OPTICALX, LLC

MADISON, WI · Founded 2024 · Aerospace · Private

GPU-accelerated optical system using camera arrays and synthetic tracking algorithms to detect and track small space debris

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · opticalx.ai

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: MADISON, WI
Founded: 2024
Latest Form D: $1.9M, Oct 2024
Total capital: $2.4M

Federal grants: $350K; 2 awards · 2024; Rank in peer group#35 of 39
Private capital raised: $1.9M; 1 Form D · last Oct 2024; 24 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $75K; 2 awards · Defense; Rank in Aerospace#690 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Oct 2024Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.9M
Jun 2024Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Space-Time Projection Optical Tomography (SPOT)$275K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Phase-space Imager$75K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Phase-space Imager$75K

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

6months

from OPTICALX, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · May 2024: Defense · $75K
First Form D · Oct 2024: $1.9M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 3 awards

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Standing among 39 peers

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Aerospace · System

Federal grantsBelow median

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Natasha Noella VoraExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Shabaka Noella GibsonDirectorNamed 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 · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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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.