GRAIN WEEVIL CORPORATION
In-bin grain management system with automated aeration and monitoring controls
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Aurora, NE
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $3.5M, Jun 2024
- Total capital
- $5.4M
- Federal grants
- $1.9M
- 2 awards · 2022–2023
- Rank in peer group#3 of 11
- Private capital raised
- $3.5M
- 2 Form D · last Jun 2024
- 28 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 12
- 27 pending · first 2024
- Rank in peer group#1 of 11
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$3.5M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II:Improving farmer safety and grain storage efficiencies via an autonomous grain management and extraction robot$1.7M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I:Improving farmer safety and grain storage efficiencies via a remote-controlled grain management and extraction robot$256K
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2M
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Standing among 11 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Federal grants#3 · top 27%
- Granted patents#1 · top 9%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Benjamin JohnsonResearcherDirector, Executive OfficerLinked by 5 patents · $1.9M in grants as PI
- Chad JohnsonDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dean DidatoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 12 granted of 39- GrantedRobot With Interchangeable Drive SystemUSPTOUS 12,728,533
- GrantedTraversal Based Mixture Of Moist Granular Material In A Bulk StoreUSPTOUS 12,730,457
- PendingManagement Of Piled Granular Material With Vertical Surface ProjectionsUSPTOApplication 19077443
Show all 39 patent records
- Robot With Interchangeable Drive SystemSep 8, 2026 · US 12,728,533Granted
- Traversal Based Mixture Of Moist Granular Material In A Bulk StoreSep 8, 2026 · US 12,730,457Granted
- Management Of Piled Granular Material With Vertical Surface ProjectionsAug 27, 2026 · Application 19077443Pending
- Localization Of A Device Within An AreaJul 30, 2026 · Application 19629883Pending
- Robotic Multi-peak Leveling Of Piled Granular MaterialJul 16, 2026 · Application 19556300Pending
- Bulk Store Management During Load-in Of GrainJul 9, 2026 · Application 19556287Pending
- Grain Bin Management During Grain StorageJul 2, 2026 · Application 19548162Pending
- Slope Reduction Of A Cone Shaped Concavity In A Pile Of Granular MaterialJun 4, 2026 · Application 19464211Pending
- Grain Management In A Bulk StoreJun 2, 2026 · US 12,642,187Granted
- Localization Of A Device Within An Enclosed Bulk Store For Granular MaterialApr 28, 2026 · US 12,613,536Granted
- Robotic Grain Walk Down In A Flat Storage Bulk StoreMar 17, 2026 · US 12,576,526Granted
- Grain Bin Management During Load-inMar 17, 2026 · US 12,576,374Granted
- Bulk Store Slope Adjustment Via Traversal Incited Sediment Gravity FlowMar 3, 2026 · US 12,566,457Granted
- Grain Bin Management During Grain StorageMar 3, 2026 · US 12,564,138Granted
- Management Of Piled Granular Material With Vertical Surface ProjectionsJun 26, 2025 · Application 19078006Pending
- Robotic Temperature Measurement Of Piled Granular MaterialJun 12, 2025 · Application 19047297Pending
- Robotic Moisture Measurement Of Piled Granular MaterialJun 5, 2025 · Application 19047341Pending
- Inciting Sediment Gravity Flow In Piled Granular MaterialJun 5, 2025 · Application 19047353Pending
- Inciting Sediment Gravity Flow In Piled GrainApr 8, 2025 · US 12,269,168Granted
- Surface Management Of Piled Granular MaterialApr 8, 2025 · US 12,269,167Granted
- Robot With Articulable Flap For Moving Granular MaterialFeb 6, 2025 · Application 18923554Pending
- Three-dimensional Localization Of A Device Within A Grain BinDec 12, 2024 · Application 18806510Pending
- Robot With Interchangeable Drive SystemDec 5, 2024 · Application 18800047Pending
- Traversal Based Mixture Of Moist Granular Material In A Bulk StoreAug 29, 2024 · Application 18652204Pending
- Bulk Store Slope AdjustmentJul 16, 2024 · US 12,037,185Granted
- Surface Management Of Piled GrainJan 2, 2024 · US 11,858,145Granted
- Mapping Piled Granular Material In A Bulk StoreMar 2, 2023 · Application 17983505Pending
- Three-dimensional Localization Of A Device Within A Grain BinApplication 63533432Pending
- Robot With Articulable Flap For Moving Granular MaterialApplication 63545793Pending
- Robot With Interchangeable Drive SystemApplication PCTUS2024041852Pending
- Three-dimensional Localization Of A Device Within A Grain BinApplication PCTUS2024042787Pending
- Robot With Articulable Flap For Moving Granular MaterialApplication PCTUS2024052795Pending
- Mapping Piled Granular Material In A Bulk StoreApplication PCTUS2022049356Pending
- Grain Bin ManagementApplication 63343141Pending
- Mapping Piled Granular Material In A Bulk StoreApplication 63320791Pending
- Precise Payload Delivery Relative To Piled Granular MaterialApplication 63277232Pending
- Grain Management In A Bulk StoreApplication PCTUS2023067090Pending
- Management Of Piled Granular Material With Vertical Surface ProjectionsApplication 63761731Pending
- Robot With Interchangeable Drive SystemApplication 63532371Pending
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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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