Dawnbreaker

What Dawnbreaker does

Dawnbreaker, Inc. is a privately held, woman-owned federal contractor specializing in technology commercialization services for U.S. government agencies and small business SBIR/STTR awardees. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in N. Chili, New York, the company has served most federal agencies for over thirty years, including the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), NASA, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). With a team of 11-50 employees, Dawnbreaker operates as a focused professional services firm, delivering its offerings through multiple federal contracting vehicles including AIMS, MOBIS, OASIS+, and Seaport-E, and holding WOSB/EDWOSB certification that enables sole-source contract authority.

The company's core service portfolio is built around four practice areas. Its market research practice centers on proprietary methodologies including Customized Market Research (CMR), LICA Licensee Analysis, Commercial Potential Assessment (CPA), Developing Network Contacts (DevNC), and the DoD Transition Information Packet (TIP). Its training practice delivers SBIR/STTR tutorial platforms and customized Train-the-Trainer courses using Canvas as the instructional platform, with Train-the-Trainer services offered free of charge to SBDC and APEX accelerator staff. Its marketing communications and design practice provides trade show booth designs, branded marketing materials, and web development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Its policy practice delivers metrics collection, success-story development, and congressional reporting for federal program evaluation. Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) support for SBIR/STTR proposal submission rounds out the offering.

Dawnbreaker generates revenue exclusively through federal contracting services delivered via multiple procurement vehicles. Pricing is contact-based with no public disclosure, and contracts are typically structured as multi-year engagements. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales targeting federal agencies, supported by thought leadership content including the Market Snapshots blog, Phase III Magazine, Mini-Mag, and active participation in industry conferences such as America's SBDC Annual Conference, the LES Annual Meeting, and Tech to Market events. The company is privately held with no outside investment or institutional backing, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Dawnbreaker

Legal name

Dawnbreaker, Inc.

Website

https://dawnbreaker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dawnbreaker is a woman-owned federal contractor providing technology commercialization services—market research, marketing communications, SBIR/STTR training, and TABA—to U.S. federal agencies and small business awardees through multiple contracting vehicles, founded in 1990.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Technology Commercialization Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Assessment, Certification & Qualifications Frameworks (BPADAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cloud, DevOps & Software Engineering Certifications (EDAAANAH)

Keywords

• Federal contracting services
• Technology commercialization
• SBIR STTR support
• Market research consulting
• Marketing communications services

Headquarters

HQ city

North Chili

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Federal Contracting Services: Revenue generated through multiple federal contracting vehicles (AIMS, MOBIS, OASIS+, Seaport-E) providing SBIR/STTR support services to federal agencies including DoD, DOE, DHS, and others. Services include market research, marketing communications, technical and business assistance (TABA), and SBIR training services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dawnbreaker is a woman-owned federal contractor that delivers technology commercialization services to U.S. federal agencies and to small businesses that hold SBIR/STTR awards. Its offering bundles market research, marketing communications and design, technical and business assistance (TABA) for proposal submissions, SBIR/STTR training delivered via the Canvas LMS, and evidence-based metrics, success stories, and congressional reporting, all delivered through established federal contracting vehicles.

Product overview

Dawnbreaker is a federal contractor and technology commercialization services company that offers a comprehensive portfolio of services for small businesses and government agencies. The core offerings include Market Research services (CMR, competitor analysis, commercial potential assessments), SBIR Training Services using Canvas LMS, Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) for proposal submissions, Marketing Communications and Design services, and Metrics/Congressional Reports. The company also publishes specialized resources including Phase III Magazine, Market Snapshots on emerging technology topics, and marketing collateral like TRL Software/Hardware Posters. Dawnbreaker serves federal agencies including DoD, DOE, DHS, NASA, and others through various contracting vehicles (AIMS, MOBIS, OASIS+, Seaport-E).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Market Research Services
• SBIR Training Services Tutorial platforms and customized Train-the-Trainer courses designed to help small businesses learn about the SBIR and STTR programs, using the Canvas LMS as the instructional platform. Services are also delivered free to SBDC and APEX accelerator staff through agency programs.
• Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) Assistance service for companies selecting and submitting applications to hire vendors through Technical and Business Assistance as part of SBIR/STTR proposal submission packages.
• Marketing Communications Design and communications services including trade show booth designs, marketing materials, brand development, and website development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, delivered to government and small business clients.
• Metrics, Success Stories and Congressional Reports Evidence-based data collection and reporting services that help determine whether federal policies or programs are achieving desired effects, developed collaboratively with policy makers and researchers.
• Agency Programs Federal contracting services that have served most U.S. federal agencies over the past thirty years, including DoD, DOE, DHS, DoN, EPA, MARCOR, NIH, NIST, NSF, NASA, NAVAIR, SBA, and USSOCOM, delivered through AIMS, MOBIS, OASIS+, and Seaport-E vehicles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served federal agencies for 30 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Larta Institute: Federally-funded nonprofit providing commercialization assistance, mentoring, and training to SBIR/STTR awardees — directly competing with Dawnbreaker's TABA and training services for federal agency contracts.
• BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting (BBCetc): Specializes in SBIR/STTR proposal development and commercialization support for federal clients, with a similar boutique consulting model serving SBIR awardees and federal agencies.
• TechOp International: Federal contractor providing technology transition and commercialization services to defense and civilian agencies, with overlapping capabilities in market research and SBIR support.
• Energetics: Subsidiary of VSE Corporation providing federal technology management, commercialization, and SBIR program support services to DOE and other civilian agencies.

Broad incumbents

• RTI International: Large nonprofit research institute providing federal program management, market research, and commercialization support across many agencies — broader portfolio but overlapping in SBIR/STTR evaluation work.
• Industrial Economics (IEc): Major federal contractor providing economic analysis, market research, and program evaluation services to agencies — competes for similar research and evaluation task orders as Dawnbreaker.
• LMI (Logistics Management Institute): Large federal consultancy delivering market research, program management, and innovation support to defense and civilian agencies — much larger scale but overlapping on SBIR-related work.
• Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER): Analytic services firm providing federally-funded research, program analysis, and technology transition support — overlapping on commercialization and SBIR-adjacent work.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Major federal contractor with extensive SBIR/STTR program management, technology commercialization, and market research practices — competes at the larger end of the same task-order landscape.

Emerging players

• Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI): Federally-funded R&D center providing technology transition and commercialization support to defense agencies, with overlapping SBIR/STTR training and commercialization missions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dawnbreaker
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dawnbreaker

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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