SkySafe, Inc.
Advanced drone detection system and airspace intelligence platform for identifying and tracking unauthorized aerial vehicles
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- SAN DIEGO, CA
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- $4M, Jan 2025
- Total capital
- $50.3M
- Federal grants
- $1.4M
- 1 award · 2024
- Rank in peer group#39 of 66
- Private capital raised
- $45.8M
- 6 Form D · last Jan 2025
- 21 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $3M
- 5 awards · Defense, Transportation, Justice
- Rank in Defense#619 of 1442
- Granted patents
- 9
- 12 pending · first 2021
- Rank in peer group#5 of 66
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractJustice · EO 14398 Mission Critical: Apprehending Fugitives FY26 Jsd Sky Safe APC-FY26-000259$1.4M
- Federal contractTransportation · Skysafe Cloud System Service$120K
- Federal contractTransportation · Skysafe Cloud System Service$120K
- Federal contractDefense · Skysafe$32K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$4M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Drone Detect, Track And Identify As A Service$1.4M
- Federal contractDefense · Drone Detect, Track And Identify As A Service$1.4M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$27.1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$11.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$25K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$20K
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Standing among 66 peers
Line = medianDefense · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#5 · top 8%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Grant JordanResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 2 patents
- Lars DalgaardDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew PribylExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Melissa SwisherExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael SpindelExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul WicksExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 10 people
- Scott TorborgExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Steve McQuadeExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tarak MakechaExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Yariv RobinsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 9 granted of 21- GrantedSystems And Methods For Drone Monitoring, Data Analytics, And Mitigation Cloud Services Using Edge ComputingUSPTOUS 12,633,222
- PendingSystems And Methods For Estimating Offset Of Synchronous ScramblersUSPTOApplication 19188557
- GrantedSystems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of Unauthorized DronesUSPTOUS 12,033,524
Show all 21 patent records
- Systems And Methods For Drone Monitoring, Data Analytics, And Mitigation Cloud Services Using Edge ComputingMay 19, 2026 · US 12,633,222Granted
- Systems And Methods For Estimating Offset Of Synchronous ScramblersDec 18, 2025 · Application 19188557Pending
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of Unauthorized DronesJul 9, 2024 · US 12,033,524Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of A Drone Using Frequency HoppingFeb 6, 2024 · US 11,894,870Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting A Scrambling Seed In Communication With An Unmanned Aircraft SystemJun 13, 2023 · US 11,677,496Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of Unauthorized DronesMay 30, 2023 · US 11,663,922Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of A Drone Using Frequency HoppingJan 10, 2023 · US 11,552,674Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of A DroneSep 13, 2022 · US 11,442,141Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting A Scrambling Seed In Communication With An Unmanned Aircraft SystemJan 4, 2022 · US 11,218,247Granted
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of A Drone Using Frequency HoppingNov 30, 2021 · US 11,190,233Granted
- Systems And Methods For Estimating Offset Of Synchronous ScramblersApplication PCTUS2025026399Pending
- System and method for Zadoff-Chu sequence root recovery for OFDM systemsApplication 62846680Pending
- Offset Estimation Of Synchronous ScramblerApplication 63659825Pending
- Systems And Methods For Drone Monitoring, Data Analytics, And Mitigation Cloud Services Using Edge ComputingApplication PCTUS2024012800Pending
- Systems And Methods For Drone Monitoring, Data Analytics, And Mitigation Cloud Services Using Edge ComputingApplication 63481693Pending
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of Unauthorized DronesApplication PCTUS2021031801Pending
- Systems And Methods For Detecting A Scrambling Seed In Communication With An Unmanned Aircraft SystemApplication PCTUS2020055944Pending
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of A Drone Using Frequency HoppingApplication PCTUS2020034969Pending
- Systems And Methods For Detecting, Monitoring, And Mitigating The Presence Of A DroneApplication PCTUS2020032391Pending
- Blind Scrambling Seed Detection of LTE-Based Drones for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft SystemsApplication 62937596Pending
- HopSAC: Frequency hopping parameter estimation based on random sample consensus for counter-unmanned aircraft systemsApplication 62921033Pending
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space 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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