Saildrone: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Saildrone is a defense company that offers maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance products to military, homeland security, and commercial clients. Their unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are equipped with advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to provide continuous insights above and below the surface of the sea. These insights are used to support border security, law enforcement, protection of undersea infrastructure, hydrography, and naval operations. Saildrone USVs have sailed over 2,000,000 nautical miles and spent 50,000 days at sea, making them a trusted choice for governments worldwide and a leader in cost-effective maritime intelligence in challenging environments.
Saildrone has raised $160M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $60.0M announced in May 2025.
That round is above the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Saildrone Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: May 2025.
Saildrone Funding Rounds
Saildrone raised $100M in a Series C announced in Oct 2021.
3.6 years later, an undisclosed round of $60.0M was announced in May 2025.
Saildrone Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Saildrone team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.
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Saildrone's latest round of $60.0M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Saildrone Funding FAQs
What does Saildrone do?
Saildrone is a defense company that offers maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance products to military, homeland security, and commercial clients. Their unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are equipped with advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to provide continuous insights above and below the surface of the sea. These insights are used to support border security, law enforcement, protection of undersea infrastructure, hydrography, and naval operations. Saildrone USVs have sailed over 2,000,000 nautical miles and spent 50,000 days at sea, making them a trusted choice for governments worldwide and a leader in cost-effective maritime intelligence in challenging environments.
How much funding has Saildrone raised?
Saildrone has raised $160M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $60.0M announced in May 2025.
When did Saildrone last raise funding?
Saildrone's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $60.0M, announced in May 2025.
Who founded Saildrone?
FundedIQ lists Richard Jenkins (Founder) at Saildrone.
Where is Saildrone headquartered?
Saildrone is based in Alameda, California, United States.
How many employees does Saildrone have?
Saildrone is in the 101-250 employee band.
How does Saildrone's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Saildrone's latest round of $60.0M is above the $5.5M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,233 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Saildrone Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Saildrone is left off this page rather than filled in.
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