Saildrone
Uncrewed surface vehicles for persistent maritime intelligence and ocean mapping.
Saildrone designs, manufactures, and operates a fleet of wind-powered uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) for maritime defense, ocean survey, and environmental monitoring. The company's vehicles carry advanced sensor payloads above and below the surface, delivering persistent near-real-time data into command and control systems. Saildrone has sailed over 2 million nautical miles across 12+ years of operations.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Alameda, CA
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 250
- Total funding
- $345M
- Valuation
- $575M (Series C-1, 2024)
- Stage
- Series C
- Status
- active
- Domains
- Maritime autonomy, Ocean intelligence, Defense ISR
- X / Twitter
- x.com/saildrone
- Website
- saildrone.com
Investors3
- FundLux CapitalScience and tech VC with deep defense portfolio, early Anduril backer.
- FundBond CapitalMulti-stage VC founded by Mary Meeker, investing in technology and defense companies.
- FundWashington Harbour PartnersArlington, VA growth-equity fund focused on cybersecurity, government technology, and national-security-relevant enterprise technology.
Cap table8
Approximate ownership by holder. Indexed holders link to their records.
Raised per round
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 |
|---|---|---|
Founders & team | Common | ~37.5% |
Series C investorsNew | Preferred (Series C) | ~25.0% |
Other investors | Preferred / Common | ~25.0% |
Employee option pool | Options | ~12.5% |
Contracts3
- ContractUSCG Unmanned Maritime Domain Awareness BPABlanket Purchase Agreement for Saildrone unmanned surface vessel services.
- Contractnavy-pacific-indian-ocean-seabed-mapping-idiq-2026US Navy multiple-award IDIQ for high-resolution Pacific and Indian Ocean seabed mapping using long-endurance unmanned surface vehicles; six awardees.
- ContractVoyager Fleet Counternarcotics Task Order$16.3M Navy task order extending Saildrone's Voyager USV fleet counternarcotics operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
Programs0
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Frequently asked
- What does Saildrone do?
- Saildrone designs, manufactures, and operates a fleet of wind-powered uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) for maritime defense, ocean survey, and environmental monitoring. The company's vehicles carry advanced sensor payloads above and below the surface, delivering persistent near-real-time data into command and control systems. Saildrone has sailed over 2 million nautical miles across 12+ years of operations.
- Where is Saildrone headquartered?
- Saildrone is headquartered in Alameda, CA and was founded in 2012.
- How much funding has Saildrone raised?
- Saildrone has raised $345M in disclosed funding, at a most recent valuation of $575M (Series C-1, 2024).
- What does Saildrone specialize in?
- Saildrone works across Maritime autonomy, Ocean intelligence, Defense ISR.
- Does Saildrone hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Saildrone to 3 government contracts.
Sources & citations4
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