SkySpecs
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$122.6M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$10.4M
Venture round · Mar 2025 · 19 mo ago
Team
150
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
12
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Endeavor, Techstars
The money's age
Due for its next round
19 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
20/100
hiring for its size, a new city
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
Mar 17, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $10.4M · SEC Form D
Apr 29, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $80.2M · SEC Form D
May 18, 2021
Acquisition Wind energy company SkySpecs acquires Roscommon-based Fincovi · Silicon Republic
Feb 25, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $10.2M · SEC Form D
Nov 6, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $13M · SEC Form D
Dec 28, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $8.8M · SEC Form D
Jun 30, 2017
Took on debt financing $574k · SEC Form D
2012
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Mar 2025 | $10.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2022 | $80.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Feb 2021 | $10.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2019 | $13M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Dec 2017 | $8.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Jun 2017 | $574k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | SkySpecs, Inc | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Daniel EllisExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Thomas BradyExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
George EdwardsExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Bill JohnsonExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
David RobertsExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Endeavor 
Techstars 
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How SkySpecs hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
32 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
SkySpecs scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 32 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 2 · green card filings: 1
News
Why Repair Vendor Management Is Becoming Critical for Wind Asset Performance
The wind industry has matured rapidly over the past decade. Fleets have expanded, asset owners have diversified portfolios, and turbine technology continues to evolve. Yet many organizations still manage blade repair campaigns using processes designed for
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Why Transparency and Quality Control Are the Missing Links in Many Blade Repair Campaigns
Wind turbine blades are among the most critical and vulnerable components in a wind farm. Subjected to constant aerodynamic loads, lightning strikes, erosion, and environmental wear, blades inevitably require periodic repair throughout their operational l
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The Economics of Blade Repair: Why Strategy Matters More Than Ever
Blade repair campaigns are often viewed as a routine operational expense within wind farm maintenance budgets. However, the economic impact of these campaigns can vary dramatically depending on how they are planned and managed.Two repair campaigns address
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Negative Prices, Predictive Maintenance, and Where They Take Wind Operations Next
Negative power prices are no longer a curiosity. They are shaping operating strategies especially in Europe and the US, markets with high wind and solar penetration. When supply from renewables outstrips demand- think windy weekends with low industrial lo
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How AI is Turning Wind's Data Chaos Into Decisions
Doing More With Less: How AI Is Turning Wind's Data Chaos Into DecisionsAcross the wind industry, one phrase keeps popping up in conversations with operators:We have to do more with less.Teams are smaller, fleets are aging and incentives are shifting. At
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End of Warranty: Turning a Milestone into a Strategic Advantage
End of Warranty: Turning a Milestone into a Strategic AdvantageAs wind assets approach the end of their initial warranty period, many owners see this milestone with a mix of uncertainty and pressure. It can feel like a complex process filled with negotiat
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Bridging Technical and Financial Data: The Next Frontier for Renewable Asset Management
Bridging Technical and Financial Data: The Next Frontier for Renewable Asset ManagementIn renewable energy, two worlds still run in parallel.On one side sit the technical teams, monitoring generation, turbine availability, performance ratios, curtailment,
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The Future of Financial Asset Management is Plumbing, Not Dashboards
Dashboards don't fix bad data. Pipelines do.In finance, it's tempting to believe that fancy dashboards = control. But in practice, if data pipelines are weak, dashboards are just polished illusions. What looks like insight often hides inconsistency, laten
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Beyond the SPV: What Aircraft Leasing Can Teach Renewables About Unlocking Capital
Renewables need trillions in new capital to hit global energy transition targets. Yet much of the sector remains trapped in SPV silos: every wind farm, solar park, or battery site is ring-fenced, largely financed separately and reported as an average of s
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Technical and Financial Asset Managers: The Unsung Heroes of Renewables
The renewable energy sector is expanding rapidly, leading to an increased burden of governance, compliance, and performance monitoring for asset owners due to more projects, special purpose vehicles (SPVs), regulatory requirements, and reporting.Much of t
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at SkySpecs over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
38
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
Python40%
Node JS30%
TypeScript30%
JavaScript30%
Frameworks & libraries
Ant Design30%
Playwright30%
React.js30%
Vitest30%
Databases
PostgreSQL30%
Cloud & platforms
AWS40%
Apache Kafka30%
Apollo30%
Auth030%
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38 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
People
Daniel Ellis
Executive Officer, Director
Thomas Brady
Executive Officer, Director
George Edwards
Executive Officer, Director
Bill Johnson
Executive Officer
David Roberts
Executive Officer
Tim Streit
Director
Charles Moret
Director
James Adox
Director
Alexander Kuppers
Director
Scott MacDonald
Director
Edmee Kelsey
Director
Rich Katz
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
85/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
11
4 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
29 days
faster than 44% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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.
Finance
12%
Customer Success
12%
Backend
6% ▼
Frontend
6% ▼
DevOps
6% ▼
Product
6% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Dublin
Oct 2026
New location: Hyderabad
Sep 2026
New location: United States
Sep 2026
New location: Newcastle
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added Unix to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack
Sep 2026
Added Sisense to stack
Sep 2026
Added Databricks to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
+7 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
Hyderabad
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Ann Arbor
United States
HQ
1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
Hyderabad
India
Engineering / R&D
2 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Energy
Des Moines
United States
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Energy
Earlier presence
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Jobs
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Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp
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≈ $63k – $119k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 1+ year exp
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≈ $17k – $38k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Hyderabad
Python
Go
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Vue.js
GraphQL
Angular
React.js
Ant Design
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
CloudFormation
AWS
Grafana
GitLab
Cybersecurity
Auth0
Robotics
Apollo
QA
Playwright
Vitest
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≈ $91k – $220k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, ET hours) • Full-Time
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≈ $42k – $93k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree
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Financials
Total raised
$123.2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6