Startup · United States

Lunasonde

HQ Tucson, ArizonaFounded 201811-50 employeesUpdated Oct 19, 2026

Lunasonde is a pioneer in the field of aerial georadiotomography (aGRT), using low frequency radio to create a 3D compositional image of the subsurface.

Startup ISR and targeting Sensing and signature management

Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)

Lunasonde federal obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal year	Direct: contracts
FY2026 (partial)	$250K

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.

LUNASONDE, INC · YQNQGE1ASGA1 · $250K

Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Lunasonde only for the period a subsidiary reported Lunasonde 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.

Funding4 rounds · ~$600K

Equity raised: ~$600K
Debt, secondaries & grants: Undisclosed
Latest: UndisclosedGrant · Apr 18, 2023

Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Apr 18, 2023	Grant	Undisclosed	—	—	—	Reported
Nov 18, 2020	Seed	Undisclosed	—	Techstars	—	Reported
Jul 12, 2019	Seed	~$600K	—	—	—	Reported
Oct 12, 2018	Seed	Undisclosed	—	—	Seraphim Space	Speculative

Grant
Undisclosed
Apr 18, 2023
Seed
Led by Techstars
Undisclosed
Nov 18, 2020
Seed
~$600K
Jul 12, 2019
Seed
With Seraphim Space
Speculative
Undisclosed
Oct 12, 2018

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.

Capabilities2

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
ISR and targeting	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 81, sonnet-pass3, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: LinkedIn describes it as an American defense company using longwave radio imaging for subsurface domain awareness and detecting underground and underwater threats.	Reported
Sensing and signature management	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 81, sonnet-pass3, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: LinkedIn describes it as an American defense company using longwave radio imaging for subsurface domain awareness and detecting underground and underwater threats.	Reported

ISR and targeting
Developer
classify_sectors run 81, sonnet-pass3, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: LinkedIn describes it as an American defense company using longwave radio imaging for subsurface domain awareness and detecting underground and underwater threats.
—Reported
Sensing and signature management
Developer
classify_sectors run 81, sonnet-pass3, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: LinkedIn describes it as an American defense company using longwave radio imaging for subsurface domain awareness and detecting underground and underwater threats.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People2

All 2 people →

People
Person	Role
Jeremiah Pate · LinkedIn ↗	Founder and CTO
Aleia Bucci · LinkedIn ↗	COO

Sources10

Profile3

1
DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind
“{"group": "startups", "id": "48420d55-b963-4ba1-b91a-076cfc0b9905", "name": "Lunasonde"}”
2
DatabaseLunasonde - LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url
“country: US”
3
CompanyLunasonde
Lunasonde · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Lunasonde is a pioneer in the field of aerial georadiotomography (aGRT), using low frequency radio to create a 3D compositional image of the subsurface.”

Funding6

4
DatabaseLunasonde - Tracxn company profile
Tracxn · Supports Funding round
“Techstars](/d/accelerator-incubator/techstars/__9Ppy4xwzKLtHSIiNfSqlE9nC-sESA_76LXjHaBa9w2M) is the lead investor in Lunasonde's latest funding round held on Nov 18, 2020.”
5
DatabaseLunasonde - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Funding Type Non-equity Assistance”
6
DatabaseLunasonde - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Funding Type Seed”
7
DatabaseLunasonde - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Funding Type Seed”
8
DatabaseLunasonde - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Funding round
“Funding Type Seed”
9
DatabaseLunasonde - VCBacked company profile
VCBacked · Supports Funding round
“Backed by[Seraphim Space](/directory/investors/seraphim-space)[Techstars](/directory/investors/techstars)[Bantam Group](/directory/investors/bantam-group)Seldor Capital”

People1

10
DatabaseLunasonde - Crunchbase company profile
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role
“country: US”

Each fact on this page is attached to the sources that support it. Archived copies are linked when we keep one.