appvance Inc.
AI/ML software quality platform for autonomous app testing
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, CA
- Founded
- 2012
- Latest Form D
- $5.1M, Jan 2019
- Total capital
- $10M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $10M
- 2 Form D · last Jan 2019
- 93 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 7
- 5 pending · first 2015
- Rank in peer group#177 of 2705
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$5.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$4.9M
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Standing among 2705 peers
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- Granted patents#177 · top 7%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Kevin SuraceResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 4 patents
- Andrew DeYoungDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Chris PuscasiuDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kevin KernDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Noah DoyleDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 7 granted of 12- GrantedMethods For Creating Test Scripts And/or Updating A Model Of An ApplicationUSPTOUS 12,353,317
- GrantedMethod And Apparatus For Generating A State Machine Model Of An Application Using Models Of Gui Objects And Scanning ModesUSPTOUS 10,628,630
- GrantedMethod And Apparatus For Ai-driven Automatic Test Script GenerationUSPTOUS 10,552,299
Show all 12 patent records
- Methods For Creating Test Scripts And/or Updating A Model Of An ApplicationJul 8, 2025 · US 12,353,317Granted
- Method And Apparatus For Generating A State Machine Model Of An Application Using Models Of Gui Objects And Scanning ModesApr 21, 2020 · US 10,628,630Granted
- Method And Apparatus For Ai-driven Automatic Test Script GenerationFeb 4, 2020 · US 10,552,299Granted
- Systems, Methods And Devices For Ai-driven Automatic Test GenerationFeb 12, 2019 · US 10,204,035Granted
- Methods, Devices, Systems, And Non-transitory Machine-readable Medium For Performing An Automated Calibration For Testing Of A Computer Software ApplicationNov 6, 2018 · US 10,120,782Granted
- Methods, Devices, Systems, And Non-transitory Machine-readable Medium For Performing An Automated Calibration For Testing Of A Computer Software ApplicationJun 7, 2016 · US 9,361,208Granted
- Methods, Devices, Systems, And Non-transitory Machine-readable Medium For Performing An Automated Calibration For Testing Of A Computer Software ApplicationAug 4, 2015 · US 9,098,631Granted
- Methods, Systems, And Non-transitory Machine-readable Medium For Performing A Web Browser To Web Browser Testing Of A Computer Software ApplicationJul 10, 2014 · Application 14149685Pending
- Systems, Methods, And Devices For Ai-driven Automatic Test GenerationApplication 62542223Pending
- Systems, Methods, And Devices For Ai-driven Automatic Test GenerationApplication 62559742Pending
- Methods For Creating Test Scripts And/or Updating A Model Of An ApplicationApplication 63562602Pending
- Methods For Creating Test Scripts And/or Updating A Model Of An ApplicationApplication 63570373Pending
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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