TINY FARMS INC.

BERKELEY, CA · Founded 2014 · Agritech · Defunct

Infrared processing technology for converting crickets into high-quality powder

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · tinyfarms.com

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: BERKELEY, CA
Founded: 2014
Latest Form D: $25K, Jan 2018
Total capital: $219K

Federal grants: $100K; 1 award · 2018; Rank in peer group#14 of 87
Private capital raised: $25K; 1 Form D · last Jan 2018; 106 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $94K; 1 award · Interior; Rank in Agritech#71 of 882
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2018Federal grantAgriculture · Development Of New Infrared Processing Technologies For Producing High-quality Cricket Powder.$100K
Jan 2018Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$25K
Apr 2017Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Screening Random Mutagenesis For Genetic Trait Mapping In Gryllodes Sigillatus$94K

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Federal first

9months

from TINY FARMS INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Apr 2017: Interior · $94K
First Form D · Jan 2018: $25K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 1 award

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

Standing among 87 peers

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Agritech · System

Federal grants#14 · top 16%

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Andrew BrentanoExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Jena BrentanoExecutive 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

Treeco, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $122K in contracts
INSECT DIET AND REARING RESEARCH, L.L.C.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $99K in contracts
APPLIED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES, INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $95K in contracts
AMERICAN SPORT FISH HATCHERY MANAGEMENT GROUP LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $88K in contracts
Algal Scientific CorpSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $80K in contracts
Sentera, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $66K in contracts

Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
11 Jun 2026Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation

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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

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.