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PROTAGONIST TECHNOLOGY LLC

San Francisco, CA · Defense · Private

Software platform that identifies and measures customer behavior narratives for brand leverage

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Latest Form D
$1, Aug 2018
Total capital
$35.6M
Federal grants
$50K
1 award · 2019
Rank in peer group#37 of 88
Private capital raised
$1
1 Form D · last Aug 2018
99 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$35.6M
20 awards · Defense, Commerce, Health and Human S
Rank in Defense#179 of 1442
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

200620102014201820222026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $35.6M$6.8M$2.2M$2M$8.7M$5.6M$4.3M1st Form D$1
200620102014201820222026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $35.6M$6.8M$8.7M$5.6M$4.3M1st Form D$1

Latest events

  • Federal contractDefense · Gda SBIR Phase III Support$4.3M
  • Federal contractDefense · Influence Campaign Awareness And Sensemaking (incas) Program$5.6M
  • Federal contractDefense · COVID-19 Dib Narrative-based Emergent Crisis Detection System Adaptation$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$50K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf S120D50 Draft Future Of Maps Report For Montior 360 Baa #14-001$736K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf S120D10 Red Cell$1.1M
Show 15 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractDefense · U437000 -- Baa #12-0007 -- Phase II$201K
  • Federal contractDefense · U437000 -- Baa Log #12-0007: "applied Research: The Crowd-sourcing Method For Identifying And Assessing US Influence Options In South Asia"$149K
  • Federal contractAgency for Interna · Mobis Private Sector Action Plans For Agriculture Development; $1,160,000 In Bfs FY11 Funds To Assist Missions In Developing Country Private Sector Action Plans For Agriculture Development. Group Req Expiring Funds With Additional $1,639,861.65 From Afr$8.7M
  • Federal contractInterior · Climate Change Action Plan.$272K
  • Federal contractDefense · U437000 -- Baa Log #11-0036$2M
  • Federal contractNational Endowment · Contractor Shall Define What Art Is And How It Benefits People, Individually And Collectively.$257K
  • Federal contractDefense · U437A00 -- Baa 11-0003:$200K
  • Federal contractTransportation · Task Order 0002 Contract For Leading Faa In A Nextgen World. Estimated Cost: $1.6M (contract Will Be Funded In Incremental Phases Due To Cr). Two Pr's Will Be Used To Fund This Total Amount. Pr #1 Is In The Amount Of $866,561.33 And Pr #2 Will Be In The Amount OF$709,005.00 For A Total Of $1,575,566 Period Of Performance: 2/4/2011-8/31/2011 TAS::69 1301::TAS$2.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · U437A00 -- Baa 11-0003: "crowd Sourcing For Global Perspectives: A Contribution To The Sma Project On New Generation Deterrence"$400K
  • Federal contractEnvironmental Prot · Developmwnt Of Future Scenarios For Epa's Multi-pollutnat Emissions Projections And Air Quality Analyses$116K
  • Federal contractTransportation · Idiq Contract For Leading Faa In A Nextgen World. Estimated Cost: Not-to-exceed $2,000,000 Base Year: July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 Option Year: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 Option Year 2: Fy 2012 - $100,000.00 Option Year 3: Fy 2013 - $100,000.00 Option Year 4: Fy 2014 - $100,000.00 TAS::69 1301::TAS$1.4M
  • Federal contractInterior · Provide Climate Change Scenario Planning And Training To National Park Service Employees Who Will Become The Trainers.$280K
  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · 00000HCG-2009-66235 - Nbas Advisory Sub-committee$32K
  • Federal contractCommerce · US Manufacturing Sector$90K
  • Federal contractDefense · TAS::97 0100::TAS 200611!000001!9700!HQ0421!DEF Finance&actg Svc, Intgrtd !GS10F0505P !c!n! !N!HQ042106F5007! !20060808!20070731!142599617!142599617!142599617!N!MONITOR Government Venture SER!100 Wilshire Blvd # 1100 !santa Monica !CA!90401!03000!013!51!ARLINGTON !arlington !virginia !+000000687339!N!N!000000000000!R408!PROGRAM Management/support Services !S1 !services !000 !not Discernable !541611!E! !6! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! ! ! !a! ! ! !000! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !b!n! ! ! ! ! ! ! !000! ! ! ! ! ! ! $6.8M

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

144months

from PROTAGONIST TECHNOLOGY LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Aug 2006
Defense · $6.8M
First Form D · Aug 2018
$1 · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
17 awards

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

Standing among 88 peers

Line = median

Defense · Software

  • Federal grants#37 · top 42%

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
  • Bryan PelleyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Rita ParhadExecutive 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

Related companies, and why

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.

How to read this page

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Data freshness

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