BLUERISC INC

Amherst, MA · Semiconductors · Private

UniQore secure soft-core processor and toolkit that automatically generates per-device-unique configurable processors with protected execution environments and memory interfaces

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · bluerisc.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: Amherst, MA
Total capital: $32.3M

Federal grants: $9.6M; 15 awards · 2014–2025; Rank in peer group#2 of 55
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $22.7M; 46 awards · Defense, Homeland Security, Interior; Rank in Semiconductors#16 of 707
Granted patents: 19; first 2015; Rank in peer group#9 of 55

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Topic #: A254-006 - Large Language Models For System Security Engineering Analysis (phase I)$250K
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Topic #: A254-006 - Large Language Models For System Security Engineering Analysis (phase I)$250K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1.$240K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase 1.$140K
Dec 2024Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.2M
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Phase II Effort Is To Research And Develop The Prototype Test Bed To Facilitate Validation In The Context Of The Target, Operational Army Use-case-achieving A Trl 7+.$1.1M
Feb 2024Federal contractDefense · Phase II Effort Is To Research And Develop The Prototype Test Bed To Facilitate Validation In The Context Of The Target, Operational Army Use-case-achieving A Trl 7+.$1.1M

Show 54 earlier federal awards

Jan 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$175K
Jan 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I$175K
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR II - Side Channels For Heterogenous Ics$1.5M
Oct 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Darpa SBIR II - Side Channels For Heterogenous Ics$1.5M
May 2023Federal contractHomeland Security · The Purpose Of SBIR Phase I Contract 70RSAT23C00000022 Is To Provide Funding For Accurate And Real-time Hardware-assisted Detection Of Cyber Attacks Through Ai/ml$150K
Mar 2023Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II For The Effort Entitled: Third-party Verification Of Cots Software Compliance With Requirements$1.5M
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Darpa Bluerisc Mto SBIR Phase II$1.5M
Jan 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Titled, Side Channels For Heterogenous Integrated Circuits.$250K
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR$167K
Feb 2022Federal contractDefense · The Effort Is The Investigation And Specification Of A Maritime Sensor Data System Solution.$225K
Nov 2021Federal contractDefense · Darpa Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Program For Effort Entitled, "third-party Verification Of Cots Software Compliance With Requirement"$225K
May 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development- N201-076$2M
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Research&development$240K
May 2020Federal contractHomeland Security · 20.1 Phase I Topic 002: Remote Sensor Data Protection And Anti-spoofing R&d In Support Of The Small Business Innovation Research Program$150K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Effort Is To Cyber Resiliency For Army Air Systems.$50K
Sep 2019Federal grantHomeland Security · Phase II · Autonomous Detection and Healing of Silent Vulnerabilities$1.0M
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Action Is To Award A Definitive, Ffp SBIR Phase II$1M
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$140K
Apr 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · UniQore Secure Soft-core Processor$1.0M
Apr 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Design Tools for Hardware Trojan Detection and Mitigation$1.5M
Feb 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · In-Flight Rapid Cyber Diagnostics and Response for Mission Assurance$150K
Feb 2019Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Cyber-physical System, Avionics, Vulnerability Analysis, Cyber Hardening, Cyber Security, Binary Analysis$75K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Contract, W56KGU-18-C-0034, Is To Award A Definitive Sixteen (16) Month, Firm-fixed-price Type Contract Pursuant To The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program Phase I, Under Topic Number A18-047$100K
Jun 2018Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ii-system Architecture Recovery And Analysis (sara)$1.0M
Apr 2018Federal contractDefense · Contract Award For SBIR Phase II$1.0M
Apr 2018Federal contractHomeland Security · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase III Award - Mobile Roots-of-trust (mrot)$150K
Mar 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Design Tools for Hardware Trojan Detection and Mitigation$150K
Mar 2018Federal contractInterior · Design Tools For Hardware Trojan Detection And Mitigation$150K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$985K
Mar 2017Federal grantHomeland Security · Phase II · Cyber Attack Prediction for Situational Understanding and Preemptive Cyber Defense$750K
Dec 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Is A SBIR Phase I Contract In The Amount Of $149,996.30.$150K
Sep 2016Federal contractHomeland Security · Igf::ot::igf The Purpose Of This Requisition Is To Commit Dhs SBIR Funds Award The Software Based Dynamic Mobile Trusted Module (sw-dmtm) Contract.$200K
Sep 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Reconfigurable Memory or Central Processing Unit (CPU) Instruction Architecture$946K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · SBIRSOL2016.1 Igf::cl::igf Retrofitting Code Into Binary Executables And Firmware To Add New Functionality For Embedded Systems$150K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf System Architecture Recovery And Analysis$150K
May 2016Federal grantHomeland Security · Phase I · Malware Prediction for Situational Understanding and Preemptive Cyber Defense$100K
Apr 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development$100K
Nov 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf SBIRSOL2015.2$80K
Sep 2015Federal grantHomeland Security · Phase II · Autonomous Detection and Healing of Silent Vulnerabilities$750K
May 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - SBIR I - Avionics Access Points And Connection Protection$150K
Dec 2014Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Automatically Generating Reconfigurable Memory & Central Processing Unit (CPU) Architectures$125K
Aug 2014Federal contractHomeland Security · Igf::ot::igf New SBIR Phase I Contract$100K
Aug 2014Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II - "software-based Dynamic Mobile Trusted Module (swdmtm)"$750K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Darpa SBIR Phase II$1.5M
Apr 2014Federal contractDefense · Detecting Malicious Circuits In Ip-core$150K
Sep 2013Federal contractHomeland Security · Igf::ot::igf Dhs SBIR-2013.2 Phase I Firm-fixed Price Contract Between The Department Of Homeland Security, Science&technology Directorate And Bluerisc,inc. For Research And Development Support Services, In Accordance With Its Proposal, Entitled "lean Software Roots Of Trust".$100K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I Effort Entitled "automatice Detection And Patching Of Vulnerbilities In Embedded Systems"$150K
Apr 2011Federal contractDefense · Software Protection To Fight Through An Attack$750K
Nov 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR I$100K
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · Binary Level Software Partitioning To Trusted Hardware$900K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR I$100K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$100K
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR II$1.3M
Oct 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR, Phase I$100K

