Codelucida, Inc.

TUCSON, AZ · Founded 2016 · Semiconductors · Private

Low-density parity-check (LDPC) error-correction algorithms and codes for flash memory solid state drives

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · codelucida.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: TUCSON, AZ
Founded: 2016
Latest Form D: $451K, Dec 2020
Total capital: $4.5M

Federal grants: $1.4M; 1 award · 2015; At sector median 1 award
Private capital raised: $3.1M; 3 Form D · last Dec 2020; 70 months since last filing
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: 5; 7 pending · first 2020

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2020Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$451K
Aug 2018Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2M
Jan 2017Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$620K
Aug 2015Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Low-density parity-check error correction for enhanced reliability of flash memories$1.4M

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Federal first

17months

from Codelucida, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Aug 2015: NSF · $1.4M
First Form D · Jan 2017: $620K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 1 award

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Standing in Semiconductors · 707 companies

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Federal contracts#257 · top 36%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

David Kumar DeclercqResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 3 patents
Shiva Kumar PlanjeryResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $1.4M in grants as PI
Bane Kumar VasicExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Gopi Kumar SirineniDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Wayne Kumar RichardDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 5 granted of 12

Nov 8, 2022GrantedMethod and Apparatus for Vertical Layered Decoding of Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check Codes Using Predictive Magnitude MapsUSPTOUS 11,496,155
Aug 11, 2022PendingMethod And Apparatus For Vertical Layered Decoding Of Quasi-cyclic Low-density Parity Check Codes Built From Clusters Of Circulant Permutation MatricesUSPTOApplication 17676065
Jul 5, 2022GrantedVertical Layered Finite Alphabet Iterative DecodingUSPTOUS 11,381,255

Show all 12 patent records

Method and Apparatus for Vertical Layered Decoding of Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check Codes Using Predictive Magnitude MapsNov 8, 2022 · US 11,496,155Granted
Method And Apparatus For Vertical Layered Decoding Of Quasi-cyclic Low-density Parity Check Codes Built From Clusters Of Circulant Permutation MatricesAug 11, 2022 · Application 17676065Pending
Vertical Layered Finite Alphabet Iterative DecodingJul 5, 2022 · US 11,381,255Granted
Method and Apparatus for Vertical Layered Decoding of Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check Codes Built from Clusters of Circulant Permutation MatricesFeb 22, 2022 · US 11,258,460Granted
Method and Apparatus for Encoding Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check CodesSep 15, 2020 · US 10,778,251Granted
Vertical Layered Finite Alphabet Iterative DecodingJan 7, 2020 · US 10,530,392Granted
Method and Apparatus for Vertical Layered Decoding of Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check Codes Built from Clusters of Circulant Permutation MatricesApplication 63037393Pending
Method And Apparatus For Encoding Quasi-cyclic Low-density Parity Check CodesApplication PCTUS2019045001Pending
Method and Apparatus for Vertical Layered Decoding of Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check Codes Using Predictive Magnitude MapsApplication 63007841Pending
Vertical Layered Finite Alphabet Iterative DecodingApplication PCTUS2018044691Pending
Method and Apparatus for Vertically Layered Finite Alphabet Iterative DecodingApplication 62539476Pending
Method and Apparatus for Encoding Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity Check CodesApplication 62714607Pending

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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.