Burlingame-based space tech startup Xona has raised $92 million in fresh funding to reimagine location services for the connected world with Xona’s Pulsar constellation, designed for satellite navigation in Low Earth Orbit, offering encrypted signals, enhanced signal strength, and centimeter-level GPS precision.

Satellite navigation, once limited to orbiting beacons enabling GPS, now gets a high-tech makeover with Xona. The new capital, which includes a $20 million non-dilutive award from SpaceWERX, brings Xona’s total funding to a robust $150 million.

According to Brian Manning, Co-Founder and CEO of Xona, GPS is one of the most important inventions of the modern world. Still, it was built for a different era.

He said, “Our mission at Xona is to rebuild the foundations of navigation and timing to meet today’s demands for accuracy, security, and resilience. With this funding, we’re accelerating from R&D to delivery at scale.”

The satellite navigation disruptor will utilize the capital to fuel the development and expansion of Pulsar, its Low Earth Orbit (LEO)-based commercial navigation system, which offers centimeter-level precision, unmatched signal strength, and military-grade encryption.

Xona’s Pulsar: Satellite Navigation Reinvented for the 21st Century

Xona’s signature innovation, Pulsar, is the world’s first satellite navigation system designed for commercial use in Low Earth Orbit. With 100 times the signal strength of traditional GPS, it penetrates GPS-denied zones, including deep urban corridors, dense forests, and even indoor environments.

By launching its production-class satellite, Pulsar-0, Xona has moved one step closer to creating a full Pulsar constellation —a network of hundreds of LEO satellites that will offer secure, high-precision navigation across the globe. The company’s advanced architecture aims to support a wide range of applications, from autonomous vehicles and robotics to precision agriculture and financial market synchronization.

The $92 million Series B round was led by Craft Ventures, with participation from Stellar Ventures, Seraphim Ventures, Toyota Ventures, First Spark, Industrious Ventures, Future Ventures, and NGP Capital.

Notably, the additional $20 million from SpaceWERX, the innovation wing of the United States Space Force, provides a significant non-dilutive boost to the company’s strategic goals. This strong backing underscores the national and commercial significance of secure satellite navigation capabilities in a world that is increasingly reliant on data integrity and accuracy.

Precision and Security at the Core

What sets Pulsar apart is not only its centimeter-level precision but also its resilience. The encrypted signals are purpose-built to resist spoofing and interference, two major vulnerabilities in legacy GPS systems.

These encrypted signals, embedded into every Pulsar transmission, will become critical as industries embrace robotics, autonomous mobility, and ultra-reliable machine-to-machine communication. With a Pulsar constellation operating in Low Earth Orbit, latency decreases, precision increases, and global coverage becomes a tangible reality.

Led by CEO Brian Manning, Xona is aggressively expanding its team, scaling manufacturing, and preparing for broader commercial deployment. The infusion of capital will support these efforts, ensuring that satellite navigation not only keeps pace with the modern era but leads it.

“Navigation and timing are invisible infrastructure—critical to everything from aviation and shipping to agriculture, finance, and autonomous systems,” Manning added. “As we scale, we’re building a new layer of infrastructure to power the next generation of progress.”

From aerospace to agriculture, and financial systems to smart cities, the future of satellite navigation now lies with high-powered, LEO-based platforms like Xona’s Pulsar constellation.

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