OPTONIKS CORP
Portable optical measurement system for non-destructive thin film thickness determination using proprietary noise reduction technique
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Indian Trail, NC
- Founded
- 2013
- Latest Form D
- $260K, Sep 2018
- Total capital
- $410K
- Federal grants
- $150K
- 1 award · 2015
- Rank in peer group#1 of 13
- Private capital raised
- $260K
- 1 Form D · last Sep 2018
- 97 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$260K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Thickness Measurement System for Films with Rough Surfaces and Scattering Materials$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
39months
from OPTONIKS CORP’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jul 2015
- NSF · $150K
- First Form D · Sep 2018
- $260K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 13 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Instrument
- Federal grants#1 · top 8%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Majid BabaieExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mehrdad AbolbashariExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed 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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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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