Atoptix, Inc.
Smartphone-compatible optical spectrophotometer sensor for pre-visual crop disease detection
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- STATE COLLEGE, PA
- Latest Form D
- $1.6M, Mar 2023
- Total capital
- $3.4M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 5 awards · 2015–2018
- Rank in peer group#19 of 23
- Private capital raised
- $1.6M
- 1 Form D · last Mar 2023
- 44 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 1 pending · first 2020
- Rank in peer group#11 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.6M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Field-deployable, hand-held spectrophotometer sensor platform for citrus growers to rapidly screen for HLB disease$875K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Smartphone Sensor for Crop Health Assessment and Reduction of Environmental Contamination$225K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · I-Corps: Assisting in the commercialization of the Atoptix fiber based holographic CARS microscope$40K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Development of a fiber-based, holographic coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscope for label-free imaging$345K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Development of a fiber-based, holographic coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscope for label-free imaging$350K
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Federal first
98months
from Atoptix, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jan 2015
- Health and Human S · $350K
- First Form D · Mar 2023
- $1.6M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 5 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 23 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#11 · top 48%
- Linked publications#1 · top 4%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- PERRY EDWARDSResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent · $1.8M in grants as PI
- MATT RHODESDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- PAUL BERGMANDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- ZHIWEN LIUExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 2- GrantedSelf-referencing Mobile-compatible Spectrophotometer PlatformUSPTOUS 10,718,665
- PendingSelf-referencing Mobile-compatible Spectrophotometer PlatformUSPTOApplication PCTUS2017057194
Recent research by its founders
- Portable Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Potato Leaves for Pre-Symptomatic Detection of Late Blight Disease202312 cites
- Simulating the LISA optical metrology system20200 cites
- Smartphone based optical spectrometer for diffusive reflectance spectroscopic measurement of hemoglobin2017101 cites
Related companies, and why
- ATOPTIX INCShares a founder: Perry S Edwards
- SPECTACULAR LABS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- RedLeaf Biologics Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- C16 Biosciences, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Standard Holdings Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Isla Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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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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