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Mara raises $7M

Mara announced a Pre-Seed round of $7M on 26 August 2026. The company operates in Defense & GovTech and is based in United States. It was founded by Daniel Kofman, Co-founder & CEO. Announced 41 days ago.

Raised
$7M
Stage
Pre-Seed
Industry
Defense & GovTech
Country
United States

Founder

Daniel Kofman
Co-founder & CEO, Mara
LinkedIn profilemara.inc

Outreach angles

  • -Co-founded Mara and serves as CEO, building the Spike counter-drone system around a Spotter sensor unit and a 250-gram Seeker interceptor.
  • -Priced Mara's interceptors to match the low cost of the FPV drones they defend against, rather than competing on exotic hardware.
  • -Just raised a $7M pre-seed led by Khosla Ventures with a16z Speedrun and other backers to scale production.

Signals

Pre-SeedHardwareDeep TechRegulated IndustryB2B

Round details

Company: Mara
Domain: mara.inc
Amount: $7M
Stage: Pre-Seed
Industry: Defense & GovTech
Country: United States
Announced: 26 August 2026
Source: announcement

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