FaceFirst, Inc.
Real-time facial recognition system for threat detection and alerting
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- AUSTIN, TX
- Founded
- 2012
- Latest Form D
- $5.5M, Mar 2024
- Total capital
- $28M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $28M
- 5 Form D · last Mar 2024
- 31 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 15
- 2 pending · first 2016
- Rank in peer group#26 of 831
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$5.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$1.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$11M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$7M
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.
Standing among 831 peers
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- Granted patents#26 · top 3%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Ajit Doyl KumbhareDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Bob AllisonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Cameron AkersDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Daniel MerkleExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dara G. RiordanExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Doyl BurkettDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 15 people
- James Doyl BurkettDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Joseph RosenkrantzExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kurt G. LeeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mike MurphyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter TreppExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter WollonsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert G. AllisonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tim G. WallExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tom Doyl MelzlExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 15 granted of 17- GrantedAccess ManagerUSPTOUS 12,261,959
- GrantedAccess ManagerUSPTOUS 11,956,365
- GrantedBiometric Notification SystemUSPTOUS 11,574,503
Show all 17 patent records
- Access ManagerMar 25, 2025 · US 12,261,959Granted
- Access ManagerApr 9, 2024 · US 11,956,365Granted
- Biometric Notification SystemFeb 7, 2023 · US 11,574,503Granted
- Managed Notification SystemDec 20, 2022 · US 11,532,152Granted
- Biometric Notification SystemFeb 23, 2021 · US 10,929,651Granted
- Managed Notification SystemFeb 2, 2021 · US 10,909,400Granted
- Access ManagerOct 6, 2020 · US 10,797,880Granted
- Systems, Methods, And Computer Readable Mediumfor Short Message CommunicationJul 16, 2020 · Application 16740356Pending
- Access ManagerJul 23, 2019 · US 10,361,863Granted
- Biometric Notification SystemMay 28, 2019 · US 10,303,934Granted
- Managed Notification SystemAug 14, 2018 · US 10,049,288Granted
- Biometric Notification SystemAug 7, 2018 · US 10,043,060Granted
- Access ManagerJun 12, 2018 · US 9,998,283Granted
- Access ManagerSep 12, 2017 · US 9,762,394Granted
- Biometric Notification SystemAug 1, 2017 · US 9,721,167Granted
- Managed Notification SystemAug 2, 2016 · US 9,405,968Granted
- Systems, Methods, And Computer Readable Mediumfor Short Message CommunicationApplication 62791719Pending
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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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