, the polymer-materials scientist who founded and leads Flora Coatings, has raised $800,000 from a single investor as he works to turn years of government-backed coating research into an industrial materials business.…
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