Facts

• Segment: Space
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2020
• Website: https://albedo.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Commercial
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Albedo builds full-stack very-low-Earth-orbit satellite missions. The Denver company is a Y Combinator startup focused on high-resolution remote sensing.

Market context

Albedo is robotics-adjacent through autonomous satellite platforms and space-based sensing, a neighbouring layer to aerial and orbital autonomy systems.

Facts

• Website: https://albedo.com
• HQ: Denver, United States
• Founded: 2020
• Segment: Space
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2024-01-23 - Series A-1 - $35M - Albedo raises $35 million Series A-1 led by Standard Investments - source: businesswire.com

Investors

• Bill Perkins - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Booz Allen Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Breakthrough Energy Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Cubit Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Giant Step Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Initialized Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Republic Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Shield Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Standard Investments - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23
• Y Combinator - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-01-23

Commercial

4 commercial events; 4 contract awards; latest event 2025-08-01

• 2025-08-01 - Contract award - NRO awards Albedo Stage II commercial-imagery contract - source: albedo.com
• 2025-03-03 - Contract award - Albedo selected for $12 million AFRL STRATFI contract - source: businesswire.com
• 2023-12-05 - Contract award - NRO awards Albedo electro-optical capabilities contract - source: businesswire.com
• 2023-04-27 - Contract award - Albedo wins U.S. Air Force nighttime thermal-imaging contract - source: businesswire.com

Events

• 2025-08-01 - Contract Award - NRO awards Albedo Stage II commercial-imagery contract - The Stage II award enables NRO to buy Albedo 10 cm visible and 2 m thermal IR data from Clarity-1.
• 2025-03-17 - Deployment - Albedo Clarity-1 satellite launches and makes first contact - The satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Transporter-13 rideshare mission.
• 2025-03-03 - Contract Award - Albedo selected for $12 million AFRL STRATFI contract - The contract covers operational VLEO data and analysis for U.S. Government space capability development.
• 2024-01-23 - Funding - Albedo raises $35 million Series A-1 led by Standard Investments - The financing brought Albedo's total funding to $97 million.
• 2023-12-05 - Contract Award - NRO awards Albedo electro-optical capabilities contract - The award placed Albedo among commercial providers selected for NRO electro-optical imagery evaluation.
• 2023-06-08 - Facility Opening - Albedo opens Denver-area satellite manufacturing facility - The facility covers about 10,000 square feet and supports work on Albedo's first satellite.
• 2023-04-27 - Contract Award - Albedo wins U.S. Air Force nighttime thermal-imaging contract - The contract supports evaluation of 2-meter thermal infrared imagery for U.S. Government nighttime use cases.

Operations / Deployments

• 2025-08-01 - Contract Award - NRO awards Albedo Stage II commercial-imagery contract - The Stage II award enables NRO to buy Albedo 10 cm visible and 2 m thermal IR data from Clarity-1.

Team

• Topher Haddad - Founder
• AyJay Lasater - Founder

Relationships

• government customer - NRO awarded Albedo a Stage II contract enabling purchase and evaluation of Clarity-1 imagery data.
• government customer - NRO awarded Albedo a commercial electro-optical imagery evaluation contract.
• lead investor - Standard Investments led Albedo's $35 million Series A-1 round.
• government customer - NASIC was the supported U.S. Government customer for Albedo's nighttime thermal-imaging contract.
• government customer - AFRL selected Albedo for a STRATFI contract worth up to $12 million.
• launch provider - Albedo launched Clarity-1 on SpaceX's Transporter-13 rideshare mission.

Context tags

• Aerospace autonomy innovation - Workflow - Company profile context supports Aerospace autonomy innovation.

Customers and deployments

• Clarity 1 On Orbit Satellite - 1 satellite on orbit - 2025-03-17 - Albedo - space operations - Albedo launched Clarity-1 and reported first contact plus autonomous Protect Mode entry after launch. - source posture: Comp…
• Denver Facility Area - about 10,000 square feet - 2023-06-08 - Denver-area satellite manufacturing facility - satellite manufacturing - Albedo opened a Denver-area manufacturing facility with about 10,000 square feet fo…
• Simultaneous Satellite Build Capacity - 3 to 4 satellites under construction - 2023-06-08 - Denver-area satellite manufacturing facility - satellite manufacturing - Albedo said the Denver-area facility could accommodate…