Urban Sky

01/19/2026

A huge thanks to the Terrell County Sheriff's office and Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland for their support in helping our team safely recover a stratospheric balloon that landed on a remote property in Terrell County. Your team's support and commitment to the community and excellence is much appreciated!

02/06/2025

We're thrilled to announce our $30M Series B, led by Altos Ventures, with major participation from New Legacy, Lerer Hippeau, Catapult Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, New Stack Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, DA Ventures, Union Labs Ventures, and Techstars.

This capital represents a major commitment to our customers, as we'll use it to develop a new suite of connected hardware, software, and AI-centric stratospheric products that will soon unlock the full value of the stratosphere for military and commercial users.

Read more at the link below.

DENVER, CO: 9:00am ET, Thursday, February 6th, 2025Urban Sky, a stratospheric platform company, today announced it has closed a $30M Series B investment round. The funding will be used to develop and commercialize a connected suite of products that will unlock the full value of the tactical stratosp...

10/16/2023

Get in here and watch this feature on Urban Sky from Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance! Just dropped on YouTube today

Denver, Colorado: come for the sunshine, stay for the growing community of tech mavericks. From rocket engines to sci-fi weapons, the next great American tec...

10/16/2023

Thrilled to announce our $9.75M Series A, which we'll use to scale our Earth Imaging operation! Our round was co-led by New Legacy Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, & Lavrock Ventures, with participation from Catapult Ventures, Union Labs VC, Denver Angels, & TenOneTen Ventures!

Stratospheric balloon company Urban Sky has closed a $9.75 million Series A round to scale its Earth imaging operations and expand its data products. The

11/01/2022

Could balloons be part of the answer to the problem? Check out Popular Science's feature piece on the work we've been doing to develop a real-time, high-res, low-cost wildfire monitoring system.

https://lnkd.in/gYTa_P29



(Photo Credit: James Stukenberg)

07/01/2022

If you're traveling this holiday weekend, be safe.

Image below was captured from a Microballoon above Denver International Airport. Check out that from 60,000ft!

06/30/2022

Denver's historic Union Station first opened in 1881 and underwent a major renovation in 2012, transforming it into the centerpiece of downtown Denver, Colorado. We think it's safe to assume the image below represents the first time this landmark has ever been imaged via stratospheric balloon.

06/28/2022

Great in-depth piece about our tech and plans by AVIATION WEEK! When we say we can launch from almost anywhere, we mean it. The pic below is from a launch just west of Breckenridge, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. That balloon went on to capture ~1,500 sq. km of aerial imagery in Colorado within a few hours.

Urban Sky has started selling imagery captured from cameras hoisted into the stratosphere by its “Microballoons.”

06/23/2022

New piece by Loren Grush at The Verge about Urban Sky's plans and tech just went live, along with a first look at our 10cm GSD imagery! We're operational and taking imaging orders in the Rocky Mountain region! Hit up [email protected] for more!

The company says its balloons can simply deploy from the back of a truck.

11/29/2021

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following individuals are featured: Nick Moran Andrew Antonio Nate Williams This will be a unique segment where, Founder of Urban Sky, Andrew Antonio, will discuss his startup story and how he chose New Stack to participate in the funding round. Andre...