Startup · United States
FreeFall Aerospace
HQ Tucson, ArizonaFounded 20161-10 employeesUpdated
FreeFall Aerospace develops novel antenna systems for high gain communications and remote sensing with minimum mass, power, complexity, and cost.
Funding6 rounds · $2.5M
- Equity raised
- $2.5M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- $800K
- Latest
- $991KStage undisclosed · Dec 11, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | Undisclosed | $991K | — | — | — | Reported |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Debt | $550K | — | — | — | Reported |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Undisclosed | $1.3M | — | — | — | Reported |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Debt | $250K | — | — | — | Reported |
| Oct 1, 2018 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| 2026 | Seed | $250K | — | — | — | Speculative |
- Undisclosed$991KDec 11, 2025
- Debt$550KSep 10, 2024
- Undisclosed$1.3MOct 10, 2023
- Debt$250KAug 9, 2023
- UndisclosedUndisclosedOct 1, 2018
- SeedSpeculative$250K2026
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.
Systems2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Low-mass antenna systems for high gain communications and remote sensing, with no stated defense use. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Low-mass antenna systems for high gain communications and remote sensing, with no stated defense use.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People4
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Doug Stetson | Co-founder, President and CEO |
| Alex Rodriguez | chief operating officer |
| Dan Geraci | President & COO |
| Juan Carlos Lopez-Tonazzi | Chief Engineer |
Sources6
Profile1
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "dc860c75-8096-4aa9-8973-440e5719b24a", "name": "FreeFall Aerospace"}”
Systems1
- 2
FreeFall Aerospace · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System
“FreeFall Aerospace develops novel antenna systems for high gain communications and remote sensing with minimum mass, power, complexity, and cost.”
Funding2
- 3
caplight.com · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“Oct 1, 2026 $250K raised in seed funding.”
- 4
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“funding round: Venture Round, 2018-10-01, lead: UAVenture Capital”
People2
- 5
ansys.synopsys.com · Supports Role
““I can't imagine how we or any similar company could have done this without tools like Ansys HFSS,” says Doug Stetson, Co-founder, President and CEO of FreeFall Aerospace.”
- 6
tucson.com · Supports Role
“FreeFall and ED2 have been working together to combine the technologies since 2018, said Alex Rodriguez, chief operating officer of FreeFall Aerospace and now CEO of FreeFall 5G.”
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