643 companies · SBIR/STTR awards, last two years
643 companies in California closed federal SBIR/STTR awards in the last two years. 16 of them have open roles on our board and come first; the rest follow, newest award first. The funding event is the signal — small companies grow right after the award lands.
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Los Angeles, CA · 61 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Modular Payload Container for Earth Re-Entry”
Mountain View, CA · 240 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Adapting Existing Multispectral Scanning Payload for Missile Warning / Missile Track”
Torrance, CA · 447 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Adaptive Manufacturing to Scale Production and Integration of Third-Party Innovations across the Defense Industrial Base”
Sunnyvale, CA · 21 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Scout AI - Mission Complete Unmanned Ground Vehicle Systems”
Redwood City, CA · 98 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Revolutionizing Aircraft Survivability Analysis with AI-Driven Data Extraction”
Torrance, CA · 182 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“DC Power Controller (DCPC) for Tactical Microgrid”
Palo Alto, CA · 207 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“NASIC GXK STRATFI Proposal - OCR enabled intelligence”
Mill Valley, CA · 90 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Advanced LLM Evaluation and Development Tooling for Strategic USAF AI Integration - AFRL NIPRGPT”
San Francisco, CA · 9 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Active Spacecraft Jitter Cancellation Using Deployable Panels”
Santa Clara, CA · 23 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“NAVAIR Open Topic for Logistics in a Contested Environment”
San Jose, CA · 81 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Low Cost Multispectral RPO Sensor Suite”
Hayward, CA · 51 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“Minimally invasive pancreatic cancer treatment combining nanosecond electric pulses and immune system stimulants”
Byron, CA · 60 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Chaparral Airdrop Capability Development”
Pasadena, CA · 85 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Generating Optimized RSP Loading Plans using modern AI-based Constraint Solvers”
San Carlos, CA · 38 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Precursor Impurity Control for Stable Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaic Modules”
Pleasanton, CA · 72 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“Developing closed-loop tonic motor activation therapy for treatment of refractory restless legs syndrome”
San Diego, CA · 2 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II
“Inverse-designed lightweight, planar focus lenses for Vis to LWIR hyperspectral imaging”
Torrance, CA · 140 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“Tethered Robot for Coating Application and Inspection”
Santa Barbara, CA · 22 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · woman-owned · company site
“Koopman Operator-Based Rapid Adjudication of Federated COA's (KOBRA)”
San Diego, CA · 25 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · company site
“Advanced Wearable Integration and Synchronization Hub (AWISH)”
Goleta, CA · 275 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security · Phase I/II · company site
“Advanced Modeling and Evaluation of Air Combat Autonomy”
Saratoga, CA · 30 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Trusted OSS Analysis and TTP Automation for Secure Software Enclaves”
Carlsbad, CA · 23 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Natural-language Ontologies for battlespace Visualizations and Analytics (NOVA)”
Berkeley, CA · 5 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“SLITHER: Snake-Like Inspection Technology for Hazardous and Enclosed Regions”
Sherman Oaks, CA · 35 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Automated Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace from Open-Source Information (AutoIPB)”
San Rafael, CA · 3 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“Modular, Optimized Real-time Processing Harness for Edge-Unit Schedulers (MORPHEUS)”
El Segundo, CA · 24 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“GENESIS: Generative AI for Educational Systems and Instructional Support”
Palo Alto, CA · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I
“Off-Axis Laser Detector”
Santa Clara, CA · 63 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“High-Resolution Environmental Forecasting Through Advanced ML Downscaling Techniques”
Irvine, CA · 12 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · woman-owned · company site
“A Hybrid Digital Twin Framework for Modeling Machine Process Parameters for Automated Fiber Placement-based Manufacturing of Composite Struc”
San Mateo, CA · 60 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“Text-and-Image-Conditioned content GENeration (TICGEN)”
Goleta, CA · 8 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II
“Fiber-optic Avionic Low-SWaP-C Coherent Optical Network (FALCON)”
San Francisco, CA · 2 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I
“Intelligent Radio Access Network for Beyond 5G Resilient Tactical Networks”
Vista, CA · 70 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Development of Safe, Robust, Sodium-Ion Battery for Naval Aviation Using Domestically Made Inexpensive Raw Materials”
