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LeoLabs
Mapping platform for space
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Enterprise
- Sustainability
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- SaaS
- Aerospace
- Suburban Park–Lorelei Manor–Flood Park Triangle, Menlo Park, CA
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Company mission
To provide data-driven transparency and certainty to satellite operators, regulators, space agencies, and industries that rely on satellite services.
7% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Low earth orbit (LEO) is fertile territory for the new space and satellite startups cropping up all over the world. It offers unrivalled access to lightning fast communications and high quality earth imaging - the only issue is, things are getting crowded up there. This in itself creates an access and safety issue for further developments and exploration, and collisions run the risk of creating even riskier levels of space debris.
LeoLabs’ LEO mapping and situational awareness services are designed to help organizations monitor and navigate this clutter, and it’s cornered the market. Not only is it the leading company operating in this space, it’s been awarded a roster of hefty contracts including from the US Department of Commerce, the European Space Agency and Japan's Air Self Defense Force.
LEO sustainability is an issue that’s only going to get more urgent as tech development drives in the direction of global communications and observation. So we may see more players push onto the scene. For now, however, LeoLabs’ impressive global leadership in the field, and continued partnership with SRI International (from which the labs originally spun out), means it has time to consolidate and expand its lead.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2024
$29m
LATE VC
Jun 2021
$65m
SERIES B
Total funding: $111m
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Leadership
Daniel Ceperley
(CEO)Worked as a Student Researcher at at UC Berkeley, then served as Program Director for Space Debris Tracking at SRI International, from which project LeoLabs spun out.
Edward Lu
(VP of Strategic Projects)Spent over a decade as a NASA Astronaut, then moved into a Program Manager role at Google, then Chief of Innovative Applications at Liquid Robotics. Has also spent two decades as the Executive Director of B612 Foundation.
John Buonocore
(Chief Engineer)Spent 33 years at SRI International, principally on the research and development of remote sensors.