Saildrone Overview

  • Founded

  • 2012

Founded
  • Status

  • Private

  • Employees

  • 194

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • Series C

  • Latest Deal Amount

  • $100M

  • Investors

  • 18

Saildrone General Information

Description

Developer of autonomous surface vehicles designed to provide comprehensive turnkey solutions for autonomous maritime security, ocean mapping, and ocean data. The company's vehicles use wind and solar power that helps to monitor the state of the planet in real-time and also helps in collecting ocean data back to shore via satellite, enabling clients to monitor and prevent catastrophic ecological disasters through a cost-effective ocean data collection process.

Contact Information

Website
www.saildrone.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Marine
Primary Office
  • 1050 West Tower Avenue
  • Alameda, CA 94501
  • United States

Saildrone Timeline

2020202120222023
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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Saildrone Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
7. Later Stage VC (Series C) 18-Oct-2021 $100M 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Accelerator/Incubator 03-Apr-2021 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Debt - PPP 15-Apr-2020 00.000 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Later Stage VC (Series B) 15-May-2018 0000 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Later Stage VC (Series A1) 01-Dec-2017 000.00 000.00 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series A) 05-Sep-2016 $14M $14M 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
1. Grant 08-Jun-2016 Completed Generating Revenue
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Saildrone Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series C 00,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series B 00,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series A-1 6,323,777 $0.000010 $1.9 $1.9 1x $1.9 8.32%
Series A 18,326,741 $0.000010 $0.94 $0.94 1x $0.94 24.11%
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Saildrone Comparisons

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Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
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194 As of 2023
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Saildrone Competitors (2)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Navocean Corporation Paris, France
0000000000 000000 Venture Capital-Backed Somerville, MA 0 00.000 0000000000 0 00.000
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Saildrone Patents

  • 16

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 3

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Saildrone Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20210362817-A1 Square-rig wing sail for unmanned surface vehicles Pending 04-Feb-2019 000000000 0
US-11084561-B2 Square-rig wing sail for unmanned surface vehicles Active 04-Feb-2019 000000000 0
US-20200247515-A1 Square-rig wing sail for unmanned surface vehicles Active 04-Feb-2019 000000000 0
US-9371121-B1 High-tailed wing sail Active 22-Dec-2014 000000000 0
US-20160176489-A1 High-tailed wing sail Active 22-Dec-2014 B63H9/061
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Saildrone Executive Team (11)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Richard Jenkins Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Barak Ben-Gal Chief Financial Officer
Mark Cuyler Chief Operating Officer
Brian Hernacki Chief Technology Officer
Karen Dacres JD Chief Legal Officer
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Saildrone Board Members (3)

Name Representing Role Since
Jay Zaveri Social Capital Board Member 000 0000
Noah Knauf BOND Capital (San Francisco) Board Member 000 0000
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Saildrone Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Saildrone Investors (18)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
BOND Capital (San Francisco) Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
CCIX Global Asset Manager Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Crowley PE-Backed Company Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Emerson Collective Impact Investing Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Sand Hill Angels Angel Group Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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