

Free Form Fibers
High performance fibers for next-gen composites & fabrics. Jet engines, armor, tools & nuclear. Patented tech. Very strong market pull.
- Stage Prototype Ready
- Industry Nanotechnology
- Location Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded June 2006
- Employees 6
- Website fffibers.com
Company Summary
We produce high perf fibers in ultra-pure form for next gen Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) and specialty industrial fabrics. CMCs include next-gen jet engines & power turbines, armor, tools. The only alternatives are impure, hence inadequate, and still cost $10K/lb. Our platform tech uses variant of chip fab tech to make *pure* fiber with full properties, at less than $150/lb COGS. Relationships with GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, NASA, NSF.
Team
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John L. SchneiterChief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Serial entrepreneur. Founded and ran GlobalSpec (“vertical search engine” for engineers), raised $20 million from Warburg Pincus & grew the company from 4-person startup to 235-person leader in the engineering information market. Twice InfoCommerce Model of Excellence Award and on the “25 Companies to Watch” by Cahners. GlobalSpec was recently sold to IHS ($160 MM valuation).
12 year GE CRD.
MS & PhD MIT Mech. Eng. -
Joseph PegnaChief Scientist and Lead Co-Founder
20+ year Intl. acad. (research, faculty and admin) in USA, Canada, and Europe. Recognized world-class expert in seminal tech and lead co-inventor of IP. Helped raise CDN$ 60.5MM for Univ. Montreal multidisc. Res. infrastructure. Former NSF Presidential Young Investigator, Canada Research Chair, Frontier Fellow of the National Academy of Eng.
Raised over $2,000K in R&D contracts for FFF.
Ph.D. Stanford Mech. Eng. -
Thomas BrownellVP Prod. & Eng.
Cofounder GlobalSpec
14 yrs SVP Prod & Eng., GlobalSpec
18 yrs GE Corporate R&D
RPI MS in Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering -
Sharon JursController
13 years public accounting experience
2 years in business as Tech Valley Accounting Services, LLC
Concentration: High-Tech Client Base
SUNY Albany BS in Accounting -
Ram K. GoduguchintaChief Information Officer and Co-Founder
Co-developed company’s IP
13 years in LCVD
Research faculty:
4 years Clarkson University
PhD Univ. Montreal (Polytechnique) in MechE -
Kirk L. WilliamsChief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
14 years in LCVD
Researcher:
Max-Plank Institute (Gottingen, Germany)
Uppsala Universitet (Sweden) PhD in Microsystems Technology
Advisors
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McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams (Business) / Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti (IP)LawyerUnconfirmedSharon L. Jurs, CPA (Controller) / Davie Kaplan CPA, P.C. (Tax)AccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Co-FoundersUnconfirmedFriends and FamilyUnconfirmedAngels and institutional InvestorsUnconfirmed
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