Hawthorne, CA · 26 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“State and Trajectory Optimization for Real-time Range Extension (STORRE)”
Torrance, CA · 18 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Optimized Novel Multifunctional Composite Sandwich Structures”
Woodland Hills, CA · 2 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“Multimode Bragg Grating Multiplexer (MBG MUX)”
Long Beach, CA · 35 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“Hypersonic Computational Fluid Dynamics Heat Flux Sub-Models”
Riverside, CA · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Low-Dispersion Ultrahigh-Bandwidth Microstructured Photonic Fibers for Avionics Networks and Sensors”
South San Francisco, CA · 4 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II
“CoagCare: Novel Miniaturized Handheld Thromboelastographic Platform for Rapid Assessment of Coagulopathy and Resuscitation Management of War”
Berkeley, CA · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“SBIR Phase I: High-Power, Surface-Emitting, Single-Mode Laser Chips with Photonics Crystal Cavity Design”
Oakland, CA · 5 employees · Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · woman-owned · company site
“BINARY PSEUDO RANDOM ARRAY (BPRA) FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF OPTICAL IMAGERS”
Pasadena, CA · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“SBIR Phase I: Silicon photonics tunable laser for analyzing energy content of natural gas”
Stanford, CA · 1 employee · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: Electrified Thermochemical Biogas Reforming for Hydrocarbon Fuel Production”
Richmond, CA · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“STTR Phase I: Scalable Soft Magnetic Composite for High-Frequency Power Electronics”
Davis, CA · 0 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: A Method for Domestic Production of Saffron, Utilizing Novel Plant Cell Culture Techniques for Cell Adhesion and Immobilizatio”
San Carlos, CA · 4 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: Novel Immuno-therapy for Specific Depletion of IgG4 Subtype of Autoantibodies”
Los Angeles, CA · 3 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“SBIR Phase I: Tactile-enabled Robotic Quality Control Cell”
San Francisco, CA · 3 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: Constellation of Small, High-Altitude Balloons for Atmospheric Data Collection”
San Luis Obispo, CA · 6 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“SBIR Phase I: An Analog Hardware Accelerator for Power Systems Feasibility Studies”
San Diego, CA · 12 employees · Department of Commerce, Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“Operational Technology Artificial Intelligence - NIST Compliance Tool (OTAI-NCT)”
Redwood city, CA · 1 employee · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“SBIR Phase I: Automated System for Point of Care Manufacture of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Cell Therapies”
Stanford, CA · 2 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“STTR Phase I: Improving the reliability of the United States' energy grid by predicting transformer failures”
San Francisco, CA · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation · Phase I · woman-owned · company site
“SBIR Phase I: Novel Gynecological Speculum Instrument for Decreased Patient Pain and Enhanced Provider Functionality”
Pleasanton, CA · 11 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I
“SBIR Phase I: A Novel Device for Difficult Urethral Catheterization”
Burlingame, CA · 8 employees · National Science Foundation · Phase I · company site
“SBIR Phase I: Assessing and Improving Membrane Stability to Enable Sustainable Lithium Chemical Production”
San Diego, CA · 15 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Energy · Phase II · company site
“Advanced Semiconductor Production of Next-Gen X-Band SSPAs for USAF Radar, EW, & Comms”
San Diego, CA · 232 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“A Machine Learning-Accelerated Framework for Lethality Assessment of Directed Energy Engagements of Hypersonic Threats”
Carlsbad, CA · 9 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Auto-calibrating, Air Quality Monitoring System”
Pleasanton, CA · 69 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Iodine Clock with Acceleration- and Radiation-tolerance for Use in Space (ICARUS)”
Monrovia, CA · 35 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · company site
“Wearable Heat Related Injury Risk Analysis (WHERA) system Resubmission”
Santa Barbara, CA · 135 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“CRAZY TRAIN”
Los Angeles, CA · 35 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“Advancing Probe Technology for Ultrasensitive RNA Imaging via Hybridization Chain Reaction”
Gilroy, CA · 4 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Developing and Evaluating Visual, Auditory, and Tactile and Text Digital Thematic Map Viewer to Provide Blind and Low Vision Individuals Ful”
Huntington Beach, CA · 34 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I
“-200°C Rad hard Cold Capable Thermally multiplexed controller”
Laguna Hills, CA · 14 employees · Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“Stand-off Detection of Xenon Spin Polarization by Radar REMPI”
Santa Barbara, CA · 10 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“High Dynamic Range Broadband Adaptive Sensor System”
Palo Alto, CA · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I
“Topical Ophthalmic Treatment for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (nAMD)”
