Qelzal Corporation
Bio-inspired computation algorithms and embedded software for real-time airborne sense-and-avoid systems using novel electro-optical sensors
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- LA JOLLA, CA
- Founded
- 2014
- Latest Form D
- $2.6M, Jan 2019
- Total capital
- $3.1M
- Federal grants
- $380K
- 2 awards · 2015–2016
- Rank in peer group#20 of 71
- Private capital raised
- $2.6M
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2019
- 94 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $105K
- 1 award · Interior
- Rank in Robotics#71 of 544
- Granted patents
- 0
- 3 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.6M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: High Performance Sense and Avoid$225K
- Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Fast Optical Guidance&navigation Leveraging Bio-inspired Sensors, Processing&behavior$105K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fast Optical Guidance & Navigation Leveraging Bio-Inspired Sensors & Processing$155K
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Federal first
43months
from Qelzal Corporation’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jun 2015
- Defense · $155K
- First Form D · Jan 2019
- $2.6M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 3 awards
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Standing among 71 peers
Line = medianRobotics · Software
- Federal grants#20 · top 28%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Olivier CoenenResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $380K in grants as PI
- James DiSantoExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 3- PendingEvent-Based Aircraft Sense and Avoid SystemUSPTOApplication 16478098
- PendingEvent-based Aircraft Sense And Avoid SystemUSPTOApplication PCTUS2017031448
- PendingEvent-based Aircraft Sense And Avoid SystemUSPTOApplication 62333062
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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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