Observa, Inc.

Seattle, WA · Founded 2015 · CIK 0001673445 · Software

Security camera systems and access control systems with AI-powered surveillance

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Grants: —; No SBIR or STTR on record; Sector median: 0
Raised: $477K; 3 Form D · Feb 2018; 103 months since last filing
Contracts: —; No federal contracts on record
Patents: 23; 7 granted · 16 pending; Sector median: 0

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount

Federal ↑Equity ↓

2015201620172018

Capital and federal award history
Date	Event	Source	Amount
29 Apr 2016	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$575
07 Sept 2017	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$226,000
26 Feb 2018	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$250,000

Form D · SEC

Peer position

Software · 4096 companies · ranked on federal contract value

Software companies ranked by federal contract value
#	Company	Contracts	Disclosed equity
1331	Ventacity Systems Inc.	—	$5.9M
1332	Verb Technology Company, Inc.	—	$600M
1333	Edcon Holdings Ltd	—	$488M
1334	Observa, Inc.	—	$477K
1335	Everlaw, Inc.	—	$307M
1336	BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	—	$254M
1337	KNEWTON, INC	—	$125M

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Founders & Team

From Form D filings · 5 related persons

Erik ChelstadDirector · Executive Officer
Hugh HolmanDirector · Executive Officer
Holman HughDirector · Executive Officer
Swegle PaulExecutive Officer
Paul SwegleExecutive Officer

Patents

USPTO · 7 granted of 23

01 Nov 2022System And Method For Using User Rating In Real-world Data Observation Campaigngranted
01 Nov 2022System And Method For Identifying Content In A Web-based Marketing Environmentgranted
24 Feb 2022System And Method For Facilitating Real-time Feedback In Response To Collection Of Real-world Dataapplication
10 Feb 2022System and Method for Collecting Real-World Data Using a Location-Based Computing Device in Fulfillment of Observation Campaign Opportunitiesapplication
21 Oct 2021System And Method For Optimizing An Observation Campaign In Response To Observed Real-world Dataapplication
23 Sept 2021System And Method For Coordinating A Campaign For Observers Of Real-world Dataapplication
16 Sept 2021System And Method For Correlating Collected Observation Campaign Data With Sales Dataapplication
17 Aug 2021System And Method For Facilitating Real-time Feedback In Response To Collection Of Real-world Datagranted
08 Jul 2021System And Method For Collecting Real-world Data In Fulfillment Of Observation Campaign Opportunitiesapplication
11 May 2021System And Method For Coordinating A Campaign For Observers Of Real-world Datagranted
04 May 2021System And Method For Correlating Collected Observation Campaign Data With Sales Datagranted
27 Apr 2021System And Method For Optimizing An Observation Campaign In Response To Observed Real-world Datagranted