GLOBAL NEIGHBOR, INC
Directed Energy Seed Priming (DESP) technology—an aftermarket upgrade kit that integrates into commercial planters to increase seed germination rates and emergence speed
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- XENIA, OH
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $1.4M, Apr 2022
- Total capital
- $7.2M
- Federal grants
- $1.9M
- 6 awards · 2020–2026
- Rank in peer group#3 of 23
- Private capital raised
- $1.4M
- 1 Form D · last Apr 2022
- 54 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $3.9M
- 4 awards · Defense
- Rank in Agritech#19 of 882
- Granted patents
- 0
- 2 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Directed-energy Seed Priming For Uniform Germination And Enhanced Early Seedling Vigor In Space Controlled-environment Agriculture$224K
- Federal grantAgriculture · The Combined Efforts Of Global Neighbor Inc. (gni) In Collaboration With Texas A&m University Will Develop And Inter-row Directed Energy System For Non-chemical Weed Management And Designate It As The DA-6NT. The Proposed Project Seeks To Prove The Technical And Commercial Feasibility Of A Novel Non-chemical Weed Control Technology That Builds On The Prior Work Done By Tamu And Gni And That Will Provide Small To Medium-sized Organic Growers With Higher Efficacy And Flexibility In Their Produ$125K
- Federal grantAgriculture · ** Awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** The WORLD'S Population Is Growing, Increasing Food Demand Far Beyond Arable Land Availability, Soproducers Need A Way To Increase Their Yield Using Current Acreage. Through This Proposal, Globalneighbor Inc. (gni), With The Support Of Collaborator Cnh Industrial (cnh) And Investors, Willfurther Validate The Technical And Comme$650K
- Federal grantAgriculture · The WORLD'S Population Is Growing, Increasing Food Demand Far Beyond Arable Land Availability, So Producers Need A Way To Increase Their Yield Using Current Acreage. Low-cost Methods To Increase Yields In The Reality Of Changing Environmental Stress Is Critical To Agriculture Production, And New Economical And Environmentally Friendly Seed Priming Techniques Can Provide This Increase Despite Changing Climate And Environmental Conditions.it Is Widely Understood That Getting Crops Started Earl$175K
- Federal contractDefense · Robotic, Non-chemical Invasive Vegetation Control For Reduced Flight Line Foreign Object Damage$1.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.4M
- Federal grantAgriculture · Global Neighbor (gni) Was Awarded A Phase 1 To Develop A Design That Makes Weed Seeds Collected By A Combine At Harvest Non-viable, Saving The Farmer Money And Reducing Environmental Impact. The Work Plan Was To Start With The Technique Developed Under A DOD SBIR That Made Tumble Weed Seeds Non-viable, Alter That Recipe, And Engineer A Solution To Go On A Combine. Our Successful Completion Of Phase 1 Showed Our Solution Will Make Greater Than 95% Of Common Weed Seeds Non-viable.the Growing Numbe$650K
Show 4 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantAgriculture · Improve Weed Management - Stop The Weeds When Seeds$100K
- Federal contractDefense · Crp/sbir Ph.ii Directed Energy Floral Disrupter$999K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR II Global Neighbor - Floral Disruptor$1.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Global Neighbor, Inc. New Phase I - AF12-1-20$150K
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Federal first
118months
from GLOBAL NEIGHBOR, INC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jul 2012
- Defense · $150K
- First Form D · Apr 2022
- $1.4M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 5 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 23 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Federal grants#3 · top 13%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Dean A DidatoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James A EllisDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Janet JacksonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jonathan JacksonExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Remigio PeralesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 2- PendingSystem And Method For Controlling The Operation Of A Seed-planting ImplementUSPTOApplication 19257764
- PendingSystem And Method For Controlling The Operation Of A Seed-planting ImplementUSPTOApplication 63667239
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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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