Moraga, CA · 7 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Effective Compaction of Satellite Transmission to Maximize Bandwidth and Data Security”
Irvine, CA · 82 employees · Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Innovative Amperometric Gas Sensors for Monitoring Post-Harvest Food Quality and Safety”
Torrance, CA · 66 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“Optical probe for static pressure measurements in vitiated flows for ground test facilities”
Berkeley, CA · 1 employee · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“High Temperature Fracture”
Hawthorne, CA · 178 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Transportable, Flexible, Digital Array Ground Station”
San Diego, CA · 140 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · woman-owned · company site
“MedScribe Defense - Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Ambient Medical Scribe Supporting Air Force Medical Readiness Exams and Scree”
Los Angeles, CA · 8 employees · Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“FireVision: An AI-Powered Decision-Support Platform Leveraging NASA Earth Science Data for Wildfire Risk, Mitigation, and Response”
Mountain View, CA · 32 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I
“RAG 2.0: Gen AI in Advanced Supply Chain Analytics”
Santa Monica, CA · 12 employees · Department of Energy · Phase I · company site
“Multi-beam accelerator system for mobile food irradiation applications”
Berkeley, CA · 1 employee · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned
“Detecting Absence Seizures Using Hyperventilation In a Home Environment”
Paramount, CA · 35 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Diamond Turning High Aspect Ratio Mandrels for X-ray Mirror Manufacturing”
Scotts Valley, CA · 9 employees · Department of Energy · Phase I · company site
“UNsupervised Learning for DER (UNDER): Detecting Power System Attacks Using Machine Learning and Digital Twins”
Los Angeles, CA · 6 employees · Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II · company site
“A Spiking Neuromorphic Analytics Platform (SNAP) for Photomultiplier Signal Processing”
El Cajon, CA · 19 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Metalens Solar Compass (MLSC)”
Irvine, CA · 3 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · company site
“Device Automation of an FDA-cleared CD-Microfluidic Platform for Rapid Tissue Microsizing”
El Segundo, CA · 8 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Advanced Digital Investment Casting Technology for High-Precision, Low-Cost Turbine Components”
Milpitas, CA · 10 employees · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I · company site
“Robust Highly-Multiplexed Fiber Optic Sensor Array for Cryogenic Fluid Management”
Glendale, CA · 47 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I · company site
“BDAM: A Blast Dose Accumulation Methodology for Heavy Weapon Firing in Actual Combat Scenarios”
El Segundo, CA · 8 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“RAIDEN: A Resilient, Agile, and Interference-Defiant Network for Secure MILSATCOM”
Marina Del Rey, CA · 12 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“SyncPath - Ultra low-latency resilient multipath communication protocol in contested environments over MILSATCOM only and hybrid SATCOM arch”
Santa Clara, CA · 8 employees · Department of Defense, National Science Foundation · Phase II
“Sub-THz Reflectarrays: An Alternative Architecture for Enhanced Array Scaling with 3D Heterogeneous Integration for DoD ELGAR Use Cases”
San Diego, CA · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · company site
“Multidimensional antibody engineering to enhance the potency and breadth of a betacoronavirus medical countermeasure”
Alameda, CA · 69 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II
“Airdrop-Capable Hybrid Group 4 UAS for Contested Logistics: Enabling ACE for the DAF”
San Diego, CA · 112 employees · Department of Defense · Phase I/II · company site
“FIRESTORM EXPEDITIONAIRY MANUFACTURING CELL (xCell) AND MANUFACTURED HARDWARE”
San Francisco, CA · 4 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II
“CEACAM5-targeted activation of potent chemotherapeutics via bioorthogonal click chemistry”
San Francisco, CA · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase II · woman-owned
“Engagement and clinical impact of the Teleo virtual therapy platform in clinical settings”
Irvine, CA · 2 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · woman-owned
“Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure during Sleep as a Cardiovascular Biomarker”
San Diego, CA · 70 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I/II · company site
“Development of highly potent human monoclonal for RSV immunoprophylaxis”
Volcano, CA · 2 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II · company site
“Enabling Digital Metrology and Manufacturing Through the Model-Based Enterprise”
Torrance, CA · 100 employees · Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase I/II
“High Temperature Radiator Coating”
Orange, CA · 6 employees · Department of Defense · Phase II
“ROOK: Rapid Operations Over Kilometers”
San Diego, CA · 5 employees · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase I · company site
“Novel multivalent PSMA-targeted taxane-conjugates for bone metastases in prostate cancer”
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Source: public SBIR/STTR award record. Company-level facts only. Open roles are live listings on our board.