Defense · San Francisco, CA · Founded 2024 · Raised $7M · Formation stage

Mara

Review noteFounded in October 2024 by Daniel Kofman and Sriram Raghu, Mara builds Spike, a ground-based system of sensors and small tube-launched interceptors against FPV drones. It raised a $7M pre-seed led by Khosla Ventures, announced on Aug 26. Source ↗

Edge

33#16 · Not ranked 7d ago

1 of 8 families

Why now

First federal award on record, $75K Air Force SBIR/STTR order: Development and testing of maras…
Capital · Jul 16

Score

Momentum49

Capital

Thesis fit92

× 0.94

Matched on air force, autonomous, counter unmanned, defense, uas

Earliness100

× 1.00

Almost no public footprint

Team–

× 0.85

No people identified yet

49 × 0.94 × 1.00 × 0.85 × 0.85 one family only = 33

Edge, 12 weeks

Last signal Jul 16