WHOLE TREES, LLC

Materials · Private

Software system for automated grading and structural assessment of round timber using advanced imaging and algorithms to determine design values

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Materials
Total capital: $1.8M

Federal grants: $1.5M; 5 awards · 2012–2017; Rank in peer group#15 of 36
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $242K; 1 award · Smithsonian Instit; Rank in Materials#216 of 1258
Granted patents: 2; 1 pending · first 2015; Rank in peer group#6 of 36

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jan 2021Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Gorilla Climbing Structure Materials, Fabrication, Design, Management Services$242K
Sep 2017Federal grantAgriculture · Improved Grading Of Round Timbers And Optimized Round Timber Truss Designs$580K
Jun 2015Federal grantAgriculture · Advanced Grading For Improvement And Reliability Of Round Timber Design Values$98K
Sep 2014Federal grantAgriculture · Forest-to-factory: Round Timber Supply Chain Tools And Techniques$404K
Jul 2013Federal grantAgriculture · Forest To Factory: Round Timber Supply Chain Tools And Techniques$100K
Sep 2012Federal grantAgriculture · Structural Testing Of Branched Timber And Truss Assemblies$362K

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Standing among 36 peers

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Materials · Software

Federal grants#15 · top 42%
Granted patents#6 · top 17%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 2 granted of 3

Nov 22, 2016GrantedTruss And Column Structures Incorporating Natural Round Timbers And Natural Branched Round TimbersUSPTOUS 9,499,983
May 26, 2015GrantedTruss And Column Structures Incorporating Natural Round Timbers And Natural Branched Round TimbersUSPTOUS 9,038,347
PendingTruss And Column Structures Incorporating Natural Round Timbers And Natural Branched Round TimbersUSPTOApplication PCTUS2013076974

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Regulatory activity · Materials

Sector-level, not company-level

24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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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.