6
Funding Rounds
$46.9m
Money raised
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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3
Funding Rounds
$105.0m
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DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.
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Key people:
- Frank Wang *****.****@dji.com
9
Funding Rounds
$3.9m
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.
1
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Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.
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3
Funding Rounds
$42.0m
Money raised
Starfish Space develops and provides autonomous satellite servicing solutions, such as satellite life extension, recovery, and debris removal.
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- Austin Link ******@starfishspace.com
- Trevor Bennett ******@starfishspace.com
5
Funding Rounds
$228.0m
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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.
Key people:
- Tom Driscoll ***@echodyne.com
4
Funding Rounds
$75.1m
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.
10
Funding Rounds
$704.5m
Money raised
Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.
Key people:
- Keenan Wyrobek ******@flyzipline.com
- Keller Rinaudo linkedin
- Will Hetzler ****.*******@boulderingproject.com
10
Funding Rounds
$588.1m
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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- Ryan Tseng linkedin
- Brandon Tseng linkedin
- Andrew Reiter *******@bostondynamics.com
3
Funding Rounds
$19.6m
Money raised
Aerones is a company building heavy-lift drones founded in 2015 by Janis Putrams.
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- Janis Putrams *****.*******@aerones.com
- Dainis Kruze ******.*****@aerones.com
4
Funding Rounds
$55.5m
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Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.
4
Funding Rounds
$10.4m
Money raised
Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.
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- Amber McDonald *****@indemnis.com
- Alan Erickson ****@praeclarumideas.com
- Mackenzie Banbury linkedin
11
Funding Rounds
$29.6m
Money raised
A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.
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- David Lyman (entrepreneur) *****.*****@nearmap.com
- David Tobias (entrepreneur) *****.******@nearmap.com
7
Funding Rounds
$128.9m
Money raised
Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.
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- Rene Seeber ****.******@dedrone.com
- Ingo Seebach
- Joerg Lamprecht linkedin
6
Funding Rounds
$96.3m
Money raised
An artificial intelligence company developing deep reinforcement learning technology products for industrial automation.
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Key people:
- Itamar Arel ******@moradoventures.com
- Derik Pridmore *****@osaro.com
- Michael Kahane **@osaro.com
14
Funding Rounds
$851.4m
Money raised
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
11
Funding Rounds
$142.5m
Money raised
DroneDeploy is a cloud-based software that allows drones to take images and 3D models at any altitude.
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Key people:
- Nicholas Pilkington ****@dronedeploy.com
- Jono Millin ****@dronedeploy.com
6
Funding Rounds
$9.1m
Money raised
PRENAV is a company that is digitizing critical infrastructure in the world using AI.
5
Funding Rounds
$23.1m
Money raised
Iris Automation is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence-based collision avoidance systems for industrial drones and other autonomous flying machines.
7
Funding Rounds
$92.8m
Money raised
Skycatch is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by Christian Sanz.
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7
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$69.4m
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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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8
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$77.3m
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DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.
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Key people:
- Grant Canary *****@mastreforest.com
1
Funding Rounds
$500.0k
Money raised
TechEagle Innovations is an India-based drone delivery company.
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- Anshu Abhishek *****@techeagle.in
- Vikram Singh ******@techeagle.in
6
Funding Rounds
$32.1m
Money raised
A company using artificial intelligence to create a platform for solving visual inspection challenges in industrial environments.
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- Heather Ames Versace
- Massimiliano Versace (entrepreneur) ********@neurala.com
- Anatoly Gorshechnikov
2
Funding Rounds
$201.6m
Money raised
An agricultural technology company developing a variety of drones and smart agriculture products.
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Key people:
- Justin Gong ******@xa.com
- Bin Peng
1
Funding Rounds
Autel Robotics is a company offering drones for capturing and streaming high-quality and thermal video.
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11
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$50.2m
Money raised
Flyability is a designer and manufacturer of drones for inaccessible places.
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- Adrien Briod ******.*****@flyability.com
- Patrick Thevoz *******.******@flyability.com
2
Funding Rounds
$2.0m
Money raised
DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.
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2
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$46.5m
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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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- Grant Jordan (entrepreneur) *****@skysafe.io
- Scott Torborg *****.*******@crowdsupply.com
2
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$4.5m
Money raised
A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.
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3
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$47.3m
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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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- Eric Stackpole ****.*********@sofarocean.com
- David Lang (entrepreneur)
5
Funding Rounds
$32.0m
Money raised
Flirtey is a company offering drone delivery service founded in 2015 by Tom Bass.
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9
Funding Rounds
$138.9m
Money raised
SkySpecs is a company founded in 2012 by Daniel Ellis.
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3
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$34.7m
Money raised
SenSat is a company providing data ingestion and data-based simulations to visualize and track infrastructure projects.
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- James Dean (entrepreneur) *****.****@sensat.co.uk
- Harry Atkinson (entrepreneur)
6
Funding Rounds
$59.8m
Money raised
Flytrex is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company founded by Yariv Bash in 2013.
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- Amit Regev ****@flytrex.com
- Yariv Bash *****@flytrex.com
2
Funding Rounds
$13.8m
Money raised
Citadel builds an automated and modular drone defense system that uses machine learning algorithms to detect and engage drones.
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- Joseph Makol ******.*****@lunaintelligence.ai
- Daniel Magy
5
Funding Rounds
$3.4m
Money raised
Asylon provides solutions for the autonomous UAV industry.
