DIRECT ELECTRON, L.P.
Ultra-fast direct detection camera for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) capable of operating at >100,000 fps and measuring electron energy for multi-color electron microscopy imaging
- Sector
- Medtech
- Headquarters
- San Diego, CA
- Total capital
- $7.4M
- Federal grants
- $7.4M
- 10 awards · 2017–2022
- Rank in peer group#249 of 538
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · An energy discriminating direct detector for multi-color SEM$752K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · An Ultrafast Electron Counting Camera for 100 kV Cryo-EM$639K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · An energy discriminating direct detector for multi-color SEM$1.9M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · An energy discriminating direct detector for multi-color SEM$1.1M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · An Ultrafast Electron Counting Camera for 100 kV Cryo-EM$867K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Data Reduction and Analysis for Continuous-Tilt Electron Diffraction$197K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Ultra-high Efficiency Pixelated Area Detector for Energy Resolved Nano-scale Tissue Imaging with He Ion Beam Microscopy$47K
Show 3 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Ultra-High Frame-Rate Pixelated Direct Electron STEM Detector$1.5M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Ultra-High Frame Rate Direct Detector for EBSD and TKD$150K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Ultra-high Efficiency Pixelated Area Detector for Energy Resolved Nano-scale Tissue Imaging with He Ion Beam Microscopy$227K
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Standing among 538 peers
Line = medianMedtech · Device
- Federal grants#249 · top 46%
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Medtech
- New Animal Drugs; Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Application; Change of SponsorFood and Drug 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.
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