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Apr 15, 2026 12:00 PM

LiquidPiston Launches Reg CF Funding Round to Unlock up to $7M in U.S. Army Funding via SBIR CATALYST Award

Reg CF Investment Opportunity: LiquidPiston's Reg CF funding round enables individual investors to participate in the company's growth as a partner to the U.S. Army and Department of War.

Up to 3-to-1 Capital Match: The Reg CF raise has the potential to be matched by up to $10.5 million in additional non-dilutive funding, including $3.5 million from a U.S. Army transition partner and $7 million from the U.S. Army SBIR CATALYST program. LiquidPiston must raise at least $3.5 million of new investor capital to maximize the matching funds; the company may raise up to $5 million as part of the Reg CF crowdfunding investment round.

Reason for Funding: The combined funding will support the technology maturation of LiquidPiston's X-Engine™, a 10 kW genset platform, and adaptation of the 10 kW genset to a field-prototype Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) integrated with a representative mobile command-post vehicle.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., April 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiquidPiston, Inc., a leading innovator in compact, efficient, heavy-fueled rotary combustion engine technologies and hybrid power systems, today announced the launch of a Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) investment round. To date, LiquidPiston has raised approximately $50 million in equity crowdfunding and has won $65 million in contracts with the Department of War.

This new Reg CF funding round is tied to the U.S. Army's ...