Sky Spy Raises $1.6M To Fix SIGINT Failures In Saturated Signal Environments

Founded to address gaps in modern SIGINT, Sky Spy’s flagship product, Agent 001, transforms small drones into autonomous spectrum hunters. Weighing just over 500 grams, it detects, classifies, and geolocates radio emitters in real time even under jamming or GPS-denied conditions. Tested with frontline military units in Ukraine, Agent 001 proved its ability to locate high-priority targets that traditional SIGINT misses, including UAS control stations and jammers.

The system combines proprietary RF hardware, filtering algorithms, and combat-validated data, running fully onboard for immediate response. Unlike legacy SIGINT platforms it integrates seamlessly with existing COP/C2 infrastructures at a fraction of the cost. Sky Spy is now engaging select UAS producers to deploy the system at scale, introducing a new intelligence layer for tactical ISR operations.

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Founded by a Ukraine-origin team and operating across the US and EU, Sky Spy blends technical innovation with frontline operational expertise.

“Sky Spy was built by people who’ve seen how unreliable intelligence costs lives,” said Arsenii Hurtavtsov, CEO of Sky Spy.

“Our mission is simple: to give forces real-time awareness in the spectrum – because the side that dominates the spectrum dominates the war.”

The pre-seed round was co-led by Expeditions Fund and Superangel, with participation from Freedom Fund, Sunfish Partners, Crosscourt Ventures, and Material Ventures, supporting Sky Spy’s go-to-market, production launch, and team expansion.

Andrzej Rościszewski, Investment Associate at Expeditions Fund, said: “We were looking for a while to find a product that could radically improve signal intelligence in contested environments.

Sky Spy’s initial product, trained on battlefield electromagnetic data, offers an attritable, airborne radio-reconnaissance platform, which aims to solve one of the most pressing problems in today's battlefield.

The team is highly motivated, brings strong credentials from their prior work on C2 systems, and has already validated their solution with end users. We look forward to supporting their international expansion.”

Jaan Kokk, Senior Associate at Superangel, said: “From the first meeting, Sky Spy impressed us with their deep technical talent and real operational insight.

Their work aligns with the growing need across Europe and NATO for practical, rapidly deployable sensing capabilities. We believe they have the rare ability to move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver capabilities that work where it matters.”

About Sky Spy

Sky Spy is a dual-use technology company creating compact, reliable SIGINT systems for contested electromagnetic environments. Developed with frontline military input, its solutions combine innovation and operational insight to deliver real-world effectiveness in detecting, classifying and localizing high-priority targets in complex, congested signal landscapes.