Federal awards are summed by year (61 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 55 peers

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Semiconductors · Software

Federal grants#2 · top 4%
Granted patents#9 · top 16%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 19 granted of 19

Jun 18, 2024GrantedEncrypting Content And Facilitating Legal Access To The Encrypted ContentUSPTOUS 12,015,597
Feb 14, 2023GrantedTransmitting Content To Promote PrivacyUSPTOUS 11,582,211
Nov 22, 2022GrantedDetection And Healing Of Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeUSPTOUS 11,507,671

Show all 19 patent records

Encrypting Content And Facilitating Legal Access To The Encrypted ContentJun 18, 2024 · US 12,015,597Granted
Transmitting Content To Promote PrivacyFeb 14, 2023 · US 11,582,211Granted
Detection And Healing Of Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeNov 22, 2022 · US 11,507,671Granted
Characterizing, Detecting And Healing Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeNov 22, 2022 · US 11,507,669Granted
Securing Microprocessors Against Information Leakage And Physical TamperingNov 2, 2021 · US 11,163,857Granted
Encrypting Content And Facilitating Legal Access To The Encrypted ContentOct 19, 2021 · US 11,153,286Granted
Detection And Healing Of Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeNov 17, 2020 · US 10,839,085Granted
Cyber Defense With Graph Theoretical ApproachJul 7, 2020 · US 10,706,144Granted
Encrypting Content And Facilitating Legal Access To The Encrypted ContentMay 26, 2020 · US 10,666,627Granted
Transmitting Content To Promote PrivacyDec 24, 2019 · US 10,516,524Granted
Securing Microprocessors Against Information Leakage And Physical TamperingOct 1, 2019 · US 10,430,565Granted
Detection And Healing Of Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeApr 2, 2019 · US 10,248,792Granted
Encrypting Content And Facilitating Legal Access To The Encrypted ContentMar 12, 2019 · US 10,230,702Granted
Transmitting Content To Promote PrivacyMar 5, 2019 · US 10,225,075Granted
Securing microprocessors against information leakage and physical tamperingApr 10, 2018 · US 9,940,445Granted
Detection And Healing Of Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeSep 5, 2017 · US 9,754,112Granted
Security of Program Executables and Microprocessors Based on Compiler-Architecture InteractionFeb 28, 2017 · US 9,582,650Granted
Characterizing, Detecting And Healing Vulnerabilities In Computer CodeAug 9, 2016 · US 9,411,964Granted
Securing microprocessors against information leakage and physical tamperingJun 30, 2015 · US 9,069,938Granted

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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

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.