EarthOptics, Inc.
Soil data mapping and measurement system using sensing technology for real-time soil property characterization
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, MN
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $38.1M, Oct 2025
- Total capital
- $145M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $145M
- 9 Form D · last Oct 2025
- 12 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $4K
- 1 award · Interior
- Rank in Agritech#94 of 882
- Granted patents
- 0
- 3 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$38.1M
- Federal contractInterior · Mehlich III Nutrient Analysis$4K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$16.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$38.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$34.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$3.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$10M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$642K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$860K
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.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Adam GersonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Alastair O. CooperDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Brian O. LoebDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Colin SteenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Cristina RohrDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David O. FriedbergDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 16 people
- Derek O. NormanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Edward Fryar, Jr.DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Evan SavellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Hunt BowersExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lars DyrudExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael NicklasDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert HranacExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sid GorhamDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Stephanie LandaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Todd O. MartinExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 3- PendingSystems and Methods of Soil Composition Analysis Using Combined Soil SamplesUSPTOApplication 18755258
- PendingSystems And Methods For Real-time Measurement Of Soil Carbon Sequestration Using Non-invasive Multimodal SensorsUSPTOApplication 18548194
- PendingSystems, Methods And Devices For Using Machine Learning To Optimize Crop Residue ManagementUSPTOApplication 18029793
Related companies, and why
- VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY, INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $10K in contracts
- UNIVERSAL PIG GENES INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $10K in contracts
- PETERSON, STEPHENSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $7K in contracts
- BEE ALERT TECHNOLOGY INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $4K in contracts
- SPENSA TECHNOLOGIES INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $3K in contracts
- Arva Intelligence CorpSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $3K in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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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
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