BNNano’s Milestone Achievement on the Equity Shift Platform!

We are thrilled to announce that BNNano is among the pioneering companies to complete a secondary transaction on the Equity Shift platform!

So, what does this look like for our shareholders? It means increased liquidity! Recently, one of our Netcapital investors, who was given access to the BNNano/Equity Shift platform, purchased shares from an early BNNano F&F investor. This arrangement has proven to be a win-win for everyone involved!

If you’re interested in joining the BNNano/Equity Shift Network, we invite you to reach out to us at info@bnnano.com. Signing up will give you the opportunity to participate in future transactions.

A note for our shareholders: the shares you purchased through Netcapital are managed by Netcapital and are currently NOT eligible for buying or selling. For any inquiries regarding those shares, please direct your questions to Netcapital.

Stay tuned for more updates!

We are pleased to report that BNNano has been granted a Japanese patent for “Composition and aggregate containing boron nitride nanotube structure, and manufacturing method (Patent #7583136).” The granting of this patent is a continuation of our International Intellectual Property Strategy and we are looking forward to continuing to grow our IP Portfolio in the future.

It has been a record year for us through the first 3 quarters of 2024. Follow the link to hear our latest update.

Profitability!

We are thrilled to announce our company’s has earned record revenues and we have reached profitability in the first half of 2024.

This milestone is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team, as well as the unwavering support of our shareholders. We believe this is just the beginning of an exciting growth trajectory!

BNNano: Record Year in Progress!

We at BNNano want to apologize for the recent quiet on the updates front. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes, and we’re thrilled to announce that – as we approach the halfway mark of 2024 – this is already shaping up to be a record year for our company!

We’re on track to surpass all of our previous business achievements in 2024, and we anticipate similar growth from our valued partners. We’re also finalizing several new patent filings, streamlining our processes to reduce costs, and forging strategic relationships with some exciting new partners.

Stay tuned! We’ll be sharing more details in mid-July. In the meantime, we appreciate your continued support!

2024 looks to be an exciting and record year for BNNano. We wanted to share an update on the progress we made in 2023 and some of our plans for 2024.

Please use the link to listen to our update.

We will be providing a video update on March 20th. We will discuss our progress in 2023, our new product lines, technology update and provide some information about what we expect in 2024. 2024 has high expectations! Please send us your questions via email at info@bnnano.com .

BNNano’s sister company, Invicta Water had the opportunity to tell their story to Liz McLaughlin from WRAL, the local NBC affiliate. This conversation gave Invicta Water the chance to show their technology and talk about how important this work is for them. Invicta’s goal is to eradicate PFAS from water supplies around the world and they will begin implementing their solutions in the very near future!

Thanks to Liz and WRAL for giving Invicta Water an opportunity to share their story and here is the link to check it out:

https://www.wral.com/story/it-s-personal-burlington-founder-develops-technology-to-destroy-pfas-after-losing-loved-one-to-cancer/21112862/

We invite you to visit Invicta Water’s offering here on Netcapital and to stayed tuned for more updates!

Last week, Invicta Water, our sister company, was thrilled to have the incredible opportunity to sit down for an interview with Liz McLaughlin from WRAL, the local NBC affiliate. During this engaging conversation, we delved into our groundbreaking technology and shed light on the personal impact of Invicta Water’s mission, emphasizing that the work is sore than mere business interests. The segment is scheduled to air this week, and once it does, you’ll be able to catch it online as well and we will keep you in the loop with all the details as soon as the broadcast is scheduled. In the coming weeks, we have an abundance of exciting news to share, so stay tuned for more updates that will showcase our journey and the incredible strides we’re making in our mission to combat PFAS contamination.

Take a minute and view Invicta Water’s offering here on Netcapital.

We wanted to share the video from Invicta Water’s Fire Side chat. Invicta Water is doing some amazing thing to capture and destroy PFAS from water supplies. There has been a lot of progress since this event so keep an eye out for more updates from Invicta Water and BNNano!

