Privateer
Navigation & Mapping · Geospatial AI
$64.3Mtotal raised · 4 rounds on record
$56.5Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2024 · 2 yr ago
2backers · Rosecliff Ventures, Seraphim Space
$2Mgrants · 2 grants · CORDIS
Overview
Privateer is an AI-based geospatial intelligence platform fusing land, sea, air, and space data into decisions for defense, energy, and supply chain.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$64.3M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$56.5M
Venture round · May 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Grants
$2M
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Rosecliff Ventures, Seraphim Space
The money's age
Long since its last round
30 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 19, 2025
Won a grant $1.8M · CORDIS
Apr 15, 2025
Won a grant $180k · CORDIS
May 6, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $56.5M
2021
Founded
Jul 24, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $7.8M · SEC Form D
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.42%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 1 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Sep 2025 | $1.8M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Apr 2025 | $180k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | May 2024 | $56.5M | — | reuters.com |
| Venture round | Jul 2017 | $7.8M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Privateer Holdings, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Christian GrohExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Brendan KennedyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Michael BlueExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
35/100
Slowing
Open positions
0
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
44 days
faster than 31% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
33% ▼
Product
33% ▼
Sales
33% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
+3 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added SharePoint to stack
Sep 2026
Added Salesforce to stack
Sep 2026
Added Smartsheet to stack
Sep 2026
Added Notion to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Project to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linear to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack
Sep 2026
Added Confluence to stack
Sep 2026
People
Christian Groh
Executive Officer, Director
Brendan Kennedy
Executive Officer, Director
Michael Blue
Executive Officer, Director
Michael Auerbach
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Privateer over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
2
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100
Practices & domains
CI/CD
Machine Learning
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Connections
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Shared investors
Rosecliff VenturesVia a fund
Seraphim SpaceVia a fund
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
News
Cyberteering: The Return of the Letter of Marque in Cyberspace
The White House has authorized vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal networks under federal direction. This is the modern equivalent of privateering.
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Privateer Bikes lifts the lid on its new Gen2 enduro bike
Don't get too excited though, pre-orders won't be available till early 2024
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Privateer Debuts The E-161 Electric Enduro MTB
UK-based bike specialist Privateer has debuted its newest enduro model, the E-161. The bike is designed to be a capable enduro bike with an electric boost.
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Privateer Launches Most Comprehensive and Accessible Space Debris Collision Prevention Platform to Keep Space Safe for All
Privateer Space, the data and intelligence platform empowering the future of space, today announced the launch of Crow's Nest as part of an updated Wayfinder platform.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Kihei
United States
HQ
Earlier presence
Washington, United States