U. S. Bionics
Trunk Support Exoskeleton (TSE) for reducing back injuries during occupational stooping and bending
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- EMERYVILLE, CA
- Latest Form D
- $5.1M, May 2021
- Total capital
- $12M
- Federal grants
- $910K
- 1 award · 2015
- Rank in peer group#2 of 16
- Private capital raised
- $11.1M
- 2 Form D · last May 2021
- 66 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$5.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$6M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Trunk-Supporting Exoskeleton System for Workers$910K
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Federal first
73months
from U. S. Bionics’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Apr 2015
- NSF · $910K
- First Form D · May 2021
- $6M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 16 peers
Line = medianRobotics · Device
- Federal grants#2 · top 13%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Chun-Tung HuangDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Homayoon KazerooniExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Xiang (Shawn) LiDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingTrunk Supporting Exoskeleton And Method Of UseUSPTOApplication PCTUS2019012924
Related companies, and why
- Team Wildfire Inc.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
- BLUE FROG ROBOTICS INC.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
- ARIX Technologies IncSimilar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
- Generalist AI, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
- Chaos Prime Inc.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
- HyprLift, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
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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