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Funding and backers

Total raised
$39.8M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$30M
Series B · Feb 2025 · 19 mo ago
Team
67
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +63% in a year
Backers
1
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Due for its next round
19 months since the last round · not hiring
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2025 Team of 67 was 41 · US Form 5500 (plan participants) Feb 6, 2025 Raised a round Series B $30M · led by Altos Ventures · Payload Oct 16, 2023 Raised a round Series A $9.8M · SpaceNews 2019 Founded
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series B Feb 2025 $30M Altos Ventures lead Payload
Series A Oct 2023 $9.8M — SpaceNews
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Overview

Urban Sky is the global leader of tactical stratospheric balloons, specializing in Defense & Intel, Data & Sensing, and Science & Weather.

News

News Via Satellite 1 year ago
Urban Sky Secures $30M in Series B Funding to Expand Stratospheric Capabilities
Urban Sky closed a $30 Series B investment to develop a suite of products that use the stratosphere for military and commercial applications.
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News Pulse 2.0 1 year ago
Urban Sky: $30 Million (Series B) Raised To Enable Easy Access To The Stratosphere
Urban Sky, a stratospheric platform company, announced it closed a $30 million Series B investment round. This funding round will be used to develop and commercialize a connected suite of products that will unlock the full value of the tactical stratosphe
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News SpaceNews 1 year ago
Urban Sky raises $30 million for stratospheric balloons
Urban Sky, a company that has developed portable stratospheric balloons to perform imaging and other applications, has raised $30 million.
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News Payload 1 year ago
Urban Sky Nabs $30M for Stratospheric Balloons
Urban Sky raised a $30M Series B led by Altos Ventures to advance its balloon technology, the company announced this morning.
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Award ClearanceJobs 2 years ago
Urban Sky Scores $99M Air Force Award for High-Tech Balloon Innovation
Urban Sky secures a $99 million Air Force contract to develop advanced micro-balloon technology, pushing aerospace boundaries.
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
Urban Sky closes $9.75M Series A to scale Earth imaging operations using reusable balloons
Stratospheric balloon company Urban Sky has closed a $9.75 million Series A round to scale its Earth imaging operations and expand its data products. The
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News SpaceNews 3 years ago
Urban Sky raises $9.75 million for stratospheric imaging platform
Urban Sky, a startup offering high-resolution imaging from small stratospheric balloons, has raised $9.75 million in a Series A round.
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News Popular Science 4 years ago
Alien-looking balloons might be the next weapon in the fight against wildfires
Urban Sky is a tech startup in Denver, Colorado, that makes lightweight balloons that track wildfires with infrared cameras.
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
0
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~15 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Denver
Denver United States
HQ
Join us in pioneering the stratosphere
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff $240k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership
4800 Race Street, Denver, Colorado 80216
seen since Jun 2025 careers board, company site

Financials

Total raised
$39.8M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series B 2025 $30M Details
Series A 2023 $9.8M Details