Startup · United States
goTenna
HQ Jersey City11-50 employeesUpdated
Inexpensive, lightweight, off-grid connectivity with an easy-to-use interface for long-range communications up to 126 miles point-to-point.
Federal Prime Contracts$116M obligated · FY2016–FY2026
- Obligated
- $116M
- FY2016–FY2026
- Contract actions
- 146
- 79 awards
- Peak year
- FY2022
- $24.6M
- Top buyer
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- 79% of obligations
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| Fiscal year | Obligated | Actions | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (to date) | $43.4M | 20 | 11 |
| FY2025 | $9.8M | 22 | 18 |
| FY2024 | $22.3M | 30 | 19 |
| FY2023 | $10.2M | 17 | 16 |
| FY2022 | $24.6M | 15 | 9 |
| FY2021 | $179K | 6 | 5 |
| FY2020 | $1.6M | 13 | 13 |
| FY2019 | $2.7M | 6 | 5 |
| FY2018 | $757K | 10 | 9 |
| FY2017 | $796K | 6 | 4 |
| FY2016 | $14K | 1 | 1 |
Top buyers
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection$91.6M 79%
- U.S. Air Force$21.6M 19%
- Internal Revenue Service$814K 0.7%
- U.S. Army$630K 0.5%
- U.S. Navy$627K 0.5%
- U.S. Special Operations Command$468K 0.4%
- Office of Procurement Operations (Homeland Security)$250K 0.2%
- Federal Aviation Administration$91K 0.1%
- U.S. Marshals Service$61K 0.1%
- Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$49K 0.0%
- Drug Enforcement Administration$43K 0.0%
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$36K 0.0%
- All other$32K 0.0%
What they sell (PSC)
- IT and Telecom - IT Management Tools/Products (Hardware and Perpetual License Software)$82.4M 71%
- National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research$20.8M 18%
- Radio and Television Communication Equipment, Except Airborne$6.3M 5.4%
- Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment$4.8M 4.2%
- R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Advanced Development)$444K 0.4%
- Education/Training- Other$417K 0.4%
- Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical$357K 0.3%
- Radio Navigation Equipment, Except Airborne$171K 0.1%
- Electrical and Electronic Assemblies, Boards, Cards, and Associated Hardware$91K 0.1%
- IT and Telecom - End User: Help Desk;Tier 1-2,WORKSPACE,PRINT,OUTPUT,PRODUCTIVITY Tools (Hw/Perp SW)$77K 0.1%
- Communications Security Equipment and Components$68K 0.1%
- Communication Training Devices$58K 0.1%
- Miscellaneous Communication Equipment$55K 0.0%
- Information Technology Equipment System Configuration$49K 0.0%
- Safety and Rescue Equipment$25K 0.0%
- All other$94K 0.1%
Industry (NAICS)
- Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing$109M 94%
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$5.8M 5.0%
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology)$444K 0.4%
- Engineering Services$357K 0.3%
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing$223K 0.2%
- Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing$98K 0.1%
- Other Electronic Component Manufacturing$91K 0.1%
- Telecommunications Resellers$0 0.0%
Where the work is done
- New York$47.4M 41%
- District of Columbia$30.1M 26%
- New Jersey$22.6M 19%
- Florida$7.5M 6.5%
- Virginia$6.9M 6.0%
- Michigan$788K 0.7%
- California$357K 0.3%
- Outside the US$243K 0.2%
- Texas$91K 0.1%
- Georgia$65K 0.1%
- Kansas$62K 0.1%
- Kentucky$26K 0.0%
- North Carolina$24K 0.0%
- Wisconsin$24K 0.0%
- Nevada$23K 0.0%
- All other$20K 0.0%
Contract pricing
- Firm Fixed Price$116M 100%
Competition
- Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$108M 93%
- Competed Under SAP$3.6M 3.1%
- Not Competed Under SAP$1.7M 1.5%
- Not Competed$1.5M 1.3%
- Full and Open Competition$1.1M 0.9%
Largest awards10
- Delivery Order Against Gotenna Single Award IDIQ for Equipment. · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$37.6M
- Gotenna Tak Radios and Services · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$22.7M
- Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2B Strategic Funding Increase for Gotenna · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$15.0M
- Task Order for Mesh Radio Equipment and Services · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$5.8M
- Gotenna Tak Ecosystem · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$5.3M
- Procurement of Phone Cases and Belt Clips for the Tactical Awareness Kits for the Office of Field Operations · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$5.1M
- Gotenna Mesh Radios, Services, and Equipment. · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$4.1M
- Radio Trackers · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$2.0M
- Delivery Order Against Gotenna Single Award IDIQ for Equipment. · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$2.0M
- Task Order for Mesh Radios Equipment and Support Services for Invnt and Amo · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · USAspending ↗$1.9M
Awards marked “Outside DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA” come from the contractor-first USAspending search of this company's awards at every agency and are not in sector totals. Awards of DoD, DHS, DOE and NASA under $10,000 net are counted in totals but not listed; find them on USAspending ↗.
Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $43.3M |
| FY2025 | $9.7M |
| FY2024 | $22.3M |
| FY2023 | $10.2M |
| FY2022 | $24.5M |
| FY2021 | $179K |
| FY2020 | $745K |
| FY2019 | $2.7M |
| FY2018 | $719K |
| FY2017 | $789K |
| FY2016 | $14K |
| FY2015 | $2K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.
- GOTENNA, INC. · CWLDWJHLQ3T5 · $115M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for goTenna only for the period a subsidiary reported goTenna as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.
Funding8 rounds · $31.5M
- Equity raised
- $31.5M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- $230K
- Latest
- UndisclosedGrowth · Oct 9, 2023
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2023 | Growth | Undisclosed | — | ONE9 | — | Reported |
| Apr 25, 2022 | Grant | $230K | — | U.S. National Science Foundation | — | Confirmed |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Debt | Undisclosed | — | Silicon Valley Bank | — | Reported |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Series C | $24.0M | — | Founders Fund | Bloomberg Beta, Collaborative Fund, Comcast Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Walden Venture Capital | Reported |
| Apr 13, 2017 | Series B | Undisclosed | — | Union Square Ventures | Walden Venture Capital | Speculative |
| Mar 2, 2016 | Series A | $7.5M | — | Walden Venture Capital | Bloomberg Beta | Reported |
| 2020 | Debt | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Speculative |
| 2013 | Seed | Undisclosed | — | Brooklyn Bridge Ventures | Bloomberg Beta, Collaborative Fund | Reported |
- GrowthLed by ONE9UndisclosedOct 9, 2023
- $230KApr 25, 2022
- DebtLed by Silicon Valley BankUndisclosedJun 18, 2019
- Series CLed by Founders Fund$24.0MJun 18, 2019
- UndisclosedApr 13, 2017
- $7.5MMar 2, 2016
- DebtSpeculativeUndisclosed2020
- Undisclosed2013
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems1
- goKit 2A kit that enables rapid deployment of an off‑grid communications network for a team.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command, control and communications | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Off-grid long-range radio communications, but the text states no defense or security use. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Off-grid long-range radio communications, but the text states no defense or security use.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People5
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Daniela Perlein · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-founder |
| Jorge Perdomo · LinkedIn ↗ | Inventor, Co-Founder |
| Andrea Garrity | Chief Growth Officer |
| Avi Shafar · LinkedIn ↗ | CFO |
| Charlie Greenbacker · LinkedIn ↗ | CTO |
Sources11
Show all 11 sources and supporting evidence
Profile1
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "aea3baa9-2e97-4874-b609-b2811e53c865"}”
Systems1
- 2
goTenna · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“Inexpensive, lightweight, off-grid connectivity with an easy-to-use interface for long-range communications up to 126 miles point-to-point.”
Funding8
- 3
goTenna · Apr 25, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $230,000”
- 4
TechCrunch · Jun 18, 2019 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“when we raised our seed in 2013”
- 5
VC News Daily · Mar 2, 2016 · Supports Funding round · amount
“announced a $7.5 million Series A led by Walden Venture Capital”
- 6
- 7
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Debt Financing - goTenna”
- 8
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Debt Financing - goTenna”
- 9
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Private Equity Round - goTenna”
- 10
People1
- 11
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50)”
Government identifiers1
- UEI
- CWLDWJHLQ3T5
- GOTENNA, INC.
- Checked Oct 21, 2026
Identifiers are matched to this legal entity; related companies may hold different registrations.
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