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Mara
San Francisco, CA · Founded 2024
Mara builds Spike, an automated counter-drone system against small FPV drones. A sensor unit, Spotter, tracks incoming drones and cues Seeker, a 250 g tube-launched interceptor drone.
Profile
What it builds and who buys it
- ·Spotter combines visual, acoustic and optional radar sensors with the company’s own AI for detection by day, by night and in all weather.Mara (EDR Magazine), Aug 26, 2026
- ·A Spike can carry up to 48 Seeker interceptors, and each launchpad reloads in under a minute.Mara
- ·Spike is designed to be attritable from sensors to interceptors, at a system cost below the value of the asset it protects, according to the company.Mara (EDR Magazine), Aug 26, 2026
- ·The company said in August 2026 that Seeker had completed intercepts cued through US Army software at an exercise in Texas, and that Spotter had run hands-free on an armored vehicle in a separate Army exercise in Europe.IT Brief UK, Aug 26, 2026
- ·The company says Ukrainian forces operated Spotter 40 km from the front line, where it tracked multiple FPV drones.IT Brief UK, Aug 26, 2026
- ·Spike is being deployed in a civilian pilot at a South Korean port.IT Brief UK, Aug 26, 2026
- ·It has cooperative research and testing agreements with three US defense organizations.IT Brief UK, Aug 26, 2026
- ·It plans to deploy ground-mounted Spike systems to key customers by the end of 2026, with vehicle-mounted and man-portable versions as production expands in 2027.IT Brief UK, Aug 26, 2026
Founders and leadership
- Daniel KofmanCo-founder and chief executive
Built tactical FPV drone prototypes for a Department of Homeland Security programme with Sriram Raghu, and co-founded Optivolt, which shipped smart solar panels to Anduril, the US Air Force and Ukraine.Mara (EDR Magazine), Aug 26, 2026
- Sriram RaghuCo-founder
Met Kofman in high school in 2013, and co-founded Optivolt with him.Mara (EDR Magazine), Aug 26, 2026
Funding
- Last valuation
No citable valuation
- Last round or tender
$7Mraised
Pre-seedMara (EDR Magazine), Aug 26, 2026
Led by Khosla Ventures, with a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, Palmdrive, Protagonist, Freedom Fund, Indicator Fund and angel investors. No valuation was stated.
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Post-money valuation by round
Fewer than two dated figures on file to plot; the table carries what there is.
| Date | Round | Raised | Post-money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | Pre-seedLed by Khosla Ventures, with a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, Palmdrive, Protagonist, Freedom Fund, Indicator Fund and angel investors. No valuation was stated. | $7M | — |
Primary capital across the rounds on file: $7M
Revenue
No citable revenue figure on file.
Secondary venues
- Caplightpublic page seen Oct 15, 2026
No price on the public page.
No public MarketPrice. Historical pricing is behind a login. The page names Mara’s site and chief executive, but its sector, comparables and earlier rounds belong to a crypto company of the same name.
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Reads
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Sources
- Mara raises $7M to stop ongoing FPV-drone nightmare with low-cost autonomyMara (EDR Magazine), Aug 26, 2026
- Mara raises USD $7 million for Spike counter-droneIT Brief UK, Aug 26, 2026
- Mara | Autonomy in ContactMara
Researched Oct 15, 2026