Nano-magazine.com published an interesting article about “Filtering the Water of Tomorrow with Advanced Nanomaterials”, and they highlighted BNNano, our NanoBarbs and Invicta Water as a “most recent development”. We are excited to be turning some heads our way as news of our technology is proliferating!

Check out the Invicta Water offering here on Netcapital.

Our partner, Invicta Water had the opportunity to present at the Demo Day last week. If you did not get the chance to watch the presentation live, here is the recording of the presentation and the Q&A session.

Charlotte Angel Connection’s 151st interview was with Co-Founder and CEO of BNNano.

During the conversation, Steve delves into the fascinating world of nanomaterials, sharing the challenges he faced during the company’s early stages and the strategic approach to expanding their customer base. He sheds light on BNNano’s groundbreaking work in water purification, revealing how their nanomaterials can remove harmful substances from water sources thus addressing environmental concerns we now face.

Highlights: Intro to BNNano and its pioneering work in nanomaterials Industries benefiting from BNNano’s materials: aerospace, defense, electronics, and clean energy BNNano’s commitment to solving water pollution through innovative purification methods, through Invicta Water Plans to spin out the water purification division as a separate company The urgency of BNNano’s mission to make a positive impact on global challenges

We are excited to share that our sister company, Invicta Water, is doing great things with our Boron Nitride NanoBarbs.
They continue to make great progress and improvements in their Crystal Photo Catalytic Destruction system that is proving to be excellent at destroying PFAS contaminants from water supplies.

They have shared this brief video of their prototype system in operation.

After you watch the video, we invite you to visit the Invicta Water offer page here on Netcapital.

We had a chance to spend some time with Dr. Clar from Elon University and talk about how our Boron Nitride materials will capture and destroy PFAS.
This is a short video of that conversation.

Check out the Invicta Water offer page here on Netcapital

The Invicta Water CF offering is now Live here on Netcapital. This is the first BNNano Company to come from our technology and we are hyper-motivated to bring this PFAS eliminating technology to the marketplace as fast as possible.

For the past few months, we have been developing materials and a process to eliminate toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, from water. We are excited to say that we have proven that our technology works! Combining our nanomaterials with existing technologies, we developed the first efficient, scalable, and low-cost process that captures and destroys these toxic chemicals.
This process is a fraction of the cost of current methods, and we are ready to deploy our first pilot system at a water treatment! When we started BNNano, it was our vision to act on large market opportunities by founding sister companies that would utilize BNNano’s nanotechnologies and nanomaterials to develop new products in markets.
Invicta Water is our first BNNano company! Given that it is wholly owned by BNNano, our shareholders are also shareholders in Invicta Water. We are committed to accelerating this as fast as we can so stay tuned in the next few days for an exciting announcement.

We have been having some interesting discussions about a potential Pilot Project for our BNNano PFAS solution and how it is different from what is already out there. Here is a brief (~2 min) video with Will from Incolo. We are excited that our technology can be used for something that supports a global need.

We are excited to announce that we have completed our lab tests for our PFAS removal process that uses our NanoBarb technology and that we can remove and destroy more than 99.99% of PFAS. This is not a capability that is limited to our own laboratories and experiments. These results are confirmed by the US Navy and by laboratories at multiple US universities.

The EPA announced their regulations for PFAS in water. We are ready to solve this challenge with our NanoBarbs and filtration materials!

Jason and Ted wanted to say a few words and give an update on the last day for investing in BNNano on Netcapital.

We are not the only ones excited about using our NanoBarbs to remove PFAS. We have been working with the US Navy and this is what they have to say:

“At NAWCWD China Lake, we are actively researching the use of Boron Nitride NanoBarbs for PFAS remediation. Our preliminary results have shown that these NanoBarbs hold tremendous potential in this regard. We are currently engaged in incorporating NanoBarbs into porous membranes for the development of next-generation PFAS remediation technology. This technology is of great interest and we are committed to advancing it’s development.” Dr. Joseph Estevez, NAWCWD China Lake

Every day there seems to be more news about PFAS and the harm that these Forever Chemicals are causing. BNNano will be commercializing our materials technology, and Invicta Water will be developing filtration systems, as fast as possible to help solve this problem once and for all.

