18 Best Aircraft Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Aircraft Startups

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There are 18 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $741.1m. The average funding per company in this subset is $41.2m.

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$23.1m

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Iris Automation is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence-based collision avoidance systems for industrial drones and other autonomous flying machines.

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5

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$18.4m

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WiBotic is a technology company specializing in wireless charging and power optimization solutions.

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7

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$194.6m

Money raised

Heart Aerospace is a company manufacturing the electric regional airplane, ES-19.

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5

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$8.3m

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Skyward developed an operations management solution for commercial drone businesses. Acquired by Verizon.

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7

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$153.1m

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Pioneer of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hardware and software platform providing fully-automated aerial data collection and analysis.

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10

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$117.4m

Money raised

AeroMobil is a prototype flying car founded in 2010 by Juraj Vaculik.

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$20.0m

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The ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and apps within a single easy to use platform.

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$2.5m

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The Company has recently released electric turbofans optimized for static thrust and VTOL/STOL.

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JetSmarter is a company providing a mobile marketplace for private jet charter.

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$20.0m

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Ewatt UAV is a California-based aircraft manufacturer.

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Luftronix is a New Jersey-based company offering drone-powered aircraft inspection services.

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$100.0m

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Reliable Robotics is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2017 by Robert Rose, John Couluris and Juerg Frefel.

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2

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$28.0m

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Elixir Aircraft is a low-carbon aircraft manufacturer for training airline pilots founded in 2014.

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$23.0m

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Tekever is a surveillance-as-a-service solutions provider founded in 2001.

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$1.8m

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Cargo Systems Inc. is a company founded in 1980.

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$2.0m

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Kane Robotics, Inc. is a company founded in 2019.

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$5.0m

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Uavionix Corporation is a company founded in 2014.

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$24.0m

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