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OSTENDO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Carlsbad, CA · Defense · Defunct

Quantum Photonic Imager (QPI)-based wearable AR glasses for hands-free heads-up display and real-time information access

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Carlsbad, CA
Latest Form D
$19.4M, Sep 2020
Total capital
$211M
Federal grants
$849K
2 awards · 2015–2022
Rank in peer group#11 of 48
Private capital raised
$192M
10 Form D · last Sep 2020
73 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$19M
7 awards · Defense
Rank in Defense#277 of 1442
Granted patents
30
10 pending · first 2020
Rank in peer group#1 of 48

Capital timeline

2010201220142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $211M$499K$100K$18M$148K$100K$750K9th Form D$45M10th Form D$19.4M
2010201420182022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $211M$499K$18M$148K$750K2nd Form D$48.6M

Latest events

  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · MicroLED-based Wearable Displays to Support Rapid Sustainment$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Of Heads-up, Hands Free Wearable Display That Delivers Relevant Tech Data To Aircraft Maintainers$50K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 10th filing$19.4M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 9th filing$45M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 8th filing$41.8M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$9.9M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$15.5M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$3M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$3M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.4M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$48.6M
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$4.1M
Show 7 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated Low Latency Integrated Video Decompression Micro-display$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Under This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Effort, The Contractor Shall Develop An Integrated Video Decompression Micro-display With Display Read-in Electronic Architecture Capable Of Directly Receiving Mpeg, H.264, Jpeg Or Similar Standard Compressed Video Signal And Providing Low Latency Video Rate Video Signal Decompression For Displaying The Uncompressed Video To The Human Eye In Low Power Implementation.$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Contract$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Advanced Infrered Array$148K
  • Federal contractDefense · Synthetic Holographic Observation Program$18M
  • Federal contractDefense · Ultrahigh Definition Microdisplay (udm)$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Non-visible-light Emissive Micro Display Seedling Effort$499K

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

46months

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

First federal award · Mar 2010
Defense · $499K
First Form D · Jan 2014
$4.1M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
3 awards

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

Standing among 48 peers

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Defense · Device

  • Federal grants#11 · top 23%
  • Granted patents#1 · top 2%

Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.

Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants
  • Hussein S. El-GhorouryResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 4 patents · $750K in grants as PI
  • Babak Cyrus RaziDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Barak S. BusselDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Charles S LiuDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Dale A. McNeilExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Dale A. McNeillDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
  • David A. DullDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • David T. SchiffDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Harrison T. LeFrakDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Michael T. MilsteinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 30 granted of 40
Show all 40 patent records

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  • IRFLEX CORPSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $18.7M in contracts
  • MITEK ANALYTICS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $18.7M in contracts
  • Shield AI Inc.Similar federal contract value in Defense · $18.6M in contracts

Regulatory activity · Defense

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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

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