Just a couple recent articles from today’s news feed:

‘Forever chemicals’ disrupt key metabolic processes in children and teens: study

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3869745-forever-chemicals-disrupt-key-metabolic-processes-in-children-and-teens-study/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=02.22.23%20—%20Energy%20%26%20Environment%20ZB

How Widespread Are These Toxic Chemicals? They’re Everywhere.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/climate/pfas-forever-chemicals-wildlife-animals.html

We are down to the last 8 days of our CF campaign here on Netcapital. Our round closes on the28th and we will not be extending. Between now and then we will be providing you with news and check out the link below to hear a brief update.

We shared an update at a Netcapital Demo Day and we wanted to share that with everyone.

Since the recent launch of the PC65, a polycarbonate filament for Additive Manufacturing, we have received consistent positive feedback by those sampling, printing, and testing the material. Customers are reporting to us impressive performance: first, as much as a 50% layer-to-layer strength improvement over existing materials, significantly more durability and resiliency to high intensity impacts, an “ease to printing” of fine detail, the ability to use small nozzles, a lower processing temperature, and consistent printing.

This is made possible by NanoBarb technology incorporated into the materials. NanoBarbs are super strong and highly thermally conductive. These properties are imparted to the PC, enabling the ease of processing and the performance gains witnessed by customers.

The interlayer strength of additively manufactured materials is a design and application constraint and the PolyBarb PC alleviates that hindrance.

We are excited to announce that we have released a new polymer filament product for Additive Manufacturing that targets Commercial and Industrial applications.

This filament is an Engineering grade NanoBarb enhanced Polycarbonate-PBT Blend that is low cost and is priced equivalent to Carbon Fiber Re-enforced Nylon but has superior printability, durability, and interlayer strength.

This is our first AM filament that is for general use and will provide any Additive Manufacturer the ability to take advantage of NanoBarb enhanced materials for their 3-D Printing needs.

We have found an excellent partner with TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation and together we have produced BNNano’s second generation filtration material/membrane which is a ceramic membrane that we plan to integrate into filters.

Here is an interesting article about one of our customers, True Velocity. We agree with what Pat Hogan, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer for True Velocity Ammunition, states when he says “Don’t get the impression that the material, which must withstand very high pressures, was easily created. It’s not just “plastic.”

Clean Water is a priority for BNNano and we are excited to announce that we have partnered with TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation (Alabama) to continue developing products to remove Forever Chemicals. We are working to release our products as soon as possible and we expect our NanoBarb materials to play a key role in providing clean water around the world.

One of the challenges confronting the world today is clean water. Forever chemicals (PFAS, PFOA) are regularly noted in the press and exist in water supplies across our country and throughout the world. They are found in and streams, in fish and wildlife, and rainwater. Forever chemicals are only now beginning to be understood and the data shows there may be harm to those exposed and there is no good solution to remove these chemicals.

BNNano manufacturing materials with our patented NanoBarb™ technologies to remove contaminants like forever chemicals, we are excited to show our first-generation Filtration Membranes developed in our laboratories. Our membranes remove contaminants like textile dyes, heavy metals, and organic contaminants including PFAS/PFOS from water. We are developing products to help clean water supplies around the world.

To see an image of our first-generation Filtration Membrane visit our website via the link below and we are close to Gen2 so stay tuned.

We have our first product listed in the Digi-Key Catalog.

Digi-Key Electronics is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide.

BNNano’s Polycarbonate/PBT filaments for additive manufacturing are ideal materials to use when 3D printing custom packaging solutions and custom boxes for the electronics industry.

BNNano and Grove Climate Group, announce a partnership to help bring next generation PFAS water filtration technology to market.

