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Funding and backers

Total raised
$50M
1 round on record
Latest round
$50M
Series E · Jul 2025 · 14 mo ago
Team
77
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
9
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
First Round, Global Brain
The money's age
Due for its next round
14 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
19/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 1, 2025 Partnership RugGear And Swift Navigation Partner To Deliver High-Accuracy Location For Industrial Mobility · FTOnline Aug 11, 2025 Partnership Swift Navigation and Taiwan Mobile Partner to Unlock Autonomy and Automation with Centimeter-Accurate Positioning · marketwatch.com Jul 27, 2025 Raised a round Series E $50M · led by Crosslink Capital · Pulse 2.0 2012 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.31%
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series E Jul 2025 $50M Crosslink Capital lead Pulse 2.0
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Overview

Swift Navigation provides precise positioning receivers and correction services. Its Skylark network delivers centimetre accuracy to vehicles and industrial machines. Automotive and autonomy customers integrate the technology for lane-level positioning.

News

Blog 2 months ago
How to Set Up the Skydio X10 Drone with RTK Corrections
Inaccurate spatial data can derail aerial mapping projects, leading to misaligned photogrammetry models, inaccurate volumes in site calculations, and costly re-flights. With the Skydio X10, commercial operators have access to an enterprise-grade drone pla
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Blog 3 months ago
Free vs. Paid GNSS Correction Services
GNSS correction services are the invisible backbone of centimeter-level positioning - powering everything from autonomous outdoor robots and precision drones to utility surveys, vehicle ADAS, and asset tracking. Choosing the wrong service affects more tha
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Blog 4 months ago
How GNSS Corrections Are Powering Safer, Smarter Micromobility
Swift Navigation recently attended Micromobility Europe 2026, where we had the opportunity to meet and engage with leading operators and city planners shaping the future of urban micromobility. There was a lot of great substance - and a clear sense that t
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Blog 4 months ago
What Happens Between GNSS Reference Stations: Inside Skylark's Atmospheric Model
Reliable RTK depends on two things working together: a dense, high-quality reference network and a model that turns the data from that network into corrections that hold up under real conditions. Most providers will tell you about the density of their sta
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Blog 4 months ago
How Origin Forensics Maps Crash Sites with Skylark Nx RTK
Executive Summary Origin Forensics is a premier forensic consulting firm specializing in crash reconstruction through physics and engineering. They recently added Emlid RS2+, RS3, and RX devices to their fleet, powered by Skylark Precise Positioning Servi
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Award 4 months ago
Beyond Vision: Why High-Integrity Precise Positioning Won Swift Navigation the AutoTech Award
We are thrilled to share that Swift Navigation was recently honored at the prestigious AutoTech Awards. This recognition validates a fundamental shift occurring within automotive engineering: the realization that vision-based perception systems alone cann
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Blog 4 months ago
Essential Aero Uses Skylark to Enable Autonomous Airport Operations with Centimeter-Level Precision
Executive Summary Essential Aero is transforming airport ground operations through autonomous robotics, tackling one of aviation's most persistent safety challenges: foreign object debris (FOD). According to the FAA's research, FOD is responsible for an e
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Blog 5 months ago
How Vakaros and Swift Navigation are Modernizing Competitive Sailing
Executive Summary Traditional sailboat racing relies on human race officers to judge starts by eye, a method often limited by blind spots that lead to decisions that are difficult to verify. Vakaros, a leader in marine technology, has developed RaceSense:
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Blog 5 months ago
From Detection to Decision: How Edge AI + Precise Positioning Work Together
Edge AI can detect road issues, but without precise positioning, the data falls apart. See how Dareesoft and Swift Navigation solved this in a real city deployment. Watch our joint panel on AI-driven road asset monitoring #yt-wrap { position: relative; wi
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Blog 6 months ago
How Halo Collar Uses Skylark to Redefine Pet Safety
A dog isn't just a pet; they're a family member. And when it comes to family, 'close enough' isn't enough. Halo Collar partnered with Swift Navigation to deliver the most accurate pet tracking collar that takes virtual fences to the next level (see press
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Swift Navigation over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
9
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
73/100
Languages
Swift
C++
Python
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
PoC Library
Cloud & platforms
Linux
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Full Swift Navigation tech stack 9 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$200k
Typical range
$150k – $230k
Open positions
7
7 Jobs
Senior 71.4%
Architect 28.6%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 5 $160k $150k – $210k
Architect 2 $215k $200k – $230k
Highest paying role Principal Cloud Architect $230k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Swift Navigation By role, level and city, against the market · 7 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
9
1 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
90 days
faster than 15% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
10/16/2026
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.
Sales
43% ▼
Product
14% ▼
Management
14% ▲
Marketing
14% ▼
Industrial Engineering
14% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026
Added SQL to stack Sep 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack Sep 2026
Added Git to stack Sep 2026
Added Sensor Fusion to stack Sep 2026
Added Inertial Navigation to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco United States
HQ
San Francisco HQ
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Sales
201 Mission, Suite 2400San Francisco, CA 94105USA
seen since Jun 2026 company site, job postings
Shinagawa Japan
Regional office
Japan
Shinagawa East One Tower7F 2-16-1 Konan, MinatokuTokyo 108-0075, Japan
company site

Jobs

$140k – $160k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp
Swift
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$145k – $230k per year • In office • Full-Time
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Rust
C++
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
Robotics
Autonomous Navigation
Management
Agile
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Financials

Total raised
$50M
Latest round
Series E
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series E 2025 $50M Details