Chemfinity Technologies, Inc.

Chemfinity Technologies, Inc., a Hispanic American-owned, minority-owned for-profit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, develops porous polymer network and membrane separation technologies for federal research agencies and operates exclusively as a prime recipient under federal grant programs and as a prime contractor under SBIR Phase I awards. The company holds SBA HUBZone and small disadvantaged business certifications and has not competed under full-and-open vehicles or served as a subcontractor in the recent award footprint.

Chemfinity's capability portfolio centers on materials science and chemical separation: molecularly tunable filter materials for selective recovery of platinum, rare earth elements, copper, and other critical metals from waste streams; ion-capture electrodialysis membranes for acid mine drainage remediation and metal harvesting; and porous polymer column processes for biogas upgrading and olefin production. Recent work includes a $3 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (CFDA 81.135) awarded August 1, 2026, to develop and demonstrate a porous polymer network column separation process for recovering platinum, iridium, and two additional critical minerals from mining and metal refinery wastewaters, targeting greater than 90 percent extraction rates and potential fulfillment of 100 percent of U.S. demand for iridium and rhodium; a $100 thousand firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development awarded December 1, 2023, for precious metal recycling technology development from complex solid waste using highly selective porous polymers; a project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (IGNIITE program) awarded July 17, 2024, for tunable porous polymer networks targeting critical minerals recovery from catalytic converter waste and similar metal-containing waste streams; a project grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences awarded December 24, 2024, for ion-capture electrodialysis development targeting acid mine drainage remediation and simultaneous desalination and metal recovery; and a project grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded July 1, 2024, for membrane technology development targeting biogas upgrading from livestock manure. Chemfinity subcontracts to the University of California Regents under a photovoltaic waste stream treatment effort involving membrane fabrication and ion-capture electrodialysis prototype construction and testing.

Customer concentration spans six agencies across energy, environmental, and agricultural research missions. The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account for all recent awards. Activity accelerated from one award in 2023 to five in 2024, with one award (the ARPA-E Cooperative Agreement) completing in July 2029 and one reaching termination within the next twenty-four months, creating limited near-term recompete exposure.