HJ SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INC
Automated platform for concentration, purification, and detection of environmental DNA (eDNA) from ocean water, integrable into autonomous underwater vehicles
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- SAN LEANDRO, CA
- Total capital
- $6.2M
- Federal grants
- $6.2M
- 12 awards · 2013–2025
- Rank in peer group#1 of 199
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 2
- 2 pending · first 2018
- Rank in peer group#25 of 199
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$600K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Automated Technology For Sequencing Library Preparation$167K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$240K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Automated technology for rapid marine eDNA sampling and detection$1.0M
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Rapid Microbial Detection and Monitoring Technology for Planetary Protection$750K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Novel microbial detection technology for long-term spaceflight missions$125K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Automated technology for autonomous measurement of fluorocarbons in groundwater$750K
Show 5 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · An End-To-End Microfluidic Platform for Engineering Life Supporting Microbes in Space Exploration Missions$750K
- Federal grantAgriculture · According To A Report By Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (cdc) In 2011, Approximately 48 Million Americans Get Sick, 128,000 Are Hospitalized And 3,000 Die Each Year From Food Poisoning, Also Known As Foodborne Illness. Bacteria Are The Source Of Many Food Poisoning Cases Because They Can Multiply And Spread In Foods That Are Contaminated. Symptoms Of Food Poisoning Can Vary And Develop As Quickly As Thirty Minutes To Up To Several Days After Eating The Infected Food. Rapid Methods Fo$600K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Lab-on-a-chip sensor for monitoring of oceanographic chemical parameters$1.0M
- Federal grantAgriculture · Portable Automation Technology For Rapid Detection Of Foodborne Pathogens$100K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Low-cost, Handheld Microfluidic Device For Detection And Monitoring Of Brevetoxins In Marine Environment$100K
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Standing among 199 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grants#1 · top 1%
- Granted patents#25 · top 13%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 4- GrantedReconfigurable Microfluidic Systems: Homogeneous AssaysUSPTOUS 9,956,558
- GrantedReconfigurable microfluidic systems: Microwell plate interfaceUSPTOUS 9,956,557
- PendingReconfigurable Microfluidic Systems: Scalable, Multiplexed ImmunoassaysUSPTOApplication PCTUS2016040071
Show all 4 patent records
- Reconfigurable Microfluidic Systems: Homogeneous AssaysMay 1, 2018 · US 9,956,558Granted
- Reconfigurable microfluidic systems: Microwell plate interfaceMay 1, 2018 · US 9,956,557Granted
- Reconfigurable Microfluidic Systems: Scalable, Multiplexed ImmunoassaysApplication PCTUS2016040071Pending
- Reconfigurable Microfluidic Systems: Homogeneous AssaysApplication PCTUS2016039619Pending
Related companies, and why
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- AXATSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- INNATRIX, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Terrana BiosciencesSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- TUBS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- ZestBio, 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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Data freshness
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