Startup · United States
Skyfront
HQ Redwood City, CaliforniaFounded 201411-50 employeesUpdated
Hybrid drones with 6 hours of endurance and 22 lb or 10 kg payload for surveillance, magnetic surveys, and LiDAR mapping.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | $378K |
| FY2025 | $1.7M |
| FY2022 | −$134K |
| FY2021 | $149K |
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.
- SKYFRONT CORP · WMDZZUA9J1R3 · $2.1M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Skyfront only for the period a subsidiary reported Skyfront 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.
Funding3 rounds
- Equity raised
- Undisclosed
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- $150K
- Latest
- UndisclosedDebt · 2016
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Debt | Undisclosed | — | — | Drone Fund, Grape Arbor VC | Speculative |
| 2017 | Debt | $150K | — | — | Chaac Ventures | Speculative |
| 2021 | Seed | Undisclosed | — | — | Acorn Pacific Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures | Speculative |
- Undisclosed2016
- DebtWith Chaac VenturesSpeculative$150K2017
- Undisclosed2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncrewed systems | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Hybrid drones for surveillance, magnetic surveys and LiDAR mapping; the surveillance use is not tied to a military or government-security customer. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Hybrid drones for surveillance, magnetic surveys and LiDAR mapping; the surveillance use is not tied to a military or government-security customer.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
Sources6
Profile3
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "cd9ee838-46d6-447c-b5c7-3a249911fd45"}”
- 2
Skyfront · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Hybrid drones with 6 hours of endurance and 22 lb or 10 kg payload for surveillance, magnetic surveys, and LiDAR mapping.”
- 3DatabaseSkyfront company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”
Systems2
- 4CompanyMagniPhy
Skyfront · Supports System
“# MagniPhy Enclosure and Suspension Mechanism for Magnetometers.”
- 5
Skyfront · Supports System
“The Skyfront Perimeter 8 and 8+ hybrid drones can carry up to 10 kg (22 lb.) for up to one hour and 5 kg (11 lb.) for 2-3 hours. The combination of heavy-lift and high-endurance reduces field time from days to hours.”
Funding1
- 6
bouncewatch.com · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“Debt Financing Undisclosed 3 Drone Fund, Grape Arbor VC +1 01 Jan 2016”
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