BlackSky
Real-time space-based intelligence and high-frequency satellite imagery analytics.
BlackSky provides on-demand, high-frequency satellite imagery and AI-driven analytics through its Spectra tasking platform and proprietary low-Earth orbit satellite constellation. The company delivers real-time monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events worldwide. BlackSky serves US and allied government agencies, defense organizations, and commercial customers, and is publicly traded on the NYSE.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Herndon, VA
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 320
- Total funding
- $160M (debt 2025)
- Valuation
- Public (NYSE: BKSY)
- Stage
- Public (NYSE: BKSY)
- Status
- public
- Domains
- Space-based intelligence, Satellite imagery, Geospatial analytics
- X / Twitter
- x.com/BlackSky_Inc
- Website
- blacksky.com
Founders2
Investors0
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Cap table7
Approximate ownership by holder. Indexed holders link to their records.
Percentages marked ~ are not disclosed. Some are a generic VC-pattern model (founders/team weighted heaviest, option pool lightest, other holders evenly) sized to whatever's left undisclosed — a standard industry shape, not this company's actual cap table.
| Holder | Instrument | Ownership |
|---|---|---|
Employee equity plans | Options / RSUs | ~26.0% |
Founders & management | Common | ~26.0% |
Public float & institutional | Common | ~26.0% |
AWM Investment Company (Special Situations Funds) | Common | 8.0% |
Mithril LP (Peter Thiel / Ajay Royan) | Common | 6.7% |
Seahawk SPV Investment LLC (Thales Alenia Space) | Common | 5.9% |
Brian O'Toole (CEO) | Common | 1.4% |
Programs0
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Frequently asked
- What does BlackSky do?
- BlackSky provides on-demand, high-frequency satellite imagery and AI-driven analytics through its Spectra tasking platform and proprietary low-Earth orbit satellite constellation. The company delivers real-time monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events worldwide. BlackSky serves US and allied government agencies, defense organizations, and commercial customers, and is publicly traded on the NYSE.
- Where is BlackSky headquartered?
- BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA and was founded in 2014.
- How much funding has BlackSky raised?
- BlackSky has raised $160M (debt 2025) in disclosed funding.
- What does BlackSky specialize in?
- BlackSky works across Space-based intelligence, Satellite imagery, Geospatial analytics.
- Does BlackSky hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links BlackSky to 1 government contract.
Sources & citations3
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