Skapion, a defense technology company developing a mobile counter-swarm defense system for large-scale drone attacks, today announced that it has secured $36 million in Seed funding. The round was co-led by UP. Partners and Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors TBD VC, qFund and Fusion VC, new investor Stratos Ventures, and additional
investors.
The investment comes as defense organizations worldwide accelerate efforts to field scalable counter-UAS and counter-swarm capabilities in response to the growing use of mass drone attacks across modern battlefields.
Skapion is developing a mobile, end-to-end counter-swarm defense system designed to detect, engage and neutralize large-scale drone attacks. The system is being developed to support hundreds of simultaneous engagements while significantly reducing
interception costs compared with conventional air defense solutions. It is intended to operate alongside maneuvering forces or deployed in forward operating bases, critical infrastructure and fixed air-defense assets, including communication-denied ,
challenging weather conditions and contested operational environments.
The funding will accelerate engineering development, system validation and continued expansion of the company’s technical capabilities, while supporting engagement with defense organizations and strategic partners in Israel, the United States and allied
markets.
Skapion was founded by an experienced team of defense, engineering and technology leaders. The founding team includes Brig. Gen. (Res.) Pini Yungman, former General Manager of Rafael’s Air and Missile Defense Systems division and one of the architects
of Iron drone and David’s Sling – Israel’s advanced air-defense programs; Ido Bar-On, former defense executive at XTEND and retired IDF special operations officer; Gal Goren, Co-founder and CTO; entrepreneur Zafrir Yoeli; and defense entrepreneur Yaron
Karp. Skapion is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its R&D center in Ramat Gan, Israel.
“Drone swarms require a fundamentally different approach to air defense,” said Ido Bar-On, Co-founder and CEO of Skapion. “Our system is designed from the ground up to address the scale, speed and operational demands of coordinated drone attacks. This investment enables us to accelerate development, expand our engineering team and bring this capability to defense customers facing one of today’s fastest-growing operational challenges.”
About Skapion
Skapion is developing a next-generation mobile counter-swarm defense system designed to detect, engage and neutralize coordinated drone attacks at scale. Built to address the operational challenges posed by mass unmanned aerial threats, the
company’s solution is designed to provide an independent counter-swarm defense layer for military forces, critical infrastructure and other strategic assets operating in complex environments.
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