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SPENSA TECHNOLOGIES INC.

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · Agritech · Acquired

Electronic trap device with automated sensors and data collection for real-time insect population monitoring

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Sector
Agritech
Headquarters
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN
Latest Form D
$2M offered, Feb 2017
Total capital
$2.6M
Federal grants
$100K
1 award · 2013
Rank in peer group#4 of 57
Private capital raised
$2.5M
3 Form D · last Feb 2017
117 months since last filing
Federal contracts
$3K
1 award · Agriculture
Rank in Agritech#96 of 882
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

20132014201520162017FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $6.6M$100K$3K1st Form D$2M2nd Form D$2.5M3rd Form D$2M
20132014201520162017FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $6.6M$100K$3K1st Form D$2M2nd Form D$2.5M

Latest events

  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$2M
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.5M
  • Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2M
  • Federal contractAgriculture · Igf::ot::igf$3K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Electronic Trap For Automated Monitoring Of Insect Populations$100K

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

10months

from SPENSA TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Jul 2013
Agriculture · $100K
First Form D · May 2014
$2M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise
2 awards

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

Standing among 57 peers

Line = median

Agritech · Device

  • Federal grants#4 · top 7%

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
  • Ben E. BrameExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Brad E. OelmannDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Edward E. LeeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Johnny ParkExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Kim E. NicholsonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Kip E. PendletonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
  • Michael E. ShepardDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
  • Sheryl E. von BlucherDirectorNamed 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 · Agritech

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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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