Orbital Insight (Series B)
Funding Details
Awarder
Inbox
Date Award
June 27, 2016
Vertical
Big Data / Space Commercialization
Funding Amount
$20,000,000
Company Info
Traction
The company works with more than 60 asset management firms, several U.S. government agencies, and two global non-profit organizations.
Organizations Involved
Bloomberg Beta, CME Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Lux Capital
Founders
James Crawford
Market
Asset Management, Government Agencies, Non-Profit Organizations
Location
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Coinvestors
Bloomberg Beta, CME Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Lux Capital
Company Description

Orbital Insight works at the intersection of big data and the commercialization of space and is the first mover in large-scale analysis of satellite and UAV imagery. The company has developed algorithms to count and measure cars, roads, airplanes, clouds, haze, freshwater lakes, agricultural fields, buildings, and oil tanks to provide a big-picture understanding of the world quantitatively grounded in observation.

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