AccuStrata, Inc
Optical monitoring & process control technology for thin film industry to solve problem of low production yield and high manufacturing costs
- Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
- Industry Clean Technology
- Location College Park, MD, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded January 2008
- Employees 6
- Website accustrata.com
Company Summary
AccuStrata’s patented real-time optical monitoring and automatic process control technology improves efficiency, production yield, thus reducing cost for manufacturing of thin film products. Customers include manufacturers of solar cells and panels, solid state lighting (HB-LEDs), instrumentation, military, precision optics, etc. Company is post-revenue and has significant customer traction. The total addressable market is over $5.3B by 2015.
Team
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George AtanasoffPhD, Founder, President
Atanasoff has 25 years of technology management and R&D experience, in thin film industries and applications for solar, laser, optics and defense. He was Director for Fiber Optics Div. at MET Labs; Principal Engineer at Ciena; Senior Opt. Engineer at Dicon; Form. Professor of Physics, MSc (Moscow Univ., Russia) Ph.D. in Physics (Sofia Univ., Bulgaria. Many scientific publications and patents. Reviewer of several scientific / industrial journals
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Marc EpsteinPhD, Co-founder, Chairman
AccuStrata’s co-founder, investor and Chairman of the Board. He is a technology innovator and entrepreneur since 1978. Dr. Epstein is currently managing a number of successful companies, such as ADS, Envirolite USA and Terriss. He has a number of innovations and patents in the area of metrology and process control. He has MSc from Rutgers College, PhD from University of NC Chapel Hill
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Jon StreetsPhD, Director of Systems Integration
Dr. Streets has hands-on experience in ground-breaking projects in large companies, startups and national laboratories. 20+ years experience in group leadership roles managing all parts of the software cycle, including application software building, distribution and remote installation. Ph.D. Physics (University of Birmingham), M.Sc (University of Oxford); Software Engineer (Bell Labs-Lucent Technologies, Fermilab); Software Director (JDSU)
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Puja SamriaPrincipal Finance and Operations
Puja Samria has 10 years of experience in finance and accounting for start-ups, small and medium sized firms helping them set up strong internal controls and financial processes. She has an MBA from the Univ. of Maryland and did Chartered Accountancy from India. Prior to joining AccuStrata, she had worked at Funding Post, New Markets Venture Partners, MD Small Business Development Center and Samria and Company (audit and tax firm, Mumbai, India)
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Ramik ChopraPrincipal Business Development
Ramik offers a combination of entrepreneurial, business development, and project management expertise relative to the field of energy. Mr. Chopra is an effective team leader, guiding diverse teams to accomplish desired goals. His experience includes working as Project Manager at Constellation Energy and Project Engineer at Pepco Holdings. Ramik Chopra holds BS in EE (Univ. of MD) and MBA from Smith school of Business (UMD).
Advisors
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NovaTech LawLawyerUnconfirmedFrank KistnerAccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Founders - 325,000, Angels-200,000|DoE, NSF, EPA Grants - 1,010,000|MD TEDCO - 75,000Unconfirmed
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