Happy People Games, Inc
Research-led digital games and learning experiences with measurable outcomes
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- NEWTOWN, CT
- Founded
- 2023
- Latest Form D
- $120K, Oct 2023
- Total capital
- $570K
- Federal grants
- $450K
- 2 awards · 2017
- Sector median 0 awards
- Private capital raised
- $120K
- 1 Form D · last Oct 2023
- 36 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$120K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Interactive Digital Intervention to Prevent Violence among Young Adults$225K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Interactive Digital Intervention to Prevent Violence among Young Adults$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
73months
from Happy People Games, Inc’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Sep 2017
- Health and Human S · $225K
- First Form D · Oct 2023
- $120K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 2 awards
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Sharon W. WoodResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $225K in grants as PI
- Manuj M. SharmaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- R. Benjamin YipDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .