Startup · United States
Great Lakes Crystal Technologies
HQ East Lansing, MichiganFounded 201911-50 employeesUpdated
We build lasting partnerships by deeply understanding our customers’ needs and consistently delivering best-in-class diamond material solutions — meeting or exceeding expectations on quality, cost, and schedule, every time.
Federal Prime Contracts$3.0M obligated · FY2020–FY2026
- Obligated
- $3.0M
- FY2020–FY2026
- Contract actions
- 13
- 6 awards
- Peak year
- FY2024
- $1.8M
- Top buyer
- U.S. Air Force
- 70% of obligations
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| Fiscal year | Obligated | Actions | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (to date) | $0 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2024 | $1.8M | 1 | 1 |
| FY2023 | $0 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2022 | $492K | 3 | 2 |
| FY2021 | $151K | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | $612K | 4 | 4 |
Top buyers
- U.S. Air Force$2.1M 70%
- U.S. Army$642K 21%
- U.S. Navy$138K 4.6%
- NASA$124K 4.1%
What they sell (PSC)
- National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research$2.4M 80%
- R&D- Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$350K 12%
- R&D- Defense Other: Other (Basic Research)$138K 4.6%
- Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Basic Research$124K 4.1%
Industry (NAICS)
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$3.0M 100%
Where the work is done
- Michigan$3.0M 100%
Contract pricing
- Firm Fixed Price$3.0M 100%
Competition
- Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$2.4M 79%
- Not Competed Under SAP$642K 21%
Largest awards6
- Diamond Materials for Quantum Technology Applications · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$1.8M
- Diamond for Quantum Technology Application Services · U.S. Army · USAspending ↗$642K
- Diamond Materials for Quantum Technologies · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$325K
- Kick-off Briefing Materials · U.S. Navy · USAspending ↗$138K
- Radiation Tolerant High-voltage, High-power Diamond Electronics · NASA · USAspending ↗$124K
- Customer Discovery in Phase I to Identify Quantum Grade Single Crystal Diamond Requirements for Future Air Force Quantum Technologies with An Aim to Extend Our State-of-the-art Diamond Synthesis Process to Demonstrate Prototype Quantum Grade Diamond · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$25K
Awards marked “Outside DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA” come from the contractor-first USAspending search of this company's awards at every agency and are not in sector totals. Awards of DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA under $10,000 net are counted in totals but not listed; find them on USAspending ↗.
Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: assistance | Direct: contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FY2025 | −$16K | — | −$16K |
| FY2024 | $2.3M | $1.8M | $4.1M |
| FY2023 | $1.3M | $0 | $1.3M |
| FY2022 | $599K | $492K | $1.1M |
| FY2021 | $1.1M | $151K | $1.2M |
| FY2020 | $200K | $612K | $811K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.
- GREAT LAKES CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC · HNVFQ4KLBMF4 · $8.5M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Great Lakes Crystal Technologies only for the period a subsidiary reported Great Lakes Crystal Technologies as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.
Funding10 rounds · $2.4M
- Equity raised
- $2.4M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- $5.0M
- Latest
- UndisclosedGrant · Sep 17, 2026
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Grant | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Grant | $2.7M | — | National Security Innovation Capital | — | Confirmed |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Undisclosed | $2.4M | — | — | Ultratech Capital Partners | Speculative |
| May 10, 2024 | Grant | $2.3M | — | — | — | Speculative |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Seed | Undisclosed | — | — | Michigan Rise | Confirmed |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Speculative |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Grant | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Speculative |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Seed | Undisclosed | — | Michigan Rise | — | Reported |
| May 18, 2020 | Pre-Seed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Pre-Seed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
- GrantUndisclosedSep 17, 2026
- $2.7MJan 17, 2025
- $2.4MAug 14, 2024
- GrantSpeculative$2.3MMay 10, 2024
- UndisclosedOct 17, 2023
- UndisclosedSpeculativeUndisclosedJul 13, 2023
- GrantSpeculativeUndisclosedFeb 21, 2023
- SeedLed by Michigan RiseUndisclosedMar 18, 2022
- Pre-SeedUndisclosedMay 18, 2020
- Pre-SeedUndisclosedSep 27, 2019
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
People2
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Keith Evans · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-Founder, President, CEO & Member of the Board of Directors |
| Timothy Grotjohn · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-Founder, Technical Advisor & Member of Board of Directors |
Sources10
Profile4
- 1
Great Lakes Crystal Technologies · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“We build lasting partnerships by deeply understanding our customers’ needs and consistently delivering best-in-class diamond material solutions — meeting or exceeding expectations on quality, cost, and schedule, every time.”
- 2
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · x url
“country: US”
- 3
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "ffae2b48-0709-4a59-8672-f479fc916238", "name": "Great Lakes Crystal Technologies"}”
- 4
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“country: US”
Funding5
- 5
Business Wire · Jan 17, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“has been awarded $2.7M from”
- 6
Damazein · Sep 6, 2024 · Supports Funding round
“is delighted to announce a follow on investment in Great Lakes Crystal Technologies (GLCT)”
- 7
Duality Accelerator · Oct 17, 2023 · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“has closed a highly oversubscribed Seed funding round”
- 8
CB Insights · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“Unattributed”
- 9
Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · hq region
“funding round: Seed Round, 2022-03-18, lead: Michigan Rise”
People1
- 10
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · x url, Role
“country: US”
Government identifiers1
- UEI
- HNVFQ4KLBMF4
- GREAT LAKES CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
- Checked Oct 21, 2026
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