Planet Stock
Earth-Imaging Satellites
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About Planet Stock
Planet is a vertically-integrated space and analytics company, that primarily designs and builds Earth-imaging satellites. The Company's satellites aim to image the Earth daily and make it possible to see incremental changes on the Earth's surface. To that end, the Company launches new satellites into orbit every three to four months. Since 2013, the Company has successfully deployed 366 satellites and currently has approximately 150 satellites in orbit, that collect over 250M sqkm of imagery daily. The Company provides imagery for various industries, spanning agriculture and defense to energy and insurance.
Planet was founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists. The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA with additional offices in Berlin, Lethbridge, Canada, Bellevue, Washington and Washington D.C.
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Investors
137 Ventures
Anduril Industries, Gusto, Fair, Postmates, Course Hero, Turo, Planet, Teleport, Wonolo
AME Cloud Ventures
Lacework, Wish, Eat Just, Zymergen, Illumio, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Freenome, Astranis, FiscalNote, Planet
Data Collective
Databricks, Plenty, Zymergen, Checkr, SentinelOne, Illumio, SingleStore, Planet, Alation, Tala
DBL Investors
Farmers Business Network, Mapbox, Planet, Primus Power, Revolution Foods
Founders Fund
Lyft, Spotify, Airbnb, Stripe, Anduril Industries, Flexport, Palantir Technologies, Wish, Compass, Zenefits
SharesPost Investment Management
Circle, Marqeta, SoundHound, Lookout, Nextdoor, Sprinklr, Planet, Prosper Marketplace, Crossover Health, Jumio
Space Angels
The Westly Group
Funding History
| December 2012 | $23.6M |
|---|---|
| December 2013 | $51.9M |
| April 2015 | $106M |
| June 2015 | $61.4M |
| April 2017 | $168M |
Management
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Will Marshall
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Robbie Schingler
Press
TechCrunch - Jul, 7 2021
Satellite operator Planet to go public in $2.8B SPAC mergerSpace News - Apr, 17 2020
NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contractNews Agree - Dec, 15 2019
Microsatellites Global Market Demand and Forecast 2026 – Lockheed Martin, Ruag Space, Raytheon, Clyde Space Inc, Planet Labs Inc, GomSpaceNBC News - Nov, 2 2019
Tiny, privately owned satellites are changing how we view the EarthSpace News - Oct, 15 2019
Planet to offer higher resolution, more spectral bandsEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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