OPERANT NETWORKS, INC.

Santa Rosa, CA · Founded 2022 · Energy · Private

Wireless multi-hop mesh networking system for nuclear power plant sensor data collection using LoRa and Named Data Networking

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · operantnetworks.com

Sector: Energy
Headquarters: Santa Rosa, CA
Founded: 2022
Latest Form D: $3.5M, Aug 2022
Total capital: $8.4M

Federal grants: $3.8M; 7 awards · 2018–2022; Rank in peer group#6 of 11
Private capital raised: $3.5M; 1 Form D · last Aug 2022; 50 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $1.1M; 2 awards · Defense; Rank in Energy#118 of 998
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3.5M
Aug 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · High Penetration Wireless Networking for Nuclear Power Plant Sensing$1.1M
Aug 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Cybersecurity Intrusion Detection System for Large-Scale Solar Field Networks$1.1M
Jun 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Secure Asset Inventory via Intelligent Scanning$200K
Jun 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · High Penetration Wireless Networking for Nuclear Power Plant Sensing$200K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Afwerx Operant Networks Project$130K
Aug 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Cybersecurity Intrusion Detection System for Large-Scale Solar Field Networks$1.0M

Show 3 earlier federal awards

Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · Resilient And Secure Networking For Complex Systems SBIR II F2-11399$1.0M
Mar 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Resilient and secure networking for complex systems$49K
Jul 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Field Gateway Distributed Transaction Ledger for Utility-Scale Solar$150K

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

50months

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

First federal award · Jul 2018: Energy · $150K
First Form D · Aug 2022: $3.5M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 9 awards

An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.

Standing among 11 peers

Line = median

Energy · System

Federal grants#6 · top 55%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Randall KingResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $3.8M in grants as PI
David BassExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Keith RoseExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Robert MacDonaldExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Rod SugiyamaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Shounok SinhaDirectorNamed 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 · Energy

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
02 Jul 2026Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
02 Jul 2026Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
01 Jul 2026List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
30 Jun 2026Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
30 Jun 2026Fluoxapiprolin; 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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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.