BNNano, Inc. continues to develop products in PFAS removal from water, GCG will leverage existing relationships at all levels of government to enable BNNano, Inc. to reach customers and validators of their products.

BNNano wants to change the world through material science and the commercialization of our NanoBarb technologies. We cannot think of a better way to do that than to introduce a family of products that will be an integral part of a long-term clean water solution. In addition, we are excited to partner with Grove Climate Group, whose expertise and experience will enable us to scale our solution quickly and effectively. This is an incredibly difficult problem to solve, but with our new discoveries and unique solution, I am optimistic that we can provide future generations with cleaner, safer, and purer drinking water than we have today.

We are working with our partne, Innosek, to improve the performance of 3D printed parts…sometimes the performance improvements are best to show instead of talking about the materials analysis. Watch what happens when they make a golf ball out of our Polycarbonate material…

BNNano is excited to announce that we have completed and qualified our Facility/Production improvements in our Burlington, NC factory.

These facility improvements have enabled us to realize cost reductions that are as critical to BNNano’s success as our technology. We are now positioned to supply NanoBarbs and our family of NanoBarb enhanced materials to cost sensitive customers that have not yet reaped the benefits of the technology.

This new cost structure opens many new potential applications and opportunities for BNNano!

BNNano will be Exhibiting and Speaking at The Advanced Materials Show / Nanotechnology Show in Pittsburgh, PA on October 11th and 12th. Stop by our Booth (#1032) and introduce yourself.

If you are in the area let us know if you need a ticket for the show!

Steve and Jason had the chance to sit down with Will McGuire from Incolo (Incolo.io) to tell the BNNano story and to talk about our technology and why we are raising money through the cloud. You can view the full interview and we will be posting segment over the next few days.

We are excited to announce our partnership with Innosek (https://www.innosek.com).

Innosek is a high-volume additive manufacturing company in Buffalo, NY, which lowers the barrier of entry into plastic part and product manufacturing. We empower our customers to create, innovate, and validate designs, products, and markets faster using high volume prototyping and low volume manufacturing. John Kappel, the founder and CEO of Innosek, says that “…the new partnership with BNNano will give Innosek access to a patented material technology (NanoBarb™) that can be used in 3D printing. It’s going to help us compete with aerospace and more mission-critical industries.”

BNNano continues to grow by partnering with world class customers with Innosek.

Patent Granted!

We are pleased to announce that BNNano’s Boron Nitride NanoBarb patent application submitted in the Country of Taiwan has been granted (R.O.C. Invention Patent No. I777050).

At BNNano, we greatly value the designs, innovations, and know-how of our team that brings nanotechnology to market, and we protect that intellectual property through a combination of patents and trade secrets.

Water has been in the news a lot lately, and not for good reasons. BNNano has been working on developing NanoBarb filtration materials to help solve the PFAS problem, among others, and we plan to begin sharing more details about these materials his with everyone soon, but here is a short video made by someone in our Crowd to start the introduction.

BNNano is excited to announce that we have been selected to list our products on the Knowde.com marketplace. The Knowde.com Marketplace is a business-to-business portal for for ingredients, polymers, and chemicals.

According to Knowde.com, “Raw material suppliers and their customers are the hidden innovators behind the end-products we rely on every day. Chemistry is used to make every physical good on Earth, including the products we love from Tesla, Glossier, Apple, Nike, 3M and J&J”.

Listing our products on Knowde.com will allow BNNano to expand our outreach to a world class customer base.

There have been a lot of changes in the last 12-18 months for BNNano.

We have officially started to fill out our Advisory Board and we are fortunate enough to have some incredible people agree to be a part of our team and provide us advice and guidance in all aspects of our business.

Our Advisors include:

Current Managing Director Cerberus Capital Management, Former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the White House/National Security Council, Former VP Technology Cree, Inc., Former CEO of Tregan Energy, Founder and Former Managing Director at Commonwealth Opportunity Capital, and Philanthropist of the Year - 2020

To learn more about our Advisory Board visit https://www.bnnano.com/team

Dear Friends and Family,

We are excited to kick-off our latest raise on Netcapital!

