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VOXTEL, INC.

Beaverton, OR · Defense · Acquired by Allegro MicroSystems (2020)

Freeform gradient-index (GRIN) optical elements and gun-hardened riflescope systems with motorized magnification control for military fire-control applications

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Beaverton, OR
Total capital
$20.1M
Federal grants
$17M
34 awards · 2015–2021
Rank in peer group#22 of 164
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$3.1M
15 awards · NASA, Commerce, Defense
Rank in Defense#608 of 1442
Granted patents
21
4 pending · first 2014
Rank in peer group#8 of 164

Capital timeline

20062008201020122014201620182020FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $20.1M2006: $600K across 1 contract2008: $90K across 1 contract2009: $480K across 3 contracts2010: $300K across 1 contract2012: $755K across 2 contracts2014: $250K across 2 contracts2015: $2.5M across 5 grants · $670K across 5 contracts$3.1M2016: $5M across 11 grants$5M2017: $2.8M across 4 grants$2.8M2018: $2.9M across 7 grants$2.9M2019: $2.7M across 6 grants$2.7M2021: $1.1M across 1 grant$1.1M
2006201020142018FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $20.1M2006: $600K across 1 contract2008: $90K across 1 contract2009: $480K across 3 contracts2010: $300K across 1 contract2012: $755K across 2 contracts2014: $250K across 2 contracts2015: $2.5M across 5 grants · $670K across 5 contracts$3.1M2016: $5M across 11 grants$5M2017: $2.8M across 4 grants$2.8M2018: $2.9M across 7 grants$2.9M2019: $2.7M across 6 grants2021: $1.1M across 1 grant

