About Sky Dayton
Sky Dayton is a venture partner at Craft Ventures and a director of Xona Space Systems. He also serves on the boards of Artsy, Age of Learning, Diffbot, City Storage Systems and Loft Dynamics, as well as Stanford's Parents' Advisory Board.
He founded EarthLink in 1994 and Boingo Wireless in 2001. He previously served on Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership board.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Sky Dayton in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Xona Space Systems Inc. Current
Director
2025 – Present · Burlingame, CA
A low-Earth-orbit satellite service for precise, resilient positioning, navigation and timing.
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Craft Ventures Current
Venture partner
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Age of Learning Current
Board member
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Diffbot Current
Board member
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City Storage Systems Current
Board member
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Loft Dynamics Current
Board member
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Stanford University Parents' Advisory Board Current
Board member
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Boingo Wireless
Founder
From 2001
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EarthLink
Founder
From 1994
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Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School
Board member
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Sky Dayton works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
Xona Space Systems Inc. · Form D, Oct 23, 2026
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Brian Manning
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, director
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Adrien Perkins
Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Engineering, director

Ryan Johnson
Director

Jay Zaveri
Director
Art.sy, Inc. · Form D, Jul 17, 2017
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Robert Pittman
Director
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Sebastian Cwilich
President & COO
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Michael Farello
Director
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Wendi Murdoch
Director
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Carter Cleveland
Executive officer and director
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Richard Barton
Director
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Joshua Kushner
Director
