ONDAVIA, INC.

Hayward, CA · Clean tech · Private

Real-time water quality monitoring instrument and test kits for measuring selenium and other metals in industrial wastewater using optical analysis with auto-calibration

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Sector
Clean tech
Headquarters
Hayward, CA
Latest Form D
$25K, Jun 2014
Total capital
$5.4M
Federal grants
$5.4M
13 awards · 2012–2025
Rank in peer group#6 of 27
Private capital raised
$25K
1 Form D · last Jun 2014
149 months since last filing
Federal contracts
None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents
18
5 pending · first 2015
Rank in peer group#1 of 27

Capital timeline

2012201420162018202020222024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $5.4M$500K$500K$973K$600K$586K$568K1st Form D$25K
2012201620202024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $5.4M$973K$600K$586K1st Form D$25K

Latest events

  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Automated, in-line hexavalent chromium analyzer$568K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Field-deployable analyzer for aqueous uranyl concentration$173K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Automated, in-line hexavalent chromium analyzer$586K
  • 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.** Under This SBIR Phase 2 Effort, Ondavia Proposes To Develop, Prototype, Validate, And Commercialize An In-line, Automated, Semi-continuous Instrument To Monitor And Measure The Nitrogen Cycle In Water Using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (sers). This Instrument Reads From Consumable Cassettes Containing ONDAVIA'S Proposed$600K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · The Presence Of These Excess Nutrients In Natural Waterways Leads To Algal Blooms That Threaten The Life Of Aquatic Organisms And Human Drinking Water Sources. Algal Blooms Not Only Reduce The Oxygen Content In Water, But Also Produce Toxins That Are Difficult To Remove And Harmful To Health.a Key Nutrient Is Nitrogen, An Estimated One-hundred Billion Kilograms Of Which Is Released Annually From Fertilizers Around The World. Municipal And Industrial Wastewater Treatment Processes Expend Signific$175K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Semi-continuous, on-line monitoring of selenium in coal-fired power plant waste water$473K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Semi-continuous, on-line monitoring of selenium in coal-fired power plant waste water$973K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$25K
Show 6 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Fast, quantitative analysis of trichloroethylene (TCE) in water$500K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Fast, quantitative analysis of trichloroethylene (TCE) in water$500K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Raman spectroscopy for on-line, trace-level selenium analysis$150K
  • Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Fast, quantitative analysis of trichloroethylene (TCE) in water$149K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Rapid, Field-ready Boron Analysis$450K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Portable Herbicide Monitor$100K

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Federal first

25months

from ONDAVIA, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · May 2012
Agriculture · $100K
First Form D · Jun 2014
$25K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
2 awards

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Standing among 27 peers

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Clean tech · Device

  • Federal grants#6 · top 22%
  • Granted patents#1 · top 4%
  • Linked publications#3 · top 11%

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Founders and team

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  • Mark PetermanResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 6 patents · $3.6M in grants as PI

What it has protected

USPTO · 18 granted of 23
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Recent research by its founders

  • Platform for Aldehyde and Ketone Quantitation Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy20241 cites
  • Quantification of Amines in Refinery Process Water via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy20239 cites
  • Quantitative Analysis of Triazine-Based H<sub>2</sub>S Scavengers via Raman Spectroscopy20216 cites

Regulatory activity · Clean tech

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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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