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NIKIRA LABS INC.

Mountain View, CA · Clean tech · Private

Compact, lightweight tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy instruments for rapid in-situ measurement of water vapor concentration, air temperature, and greenhouse gases aboard airborne platforms

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Sector
Clean tech
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
Total capital
$20.7M
Federal grants
$3.3M
7 awards · 2017–2024
Rank in peer group#6 of 12
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$17.4M
14 awards · Defense, Commerce, Environmental Prot
Rank in Clean tech#4 of 914
Granted patents
5
8 pending · first 2023
Rank in peer group#2 of 12

Capital timeline

20172019202120232025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $20.7M$1.5M$1.0M$1.6M$799K$3.5M$9.1M
20172019202120232025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $20.7M$1.5M$1.6M$3.5M$9.1M

Latest events

  • Federal contractEnergy · Portable Methane Analyzer (pma) - (0-2% CH4) Pma Extra Swappable Li-ion Battery Mini 3D Sonic Anemometer + Mounting Stand + Quantification/visualization Sw$36K
  • Federal contractDefense · Spectroscopic Total Air Monitor$9.1M
  • 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.** Agriculture Is A Significant Source Of Voc (volatile Organic Compounds)pollution That Directly Impacts Neighboring Communities. Researchers Studying These Voc Emissions Have Been Limited By The Availability Of Measurement Technologies. The Technology Resulting From This SBIR Program Will Provide Researchers With Improved Tools To M$182K
  • Federal contractDefense · Multi-spectral Optical Extinction Analyzer (oea)$172K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$3.5M
  • Federal contractDefense · Optical Extinction Analyzer$26K
  • Federal contractNASA · E014042 STTR Phase II Spectroscopic System For The Accurate Determination Of [O2], [CO2], D18O-O2, D13C-CO2, And Ethylene In Plant Chambers$799K
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  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Open-Path System for Rapid Measurements of Water Vapor, Temperature, and GHGs Aboard an UAS$1.6M
  • Federal contractEnvironmental Prot · FY21-22 Epa SBIR Phase II - Open Path Analyzer For Accurate, Ppt-level Quantification Of Eto Via Mid-infrared Cavity Enhanced Spectrometry$400K
  • Federal contractNASA · Spectroscopic System For The Accurate Determination Of [O2], [CO2], D18O-O2, And D13C-CO2 In Plant Chambers$125K
  • Federal contractEnvironmental Prot · SBIR Phase I Proposal #B202A-0004. Open Path Analyzer For Accurate, Ppt-level Quantification Of Eto Via Mid-infrared Cavity Enhanced Spectrometry. Nikira Labs Inc$100K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Open-Path, Cavity-Enhanced Absorption System for Rapid Measurements of Water Vapor and Temperature Aboard an UAS$250K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.0M
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase II · STTR Phase II: Development and Validation of Low-Cost Natural Gas Leak Detection Sensors and Analytics for Drone-Based and Handheld Deployments$799K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.5M
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Open-path Cavity-enhanced Spectroscopy System For The Accurate Quantification Of Ammonia Flux$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$238K
  • Federal contractCommerce · This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2018'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 18-1-019 Entitled "compact, Lightweight Open-path Crds System For UAS Development."$120K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Open-path, Mid-Infrared iCRDS Analyzer for the Accurate Measurement of Reactive and Adsorbing VOCs$124K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Ph I$223K
  • Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Development and Validation of Low-Cost Natural Gas Leak Detection Sensors and Analytics for Drone-Based and Handheld Deployments$224K

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Standing among 12 peers

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Clean tech · Instrument

  • Federal grants#6 · top 50%
  • Granted patents#2 · top 17%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 5 granted of 13
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Sources

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