Umbra
Umbra is a Satellites & Earth Observation company founded in 2015 and based in Santa Barbara, United States. It has raised $32M in total funding, most recently an Equity financing in 2024.
Umbra was founded in 2015 in Santa Barbara, California by Gabe Dominocielo and David Langan, with Langan serving as CEO. The company builds small synthetic-aperture radar satellites and in 2023, after NOAA lifted licensing restrictions, released a 16-centimeter-resolution image that it described as the highest-resolution commercial satellite image ever published. Umbra sells all-weather, day-and-night radar imagery to defense and commercial customers and operates an Open Data program that releases sample SAR imagery to spur algorithm development. In 2025 it launched a Space Systems business unit selling its flight-proven, American-made satellite hardware to other operators and opened a 50,000-square-foot Southern California manufacturing facility, and in 2026 it announced an East Coast expansion in Reston, Virginia.
Umbra pushed commercial radar resolution to 16 centimeters and championed open SAR data, lowering the barrier for analysts to build on radar imagery.
At a glance
Total raised
$32M
Headcount
201-500
Headquarters
Santa Barbara
United StatesFounded
2015
Status
Private
Subsector
Space Tech, ranked
Top 25 Space Tech companies →Funding history
Total raised
$32M
Rounds tracked
1
Latest stage
Equity financing
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2024 | Equity financing | $32M | — | John Burbank (family office) |
