Umbra builds next-generation space systems that observe the Earth in unprecedented fidelity. Our vision is to advance global insight through high quality, all weather commercial remote sensing and intelligence gathering. Our goal is to become an indispensable tool for the exploding number of organizations now actively monitoring the Earth, making data-driven decisions about land use, and fighting the effects of climate change.
Umbra delivers on this mission by implementing first principles to develop hardware, software and services which are unrivaled by the status quo. Umbra builds cutting-edge hardware and software products for our analytics customers which solve complex business and security challenges for the United States and its allies.
Canopy is our direct tasking platform which allows our customers to use a robust network of sensors to trigger space assets and autonomously deliver data for their analytics needs.
Umbra’s team is comprised of space and business veterans from across industry and government. Umbra is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, and has a presence in Austin, and Washington, D.C.
Location: United States, California, Santa Barbara
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $68.87M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 21.05.2023 | Grant | $4.5M | - |
| 28.04.2021 | - | $32M | - |
| 07.01.2021 | - | $32.37M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 31.07.2023 | Umbra Releases Over $1 Million of Free SAR Data | Company also more than doubling the amount of regularly monitored sites Umbra, a leader in advanced... | aithority.... |
| 24.07.2023 | Max Q: Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it t... | Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: A closer look at Umbra News from Rocket Lab, Astran... | techcrunch... |
| 19.07.2023 | Umbra is a Silicon Valley outsider — they prefer it that way... | Umbra co-founder Gabe Dominocielo’s last name is roughly translated from the Latin as “lord of the s... | techcrunch... |
| 01.06.2023 | Astræa and Umbra Form New Partnership to Transform Risk Miti... | Charlottesville, 30 May 2023: Astraea, Inc., the platform for spatiotemporal data and analytics, has... | einpresswi... |
| 01.05.2023 | Umbra Satellite Achieves First Light 48 Hours After SpaceX L... | “We’re thrilled by our satellites’ performance because of what it means for our commercial and gover... | prweb.com/... |
| 12.07.2021 | SpaceX Launches World’s Most Capable Commercial Radar Satell... | Umbra launched their first commercial radar satellite with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capabiliti... | aithority.... |
| 09.07.2021 | SpaceX Launches World’s Most Capable Commercial Radar Satell... | Umbra Satellite Launch Umbra's patented antenna and 1200MHz radar are a total game changer for the i... | prweb.com/... |
| 28.04.2021 | Umbra Raises $32M to Expand Satellite Constellation | Umbra has a desire to reduce the cost of radar data while offering unrivaled product quality. SANTA... | prweb.com/... |
| 09.01.2021 | Umbra Drops “Lab” and Prepares for Launch | Gabe Dominocielo and David Lagan of Umbra We do not see our technology as ‘disruptive.’ We see it as... | prweb.com/... |
| 07.01.2021 | Umbra Lab Finds $32.37M | Santa Barbara-based Umbra Lab, which is developing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) microsatellites, h... | socaltech.... |