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Distributed Spectrum

New York, NY · Founded 2020

Distributed Spectrum builds small radio-frequency sensors and machine learning software that detect, identify and locate radio signals such as drones, jammers and enemy communications. It sells to the U.S. Department of Defense, and its sensors are in use in Ukraine.

Profile

What it builds and who buys it

Founders and leadership

  • Alex WulffFounder and chief executive

    Developed sensor systems and electronic warfare technologies at Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, and wrote a textbook on radio systems.Distributed Spectrum

  • Ben HarpeFounder and chief operating officer

    Worked in strategy and operations reporting to a startup chief executive, ran a consulting firm, and was an engineer at Microsoft and Bridgewater.Distributed Spectrum

  • Isaac StruhlFounder and chief technology officer

    Worked in neurobiology research, computational biology and machine learning, and as a software engineer at Google.Distributed Spectrum

Funding

Last valuation

No citable valuation

Last round or tender

$25Mraised

Series AForbes Perú (Spanish edition of a Forbes article), Mar 18, 2025

Led by Conviction, Shield Capital and Nat Friedman, with existing investors Felicis and XFund and angels including Stan McChrystal, as the company’s own post lists them; that post carries no date. No valuation was stated.

Latest revenue figure

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Valuation to revenue

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Post-money valuation by round

Fewer than two dated figures on file to plot; the table carries what there is.

DateRoundRaisedPost-money
Mar 18, 2025Series ALed by Conviction, Shield Capital and Nat Friedman, with existing investors Felicis and XFund and angels including Stan McChrystal, as the company’s own post lists them; that post carries no date. No valuation was stated.$25M—

Primary capital across the rounds on file: $25M

Revenue

No citable revenue figure on file.

Secondary venues

No public venue page on file.

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Reads

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Sources

Researched Oct 15, 2026