It has been an outstanding year for BNNano. We are working with excellent customers, have new products, and are excited about the future.

In 2021, we raised over $1,000,000 on Netcapital and met the goals we set for that raise. As we prepare for our next stage of growth, we need to expand our operations, our team, our product portfolio, and our intellectual property.

Visit our offer page to Invest in BNNano and enable our goal to revolutionize material science.

Steve Wilcenski Jason Taylor Theodore Kalmbach

BNNano is proud to announce that our COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (CRADA) with the U.S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL (NPS) has been extended to enable ongoing projects as well as newly outlined areas of research and development. We greatly value this relationship with the talented scientists and engineers at NPS.

Patent Granted!

BNNano is proud to announce that our Boron Nitride NanoBarb™, has been patented.

The NanoBarb™ is a novel modification of a nanotube with a surface design that is key to unlocking the transfer of its incredible strength, stiffness, and thermal conductivity to materials into which it is infused.

At BNNano, we greatly value the designs, innovations, and know-how of our team that brings nanotechnology to market, and we protect that intellectual property through a combination of patents and trade secrets.

Our talented team works relentlessly to bring forth the incredible potential from the nano realm to everyday life.

BNNano will be presenting at the next Planetmasters Conference. Please join us if you can. We will be discussing how we are growing our company and making the world a better place.

The video from our Investor Update Meeting has been posted.

BNNano will be hosting the Web Investor Call on Tuesday June 14th at 3:00pm EDT. Please use the link below to register for the call.

We will be taking questions during the call and you can post questions now on the Discussion Board.

The meeting will be recorded and will be available on our website if you are not able to make the call.

BNNano will be hosting a web meeting on Tuesday June 14th. During this Zoom meeting we will provide an update on the progress we have made over the past 12 months, and some insight about where we are going in the future. There will be time to take questions from our Netcapital Investors and Followers. The time of day will be set in the next few days, and we will provide the link here on the discussion board. The meeting will be recorded in case you are unable to attend live. Please post any questions that you want to ask on the discussion board.

We are excited about what we have accomplished and what is to come!

Steve

OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE

Hello,

We at BNNano wanted to once again thank you for your support and investment. Our team was excited to close our Netcapital round on July 31st after raising the maximum of $1.069 million. We are in an excellent financial position for 2021-2022. We plan to provide regular updates and are glad to have you as part of our team.

Highlights • We are continuing the facilities upgrade and expansion activities in Burlington, NC and are targeting Phase 1 to be completed by the end of calendar 2022 • With the world opening back up, we will attend, present, and exhibit at the following: o The Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology Show; October 13-14, 2021; Edison, NJ (https://advancedmaterialsshowusa.com) o The Composites and Advanced Materials Show (CAMX); October 18-22, 2021; Dallas, TX (https://www.thecamx.org) • We will officially announce our Boron Nitride NanoBarb™ Polycarbonate Filaments for 3-D Manufacturing at CAMX. This material has shown excellent results and we are excited about its potential • We have continued to grow our 2021 revenues and are on track to meet or exceed our 2021 targets.

Thanks again for taking this journey with us! We are excited to share what we have in the pipeline and will continue to work hard for you. As always let us know if you have questions, connections, introductions, or ideas we should pursue. We wish you all the best.

Steve

SEPTEMBER 2021 UPDATE

Hello,

I hope your month is off to a great start! We at BNNano once again wanted to thank you for your support and investment. Our team was excited to close our Netcapital round on July 31st and raised $1.069 million and are in an excellent financial position for 2021-2022. We plan to provide regular updates and are glad to have you as part of our team.

