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Skylo

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Skylo provides satellite connectivity for smartphones and IoT devices, enabling reliable data, SMS, and voice services even in areas without cellular coverage, supporting large-scale industrial sensor deployments.

Blurb

Skylo is a global non-terrestrial service provider that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over satellites.

HQ Location

Mountain View (United States)

Founded

2017

Employees

51 - 200

Total funding raised

$153.00M

Last Funding Event

Series C, $37.00M, February 13, 2024

Smart insights

  • Guillaume Kempf (Chief Financial Officer) worked at Google in various roles, including Head of FP&A, for a total of 8 years (2016 - 2024)
  • Tarun Gupta (Co-Founder) worked at Google in various roles, including Head of Strategy & Operations, for a total of 6.5 years (2014 - 2020)
  • 6m headcount growth: 7%
  • 1Y headcount growth: 23%
  • Headcount-to-last-round ratio: 1.0 employees/$M

Operator of a global non-terrestrial network provider company intended to offer satellite connectivity across sensor data, SMS, and voice calls. The company's devices provide a secure, reliable, and cost-effective platform for large-scale deployment of industrial sensors and satellite connectivity, delivering real-time actionable intelligence for critical decision-making as well as connecting to millions of objects and machines, providing users with connectivity even in areas without traditional cellular coverage.