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FARMSENSE INC.

RIVERSIDE, CA · Agritech · Private

End-to-end digital mosquito surveillance platform with automated hardware sensors and AI classification algorithms for vector control districts

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Sector
Agritech
Headquarters
RIVERSIDE, CA
Latest Form D
$1.7M, Jun 2025
Total capital
$4.1M
Federal grants
$2.4M
5 awards · 2019–2023
Rank in peer group#5 of 199
Private capital raised
$1.7M
1 Form D · last Jun 2025
17 months since last filing
Federal contracts
None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents
5
4 pending · first 2024
Rank in peer group#8 of 199

Capital timeline

2019202020212022202320242025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $4.1M$225K$225K$786K$859K$275K1st Form D$1.7M
2019202120232025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $4.1M$225K$786K$859K$275K1st Form D$1.7M

Latest events

  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.7M
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I:Automatic, Digital Classification and Counting of Mosquitos to Allow More Effective Vector Control$275K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Digital Biosecurity for Invasive Insect Pests$859K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Inexpensive Automatic Classification And Counting Of Insects To Enable Precision Agriculture$786K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Digital Biosecurity for Invasive Insect Pests$225K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Inexpensive Automatic Classification And Counting Of Insects To Enable Precision Agriculture$225K

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

76months

from FARMSENSE INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Feb 2019
NSF · $225K
First Form D · Jun 2025
$1.7M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
5 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 199 peers

Line = median

Agritech · System

  • Federal grants#5 · top 3%
  • Granted patents#8 · top 4%

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

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants
  • LESLIE A HICKLEResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by $786K in grants as PI

What it has protected

USPTO · 5 granted of 9
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Regulatory activity · Agritech

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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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