Author: Benny Pearman

Out of 160 submissions, SynMatter was selected as one of the finalists for Akzo Nobel’s “Paint the Future” Challenge and has been invited to Amsterdam, Netherlands, to participate in an accelerator program, wow judges and work towards a joint development partnership. SynMatter is very excited and grateful for the opportunity and looks forward to meeting…

Orlando, FL, February 25, 2019 SynMatter LLC has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $224,993 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on next-generation durable, superhydrophobic anticorrosive coatings. Corrosion of these metal structures is estimated to cost the world economy around $2.3 trillion in maintenance and replacement…

SynMatter will be exhibiting at the Startup Expo, SUP-X (https://www.sup-x.org/), on  July 26, 2018 at the Broward Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Come by our booth to say hi.

After presenting to over 15 larger corporations, including several Fortune 500 companies, SynMatter has been accepted into the competitive Plug and Play New Materials & Packaging Startup Accelerator Program in Sunnyvale, CA. Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that provides workspace, workshops, mentoring and connects startups to corporations, as well as invest in…

SynMatter has been recognized as a 2017 TechConnect National Innovation Awardee at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference 2017 taking place in mid-May in Washington, D.C. SynMatter would like to thank the organizer for the award.  

SynMatter was selected to present and exhibit at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference 2017. SynMatter will present their technology to a host of entrepreneurs, Fortune 1000/Global 1000 corporations, VCs, angel investors, policy leaders, and federal government agencies on May 15 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. From May 15-16,…

SynMatter was selected by the National Council Of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer as a Top 40 Startup in the United States. SynMatter will present their technology at the upcoming University Startups Conference and Demo Day to university Startup Officers, university startups, entrepreneurs, Fortune 1000/Global 1000 corporations, VCs, angel investors, policy leaders, and federal government agencies on…

SynMatter signed a two-year lease with Space Florida to lease laboratory space at the Space Life Sciences Lab, a facility located adjacent to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. SynMatter will perform its R&D work in this facility focused on producing anticorrosive pigments and additives for next-generation, environmentally friendly coatings.

SynMatter was awarded a competitive national I-Corps Team Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The $50,000 grant provided financial support to attend intensive training at the Washington, D.C. I-Corps Node and perform extensive customer research and discover. During the course of the 7 week program, the team interviewed over 100 personnel in corrosion protection…

In March 2016, SynMatter was awarded an I-Corps Site Award at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This involved classroom training on the Lean Startup business model based on work by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. The $2,550 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provided financial support for SynMatter to interview nearly 40 persons…