CAMBRIDGE TERAHERTZ INC
Terahertz imaging radar system for contactless concealed weapons detection
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- SUNNYVALE, CA
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $12M, Jul 2025
- Total capital
- $15.1M
- Federal grants
- $1.5M
- 2 awards · 2023–2025
- Rank in peer group#36 of 113
- Private capital raised
- $12M
- 1 Form D · last Jul 2025
- 15 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $1.6M
- 2 awards · Defense, Interior
- Rank in Defense#715 of 1442
- Granted patents
- 0
- 5 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractInterior · Research And Development$1.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$12M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Terahertz Imaging Radar for Contactless Concealed Weapons Detection$1.2M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Terahertz Imaging Radar for Law Enforcement$275K
- Federal contractDefense · Cambridge Terahertz, Inc. Miniaturized Terahertz Sensors For Air Force Imaging Applications.$75K
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Federal first
27months
from CAMBRIDGE TERAHERTZ INC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · May 2023
- Defense · $75K
- First Form D · Jul 2025
- $12M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 3 awards
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Standing among 113 peers
Line = medianDefense · Device
- Federal grants#36 · top 32%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Nathan MonroeResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $1.5M in grants as PI
- Anand DixitDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Carolyne LaSala HoltorfDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 5- PendingImproved Terahertz Reflectarrays And Related MethodsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2024033171
- PendingFlip Chip Packaging with Passive Resonators for ReflectarraysUSPTOApplication 63507229
- PendingRange-Gating Modulation in ReflectarraysUSPTOApplication 63507219
Show all 5 patent records
- Improved Terahertz Reflectarrays And Related MethodsApplication PCTUS2024033171Pending
- Flip Chip Packaging with Passive Resonators for ReflectarraysApplication 63507229Pending
- Range-Gating Modulation in ReflectarraysApplication 63507219Pending
- Co-located Computational and Antenna Elements in ReflectarraysApplication 63507236Pending
- Improved Terahertz Reflect Arrays And Related MethodsApplication 19491173Pending
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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