Urban Sky is an American aerospace company that designs, manufactures, and operates stratospheric balloons, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It specializes in reusable, navigable stratospheric Microballoons™ (mHAB) for earth observation and remote sensing, offering high-resolution imagery at a lower cost than traditional satellites. Urban Sky serves commercial, government, and defense sectors, partnering with organizations like NASA and the U.S. Army, providing solutions for wildfire monitoring, disaster response, and military applications.
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Urban Sky raised an over-subscribed $9,750,000 Series A financing round co-led by New Legacy Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Lavrock Ventures.
Urban Sky raised $9,750,000 in a Series A funding round announced on 2023-10-16.
Urban Sky collects visible and long-wave infrared images using company-designed microballoons that operate in the stratosphere.
New Legacy Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Lavrock Ventures led Urban Sky’s $9,750,000 Series A funding round.
Urban Sky raised $4,100,000 in a seed funding round in August 2021.
Urban Sky currently operates primarily in Colorado and plans to use the Series A funding to expand its imagery services into markets outside Colorado.
SkyWatch is a customer of Urban Sky and resells imagery from nearly 20 companies that operate satellites and aerial platforms.
Urban Sky is exploring non-imagery uses of its microballoon platform, including testing a mesh network communications system.
Urban Sky currently offers color imagery at a 10-centimeter resolution.
Urban Sky plans to use the Series A funding to develop cameras with better resolution and new infrared cameras that fit within the microballoon payload constraints.
Urban Sky is initially leveraging the TerraStream platform to deliver stratospheric data directly to one of the world’s largest oil and gas organizations.
Urban Sky raised $4,100,000 in a seed round on 2021-08-19 led by Catapult Ventures and Union Labs with participation from TenOneTen Ventures, NewStack Ventures, and Techstars.
Urban Sky tested a longwave infrared detector with a resolution of 3.5 m for detecting and mapping wildfires.
Tests of Urban Sky’s Microballoon system show it can produce color images at a resolution of 0.1 m.
Urban Sky's Microballoon™ captures high-resolution imagery from up to 60,000 feet above sea level.
Arturo will increase the frequency of its image collection thanks to the partnership with Urban Sky.
Arturo signed a partnership agreement with Urban Sky to incorporate stratospheric photos into its collection of property images.
Urban Sky is a company that collects Earth imagery with balloons and was selected for the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator 2020 class.