Company

Milliray

YC W2026 startup building millimeter-wave radar systems designed from the ground up to detect and track small drones that conventional radar systems miss.

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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Status: Private

Funding

$500,000

Models

Overview

YC W2026 startup building millimeter-wave radar systems designed from the ground up to detect and track small drones that conventional radar systems miss. Founded by Dr Matthew Moore (CEO), Dr Thomas Doherty (CTO), and Dr Jordina Frances de Mas (COO). Based in London with technology developed at University of St Andrews.

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Focus (company-claimed)

Millimeter-wave radar to detect, track and classify small and nano drones, including low-cost quadcopters and autonomous swarms.

Why mmWave (company-claimed)

High-frequency radar built from the ground up for small, low-signature drones that conventional radar misses.

Deployment (company-claimed)

A passive airspace-security sensor that runs standalone or across a networked perimeter, alongside camera and acoustic arrays under the DroneTector brand.

Onboard processing (company-claimed)

Onboard compute for low-latency drone detection.

Founder backgrounds (company-claimed)

Moore: St Andrews PhD in mmWave drone detection; Doherty: Oxford DPhil; both RAEng Enterprise Fellows. Frances de Mas: St Andrews PhD in automated reasoning.

Support (company-claimed)

Backed by the UK MoD Defence and Security Accelerator, NATO DIANA and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Batch

YC W2026.

YC listing

Team of 3 in London; YC primary partner Tyler Bosmeny.

Data & sources

Government records

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

Millimeter-Wave Drone Detection Radar

High-frequency millimeter-wave radar system purpose-built to detect and classify nano drones and low-signature UAS. Integrates with camera and acoustic arrays.

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Milliray on the deployment map

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Current leadership (4)

Dr Matthew Moore CEO & Foundersecondary-verified
Dr Matthew Moore CEOSEC-verified
Dr Thomas Doherty CTOSEC-verified
Dr Jordina Frances de Mas COOSEC-verified

Founders (1)

Dr Matthew Mooresolefounded 2025-01-01

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Milliray.

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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Recent coverage

Milliray in third-party press

Milliray Asset Profile - Preqin

Jun 1, 2026

Claude's Corner: Milliray, The Millimeter-Wave Radar Startup Making Drone Threats Visible

Apr 18, 2026

Milliray: Technology to detect and track small drones - Y Combinator

Jan 1, 2026

Peers

95 peers across 1 segment. Every Milliray competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

drone(95)

57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%

Mentioned on (4)

Registry pages whose text names Milliray.

People (4)

Dr Matthew Moore, Dr Thomas Doherty, Dr Jordina Frances de Mas, Dr Matthew Moore

Financial state

Total funding: $500,000

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Timeline

Every recorded move in Milliray’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.

Funding roundSeed funding round
2026-06-01
Seed

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (2)

Common questions

What is Milliray?

What does Milliray make?

Milliray has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Millimeter-Wave Drone Detection Radar (Milliray builds physical robots).

Is Milliray publicly traded?

No. Milliray is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Milliray?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Milliray building in the same form factors include Earendil Robotics, Dominion Dynamics, Allen Control Systems, Epirus.

Who is the CEO of Milliray?

Dr Matthew Moore is the ceo of Milliray, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Milliray?

Milliray is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $500,000 in disclosed funding.

Where is Milliray headquartered?

Milliray is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

How much funding has Milliray raised?

Milliray has raised approximately $500K in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Who owns Milliray?

Milliray is privately held and venture-backed ($500,000 raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Where does Milliray operate robots?

Milliray is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Milliray a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Milliray ranks in roughly the top 100% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Milliray safe?

Milliray has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-13

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source
1: primary-government-record; Government record

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.