Startup · United States
SkySafe
HQ San Diego, CaliforniaFounded 201511-50 employeesUpdated
SkySafe’s advanced drone detection system and airspace intelligence platform enables organizations to identify, track, analyze, and act on unauthorized drone activity.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2025 | $32K |
| FY2024 | $1.4M |
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.
- SKYSAFE, INC. · EWR3KSGV1A83 · $1.5M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for SkySafe only for the period a subsidiary reported SkySafe 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 · $44.5M
- Equity raised
- $44.5M
- Latest
- $30.0MSeries B · Dec 17, 2021
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2021 | Series B | $30.0M | — | Kingfisher Investment Advisors | Andreessen Horowitz, Castor Ventures, Gaingels | Confirmed |
| Jul 20, 2017 | Series A | $11.5M | — | — | — | Reported |
| Apr 20, 2016 | Seed | $3.0M | — | Andreessen Horowitz | Founder Collective, SV Angel | Reported |
- Series BLed by Kingfisher Investment AdvisorsWith Andreessen Horowitz, Castor Ventures, GaingelsConfirmed$30.0MDec 17, 2021
- Series A$11.5MJul 20, 2017
- $3.0MApr 20, 2016
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.
Systems1
- SkySafeCloud platform for drone detection, tracking and airspace intelligence.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air and missile defense | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Drone detection and airspace intelligence to identify and track unauthorized drone activity, a stated security use; customer type is not named. | Reported |
| ISR and targeting | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Drone detection and airspace intelligence to identify and track unauthorized drone activity, a stated security use; customer type is not named. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Drone detection and airspace intelligence to identify and track unauthorized drone activity, a stated security use; customer type is not named.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Drone detection and airspace intelligence to identify and track unauthorized drone activity, a stated security use; customer type is not named.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
Supply Chain1 facility
Facilities1
| Facility | Kind | Location | Status | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkySafe San Diego headquarters | Headquarters | San Diego, CA, United States | Operating | Confirmed |
- SkySafe San Diego headquartersHeadquarters · San Diego, CA, United StatesOperatingConfirmed
People7
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Grant Jordan | founder and CEO |
| Eileen Treanor | CFO |
| Emily Friedberg | COO |
| Grant Jordan | CEO |
| Melissa Swisher | CRO |
| Scott Torborg | Chief Scientist |
| Steve McQuade | CTO |
Company Metrics
Observation history
- Oct 20, 2026 · LinkedIn employee profiles: 60
- Oct 11, 2026 · LinkedIn employee profiles: 60
- Oct 11, 2026 · LinkedIn followers: 7,175
Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.
Sources10
Profile3
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "b7d6b895-e5c8-402a-919a-7c31520702ff"}”
- 2
SkySafe · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“SkySafe’s advanced drone detection system and airspace intelligence platform enables organizations to identify, track, analyze, and act on unauthorized drone activity.”
- 3DatabaseSkySafe | Crunchbase
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · legal name
“legal_name: SkySafe, Inc.”
Systems1
- 4
SkySafe · Supports System
“Cloud-Based Drone Detection Platform # Real-Time Drone Detection, Tracking, And Airspace Intelligence SkySafe’s drone detection platform delivers unmatched visibility into drone activity, helping security teams monitor the skies and investigate incidents with confidence.”
Funding3
- 5
Supports Funding round · amount
“gement technology company, today announced a $30 million Series B investment led by Kingfisher Investment Advisors with participation from new investors Gaingels, and MIT alumni investment fund Castor Ventu”
- 6
Supports Funding round · amount
“ake control of malicious or reckless drones, raised $3m in seed funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Founder Collective and SV Angel. The company intends to use the”
- 7
Supports Funding round · amount
“7:19 pm ET Company: SkySafe Amount invested: $11.5 million Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Up Next OpenAI Subpoenaed Over Hu”
Supply chain1
- 8
Supports Facility, Organization, Role
“ecial Forces units. In graduate school at UC San Diego, Grant conducted research in online criminal campaigns and analysis of the Bitcoin network. As President of Somerset Recon, he le”
People2
- 9
cse.ucsd.edu · Supports Role
“The short answer to the latter question: SkySafe founder and CEO, Grant Jordan, a former Computer Science and Engineering M.S. student at UC San Diego.”
- 10DatabaseSkySafe | LinkedIn
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers, Role
“company_size: 11-50 employees”
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