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Company overview

Global creative and storytelling studio on a mission to bring awe to live audiences through drone light show entertainment.
Founded in 2022
Boulder, Colorado, USA
69 employees (20 in marketing)
www.novaskystories.com

Salaries

Median base

$237,000

Median total

$237,000

Median experience

10 years

Submissions

3

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People

Founders

Kimbal Musk
Kimbal Musk
Chief Executive Officer
LinkedIn
Daniel Gurdan
Daniel Gurdan
Co-Founder and CTO
LinkedIn
Lucas Van Oostrum
Co-Founder
LinkedIn

Marketing leadership

Daniel Jasper
Daniel Jasper
Senior Director, Brand Partnerships
LinkedIn

Hiring contacts

Joanne Biggar
Joanne Biggar
Director of People Operations
LinkedIn

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

40 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Funding

Last raise

Seed, 7 months ago

Funding history

Aug 2025

Seed Round Nova Sky Stories

Audience

Monthly website visitors
7.5K
Month over month+87.5%
Quarter over quarter-3.8%
Top sourceDirect (63%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank37.5
Traffic source mix
Direct
63%
Search
20.4%

News

Kimbal Musk and Jeffrey Katzenberg's Nova Sky Stories Sees Drone Shows as 'Third Pillar' of Live Outdoor Entertainment
Oct 1, 2025 • TheWrap
Kimbal Musk and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Nova Sky Stories Sees Drone Shows as ‘Third Pillar’ of Live Outdoor Entertainment
Oct 1, 2025 • Yahoo
Kimbal Musk's Nova Sky Stories Stages Vatican's Largest-Ever Drone Show With 3,000 Drones And 80,000 In Attendance At Human Fraternity Summit
Sep 15, 2025 • Benzinga

Links

www.novaskystories.comLinkedInCrunchbaseX (Twitter)

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Headcount +137.9% year over year
Referral
7.7%
Social
7.1%
Paid referral
1.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

23.6K

12-mo growth

+576.6%

Monthly growth

+15%

Open positions40 open marketing positions

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Creative Director - Live Events / Storytelling

Nova Sky Stories

New York City, NY (On-site)

$190K/yr - $225K/yrIn-houseFull-time
2 months ago
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VP, Global Brand Partnerships

Nova Sky Stories

New York City, NY (On-site)

$204K/yr - $270K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level12+ years exp.
2 months ago
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VP, Global Brand Partnerships

Nova Sky Stories

Burbank, CA (On-site)

$204K/yr - $270K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level12+ years exp.
2 months ago
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Sr. Event Marketing & Experience Director

Nova Sky Stories

Boulder, CO (On-site)

$190K/yr - $220K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level
2 months ago
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Sr. Event Marketing & Experience Director

Nova Sky Stories

New York City, NY (On-site)

$190K/yr - $220K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level
2 months ago
Nova Sky Stories logo

Sr. Event Marketing & Experience Director

Nova Sky Stories

Boulder, CO (On-site)

$190K/yr - $220K/yrIn-houseFull-timeSenior level10+ years exp.
2 months ago
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Nova Sky Stories insights

Company and marketing-team signals from saved company data and employee profiles. Use this before you apply, interview, or negotiate.

Founded
2022
Headquarters
Boulder, Colorado
Employees
11-50
137.9% growth last 12mo
Marketing team
20
29% of company
9 saved employee profiles are linked to this company.

Overall company growth

Shows if the company is growing, flat, or shrinking.

Growing 137.9%
LinkedIn headcount is up 137.9% over the last 12 months.

Company stability and risk

Shows a quick risk view from growth, funding age, and news.

Main result
Low risk
Seed · Growing 137.9% last 12 months · Young company · Recently funded
Trend
2022-06-27 -> 2026-01-26
Headcount (12 months)
+137.9%
Last funding round
7 months ago
Negative news (120 days)
0
Risk score0/7

Website traffic

Shows traffic size, change, and traffic sources.

Monthly website visitors
7.5K
Month over month+87.5%
Quarter over quarter-3.8%
Top sourceDirect (63%)
Traffic source mix
Direct
63%
Search
20.4%
Referral

Competitors and search

Shows competitors and key search metrics in one view.

Main result
0 competitor sites
Search traffic: 123 organic clicks / 0 paid clicks
Organic competitors
0
Paid competitors
0
Keyword change
0
Ad budget per month
$0.0
Average search rank
37.5

LinkedIn followers

Shows follower count and growth.

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

23.6K

12-mo growth

+576.6%

Monthly growth

+15%

Job openings

Shows open jobs, growth, and role changes.

Main result
1 open jobs
Open jobs trend: —
Trend
2024-08-01 -> 2026-02-01
Open jobs growth
—
Biggest role change
—
Latest open role
Creative Director - Storyteller

Marketing team growth

Shows if the marketing team is growing, flat, or shrinking.

Unknown
We need LinkedIn role growth data for marketing-related functions.

Marketing leader strength

Shows how strong marketing leadership looks at company level.

Low
Marketing leadership appears more mid-level today. Typical leader time at company: 5.3 years.

Founder or CEO

Saved founder and CEO profiles.

Kimbal Musk
Kimbal Musk
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Gurdan
Daniel Gurdan
Co-Founder and CTO
Lucas Van Oostrum
Co-Founder

Marketing team size

Shows saved marketing team size.

20
29% of the company • 9 saved marketing people

Hiring manager

Shows saved hiring contacts for this job area.

Joanne Biggar
Joanne Biggar
Director of People Operations

First hire or larger team

Shows if this looks like one hire or a bigger team.

Looks like larger team
Based on saved marketing team size: 20.

Funding

Shows saved funding data.

Last raise
Seed
7 months ago
Funding details
Amount raised
—
Last round
Seed
Last fundraise
7 months ago

News

Shows saved company news.

Kimbal Musk and Jeffrey Katzenberg's Nova Sky Stories Sees Drone Shows as 'Third Pillar' of Live Outdoor Entertainment
Oct 1, 2025 • TheWrap
Kimbal Musk and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Nova Sky Stories Sees Drone Shows as ‘Third Pillar’ of Live Outdoor Entertainment
Oct 1, 2025 • Yahoo
Kimbal Musk's Nova Sky Stories Stages Vatican's Largest-Ever Drone Show With 3,000 Drones And 80,000 In Attendance At Human Fraternity Summit
Sep 15, 2025 • Benzinga

Marketing leadership

Shows saved marketing leaders.

Daniel Jasper
Daniel Jasper
Senior Director, Brand Partnerships
7.7%
Social
7.1%
Paid referral
1.5%