ONDAVIA, INC.
Real-time water quality monitoring instrument and test kits for measuring selenium and other metals in industrial wastewater using optical analysis with auto-calibration
- 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
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
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.
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
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 27 peers
Line = medianClean tech · Device
- Federal grants#6 · top 22%
- Granted patents#1 · top 4%
- Linked publications#3 · top 11%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Mark PetermanResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 6 patents · $3.6M in grants as PI
What it has protected
USPTO · 18 granted of 23- GrantedAldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyUSPTOUS 12,298,248
- GrantedAldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyUSPTOUS 12,298,249
- GrantedAldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyUSPTOUS 12,013,343
Show all 23 patent records
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyMay 13, 2025 · US 12,298,248Granted
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyMay 13, 2025 · US 12,298,249Granted
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyJun 18, 2024 · US 12,013,343Granted
- Analyte Quantitation Using Raman SpectroscopyMay 28, 2024 · US 11,994,455Granted
- Portable Water Quality InstrumentJan 9, 2024 · US 11,867,631Granted
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyNov 28, 2023 · US 11,828,681Granted
- Portable Water Quality InstrumentAug 8, 2023 · US 11,719,642Granted
- Measuring Concentration Of Analytes In Liquid Samples Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyAug 16, 2022 · US 11,415,565Granted
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyMay 11, 2021 · US 11,002,682Granted
- Measuring Concentration Of Analytes In Liquid Samples Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyJan 19, 2021 · US 10,895,564Granted
- Measuring Concentration Of Analytes In Liquid Samples Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyJun 16, 2020 · US 10,684,267Granted
- Portable Water Quality InstrumentApr 14, 2020 · US 10,620,125Granted
- Measuring Concentration Of Analytes In Liquid Samples Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyOct 15, 2019 · US 10,444,216Granted
- Portable Water Quality InstrumentAug 22, 2019 · Application 16280651Pending
- Portable Water Quality InstrumentApr 9, 2019 · US 10,254,229Granted
- Portable Water Quality InstrumentApr 2, 2019 · US 10,247,673Granted
- Measuring Concentration Of Analytes In Liquid Samples Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyJan 9, 2018 · US 9,863,924Granted
- Systems For Analyte DetectionSep 15, 2015 · US 9,134,248Granted
- Microfluidic Separation DeviceApr 7, 2015 · US 8,999,263Granted
- Measuring Concentration Of Analytes In Liquid Samples Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyApplication PCTUS2016052178Pending
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyApplication 62641529Pending
- Aldehyde Detection And Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman SpectroscopyApplication PCTUS2019021778Pending
- Analyte Quantitation Using Raman SpectroscopyApplication 63169504Pending
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
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Regulatory activity · Clean tech
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Chlormequat Chloride; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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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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