Deepwave Digital, Inc.
Software platform that extracts intelligence from RF (radio frequency) signals to enable autonomous systems
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $441K, Sep 2025
- Total capital
- $5.3M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $5.3M
- 3 Form D · last Sep 2025
- 13 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $12K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Defense#910 of 1442
- Granted patents
- 2
- 2 pending · first 2022
- Rank in peer group#11 of 88
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$441K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.7M
- Federal contractDefense · Artificial Intelligence Radio Transceive$12K
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Federal first
2months
from Deepwave Digital, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 2020
- Defense · $12K
- First Form D · Nov 2020
- $2.7M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 88 peers
Line = medianDefense · Software
- Granted patents#11 · top 13%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- John FergusonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 4- PendingArtificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverUSPTOApplication 18243968
- GrantedArtificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverUSPTOUS 11,790,273
- GrantedArtificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverUSPTOUS 11,436,525
Show all 4 patent records
- Artificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverDec 28, 2023 · Application 18243968Pending
- Artificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverOct 17, 2023 · US 11,790,273Granted
- Artificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverSep 6, 2022 · US 11,436,525Granted
- Artificial Intelligence Radio TransceiverApplication 62593342Pending
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- APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Defense · $3K in contracts
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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