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Spire’s Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding, Acquisitions & News

Spire is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that leverages their own multi-purpose constellation of satellites to provide maritime, aviation and weather patterns tracking solutions for businesses. Read more

Spire is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that leverages their own multi-purpose constellation of satellites to provide maritime, aviation and weather patterns tracking solutions for businesses. Read more

Peter Platzer's photo - Co-Founder & CEO of Spire

Co-Founder & CEO

Peter Platzer

CEO Approval Rating

84/100

Founded:

2012

Status:

Private

SIC Code:

7371 NAICS listing »

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Spire's top 9 competitors are Planet Labs, DigitalGlobe, Satellogic, UrtheCast, OmniEarth, Orbital Insight, iSi, Astro Digital and Descartes Labs. Together they have raised over 1.2B between their estimated 2.4K employees. Spire's revenue is the ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 70.3M. Spire has 202 employees and is ranked 4th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 196.

Planet Labs is Spire's biggest rival. Planet Labs was founded in San Francisco, California} in 2012. Like Spire, Planet Labs also competes in the Analytics sector. Compared to Spire, Planet Labs generates $36.4M more revenue.

DigitalGlobe is Spire's #2 rival. DigitalGlobe's headquarters is in Westminster, Colorado, and was founded in 1992. DigitalGlobe operates in the Systems Software industry. DigitalGlobe generates 3,461% of Spire's revenue.

Satellogic is Spire's #3 competitor. Satellogic was founded in 2010 in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province. Satellogic competes in the Cable & Satellite field. Satellogic generates $7.9M less revenue than Spire.

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Spire Funding History

$100K$1.6M$26.6M$69.5M$139.5M$179.5M

Since Spire was founded in 2012, it has participated in 9 rounds of funding. In total Spire has raised $179.5M. Spire's last funding round was on Sep 2019 for a total of $18.3M

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Grant
Sep 2019
$18.3M
Equity
Sep 2019
$21.7M
Series C
Nov 2017
$70M
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Series B
Jun 2015
$40M
Grant
Jun 2015
$2.9M

Total Funding: $179.5M

Since Spire was founded in 2012, it has participated in 9 rounds of funding. In total Spire has raised $179.5M. Spire's last funding round was on Sep 2019 for a total of $18.3M

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Ardusat is an open satellite experimental platform for students to collect data, analyze and publish their experiment to the closed community.
$1M
Sep 18, 2016
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Spire News

September 23, 2020SpaceNews

Spire adding cross links to cubesat constellation

Spire Global will launch its first cubesats with cross links over the next few months, beginning a re... See more »
April 17, 2020Digital Ship

Spire and VesselBot co-develop AI-enabled products

Spire Global and VesselBot have announced a new partnership to co-develop artificial intelligence (AI... See more »
April 15, 2020SpaceNews

Spire and VesselBot focus on vessel tracking and monitoring

Spire Global announced plans April 15 to work with VesselBot, a Greek technology company focused on t... See more »
April 6, 2020Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide

This Satellite Company Appointed New Science Officer, Keeps Shipping Going During The COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

Spire Global has a supercomputer-equipped satellite sitting on a Vega rocket in French Guiana, almost... See more »
March 31, 2020GovCon Wire

Spire Provides Data Sets to Help Federal Clients Address Mission Challenges

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2020 - Keith Johnson, vice president and general manager of Spire Global... See more »
January 15, 2020SpaceNews

Spire Global shares early data from GNSS Reflectometry satellites

Spire Global shared the first light data from its new Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Refle... See more »
November 6, 2019GovCon Wire

Spire Global Establishes DC Office to Support Federal Clients; Keith Johnson Quoted

Spire Global has established an office in Washington, D.C., to serve as a hub for the cloud analytics... See more »

Spire Blogs

September 29, 2020Spire Blog

The aviation industry capitalizes on data

How three innovative tech start-ups use global flight tracking data to navigate uncertainty and enhan... See more »
September 16, 2020Spire Blog

Four ways Spire weather is leaping forward weather technology

Spire weather reached important key milestones this year - here is a quick update... See more »
September 4, 2020Spire Blog

Beyond Tracking – How AIS is Disrupting the Bulk Trade Market

AIS data is key to driving disruptive innovation in the bulk market, beyond tracking vessels AIS data... See more »
September 2, 2020Spire Blog

A new approach to mapping the changing Arctic

Through a serendipitous discovery, Spire found it could use its low earth orbiting CubeSats to make g... See more »
August 28, 2020Spire Blog

Protected: Optimizing irrigation strategies: How weather forecasts aid agricultural planning

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.... See more »
August 24, 2020Spire Blog

Employee Spotlight: Zoe Clark

At Spire Global, there are so many talented people who provide such amazing talents to our efforts. H... See more »
August 18, 2020Spire Blog

How Port Arrival Estimating and Routing Intelligence Help Dry Bulk Shippers in a Tight Market

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Spire Press Releases

December 11, 2018StreetInsider

Spire Taps Galileo for Space-Based Weather Data

Spire Global, Inc, the world’s largest space to cloud analytics company, today announced Spire's most... See more »
December 11, 2018CentralCharts

Spire Taps Galileo for Space-Based Weather Data

Spire Global, Inc, the world’s largest space to cloud analytics company, today announced Spire's most... See more »
December 10, 2018StreetInsider

Japan's ITOCHU Taps Spire for Space-Based Data

SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO, Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spire Global Inc, the world’s largest spac... See more »
December 10, 2018central charts

Japan's ITOCHU Taps Spire for Space-Based Data

SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO, Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spire Global Inc, the world’s largest spac... See more »
November 28, 2018Centralcharts

Spire Taps AWS Ground Station to Extend Ground Station Network

Spire Global Inc, the world’s largest space to cloud analytics company, announced today that the comp... See more »
February 7, 2018EconoTimes

Spire Global Inc. a leading space to cloud data analytics company and the Centre for Space Science Technology (CSST) today announced a strategic partnership to help both firms further extend their impact in the South Pacific area

CSST is planning to use Spire’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) data collected from its ever in... See more »
November 15, 2017EconoTimes

Spire Opens a European HQ in Luxembourg, Raises Additional $70M

Spire Global announces that it is continuing its global expansion with a closing of its Series C and ... See more »

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Spire is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that leverages their own multi-purpose constellation of satellites to provide maritime, aviation and weather patterns tracking solutions for businesses. Spire was founded in 2012. Spire's headquarte...

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Spire's Co-Founder & CEO, Peter Platzer, currently has an approval rating of 84%. Spire's primary competitors are Planet Labs, DigitalGlobe & Satellogic.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Spire

  1. When was Spire founded?

    Spire was founded in 2012

  2. Who is Spire's CEO?

    Spire's CEO is Peter Platzer

  3. How much revenue does Spire generate?

    Spire generates $23.4M in revenue

  4. How much funding does Spire have?

    Spire has historically raised $179.5M in funding

  5. Where is Spire's headquarters?

    Spire's headquarters is in San Francisco California, USA

  1. How many employees does Spire have?

    Spire has 202 employees

  2. What sector does Spire operate in?

    Spire is in IT Services, Analytics, Enterprise Software

  3. Who are Spire's competitors?

    Spire's top competitors are Planet Labs, DigitalGlobe, Satellogic

  4. Who has Spire invested in?

    Spire's has invested in companies such as Ardusat
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