Mara Inc.

Raised $7M in a Pre-Seed round, announced 26 August 2026.

Round

Mara raised a $7 million pre-seed round led by Khosla Ventures to develop and produce its autonomous Spike counter-drone system.

Amount
$7M
Stage
Pre-Seed
Announced
26 August 2026
Lead
Khosla Ventures
Other investors
a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, Palmdrive, Protagonist, Freedom Fund, Indicator Fund
Use of funds
Move Spike from field testing to real-world deployments and speed development and production of its counter-drone system.
Checked
Amount and date matched across 3 press sources

Company

Develops autonomous counter-drone systems for battlefield and infrastructure protection

Based in
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2024
Sector
Robotics & Hardware
Website
mara.inc ↗

Founders

  • Daniel KofmanCo-Founder and CEO
  • Sriram Raghufounder

Sources and links

Sources
Mara raises $7M to stop ongoing FPV-drone nightmare with low-cost autonomy globenewswire.com
Mara raises $7M from Khosla Ventures and a16z to build a cheaper defence against FPV drone swarms techfundingnews.com
Autonomous drone intercept startup Mara raises $7M to secure the modern battlefield - SiliconANGLE siliconangle.com
Website
mara.inc ↗
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