Startup · United States
Sceye
HQ Moriarty, New MexicoFounded 2014Updated
Explore the Stratospheric Observation Hub with Sceye, offering long endurance high altitude platforms for connectivity.
Funding1 round
- Equity raised
- Undisclosed
- Latest
- UndisclosedSeries C · Sep 17, 2024
- Last valuation
- $525MprePre-money · Series C · Sep 17, 2024
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2024 | Series C | Undisclosed | $525Mpre | — | — | Confirmed |
- Series CValuation $525MpreConfirmedUndisclosedSep 17, 2024
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
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft and aeronautics | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Long-endurance high-altitude platforms for connectivity and climate monitoring are aircraft-type systems, with no defense use stated. | Reported |
| Uncrewed systems | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Long-endurance high-altitude platforms for connectivity and climate monitoring are aircraft-type systems, with no defense use stated. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Long-endurance high-altitude platforms for connectivity and climate monitoring are aircraft-type systems, with no defense use stated.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Long-endurance high-altitude platforms for connectivity and climate monitoring are aircraft-type systems, with no defense use stated.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People2
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen | founder and CEO |
| Mikkel Frandsen · LinkedIn ↗ | CEO |
Sources7
Profile4
- 1Companysceye website
Supports Organization · hq city
“Sceye inc 50 George Applebay Way Building 200 Moriarty, NM 87035 USA”
- 2
Sceye · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Explore the Stratospheric Observation Hub with Sceye, offering long endurance high altitude platforms for connectivity. Enabling climate monitoring.”
- 3Companysceye website
Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · hq region
“Sceye was founded in 2014 by Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen.”
- 4
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "95d157f4-c2f0-4b5c-a291-a4df99188cbb"}”
Funding1
- 5
sceye · Sep 17, 2024 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd, Organization · ownership
“Sceye strengthened its balance sheet by closing the Series C funding round, which values the Company at a pre-money valuation of $525 million.”
People2
- 6
spectrum.ieee.org · Supports Role
“Sceye can’t match that mark yet, but Sceye’s CEO Mikkel Frandsen believes his company’s lighter-than-air design has a different advantage: payload capacity.”
- 7
techsavvy.media · Supports Role
““Together with SoftBank, we have shown how Sceye can complement and expand existing networks, both on the ground and in space, and deliver sustained connectivity on a large scale,” says Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, founder and CEO of Sceye, in a press release.”
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