Impossible Sensing LLC

St Louis, MO · Agritech · Private

On-site soil monitoring device for measuring soil organic carbon and soil health indicators

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · impossiblesensing.com

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: St Louis, MO
Total capital: $11.3M

Federal grants: $3M; 6 awards · 2018–2024; Rank in peer group#7 of 11
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $8.3M; 15 awards · NASA, Interior; Rank in Agritech#8 of 882
Granted patents: 3; 6 pending · first 2025; Rank in peer group#5 of 11

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2025Federal contractNASA · Phase III SBIR 80NSSC25C0438 - Focused Libs For Elements In Water Identification (flew.id)$375K
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Advancing Sers: Next-level Organic Detection For Life Missions$148K
Aug 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Advancing Sers: Next-level Organic Detection For Life Missions$148K
Aug 2023Federal contractNASA · Disco: Dual In-situ Spectroscopy And Coring$600K
Jun 2023Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II Focused Libs For Elements In Water Identification (flew.id)$1.3M
Aug 2022Federal contractNASA · Development Of Specialty Optical Substrates As Specified In Cif Proposal Award$29K
Jul 2022Federal contractNASA · EO14042 SBIR Phase I Focused Libs For Elements In Water Identification (flew.id)$155K

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Apr 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Spatial Excitation-Emission Matrix Spectroscopy (SEEMS) Organic Matter Bioimager$1.6M
Aug 2021Federal contractNASA · Ot Periscope - Probe For Exploring Regolith And Ice By Subsurface Classification Of Organics, Pahs, And Elements$1M
May 2021Federal contractInterior · Viper Project$1.8M
Apr 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase I · GRAAL: Geospatial Rastering And Atmospheric Lidar$124K
Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Spatial Excitation Emission Matrix Spectroscopy instrument (SEEMs)$250K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Periscope - Probe For Exploring Regolith And Ice By Subsurface Classification Of Organics, Pahs, And Elements$124K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Pwlsr - Pulsed Waveguide Latency Spectral Receptor$125K
Jun 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase II · HARPOON - High Access Raman Probe with Onboard Optical Numerization$747K
Jun 2020Federal contractNASA · Harpoon - High Access Raman Probe With Onboard Optical Numerization$1.1M
Jun 2020Federal contractNASA · Disco: Dual In-situ Spectroscopy And Coring$1.1M
Sep 2019Federal contractNASA · Initial Funding For Contract Entitled "novel Life Detection System Coupling Lipid Extraction With Raman Spectroscopy$80K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Harpoon's Core Unit Hosted Inside The Spacecraft, Contains The Laser, Spectrometer, And Electronic Modules. The Core Unit Serves Two Miniature Raman Heads, Which Enable Both External And Internal Close Up Analysis.$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Disco: Dual In-situ Spectroscopy And Coring$125K
Jul 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase I · LACROSS: Life Analysis, Capture, and Retention on an Orbiting Saturn Spacecraft$125K

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Standing among 11 peers

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Agritech · Device

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#5 · top 45%
Linked publications#2 · top 18%

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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

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What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 9

Mar 17, 2026GrantedMethod And System For Mapping Elemental Composition In Dynamic And Heterogenous MaterialUSPTOUS 12,578,276
Jan 13, 2026GrantedMethod And System For Measuring Flow And Composition Of Single And Multi-phase FluidsUSPTOUS 12,523,592
Sep 11, 2025PendingAdvanced In-situ Subsurfacing And Spectroscopic SystemUSPTOApplication 19072621

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Method And System For Mapping Elemental Composition In Dynamic And Heterogenous MaterialMar 17, 2026 · US 12,578,276Granted
Method And System For Measuring Flow And Composition Of Single And Multi-phase FluidsJan 13, 2026 · US 12,523,592Granted
Advanced In-situ Subsurfacing And Spectroscopic SystemSep 11, 2025 · Application 19072621Pending
Method And System For Advanced Autofocusing SpectroscopyMar 20, 2025 · Application 18967319Pending
Method And System For Advanced Autofocusing SpectroscopyJan 14, 2025 · US 12,196,612Granted
System And Method For Enhanced Rock Weathering Monitoring, Reporting, And VerificationApplication 63601059Pending
Advanced In-situ Subsurfacing And Spectroscopic SystemApplication 63562612Pending
Method And System For Advanced Autofocusing SpectroscopyApplication PCTUS2021049758Pending
Method And System For Advanced Autofocusing SpectroscopyApplication 63077228Pending

Recent research by its founders

Field LIBS Calibration Transfer Mapped to Historical Assay Populations20260 cites
Reevaluating Convolutional Neural Networks for Spectral Analysis: A Focus on Raman Spectroscopy20252 cites
Sensing Remote Realms of the Deep Ocean on Earth—and Beyond20241 cites

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Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding 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
11 Jun 2026Assistance 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

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.