Trait Biosciences Inc.
Water-soluble cannabinoid powders for precise, consistent dosing
- Sector
- Biotech
- Headquarters
- VANCOUVER, A1
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $3.7M, Sep 2023
- Total capital
- $24.5M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $24.5M
- 7 Form D · last Sep 2023
- 37 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 12
- 28 pending · first 2019
- Rank in peer group#6 of 54
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 7th filing$3.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$102K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$230K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$210K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$619K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$12.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$7.6M
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.
Standing among 54 peers
Line = medianBiotech · Material
- Granted patents#6 · top 11%
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- Richard Thomas SayreResearcherExecutive Officer, PromoterLinked by 3 patents
- Andrew Templeton HunterExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Aristobulo Thomas LoaizaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David Templeton RosenthalDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- David William SmalleyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eugene Allan HodgsonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 18 people
- Hanny David KanafaniExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jay Templeton SweeneyExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Joseph David Del MoralDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kimberly Ann LandryExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael Bruce HarrisonExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Peter J. McDonoughExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rebecca Thomas WhiteExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Richard Todd DeRoseExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ronald E. DeutschExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ronan David LevyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tawanda Thomas ZidengaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tichafa Regus Ignatius MunyikwaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 12 granted of 40- PendingNovel Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Glycosylation Of Cannabinoid CompoundsUSPTOApplication 19290958
- PendingSystem And Methods For Sequential Desorption Of Cannabidiol (cbd) Glycoside SpeciesUSPTOApplication 18873866
- GrantedSystems, Methods, And Compositions For The Generation Of Water-Soluble Cannabinoids Utilizing Fatty-Acid Binding Proteins And Fatty-Acid Binding-Like Proteins As Cannabinoid-CarriersUSPTOUS 12,397,061
Show all 40 patent records
- Novel Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Glycosylation Of Cannabinoid CompoundsNov 27, 2025 · Application 19290958Pending
- System And Methods For Sequential Desorption Of Cannabidiol (cbd) Glycoside SpeciesNov 27, 2025 · Application 18873866Pending
- Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Generation Of Water-Soluble Cannabinoids Utilizing Fatty-Acid Binding Proteins And Fatty-Acid Binding-Like Proteins As Cannabinoid-CarriersAug 26, 2025 · US 12,397,061Granted
- Novel Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Glycosylation Of Cannabinoid CompoundsAug 5, 2025 · US 12,378,586Granted
- Water-soluble Cannabinoid Prodrugs Compositions And Methods Of Synthesizing The SameApr 17, 2025 · Application 18678152Pending
- Production Of Cannabinoid Glycoside Compounds In Cell CultureSep 12, 2024 · Application 18430133Pending
- Water-soluble Cannabinoid Food And Beverage Additive Having Enhanced StabilityJun 27, 2024 · Application 18364273Pending
- In Vivo Generation Of Water-soluble Cannabinoids In Plant Cell Suspension CulturesApr 2, 2024 · US 11,946,059Granted
- In Vivo Generation Of Water-soluble Acetylated Cannabinoid Glycoside Compounds In Plant Cell Suspension CulturesFeb 20, 2024 · US 11,905,543Granted
- High Level In Vivo Biosynthesis And Isolation Of Watersoluble Cannabinoids In Stably Transformed Plant SystemsOct 3, 2023 · US 11,773,402Granted
- Generation of Water-Soluble Cannabinoid Compounds in Yeast and Plant Cell Suspension Cultures and Compositions of MatterOct 11, 2022 · US 11,466,281Granted
- System, Methods, And Compositions For High-level Production Of Water-soluble Cannabinoids In A Plant Cell CultureSep 20, 2022 · US 11,447,788Granted
- Compositions And Methods For Glycosylating Cannabinoid CompoundsAug 25, 2022 · Application 17189063Pending
- Systems And Methods For Enhancing Trichome Formation And Density In CannabisJun 7, 2022 · US 11,352,635Granted
- Methods For Increasing Cannabinoid Production In Cannabis PlantsJun 7, 2022 · US 11,352,634Granted
- Systems, Methods, And Compositions For High-level Production Of Water-soluble Cannabinoids In A Plant TrichomeMay 24, 2022 · US 11,339,400Granted
- Generation Of Water-Soluble Cannabinoids Utilizing Protein Cannabinoid-CarriersMay 19, 2022 · Application 17428581Pending
- Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Production of Water-Soluble Terpenes Derived From Cannabis PlantsNov 11, 2021 · Application 17285800Pending
- Systems And Methods For Enhancing Trichome Formation And Density In CannabisJul 28, 2020 · US 10,724,048Granted
- Consumable Water-soluble Cannabinoid Food And Beverage Additive Having Enhanced StabilityFeb 13, 2020 · Application 16425744Pending
- High Level In Vivo Biosynthesis and Isolation of Water-Soluble Cannabinoids in Plant SystemsAug 13, 2019 · US 10,378,020Granted
- Conversion of Cannabis Terpenoids into Water-Soluble Compounds in Planta, Yeast and Plant Cell Suspension CulturesApplication 62746053Pending
- Generation Of Water-soluble Cannabinoid Compounds In Yeast And Plant Cell Suspension Cultures And Compositions Of MatterApplication PCTUS2018041710Pending
- High Level In Vivo Biosynthesis And Isolation Of Water-soluble Cannabinoids In Plant SystemsApplication PCTUS2018024409Pending
- Chemical O-glycosylation And Glucuronidation Of CannabinoidsApplication 19611044Pending
- Improved Synthesis Of Cannabinoid Glycoside CompoundsApplication 19493602Pending
- Chemical O-glycosylation And Glucuronidation Of CannabinoidsApplication PCTUS2025013777Pending
- Improved Synthesis Of Cannabinoid Glycoside CompoundsApplication PCTUS2024033912Pending
- Chemical O-glycosylation And Glucuronidation Of CannabinoidsApplication 63626997Pending
- Improved Synthesis Of Cannabinoid Glycoside CompoundsApplication 63472961Pending
- System And Methods For Sequential Desorption Of Cannabidiol (cbd) Glycoside SpeciesApplication PCTUS2023068177Pending
- Water-soluble Cannabinoid Prodrugs Compositions And Methods Of Synthesizing The SameApplication PCTUS2023023985Pending
- System And Methods For Sequential Desorption Of Cannabidiol (cbd) Glycoside SpeciesApplication 63476809Pending
- Water-soluble Cannabinoid Prodrugs Compositions And Methods Of Synthesizing The SameApplication 63347247Pending
- Novel Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Glycosylation Of Cannabinoid CompoundsApplication PCTUS2021020040Pending
- Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Generation Of Water-soluble Cannabinoids Utilizing Fatty-acid Binding Proteins And Fatty-acid Binding-like Proteins As Cannabinoid-carriersApplication PCTUS2020016642Pending
- Generation Of Water-soluble Cannabinoids Utilizing Protein Cannabinoid-carriersApplication PCTUS2020016672Pending
- Systems, Methods, And Compositions For The Production Of Water-soluble Terpenes Derived From Cannabis PlantsApplication PCTUS2019056613Pending
- Systems, Methods And Compositions For The In Vitro And In Planta Conversion Of Cbd And Thc To Minor Cannabinoid CompoundsApplication PCTUS2026017681Pending
- Upregulation Of Udp-glucose Production And Methods Of Use In A Yeast-based Cannabinoid Glycosylation SystemApplication PCTUS2026016393Pending
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