YARD STICK PBC
Handheld soil carbon measurement probe integrated with cloud-based ML platform for automated soil sampling design and analysis
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- DOVER, DE
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $16.1M, Aug 2023
- Total capital
- $16.4M
- Federal grants
- $256K
- 1 award · 2022
- Rank in peer group#13 of 41
- Private capital raised
- $16.1M
- 1 Form D · last Aug 2023
- 38 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 4 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#3 of 41
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$16.1M
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Development of AI and Software Platform for Cost-Effective Soil Carbon Measurement and Assessment$256K
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Federal first
17months
from YARD STICK PBC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Mar 2022
- NSF · $256K
- First Form D · Aug 2023
- $16.1M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 41 peers
Line = medianAgritech · System
- Federal grants#13 · top 32%
- Granted patents#3 · top 7%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Christopher TollesResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $256K in grants as PI
- Kevin MeissnerExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Lisa CocaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 5- PendingSystems And Methods For Soil AnalysisUSPTOApplication 18970258
- GrantedSystems And Methods For Soil Analysis Including Penetrometer With Spiral FlightingUSPTOUS 12,203,916
- PendingSoil Sampling Methods And SystemsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2023086017
Show all 5 patent records
- Systems And Methods For Soil AnalysisApr 17, 2025 · Application 18970258Pending
- Systems And Methods For Soil Analysis Including Penetrometer With Spiral FlightingJan 21, 2025 · US 12,203,916Granted
- Soil Sampling Methods And SystemsApplication PCTUS2023086017Pending
- Systems And Methods For Soil AnalysisApplication PCTUS2022048447Pending
- Systems And Methods For Soil AnalysisApplication 63274453Pending
Related companies, and why
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- BOTANY AI INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- ROOT AI, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- HARPE BIOHERBICIDE SOLUTIONS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- PATHOTRAK INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding 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
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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