GROGURU, INC.
Wireless telemetry system for precision agriculture monitoring
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- Latest Form D
- $2.3M, Jul 2023
- Total capital
- $7.9M
- Federal grants
- $106K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#6 of 87
- Private capital raised
- $7.8M
- 7 Form D · last Jul 2023
- 40 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 7
- 10 pending · first 2019
- Rank in peer group#3 of 87
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$2.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$525K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$70K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$1.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$2.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$25K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$949K
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal grantAgriculture · Improvements In A Wireless Telemetry System In Support Of Precision Agriculture$106K
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Federal first
9months
from GROGURU, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 2020
- Agriculture · $106K
- First Form D · Jun 2021
- $949K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 87 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grants#6 · top 7%
- Granted patents#3 · top 3%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Farooq AnjumResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 3 patents
- BEN STROMDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeff CampbellDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Patrick HenryExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- PAUL VOOISDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rory MooreDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 7 people
- Roy MooreDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 7 granted of 17- PendingFerrite Core Coil For Wireless Underground Sensing SystemsUSPTOApplication 19082150
- GrantedLocation Determination For Subsurface Communication DeviceUSPTOUS 12,117,534
- GrantedSensing System And Method For Use In Electromagnetic-absorbing MaterialUSPTOUS 11,445,274
Show all 17 patent records
- Ferrite Core Coil For Wireless Underground Sensing SystemsDec 4, 2025 · Application 19082150Pending
- Location Determination For Subsurface Communication DeviceOct 15, 2024 · US 12,117,534Granted
- Sensing System And Method For Use In Electromagnetic-absorbing MaterialSep 13, 2022 · US 11,445,274Granted
- Wireless Two-way Communication In Complex MediaMay 24, 2022 · US 11,342,956Granted
- Sensing System And Method For Use In Electromagnetic-absorbing MaterialDec 10, 2019 · US 10,502,865Granted
- Systems And Methods For Converting And Conveying Garden EventsMay 16, 2019 · Application 16247560Pending
- Systems And Methods For An Improved Soil Moisture SensorJan 29, 2019 · US 10,191,184Granted
- Systems And Methods For Recommending A Plant SelectionJan 22, 2019 · US 10,182,533Granted
- Systems And Methods For Converting And Conveying Garden EventsJan 15, 2019 · US 10,178,835Granted
- Systems And Methods For Emulating A Desired Set Of Garden ParametersFeb 4, 2016 · Application 14813099Pending
- Systems And Methods For Dynamically Collecting, Analyzing, And Regulating Garden ParametersFeb 4, 2016 · Application 14813083Pending
- Ferrite Core Coil For Wireless Underground Sensing SystemsApplication 63565654Pending
- Wireless Two-way Communication In Complex MediaApplication 62947340Pending
- Systems And Methods For An Improved Wireless Underground Communication SystemApplication PCTUS2019036861Pending
- Wireless Two-way Communication In Complex MediaApplication PCTUS2020064292Pending
- Location Determination For Subsurface Communication DeviceApplication 62825719Pending
- Location Determination For Subsurface Communication DeviceApplication PCTUS2020025591Pending
Related companies, and why
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- Ceres Tag LtdSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- CLARUS LABS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Upstream Biotechnology, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Flexterra, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null 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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