Highlights • We have begun the facilities upgrade and expansion activities in Burlington, NC. • We have extended our Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Naval Post Graduate School (https://nps.edu) through September 2022. • With the world opening back up, we will attend, present, and exhibit at the following: o The Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology Show; October 13-14, 2021; Edison, NJ (https://advancedmaterialsshowusa.com) o The Composites and Advanced Materials Show (CAMX); October 18-22, 2021; Dallas, TX (https://www.thecamx.org) • We are back on the road to meet with and acquire new customers across numerous markets • Our team is actively engaged in continuous improvement activities to improve our NanoBarb™ powders and Aluminum Master Alloy. • We are continuing our new product development and plan to announce a new product in Q4 2021. A Boron Nitride NanoBarb™ enhanced polycarbonate filament for 3D manufacturing. • We have continued to grow our 2021 revenues and are on track to meet or exceed our 2021 targets.

Thanks again for taking this journey with us! We are excited to share what we have in the pipeline and will continue to work hard for you. As always let us know if you have questions, connections, introductions, or ideas we should pursue. We wish you all the best.

Steve

BNNano is Exhibiting at The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo CAMX 2021

We are excited to be Exhibiting at The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) in Dallas TX on October 19-21st. Please come by and visit us in Exhibit Halls D-F at Booth Y55.

CAMX brings together all aspects of the world’s composites and advanced materials communities together for one all-encompassing event. CAMX is where the industry meets to get business done and the industry discovers the latest products, solutions, and advanced industry technology.

BNNano is Speaking and Exhibiting at The Advanced Materials Show / Nanotechnology Show

We are excited to be speaking and exhibiting at The Advanced Materials Show / Nanotechnology Show in Edison, New Jersey this October 13th and 14th. Please come by and visit us at Booth 408.

The Nanotechnology Show is the first industry focused exhibition and conference covering the development and integration of nanotechnology within a range of applications including chemicals, life sciences, pharmaceutical, energy, electronics, automotive and aerospace.

The Advanced Materials Show USA will showcase the very latest in high performance materials technology for applications including Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Energy and Medical Technology.

We wanted to take a moment to thank our 1,200 plus Netcapital investors for the trust and confidence you have shown BNNano. We are excited to have surpassed the $1 million milestone and are nearing our final goal of $1.069 million.

We are excited about our future and we look forward to the remainder of 2021 and beyond. If you are on the watch list, we recommend getting in before the round closes, and we will close on July 31st, with no extension.

If you have any questions as we near the end of this raise, please reach out on the Discussion Board! Thanks again for your support!

BNNANO ADDS TO LEADERSHIP TEAM

We excited to announce that we have added a new member to the BNNano team. Scott Kish has an exceptional background and he will be a key asset for BNNano as we continue to grow our team.

Scott will be our new Head of External Programs and he will not only be tasked with establishing programs with the US Government but he will also help us find partners in private industry so we can continue to innovate and develop new and exciting products that utilize our NanoBarbs™.

Here is a short bio for Scott:

Scott has over 30 years of experience working for the U.S. Government and the United States Marine Corps. He was commissioned into the United States Marine Corps upon his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1992. Scott finished his active-duty service developing and analyzing future expeditionary warfare requirements for the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon. He subsequently worked for the U.S. Congress House Appropriations Committee. Scott deployed to Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 where he was instrumental in establishing the first tribal Iraq Awakening and responsible for reconstruction projects in the central part of Ramadi. He has served overseas in Europe, Asia, and in South America, and was awarded a commendation for valor in Iraq. Scott earned a M.A. from the U.S. Naval War College in National Security and Strategic Studies and a M.S. in Systems Technology from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

Today we are pleased to announce that BNNano’s CEO has been named one of “2021’s Most Inspiring Business Leaders”, by Beyond Exclamation Magazine.

BNNano CEO Steve Wilcenski Named to NSBA Leadership Council. I glad to have the opportunity to serve on the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council.

Today we are excited to announce that we have a strategic partnership with Huneed Technologies of South Korea. Huneed Technologies (www.huneed.com) is a specialist in tactical communication and aerospace equipment and this partnership will help BNNano to expand into the Korean marketplace.

Today we are excited to announce that we have partnered with TER Chemicals to be our distributor in the European Union.

