Planet Labs
Daily satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence platform
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Founded
- 2010
- Latest Form D
- $48.1M, Jan 2015
- Total capital
- $181M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $117M
- 4 Form D · last Jan 2015
- 141 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $64.4M
- 34 awards · Defense, Agriculture, NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#61 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 4
- 1 pending · first 2021
- Rank in peer group#24 of 181
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program - Planetscope And Rapideye Data Purchase$6.2M
- Federal contractNASA · Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program - Planetscope And Rapideye Data Purchase$6.2M
- Federal contractNASA · Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program - Skysat Archive Imagery Data Purchase$256K
- Federal contractNASA · Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program - Planetscope And Rapideye Data Purchase$6.2M
- Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Planetscope And Skysat Academic Subscription$23K
- Federal contractNASA · Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program - Planetscope And Rapideye Data Purchase$6.2M
- Federal contractAgriculture · The Objective Of This Acquisition Is To Acquire Biweekly (twice A Month) Surface Reflectance (sr) Satellite Imagery Over The Conterminous United States For The 2022 US Crop Season$815K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$48.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$51.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$3.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$13.4M
Show 25 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractNASA · Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot$6.2M
- Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Academic Site License Renewal$25K
- Federal contractNASA · Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot.$6.2M
- Federal contractNASA · Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot.$256K
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · Satellite Image License$93K
- Federal contractNASA · Earth Observations From Private Sector Small Satellite Constellations.$2.2M
- Federal contractInterior · Satellite Imagery$27K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Fas Gma Satellite Imagery$690K
- Federal contractInterior · Planet Educational Data$25K
- Federal contractDefense · Skysat Flexible Tasking U437G00$240K
- Federal contractNASA · Earth Observaions From Private Sector Small Satelite Constellations Pilot.$5.6M
- Federal contractNASA · Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot. NASA Intends To Pilot A Program To Acquire And Validate Small Satellite Constellation Data Products, Determine Their Value To The Research Community.$256K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Primary Satellite Vendor For Remote Sensing For Compliance Oversight Program (rscop) To Evaluate Sensing Tools To Enhance Emergency Response Time$12K
- Federal contractSmithsonian Instit · Academic Site License Renewal$15K
- Federal contractDefense · Planetscope Archive Download$32K
- Federal contractDefense · Skysat Monitoring Weekly For Academic U437G00$100K
- Federal contractNASA · Earth Observations From Private Sector Small Satelite Constellations Pilot$7M
- Federal contractNASA · Private Sector Small Constellatin Satellite Data Product Pilot.$265K
- Federal contractInterior · Planet Educational Data$15K
- Federal contractDefense · Skysat Monitoring Of Arctic Beacons U437G00$22K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot. NASA Intends To Pilot A Program To Acquire And Validate Small Satellite Constellation Data Products, Determine Their Value To The Research Community, And Identify Data Policies For Government Use Of The Commercially Acquired Data Products.$6.7M
- Federal contractAgriculture · Planetscope Archive Access And Archive Downloads; Monitoring Access And Monitoring Downloads$164K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Planet 12 Month Subscription Bi-weekly Monitoring. Total Area Of Interest Is 10,981KM2$20K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Igf::ot::igf Monthly Monitoring - 12 Month Subscription 10,000 - 100,000 KM2 Single Agency$26K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf = Other Functions; Task 2: Extended Coastal Imagery Demo$2.5M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
2 records have no date or no amount, so they aren’t placed on the timeline.
Standing among 181 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Satellite · System
- Granted patents#24 · top 13%
Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Christopher R BoshuizenExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark J JacobsenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Mark J. JacobsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert SchinglerExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert H Schingler Jr.Executive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert H. Schlingler Jr.Executive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 9 people
- Steve R. JurvetsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- William S MarshallExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Zachary R. BogueDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 5- GrantedSystems for Synthetic Aperture Radar Transmit and Receive AntennasUSPTOUS 11,609,324
- GrantedControlling a Line of Sight Angle of an Imaging PlatformUSPTOUS 11,330,180
- GrantedMulti-Pathway Satellite Communication Systems and MethodsUSPTOUS 10,979,137
Show all 5 patent records
- Systems for Synthetic Aperture Radar Transmit and Receive AntennasMar 21, 2023 · US 11,609,324Granted
- Controlling a Line of Sight Angle of an Imaging PlatformMay 10, 2022 · US 11,330,180Granted
- Multi-Pathway Satellite Communication Systems and MethodsApr 13, 2021 · US 10,979,137Granted
- Systems And Methods For Implementing Time Delay Integration Imaging Techniques In Conjunction With Distinct Imaging Regions On A Monolithic Charge-coupled Device Image SensorMar 23, 2021 · US 10,958,859Granted
- Multi-pathway Satellite Communication Systems And MethodsApplication PCTUS2020044759Pending
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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