TRANSCEND ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC

Bethel, VT · Agritech · Private

Automated image processing software using convolutional neural networks to identify and track roots in minirhizotron imagery

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · transcendengineering.com

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: Bethel, VT
Total capital: $7.4M

Federal grants: $488K; 3 awards · 2016–2023; Rank in peer group#13 of 39
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $6.9M; 6 awards · Defense; Rank in Agritech#11 of 882
Granted patents: 3; 8 pending · first 2018; Rank in peer group#4 of 39

Capital timeline

Latest events

Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · R&d For Mapping Dust Source Material$1.7M
Jul 2023Federal grantAgriculture · Through Our Work With Researchers And Growers We Have Found That Cost Is The Most Significant Barrier To Adopting High-resolution Soil Water Monitoring Needed To Meaningfully Reduce Agricultural Water Consumption. We Previously Developed, Patented, And Commercialized An Innovation Using Time Domain Reflectometry That Quantifies In Situ Soil Water Content In Highly Resolved Spatial Profile, Providing Greatly Improved Understanding Of The Distribution And Fate Of Applied Water As A Function Of The$181K
Nov 2021Federal contractDefense · EO14042 Transcend Baa Proposal Titled, "processing Data From Subsurface Sensing Infrastructure In The Arctic" U437020$500K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · R&d Services Baa Titled, Techniques For Rapid Reliable Field Assessment Of Snow Runways U437G00$2M
Feb 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Progressive Automation of Minirhizotron Image Processing through Advanced Contextualization and Machine Learning$206K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Services 19-0011 Titled, "novel Multi-sensor Data Fusion Applied To Vbied Screening" U437H00$500K
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Transcend Engineering U437D00$1.5M

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Jan 2018Federal contractDefense · Baa Titled "investigation Of A Novel Passive Sensor Modality For Tunnel Detection" U437A00$700K
Aug 2016Federal grantAgriculture · Depth-discrete Soil Moisture Flux Probe For Improved Water Conservation$100K

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Standing among 39 peers

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Agritech · Software

Federal grants#13 · top 33%
Granted patents#4 · top 10%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 11

May 7, 2026PendingPhysics-informed Intelligent Computational Model Based On Sensor DataUSPTOApplication 19427859
Aug 28, 2018GrantedSystems, Methods, And Software For Detecting The Presence Of Subterranean Tunnels And Tunneling ActivityUSPTOUS 10,061,044
May 17, 2018PendingSystems, Methods, Apparatuses, and Software for Measuring Electrical Properties of a MaterialUSPTOApplication 14813793

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Physics-informed Intelligent Computational Model Based On Sensor DataMay 7, 2026 · Application 19427859Pending
Systems, Methods, And Software For Detecting The Presence Of Subterranean Tunnels And Tunneling ActivityAug 28, 2018 · US 10,061,044Granted
Systems, Methods, Apparatuses, and Software for Measuring Electrical Properties of a MaterialMay 17, 2018 · Application 14813793Pending
Systems, Methods, And Software For Determining Spatially Variable Distributions Of The Dielectric Properties Of A Heterogeneous MaterialMay 15, 2018 · US 9,970,969Granted
Systems, Methods, and Software For Determining Spatially Variable Distributions of the Dielectric Properties of a MaterialMar 6, 2018 · US 9,909,987Granted
Systems, Methods, Apparatuses, and Software for Inserting Support Between SurfacesApplication 62262751Pending
Intelligent Computational Model Based On Sensor DataApplication 63521974Pending
Physics-informed Intelligent Computational Model Based On Sensor DataApplication PCTUS2024034863Pending
Systems and Methods for Determining Spatially Variable Distributions of the Dielectric Properties of a Heterogeneous MaterialApplication 62041739Pending
Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Measuring Electrical Properties of a MaterialApplication 62030977Pending
Systems and Methods for Determining Spatially Variable Distributions of the Dielectric Properties of a MaterialApplication 62031064Pending

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Regulatory activity · Agritech

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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

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