Roccor, LLC

Longmont, CO · Aerospace · Still private

Deployable helical antenna systems for satellite communications

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Updated · roccor.com

Sector
Aerospace
Headquarters
Longmont, CO
Latest Form D
$285K, Nov 2019
Total capital
$9.5M
Federal grants
$9.2M
22 awards · 2015–2020
Rank in peer group#30 of 155
Private capital raised
$285K
1 Form D · last Nov 2019
83 months since last filing
Federal contracts
None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents
20
20 pending · first 2017
Rank in peer group#13 of 155

Capital timeline

201520162017201820192020FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $9.5M$750K$1.5M$755K$1.5M$750K$1.5M1st Form D$285K
201520162017201820192020FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $9.5M$1.5M$1.5M$1.5M1st Form D$285K

Latest events

  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Lunar Articulating Solar Panel System$250K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compact High Energy Storage System (CHESS)$50K
  • Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$285K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Articulated Tensioned Hexapod Extendable Nanosatellite Antenna (ATHENA)$375K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Sail Trimming Actuator for Targeted Reentry (STARTR)$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Power Radiator and Switchable Advanced Thermal Systems$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Robust, Highly Scalable Solar Array for Harsh Environments$1.5M
Show 16 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Shear Stabilization Based Framework for the Failure Testing and Analysis of HSCs$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · System for Ultrahigh Rate and Gravimetrically Efficient Storage$99K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Engineering and Qualification of Thin-Ply Composites$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Bonding Composite TRAC Booms for NASA Missions$1.5M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Trussed TRAC Boom for Solar Sails$755K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · TRAC Debris Deorbit Drag (TRAC-3D) Sail$149K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced Thermal Management Devices for Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems (MIDS) Terminals$225K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Fully Adaptive Slit-tube Structures with Electrically Integrated Smart Joints$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High-Strain Composite Deployable Radiators for CubeSats$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Deployable Structural Booms for SmallSat Antennas$1.5M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Dimensionally Stable HSC (DiSH) Booms for RF Antennas$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High Performance TRAC Boom for Solar Sails$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Bonding and Analysis of Composite TRAC Booms for NASA Science Missions$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · FSRA: A Flexbile-Substrate Resilient Array$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Dimensionally Stable Structural Space Cable$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Robust, Highly Scalable Solar Array System$125K

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

53months

from Roccor, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Jun 2015
NASA · $125K
First Form D · Nov 2019
$285K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
20 awards

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Standing among 155 peers

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Aerospace · Device

  • Federal grants#30 · top 19%
  • Granted patents#13 · top 8%
  • Linked publications#4 · top 3%

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
  • Chris PearsonResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent · $149K in grants as PI
  • Heather ShoffnerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • William FrancisExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 20 granted of 40
Show all 40 patent records

Recent research by its founders

  • Multi-Objective Optimization for Safety in the Grounding of AC Substations20254 cites
  • Analysis of Advanced Non-Isolated Topologies for Vehicle-Integrated Photovoltaic (ViPV) Systems in Urban Electric Transport Buses20251 cites
  • A Multi-Method Sensitivity Framework for LCOE Under Uncertainty: Combining Monte Carlo, Pareto Frontier, and Contour Maps20250 cites

Regulatory activity · Aerospace

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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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