Orbital Insight
Valuation
$23M
2024 Revenue
$44M
Funding
$128.7M
Team
66
Founded
2013
How Orbital Insight CEO James Crawford grew Orbital Insight to $44M revenue with a 66 person team in 2024.
Orbital Insight is a geospatial analytics company, used by data-driven organizations that need to understand the changing physical world. Our SaaS technology unlocks global insights, anywhere and anytime, revealing hidden infrastructure, supply chain, socio-economic and geopolitical trends. Thats because our cloud solutions use AI, computer vision and data science to ingest, analyze and transform billions of geospatial data points (including satellite, AIS, SAR, aerial, connected devices, etc) into actionable intelligence used to make superior business and policy decisions. Orbital Insight was established in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
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Orbital Insight Revenue
In 2024, Orbital Insight's revenue reached $44M. The company previously reported $7.7M in 2020. Since its launch in 2013, Orbital Insight has shown consistent revenue growth.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Orbital Insight Hit $44m revenue in June 2024 |
| 2020 | Orbital Insight Hit $7.7m revenue in August 2020 |
| 2013 | Launched with $0 revenue |
Orbital Insight Valuation, Funding Rounds
Orbital Insight's most recent disclosed valuation is $23M.
Orbital Insight has raised $128.7M in total funding across 4 rounds, most recently a $50M Series D round in 2019.
| Year | Round | Amount | Valuation | % Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Series D | $50M | - | - |
| 2017 | Series C | $50M | - | - |
| 2016 | Series B | $20M | - | - |
| 2015 | Series A | $8.7M | - | - |
Orbital Insight Employees & Team Size
Orbital Insight employs approximately 66 people as of 2026, down from 69 in 2023.
Orbital Insight has 66 total employees in different roles and functions and 9 sales reps that carry a quota.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Reached 66 employees (December 2024) |
| 2024 | Reached 69 employees (October 2024) |
| 2023 | Reached 69 employees (September 2023) |
| 2023 | Reached 81 employees (January 2023) |
| 2022 | Reached 95 employees (January 2022) |
| 2021 | Reached 82 employees (August 2021) |
| 2020 | Reached 85 employees (December 2020) |
| 2020 | Reached 85 employees (August 2020) |
| 2020 | Reached 111 employees (June 2020) |
| 2019 | Reached 128 employees (December 2019) |
| 2018 | Reached 130 employees (December 2018) |
Founder / CEO
James Crawford
James has over 20 years of experience in leading edge software research and development. He is currently CEO and Founder of Orbital Insight -- an A-round startup funded by Sequoia Capital and Google Ventures. Orbital Insight processes satellite and aerial imagery at petabyte scale to understand national and world-wide socio-economic trends. Previously he was SVP of Science and Engineering at the Climate Corporation through its $1B acquisition by Monsanto. Before his time at Climate he was CTO and Software Architect at Moon Express -- a company with the modest goal of putting the first commercial robot on the Moon and winning the Lunar X-Prize. Previous to that he was engineering Director of Google Book Search where he was in charge of Google's project to scan, index, and make searchable the world's books, as well as the Book and Magazine stores within Google Play. He also served as EVP Engineering at Composite Software -- a startup focusing on data visualization that recently agreed to be acquired by Cisco for $180M. Before coming to Composite, James lead Autonomy and Robotics at Ames Research Center, NASA’s center of excellence for information technology, where he was responsible for almost 100 researchers. Prior to joining NASA, James led the Optimization team at i2 Technologies and worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories and co-founded the Computational Intelligence Research Laboratory (CIRL) at the University of Oregon. James has authored over fifteen papers in referred journals and conferences, and holds five patents. James holds PhD and Master’s degrees in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BA in Math and Computer Science from Rice University.
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Customers
We do not have customer count information for Orbital Insight yet.
Frequently Asked Questions about Orbital Insight
What is Orbital Insight's revenue?
Orbital Insight generates $44M in revenue.
Who founded Orbital Insight?
Orbital Insight was founded by James Crawford.
Who is the CEO of Orbital Insight?
The CEO of Orbital Insight is James Crawford.
How much funding does Orbital Insight have?
Orbital Insight raised $128.7M.
How many employees does Orbital Insight have?
Orbital Insight has 66 employees.
Where is Orbital Insight headquarters?
Orbital Insight is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.
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