LATERAL.SYSTEMS LLC
IoT platform for real-time monitoring and analytics of water quality and atmospheric conditions in controlled environment agriculture
- Sector
- Agritech
- Total capital
- $1.1M
- Federal grants
- $1.1M
- 3 awards · 2022–2023
- Rank in peer group#10 of 79
- 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
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantAgriculture · **awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** Lateral.systems: Edge Based Indoor Farming Monitoring Platformfood And The Future Of Food Production Needs Help. The Mission Of Lateral.systems Llc (lateral) Is To Enable Next Generation Farmingby Accelerating The Intersection Of Promising Modern Technologiesto Advance Sustainable Andethical Production Of Food. A Promising Innovati$650K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Cultivation Assistant Platform$275K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Lateral.systems Llc Is An Agricultural Technology Startup Company. Our Mission Is To Enable Generations Of Farmersby Accelerating The Intersection Of Promising Modern Technologiesto Advance Sustainable Production Of Food. Our Primary Focus Is Developing A Compute Platform For Indoor Agriculture. A Platform Consists Of Hardware, Data Storage Devices, Software Applications, And Networks That Support The Processing And Exchange Of Electronic Information. In This Case, We Are Developing A Platform U$182K
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Standing among 79 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Federal grants#10 · 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
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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- LATERALSYSTEMS LLCShares a founder: Jennifer Wells
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- FOOGLY CORPSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Verility, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- AMELGOSimilar 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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