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Ouster, Inc.

San Francisco, CA · Robotics · Public

Digital lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and smart cities

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Sector
Robotics
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Latest Form D
$20.9M, Jun 2020
Total capital
$21.4M
Federal grants
None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
Private capital raised
$20.9M
1 Form D · last Jun 2020
76 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$509K
11 awards · Defense, Health and Human S, NASA
Rank in Robotics#55 of 544
Granted patents
25
15 pending · first 2023
Rank in peer group#6 of 164

Capital timeline

20182020202220242026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $21.4M$48K$193K$97K$25K$29K$31K1st Form D$20.9M
20182020202220242026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $21.4M$48K$193K$97K$31K1st Form D$20.9M

Latest events

  • Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Provide Digital LIDAR Sensors.$31K
  • Federal contractNASA · Ouster OS2-REV7-128 LIDAR$22K
  • Federal contractNASA · Ouster OS-1-64 Rev 7 3D Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) Sensor$29K
  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · 3D Mechanical LIDAR$10K
  • Federal contractDefense · LIDAR Unit U435CFN$12K
  • Federal contractDefense · LIDAR For Robotic Systems U434ICI$20K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$20.9M
Show 5 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractDefense · 3D Lidar's$25K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ouster OS1-64 LIDAR$20K
  • Federal contractDefense · Sensor Kit Pr# 55-4007-20$97K
  • Federal contractDefense · High-performance LIDAR Sensors$193K
  • Federal contractDefense · Four - 1 OS-1-64 LIDAR Sensors$48K

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

22months

from Ouster, Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Aug 2018
Defense · $48K
First Form D · Jun 2020
$20.9M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
5 awards

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

Standing among 164 peers

Line = median

Robotics · Device

  • Granted patents#6 · top 4%

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

From SEC Form D filings
  • Ashok M. RaoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Charles Angus PacalaExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • David Angus BlauDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Isaac Angus PritzkerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Mark Angus FrichtlExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Riaz M. ValaniDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
  • Susan Angus HeysteeDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Zachary Angus FrankelDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 25 granted of 40
Show all 40 patent records

Related companies, and why

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  • Agility RoboticsSimilar federal contract value in Robotics · $510K in contracts
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  • Robodub IncSimilar federal contract value in Robotics · $405K in contracts
  • Perrone Robotics, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · $330K in contracts

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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