Prairies Economic Development Canada · Mar 2026
PrairiesCan announced RDII funding, including $2,993,348 for Wyvern to improve ship identification and maritime monitoring capabilities.
High-res hyperspectral pictures of Earth from space
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Wyvern is an Edmonton-based Canadian hyperspectral satellite company founded in 2018 that builds and operates the Dragonette constellation to deliver high-resolution Earth-observation imagery, archive data, and free open data for agriculture, forestry, energy, mining, defence/peace-security, and environmental monitoring.
Primary product
High-resolution hyperspectral Earth-observation imagery
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Suite 466, 11007 Jasper Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 0K6, Canada
Team size
30-40 employees
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Hyperspectral satellite imagery / Earth observation
Offices
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Business model
On-demand satellite tasking
Archive library sales
Open data program (free access)
Partner-distributed data access
Analytics/reporting via partners
Funding
Stage
Growth-stage venture-backed
Total raised
$26.9M
Latest round
Strategic investment · Jan 2026
Jan 2026 · NordSpace Ventures
Seed extension / strategic investment
Oct 2024 · Squadra Ventures
Nov 2022 · Uncork Capital
Feb 2022 · Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Jan 2022 · MaC Venture Capital
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
CTO & Co-Founder
COO & Co-Founder
VP Strategic Relations & Co-Founder
Ross Blakeney
VP Engineering Programs
Director of Software
Director of Analytics and Geospatial AI
Director of Research Projects
Principal Scientist
Thomas VanMatre
Chief Revenue Officer
Work & culture
Mission-driven and rapidly growing, with messaging centered on building a better Earth from space, strong engineering excellence, and a gender-diverse leadership/DEI emphasis.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public hiring materials signal stock options, unlimited vacation, health/dental/fertility coverage, flexible hours, and hybrid work rather than a published salary range.
Benefits
Unlimited vacation
Employee stock option plan
Health and dental coverage
Fertility coverage
100% prescription coverage
Professional development support
On-sites with team-building activities
Flexible working hours
Hybrid work opportunities
Product & market
Pricing
Scene-based and area-based pricing for tasking and archive products, with free open-data access and partner-delivered analytics/services.
Differentiators
- —Highest-resolution commercial hyperspectral imagery available
- —Ready-to-task constellation
- —31 VNIR bands and 5.3 m GSD
- —Open data program with 100+ free images
- —Analysis-ready GeoTIFF/STAC delivery
- —Canadian data-regulation posture and secure delivery
- —Assured/emergency capacity and archive access
- —Deployable optics platform in development
Technology
AWS
Amazon S3
GeoTIFF
STAC
Python
Terraform
Kubernetes
Docker
Angular
React
Django
Git
Linux
QGIS
ArcGIS
Jira
Confluence
Google Workspace
Yocto
ALtium
Customers
Agriculture
Forestry
Energy
Mining
Peace & security / defence
Wildfire mitigation
Environmental monitoring
Oil & gas
Civil infrastructure
Government users
Competitors
Planet
Spire
ICEYE
GHGSat
Satellogic
Pixxel
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Latest news
BetaKit · Mar 2026
Wyvern announced partnerships with Neo Space Group and Orbital Advisors to distribute hyperspectral data and support agriculture, environmental monitoring, and pipeline monitoring use cases.
SpaceNews · Feb 2026
NordSpace Ventures made a strategic investment in Wyvern to support hardware development and Canada’s sovereign space ecosystem.
Wyvern · Sep 2025
Wyvern announced a distribution partnership with Nara Space to expand access to hyperspectral imagery across Asia.
TechCrunch · Oct 2024
Wyvern raised $6M led by Squadra Ventures, with participation from Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, the University of Alberta Innovation Fund, Accelerate Fund III, and Brent Perrot.
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