LEAFICIENT INC
Dynamic light optimization system using computer vision and machine learning to shape and direct synthetic light onto plant biomass in controlled environment agriculture
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Total capital
- $275K
- Federal grants
- $275K
- 1 award · 2023
- Rank in peer group#21 of 36
- 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
- 0
- 3 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I:Improving indoor agriculture grow light efficiency with adaptive light shaping$275K
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Standing among 36 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
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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 · 0 granted of 3- PendingMethod, Apparatus, And Computer-readable Medium For Extracting Plant Features From Non-hyperspectral ImagesUSPTOApplication PCTUS2024059357
- PendingPlant Growth System And MethodsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2023071700
- PendingPlant Growth System And MethodsUSPTOApplication 63395224
Related companies, and why
- Protoverse, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- INFORMATION & SIMULATION SYSTEMSSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Farm Vision Technologies IncSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Modular Science, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- LABBY INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- POLARCTIC LLCSimilar 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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