We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.
There are 272 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $8.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $129.6m.
Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.
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$60.0m
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Amentum is a technical and engineering services partner working with the United States defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environmental programs.
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Modern Intelligence is the developer of an AI-based platform designed to enable tracking and analysis of targets using sensors in maritime military operations.
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$5.0m
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World View is a Tucson, Arizona-based developer and manufacturer of near-space exploration technology for remote sensing for scientific, commercial, economic, and military purposes and stratospheric tourism.
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$48.6m
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AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.
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$46.9m
Money raised
DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.
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$105.0m
Money raised
Toyon Research Corporation is a Goleta, California-based company that researches and develops radio frequency and antenna systems that was founded in 1980.
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$3.9m
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Anduril builds AI platforms to protect troops, fight wildfires, perform search & rescue missions, and provide border surveillance. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Irvine, California.
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$2.2b
Money raised
Adarga is a UK-based artificial intelligence software provider working with customers across defense, national security, and commercial organizations.
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$51.0m
Money raised
HawkEye 360 is a Herndon, Virginia-based data analytics company developing radio frequency mapping technologies for use in space.
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$314.2m
Money raised
Syniverse is a telecommunication company developing secure network technology to connect operators and other companies across 200 countries.
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$777.5m
Money raised
Numerica is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based space, air, and missile defense company
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$55.5m
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Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.
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Echodyne is a company developing compact, solid-state, high-performance radar system founded in 2014 by Eben Frankenberg and Tom Driscoll.
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$228.0m
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Sabrewing Aircraft Company is a Camarillo, California-based aerospace and aviation company and a developer of heavy-lift commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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$1.8m
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Rebellion Defense provides artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for the United States and United Kingdom military and civil service.
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$161.3m
Money raised
Volansi was a company offering delivery service for time-critical shipments using high-speed long-range drones. Volansi was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation in October 2022.
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$75.1m
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Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.
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$704.5m
Money raised
Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.
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$588.1m
Money raised
Securboration is a Melbourne, Florida-based security, collaboration, and intelligence solutions company founded in 2001.
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$44.6m
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SA Photonics specializes in the design and development of advanced photonic systems for military and commercial customers.
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$4.6m
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Aerones is a company building heavy-lift drones founded in 2015 by Janis Putrams.
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$19.6m
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Vita Inclinata Technologies is a company developing safety systems for helicopters and other aerospace platforms.
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$27.3m
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Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.
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$55.5m
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Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.
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$10.4m
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A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.
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$29.6m
Money raised
Capella Space is building a commercial radar satellite constellation. Its headquarters are located in San Francisco, California and it was founded in 2011.
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$177.0m
Money raised
Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.
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$128.9m
Money raised
Synapse Technology is an artificial intelligence company making deep learning and computer vision systems for field analysis related to security and defense at security checkpoints.
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$8.5m
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An artificial intelligence company developing deep reinforcement learning technology products for industrial automation.
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$96.3m
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DroneDeploy is a cloud-based software that allows drones to take images and 3D models at any altitude.
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$142.5m
Money raised
Aerojet Rocketdyne is a company that looks to innovate in industries of aerospace and defense markets
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$67.0m
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A manufacturing company that specializes in producing solutions for microsatellite operations. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Berthoud, Colorado.
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$108.5m
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PRENAV is a company that is digitizing critical infrastructure in the world using AI.
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$9.1m
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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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$23.1m
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United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing
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$13.9m
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Skydio is a developer of autonomous drone robotics.
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$681.4m
Money raised
Kleos Space is a company that provides geo-locational intelligence data services
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$2.6m
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HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation is a Maple Ridge, British Columbia-based manufacturer of military camouflage uniforms.
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$19.7k
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Skycatch is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by Christian Sanz.
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$92.8m
Money raised
Corvid Technologies is a Mooresville, North Carolina-based supercomputer company founded in 2004.
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$2.5m
Money raised
A sports company with a drone racing circuit for First Person View (FPV) pilots. It is located in New York City, New York and was founded in 2015.
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$69.4m
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DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.
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$77.3m
Money raised
MicroLink devices is a Niles, Illinois-based semiconductor manufacturing company
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$28.5m
Money raised
TechEagle Innovations is an India-based drone delivery company.
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$500.0k
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A company using artificial intelligence to create a platform for solving visual inspection challenges in industrial environments.
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$32.1m
Money raised
An agricultural technology company developing a variety of drones and smart agriculture products.
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$201.6m
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DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.
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$2.0m
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Flyability is a designer and manufacturer of drones for inaccessible places.
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$50.2m
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SkySafe is a U.S-based drone defense and airspace control solutions founded in 2015 by Scott Torborg.
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$46.5m
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Sofar builds ocean sensing and exploration tools for ocean enthusiasts, industry, and conservation. Products include the Spotter weather buoy and Trident underwater drone.
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$47.3m
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A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.
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$4.5m
Money raised
Flirtey is a company offering drone delivery service founded in 2015 by Tom Bass.
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$32.0m
Money raised
Nuspace PTE. Ltd. is a Singapore, Central Region, Singapore-based satellite manufacturer and IoT company founded by Zhen Ning Ng.
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SkySpecs is a company founded in 2012 by Daniel Ellis.
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$138.9m
Money raised
SenSat is a company providing data ingestion and data-based simulations to visualize and track infrastructure projects.
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$34.7m
Money raised
Flytrex is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company founded by Yariv Bash in 2013.
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$59.8m
Money raised
A company that designs and manufactures technology to detect chemicals via smell. It was founded in 2005 and is located in Westport, Connecticut.
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$10.2m
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Citadel builds an automated and modular drone defense system that uses machine learning algorithms to detect and engage drones.
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$13.8m
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Asylon provides solutions for the autonomous UAV industry.
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$3.4m
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Flock Cover is an insurance technology startup based in London.
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$20.0m
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A company offering a still image and video analytics platform using computer vision.
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$1.4m
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Dronesmith Technologies makes APIs for drone applications.
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$1.2m
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PrecisionHawk is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based drone company developing drone and data products for the energy, agriculture, and telecommunications industries.
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$255.8m
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(Previously CyPhy Works) Developed autonomous drones for information gathering and search and rescue mission in dangerous environment
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$39.1m
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Surface Optics Corporation offers services aimed at characterization, control, and exploitation of the optical properties of surfaces
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$7.4m
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Paragon Space Development Corporation is a company that looks to develop in-house engineering services
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$1.6m
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Epirus is an El Segundo, California-based technology company founded by Max Mednik.
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$574.6m
Money raised
DroneBase is a Santa Monica, California-based logistics company founded by Eli Tamanaha.
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$24.5m
Money raised