POSPEA LLC
Ultrahigh-Q lithium niobate optical microresonators on chip for microwave-to-optical photon transduction
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Rochester, NY
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 4 awards · 2022–2026
- Rank in peer group#10 of 68
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- 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
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Develop A Mode Locked Laser On Chip That Will Combine The Robustness Of The Fiber Laser Approach And The Miniaturization And Fabrication Advantages Of Photonics Integrated Circuits (pics).$314K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Develop And Integrate Multiple Models Using Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence To Continuously And Accurately Estimate And Predict Power Available For Rotorcraft Turboshaft Engines Across All Aircraft Operating Conditions.$180K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Design and fabrication of ultrahigh-Q LiNbO3 microdisk optical resonator for sensitive transduction between microwave and optical photons$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Topic 35.a: Design and fabrication of ultrahigh-Q LiNbO3 microdisk optical resonator$200K
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Standing among 68 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grants#10 · top 15%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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- ZS SYSTEMS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- nEye Systems, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- Mission Innovation Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null in contracts
- Crossbar, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · null 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.
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Data freshness
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