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Swift Navigation Inc.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | GNSS Corrections, Network RTK, PPP-RTK, Software, Technology, Technology Consulting. |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States |
Area served | |
| Website | swiftnav.com |
Swift Navigation is an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices and engineering teams located in Germany, Japan, Australia, South Korea, United Kingdom and Sweden to support its global customer base. The company specializes in high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) solutions and provides a software as a subscription service that enhances GPS accuracy for applications in autonomous vehicles, robotics, agriculture, geospatial mapping, and construction.
The Swift Navigation software product portfolio includes Skylark® Precise Positiong Service which comes in three variants: Nx RTK, Cx and Dx; and also Starling Positioning Engine. Up until 20XX Swift was a hardware company, with their lead product line being Piksi Multi GNSS receiver board which was discontinued in 2024[1]. They also produced the Duro ruggedized receiver whose production rights were bought by Cargenie Robotics in 2024[2].
Its software operates on any device with XXX gnss receiver / RTCM. Skylark has been used to. Skylark software uses advanced atmospheric modeling to improve GPS positioning.
History
Swift Navigation was founded in 2012 in San Francisco, California, by Fergus Noble, Colin Beighley, and Timothy Harris. The company initially gained attention for its low-cost, high-accuracy GNSS receivers aimed at replacing expensive traditional positioning systems. Over the years, Swift Navigation has refocused its product offering away fom hardware to prioritize on cloud-based GNSS correction services, catering to a global customer base in industries requiring precise location data.
Applications
Swift Navigation’s technology is used in a variety of industries, including:
- Automotive – Self-driving cars and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)
- Robotics
- Drones
- Fleet Management
- Precision Agriculture
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Construction, Mining & Utilities
- Rail & Transport
Partnerships and Collaborations
Swift Navigation has developed extensive industry partnerships with MNOs and GNSS hardware OEMs spanning modules, chipsets and receivers.
Funding Rounds
Swift Navigation has succesfully undertaken 5 rounds of fundraising and is backed by firms such as Qualcomm Ventures, SK Inc., KDDI Open Innovation Fund, First Round Capital, Felicis Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Potentum Partners and TELUS Ventures.
- Series D in 2022: $100 million[3]
- Series C in 2021: $50 million[4]
- Series B in 2017: $34 million[5]
- Series A in 2015: $11 million[6]
- Seed in 2014: $2.6 million[7]
See Also
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Satellite Navigation
- GNSS Augmentation
- Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Positioning
- Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
References
- ^ "Piksi Multi End Of Life Notice". Swift Navigation Support. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Demaitre, Eugene (2024-08-21). "Carnegie Robotics acquires Duro positioning product line from Swift Navigation". The Robot Report. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Navigation, Swift (2022-10-18). "Swift Navigation Raises $100 Million Series D Financing Round to Bring Safe and Precise Navigation to Every Vehicle on the Planet". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ Heles, Thierry (2021-02-15). "Swift Navigation accelerates with $50m series C -". globalventuring.com. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ SuperbCrew (2017-07-28). "Swift Navigation Raises $34M Series B Funding To Improve The Precision Navigation Required By Autonomous Vehicles". SuperbCrew. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Swift Navigation raises $11M Series-A round for high-accuracy RTK GPS for autonomous vehicles". Green Car Congress. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
- ^ "Swift Navigation Homes in on $2.6M Seed Round for Ultra-Accurate GPS". Wall Street Journal. 2014-08-22. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-03-06.