URBAN SKY THEORY INC.

DENVER, CO · Founded 2019 · Aerospace · Private

Tactical stratospheric balloons for defense, intelligence, data collection, and sensing

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · urbansky.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: DENVER, CO
Founded: 2019
Latest Form D: $30M, Jan 2025
Total capital: $45.7M

Federal grants: $722K; 6 awards · 2020–2024; Rank in peer group#23 of 39
Private capital raised: $45M; 4 Form D · last Jan 2025; 21 months since last filing
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jan 2025Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$30M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Sibr AF241-0003 - Urban Sky Theory$179K
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Ultra-long-duration Super Pressure Microballoon$74K
Oct 2023Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$9.7M
Dec 2021Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Developing the Microballoon: Precisely-Placeable Stratospheric Balloon$255K
Aug 2021Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$4.2M
Feb 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · HotSpot: A Real-time, Broad Area Wildfire Monitoring System Enabled by a Rapidly Deployable Stratospheric Remote Sensing Balloon$50K
Sep 2020Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1M

Show 2 earlier federal awards

Feb 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Enhancing USAF Weather Forecasting with a Novel, Long-Reach Weather Balloon System that Generates Twice the Data as the Current Standard$50K
Aug 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Augmenting the FIREX-AQ Program with a Rapid-Response, Low-Cost, Broad Area Dual Vis-LWIR Remote Sensing System$115K

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Federal first

1month

from URBAN SKY THEORY INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Aug 2020: NASA · $115K
First Form D · Sep 2020: $1M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 1 award

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Standing among 39 peers

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Aerospace · System

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Jared LeidichResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $469K in grants as PI
Alan EustaceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Alexander Alan WongDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Andrew AntonioExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
Darren LiccardoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Jared LiedichExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

Show all 9 people

Nathan WilliamsDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Nick MoranDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Robert Alan EustaceDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special 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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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.