We selected TER Chemicals because we were not only looking for a transactional trading partner, but for a strategic partnership with technology and application expertise in the European markets. We are very excited and confident that we found the right partner with TER Chemicals!

We are excited to announce our decision to extend our offering for another three months and would like to take this opportunity to explain our decision.

First, our original SEC filing allows our offering to be open for a year, but we wanted to first test the waters and better understand Netcapital. After an overwhelmingly positive experience, we feel it is the right decision to extend our original three month offering and continue to partner with Netcapital and their excellent team.

Second, a number of individuals and groups have contacted us directly with an interest to invest and asked whether we could extend the offering to provide them the opportunity to review our documentation and technology before determining the amount of their investment.

Third, we have a number of exciting announcements and partnerships to announce in 2021 and wanted the opportunity to share this with the Netcapital community.

Finally, we strongly believe in the power of crowdfunding and the ability to provide investors the opportunity to invest in early-stage ventures. The Netcapital community has proven an excellent resource for much more than investment dollars and we believe extending our offering is in the best interest of BNNano and our Shareholders. We are extremely excited about our progress in 2021 and know we will continue to grow and expand.

We have some exciting news about how our NanoBarbs™ can improve the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys. Today we are excited to talk about the work we are doing with Eck Industries. Eck Industries is an aluminum casting house located in Wisconsin. Eck provides high value cast products for the military, aviation, medical, high performance automotive, hybrid vehicles, space, and industrial markets, and they are world leaders and innovators in their field.

By using BNNano’s NanoBarbs™, Eck Industries has demonstrated that successful incorporation of Boron Nitride NanoBarbs™ into an advanced aluminum alloy casting, boosted the yield strength of their alloy by 70% at 0.4wt% NanoBarb™ loading.

This is a demonstration of what we can do.

BNNano will be presenting our “Origin Story” at the IEEE SFBA Nanotechnology Council’s, 5th “Origin Stories - Exploring Entrepreneurship”.

We are very excited about the opportunity to go into more detail behind the formation of BNNano and the inspirations for our Boron Nitride NanoBarbs™ and the methods we used to develop this novel material.

We would like to invite you to attend this virtual event on April 21st. BNNano will be one of the companies presenting, along with other phenomenal organizations. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.

We presented during Netcapital’s Virtual Demo Day on Advanced Technologies on Wednesday 3/24. Here is our presentation and the Q&A Afterwards.

Ruhl Strategic partners recently highlighted BNNano, noting the company’s acceleration in commercializing their Boron Nitride NanoBarb into new industrial market. Specifically highlighted where the recent industry recognition and new product development. Visit Ruhl’s website for more information.

Netcapital is hosting a Virtual Demo Day on Advanced Technologies on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 7pm ET highlighting and BNNano is one of the companies that will be presenting.

Please join us on Wednesday!

Naval Postgraduate School Announces CRADA with BNNano to research nanomaterial applications. The NPS highlights the relationship, potential applications, and the future relationship.

BNNano is excited to announce the next phase of our expansion. We are launching a Research & Development facility in the South Carolina Upstate at the Abbeville Incubator & Soft-Landing Facility.

We had a great conversation with Eric Cox from Netcapital and Amy Wood from Pepperdine University on Thursday. There were a lot of excellent questions from the attendees and here is the link in case you were not able to listen in:

Join us on Thursday 3/11 at 8pm ET for a conversation with Steve Wilcenski, founder and CEO of BNNano, and Amy Wood, Program Manager at Peate Institute for Entrepreneurship at Pepperdine’s Graziadio Business School.

BNNano CEO Steve Wilcenski is featured in the Nano Entrepreneurship Network Podcast. During this conversation with National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) Director Lisa Friedersdorf, Wilcenski discusses his experiences launching BNNano, lessons learned, and provides advice for new entrepreneurs.

This Podcast is hosted by the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a U.S. Government R&D initiative focused on nanotechnology. The NNCO provides technical and administrative support to the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Tech Subcommittee of the National Science and Tech Council.