Latest events

  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Compact Lightweight Freeform GRIN Optics for Small Arms Fire Control$1.1M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Highly Sensitive Flash LADAR Camera$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Single Photon Counting LIDAR Sensor$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Compact DPSS Laser for Wideband RF Photonics$140K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · MWIR APD Receivers$750K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Micron-scale Direct-detection X-ray Detectors$150K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Additive-Manufactured Superconductor Phase Shifters$150K
Show 42 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Radiation-Hardened Photon-Sensitive LADAR Camera$100K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Precision Nanoparticles for High Performance Devices$150K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Compressive 3D imaging spectrometer$150K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · IFS for Dark Matter Characterization$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Freeform Optics for Optical Payloads with Reduced Size and Weight$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Large-Format Low-false-alarm NIR SPAD Imager$1.5M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Electronically Actuated Pixelated Aperture for High Sensitivity WFOV Imaging in Sunlight$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low-light-level SWIR Vision System$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · InGaAs Focal-plane Arrays for Coherent Ladar$150K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Large-Format, High-Throughput Photon-Counting Imager$1.0M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Advanced Radio Magnetic Powder for Additive Manufacturing$1.5M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Additive Manufacturing Plastic Materials with Improved Dielectric Breakdown Strength$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Large-format Low-false-alarm NIR SPAD Imager$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Advanced Printed Circuit Board Design Methods for Compact Optical Transceiver$1M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Nonlinear Optical Threat Protection Technologies for Daytime Cameras$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research Tool to Support Hybridized Additive Manufacturing$750K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · GeoReferenced, UAVBased 3D Surveying System for Precision Construction$1M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multi-Wafer-Stack Three-Dimensional (3D) Interconnect Manufacturing Technology$85K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Covert Fiber-coupled Eye-safe Laser Rangefinder for Photonic Masts$85K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Large-Format, High-Throughput Photon-Counting Imager$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Robust, Wafer-level 3D Electrical Interconnect Technology$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High Channel Count Time-to-Digital Converter and Lasercom Processor$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low Light Short Wave Infrared Focal Plane Arrays$145K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Hybridization Techniques for Ultra-Small Pitch Focal Plane Arrays$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf, SBIR I, Next Generation Semi-actual Laser (sal) And Miniature Designator$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Interest Is Rapidly Growing In Eye-safe Solid-state Lasers For Range Finding, LIDAR, Infrared Countermeasures, Medicine, Dentistry, And Others. To Address The Need For Compact, High Efficiency Lasers Operating In This Important Spectral Band, An Ultra-compact Turnkey, Narrow-band, High-mode-quality, High-pulse-energy, And High-pulse-repetition-frequency (prf), Diode-pumped Solid-state (dpss) Pulsed Laser System Will Be Developed That, Due To Superior Near Infrared (nir) Absorption C$130K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf To Satisfy NASA Deep-space Communications Needs, A Readout Integrated Circuit (roic) Optimized For Single-photon Counting (spc) Freespace Optical Communications Will Be Developed, Which Is Optimized For Acquisition, Tracking, Ranging, And Reception Of The 1064 Nm 1570 Nm Optical Radiation Used For Freespace Optical Links. The Roic Will Allow Simultaneous Recovery Of Photon Time Of Arrival And Spatial Localization Data That Can Be Used For Lasercom Optical Links, Data Recovery, And R$130K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In Situ Planetary Instruments Face Challenges That Greatly Exceed Even The Challenges Of Developing In-space Earth-orbiting Instruments. Because Of Restricted Payload Masses For These Ambitious Missions, Planetary In Situ Instruments Must Be Very Small (a Few Kg, At Most), Consume Low Power (20W Or Less), Take Up Low Volume (a Few Liters, At Most), And Be Highly Automated From Instrument Turn-on To Data Transmission. To Address This Need, A Compact Improvement On Time-resolved Strea$130K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf A Multi-channel Fpga-based Time-to-digital Converter (tdc) Is Needed To Process The Output From Single-photon Focal Plane Arrays Used In Lasercom. Leveraging An Existing 64-CHANNEL Design Shown Capable Of Better Than 30 Ps. Time Resolution And 256 Channels With 120-PS Time Resolution, Scalable 512-CHANNEL (threshold) And 1024-CHANNEL (objective) Tdcs With Optional Multicore Image Processor Will Be Developed, Which Can Process And Transmit Data Continuously. In Phase I, Leveraging Th$130K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Geo-Referenced, UAV-based 3D Surveying System for Precision Construction$150K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Onboard Data Processing for Fast Detectors$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Extended-SWIR Targeting Sensor$1.3M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The "piston Errors" And Aberrations Of The Mirror Segments Used In Large Telescopes, Are Typically Measured With On-board Optical Instruments, Usually A Dispersed Hartman Sensor (dhs) And/or Dispersed Fringe Sensor (dfs). Calibrating And Testing Of The Wavefront Sensors Are Typically Performed Using Custom-built Fused Silica Phase Plate Arrays. The Manufacture And Assembly Of Each Custom Phase Plate Array Is Time-intensive And Expensive. Proposed Is A Gradient Index (gi) Phase Plate$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf An Optical Communications Receiver Requires Efficient And High-rate Photon-counting Capability So That The Information From Every Photon, Received At The Aperture, Is Processed. This Is Particularly True In Space Platforms, Where The Information Contained In Every Additional Photon Detected Directly Translates Into Lower System Size, Weight, And Power (swap). To Address This Need, A Near-infrared (nir) High Gain, Low Excess Noise Avalanche Photodiode (apd) Array Will Be Developed Fo$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - High-performance Hdtv Cameras Are Commercially Widespread, But Are Not Presently Available In Radiation-hard Versions. The Objective Of The Proposed SBIR Effort Is To Develop And Commercialize A Radiation-hard, High-performance Hdtv Sensor For NASA Missions And Other Space-based And High-energy Physics Applications. Key Features Of This Program Are The Use Of Radiation-hard, Fully Depleted Silicon Photodiodes To Maximize Quantum Efficiency, And The Use Of Both Radia$750K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Large Area Avalanche Photodiode$5K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase II$300K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Recovery SBIR Phase II Award TAS::13 0549::TAS Arra::yes::arra$300K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase I Award$90K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase I Award$90K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase I Award$90K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR 2005 Phase II Research Project Entitled: "high Efficiency, Easy-to-manufacture Engineered Nanomaterials For Thermoelectric Applications"$600K

Federal awards are summed by year (49 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 164 peers

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Defense · Device

  • Federal grants#22 · top 13%
  • Granted patents#8 · top 5%
  • Linked publications#2 · top 1%

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Founders and team

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What it has protected

USPTO · 21 granted of 25
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Recent research by its founders

  • Facet Engineering of CdS/Bi <sub>2</sub> S <sub>3</sub> Heterojunction Photocatalysts for High‐Rate, Ultraselective CH <sub>4</sub> Production from Acetic Acid20263 cites
  • Facet Engineering of CdS/Bi <sub>2</sub> S <sub>3</sub> Heterojunction Photocatalysts for High‐Rate, Ultraselective CH <sub>4</sub> Production from Acetic Acid20261 cites
  • Tuning selectivity in the direct hydrogenolysis of PET plastic over Co catalysts through interfacial hydrogen spillover20261 cites

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Regulatory activity · Defense

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Sources

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