Grant Funded Hardware Startups
Among these 28 most recent hardware grant rounds, the largest disclosed award is ViaSat at $53M (2022-04-21), and it sits far above the next-largest disclo…
Among these 28 most recent hardware grant rounds, the largest disclosed award is ViaSat at $53M (2022-04-21), and it sits far above the next-largest disclosed amounts, including Magellan Advisors at $25M (2022-10-12), CloudWyze at $18M (2022-10-06), and BELKIN Vision at $20M (2021-12-20). At the low end, the smallest disclosed amount is IMAGINATE at $10K (2022-10-03), with additional undisclosed rounds such as AegiQ (2022-09-15) and Virtual Incision (2022-08-02).
The date window in this slice is concentrated: rounds span from 2021-08-17 (Rendever) to 2022-10-19 (Lidrotec). Within the most recent quarter shown (roughly 2022-07 to 2022-10), multiple grants appear in the Colorado cluster, including ThinkOrbital ($260K, 2022-09-15), Scythe ($370K, 2022-07-28), PickNik Robotics ($160K, 2022-07-27), and Max-IR Labs ($260K, 2022-06-27). Undisclosed amounts appear 4 times (AegiQ, Virtual Incision, Seeing Machines, and one other undisclosed row in the list), while the disclosed range shows repeated $100K–$1M sized awards alongside a small set of much larger grants (e.g., RaySecur at $1M on 2022-03-08 and Qunnect at $2M on 2022-05-23).
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Frequently asked
What’s the largest disclosed grant in this hardware list, and how much bigger is it than the rest?
ViaSat’s $53M grant (2022-04-21) is the only disclosed entry above $50M and it dwarfs the next-largest disclosed amounts: Magellan Advisors at $25M (2022-10-12) and CloudWyze at $18M (2022-10-06).
Where are the clearest geographic clusters in this set?
Colorado shows repeated activity with multiple grant events: ThinkOrbital in Denver ($260K, 2022-09-15), Scythe in Longmont ($370K, 2022-07-28), PickNik Robotics in Boulder ($160K, 2022-07-27), and Max-IR Labs in Dallas ($260K, 2022-06-27).
Which rounds fall at the most recent edge of the dataset?
The latest round date shown is 2022-10-19 for Lidrotec ($1M). The surrounding late-October entries include Magellan Advisors (2022-10-12, $25M) and CloudWyze (2022-10-06, $18M).
How concentrated are the awards over time in this slice?
This page spans 2021-08-17 to 2022-10-19. Several rounds cluster in mid-2022, including the 2022-06-20 set (Faction, NeuroTrainer, XRHealth each at $100K) and the 2022-03-08 to 2022-05-23 band (RaySecur $1M on 2022-03-08; Dense Air $100K on 2021-12-08 is outside, while Qunnect $2M on 2022-05-23).
Are undisclosed grant amounts a meaningful pattern here?
Yes. Four companies list undisclosed amounts (AegiQ on 2022-09-15; Virtual Incision on 2022-08-02; Seeing Machines on 2022-05-12; and one additional undisclosed row in the list), while the remaining entries show a disclosed spread from $10K (IMAGINATE, 2022-10-03) up to $53M (ViaSat, 2022-04-21).
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