The domain firefly.co belongs to a New York-based AI/IoT safety startup (founders: James Batt Buckley, Alex Penn; founded 2024; 16 employees). The financing data in the evidence set belongs to Firefly Aerospace Inc. (Leander, TX; S-1 filed May 2026). These are two different companies. No financing data for the firefly.co entity is present in the supplied evidence.[1][2][17][7]

Firefly Aerospace closed a $175M Series D on November 12, 2024, at a stated valuation of more than $2 billion. The round was described as oversubscribed and closed in under two months. Lead investor: RPM Ventures (new). Additional new investors: GiantLeap Capital and Human Element. Existing investors also participated. Valuation figure comes from company press release; no independent verification in the evidence.[7][10][9][12]

Firefly Aerospace Inc. filed an S-1 with the SEC on May 26, 2026. Total pre-IPO capital raised and IPO terms are not disclosed in the supplied evidence excerpt.[17]

No funding amount, investors, or valuation are disclosed in the supplied evidence for the firefly.co safety startup. The company appears to be pre-institutional or has not disclosed financing publicly.[1][2]

James Batt Buckley, Founder & CEO[1][2][3][24]

Alex Penn, Founder & CTO[1][2][3][24]

Verkada · verkada.com · James Batt Buckley previously worked on Verkada Alarms, and Firefly's AI + IoT safety stack targets the same buyer and workflow as Verkada's physical security platform.[2]

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