Urban Sky
Stratospheric balloons for remote sensing
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Deep Tech
- Robotics
- Aerospace
- Elyria-Swansea, Denver, CO
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Company mission
To be the company that really operationalizes the stratosphere.
Our take
Founded by former employees at high-altitude balloon company Worldview, UrbanSky taps into this experience to create stratospheric sensor balloons that are both precise in their steering, and reusable.
Serving a range of customers in the environmental monitoring, insurance, oil and gas industries, UrbanSky's remote sensor technology creates datasets of the North American sky. It does this through near and long-wave infrared imagery, and one of its products has already proven useful in the real-time monitoring of wildfires through a partnership with NASA.
Mostly, UrbanSky has focused on customers in the Rocky Mountains, but has been building data for urban areas too. This will broaden its customer base, and it will interesting to see how the technology is utilised in cities. In 2026, the company was awarded $11.3 million through the Department of War’s APFIT program. This is significant step towards the tactical stratospheric systems that UrbanSky hopes to support.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Stock Options
- Medical, Vision and Dental
- Flexible PTO
- Cell Phone Bill Stipend
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2025
$30m
SERIES B
Oct 2023
$9.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $45.6m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Andrew Fantonio
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously Head of Space Tourism Sales and Marketing at World View Enterprises. Was also Strategic Market Manager and Corporate Analyst at the Danaher Corporation.
Jared Leidich
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previously Lead Mechanical Engineer at World View, Aerospace Engineer at Paragon Space Development Corporation, and Engineer at Engineers Without Borders. Was also a Research Assistant at the Laboratory For Atmospheric and Space Physics.