Mara
About
About Mara
Mara develops autonomous systems for counter-drone and saturation missions in frontline environments. Its architecture combines distributed sensing, target coordination and effectors intended to detect and neutralise large numbers of FPV aircraft across land, air and maritime operating areas.
The company designs deployable equipment for forces that need to respond to low-cost, rapidly changing threats without relying on one central sensor or interceptor. Software coordinates detection and engagement across the system, while field configuration reflects the protected area and authorised response. Mara is advancing the technology through defence development and operational evaluation.
Articles
Funding
- 2026-08-26 - Pre-seed - $7M - Mara raises $7M pre-seed for autonomous counter-UAS system
Mara completed a private financing to expand its technology and operations. - source: globenewswire.com
Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
- Freedom Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
- Indicator - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
- Khosla Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
- Night Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
- Palmdrive Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
- Protagonist - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-26
Team
- Daniel Kofman - Co-founder & CEO - Leads Mara with direct experience developing and contracting tactical uncrewed systems for U.S. government users.
- Sriram Raghu - Co-founder & CTO - Leads Mara engineering with experience across autonomous defence, embedded security and fielded government technology.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-26 - Funding - Mara raises $7M pre-seed for autonomous counter-UAS system
Khosla Ventures led the round. Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Night Capital, Palmdrive Capital, Protagonist, Freedom Fund and Indicator participated. Spike combines autonomous detection, tracking and kinetic interception in a portable counter-drone system.
Source - 2025-12-10 - Award - Mara selected for NATO DIANA's 2026 programme
Mara was named in NATO DIANA's 2026 company cohort. The selection provides access to accelerator sites, test centres and allied defence users. The company was selected in an autonomy, maritime, sensing, communications or related dual-use challenge area.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- NATO DIANA
Programme Participant - Mara selected through NATO DIANA.
Context
Shared workflows
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Context tags
- Counter-UAS mission systems - Workflow - Reviewed July 15, 2026 against the company overview and structured profile evidence: counter uas systems.
- Counter-UAS detect and defeat - Workflow - Reviewed July 15, 2026 against the company overview and structured profile evidence: counter uas detect defeat.
- Drone Swarm Defeat - Workflow - Reviewed July 15, 2026 against the company overview and structured profile evidence: drone swarm defeat.