4 companies took US
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We track SBIR awards, federal contracts and venture rounds (SEC Form D), then name the companies that just took money — usually weeks before anyone writes about them. Every figure traces back to a primary record.
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There is no commercialization-stage column yet. Most companies here have no LCI computed, and filling it would put an estimate next to verified facts. It goes in when enough companies have one.
193 companies won
government money in four weeks.
SBIR and STTR are where small companies get their first government money. The amounts sit around $1M, so nobody writes about them — but the award lands in the government's own record the week it happens.
Phase III is follow-on funding from outside the SBIR / STTR budget. It covers procurement, production, services, additional R&D and private capital — a strong signal that a company moved past the research stage. 32 landed in the last four weeks. Which kind of Phase III it is shows in the primary record.
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Space — week of 2026-08-10: 17 recipients appeared for the first time
- $173.1M committed across 172 awards
- -22% vs the prior four-week average
- 17 recipients with no prior award in our data
- Largest action $30.0M — UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC
Energy — week of 2026-08-10: Department of Energy ran -77% against its four-week average
- $63.1M committed across 163 awards
- -77% vs the prior four-week average
- 20 recipients with no prior award in our data
- Largest action $16.7M — THE KRELL INSTITUTE INC
- 01Small companies landing their first SBIR or STTR award
- 02Companies reaching Phase III — follow-on funding from outside the SBIR budget
- 03Issuers with an exempt offering or sale on record (SEC Form D)
- 04Companies taking both government and venture money
- 05A link to the government or SEC record on every line
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