Malum Inc
Payments platform that accepts card payments and settles in cryptocurrency
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- Coralville, IA
- Founded
- 2019
- Latest Form D
- $1M, Nov 2025
- Total capital
- $8.9M
- Federal grants
- $150K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#10 of 88
- Private capital raised
- $8.7M
- 5 Form D · last Nov 2025
- 11 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 · 5th filing$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$115K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$600K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$5M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Leveraging Next Generation Artificial Intelligence to Improve Readiness$150K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2M
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.
Standing among 88 peers
Line = medianDefense · Software
- Federal grants#10 · top 11%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Daniel ClayDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Greg CarstensenExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- John IveyDirector, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Karim Abdel-MalekDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mike GoedkenExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard FergusonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
- Scott KeplingerExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas GoedkenExecutive OfficerNamed 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
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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