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- Damon Henry *****@asylonrobotics.com
- Adam Mohamed ********@alum.mit.edu
- Brent McLaughlin *****@asylonrobotics.com
2
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$20.0m
Money raised
Flock Cover is an insurance technology startup based in London.
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- Ed Leon Klinger **@flockcover.com
- Antton Peña ******@flockcover.com
2
Funding Rounds
$1.4m
Money raised
A company offering a still image and video analytics platform using computer vision.
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- Nathan Wheeler ********@networkoptix.com
- Michael Korkin *******@entropix.com
- Dwight Linden
6
Funding Rounds
$1.2m
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Dronesmith Technologies makes APIs for drone applications.
10
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$255.8m
Money raised
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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$39.1m
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(Previously CyPhy Works) Developed autonomous drones for information gathering and search and rescue mission in dangerous environment
5
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$574.6m
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Epirus is an El Segundo, California-based technology company founded by Max Mednik.
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- John Tenet linkedin
- Bo Marr ******@gmail.com
- Max Mednik ***@epsilon3.io
5
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$8.3m
Money raised
Skyward developed an operations management solution for commercial drone businesses. Acquired by Verizon.
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- Eric T. Ringer ****.******@rantizo.com
- Dana Maher ****.*****@verizon.com
- Jonathan Evans ******@verizon.com
8
Funding Rounds
$194.0m
Money raised
Wingcopter is a drone manufacturer founded in 2017 by Ansgar Kadura, Jonathan Hesselbarth and Tom Plümmer.
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- Ansgar Kadura ******@wingcopter.com
- Jonathan Hesselbarth ***********@wingcopter.com
- Tom Plümmer ***@wingcopter.com
4
Funding Rounds
$24.5m
Money raised
DroneBase is a Santa Monica, California-based logistics company founded by Eli Tamanaha.
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4
Funding Rounds
$141.0m
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3D Robotics is an american technology company founded in 2009 by Chris Anderson.
4
Funding Rounds
$26.2m
Money raised
WhiteFox Defense is a San Luis Obispo, California-based technology company company offering a drone airspace security platform.
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7
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$153.1m
Money raised
Pioneer of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hardware and software platform providing fully-automated aerial data collection and analysis.
5
Funding Rounds
$23.6m
Money raised
STRAX Intelligence Group is a technology company.
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- Rex Ciavola ********@straxintelligence.com
- Scott Adams ******@straxintelligence.com
5
Funding Rounds
$9.7m
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Kittyhawk provides an enterprise-class platform for optimizing drone workflows.
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- Jon Hegranes ********@global.t-bird.edu
- Joshua Ziering ****@aloft.ai
7
Funding Rounds
$50.7m
Money raised
Matternet makes access to goods as frictionless and universal as access to information.
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1
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$3.5m
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TraceAir creates and develops software solutions using drone imaging to assist construction teams with creating a better picture of their projects.
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- Nikita Ushakov *.*******@traceair.net
- Ivan Lvov (entrepreneur) *.****@traceair.net
- Dmitry Korolev *.*******@traceair.net
1
Funding Rounds
$17.0m
Money raised
Aerobotics is a company based in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in image processing and machine learning.
5
Funding Rounds
$188.5m
Money raised
Saildrone designs, manufactures and operates a global fleet of wind and solar powered ocean drones, providing in-situ data collection services, global ocean data sets and enhanced weather forecast applications.
1
Funding Rounds
$25.0m
Money raised
Manna is a business to business drone delivery company. The founder and CEO is Bobby Healy. There are two offices, one situated in Dublin, Ireland and another in Wales. Manna is within the drone delivery market.
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$30.5m
Money raised
Fortem Technologies is the leader in airspace awareness, security, and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones.
6
Funding Rounds
$15.6m
Money raised
Elistair is a company that develops equipment for the aviation industry.
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- Timothee Penet *.*****@elistair.com
- Guilhem de Marliave *.**********@elistair.com
1
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$20.5m
Money raised
Fotokite is a company that builds drones specifically to assist first responders.
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7
Funding Rounds
$27.5m
Money raised
Raptor Maps is a company that is building software with the use of drones and machine vision to help farms increase productivity.
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Key people:
- Nikhil Vadhavkar ******@raptormaps.com
- Eddie Obropta *****@raptormaps.com
1
Funding Rounds
$40.0k
Money raised
Aerial Power is a London-based company founded by Ridha Azaiz.
4
Funding Rounds
$27.4m
Money raised
SLAMcore is a London-based company founded in 2016 by Jacek Zienkiewicz, Owen Nicholson, Andrew Davison, Stefan Leutenegger and Hanme Kim .
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- Stefan Leutenegger ******@slamcore.com
- Owen Nicholson ****@slamcore.com
- Jacek Zienkiewicz *****@slamcore.com
4
Funding Rounds
$72.5m
Money raised
A software company offering a pilotless, AI security solution for commercial applications.
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- Sagi Blonder ****@percepto.co
- Raviv Raz *****@percepto.co
- Ariel Avitan *****@percepto.co
2
Funding Rounds
$8.6m
Money raised
Nightingale Security is a company offering autonomous drone surveillance solutions founded by Jack Wu.
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2
Funding Rounds
$16.4m
Money raised
Gamaya is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Ivanov Igor, Dragos Constantin and Yosef Akhtman.
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Key people:
- Ivanov Igor (entrepreneur) ****.******@gamaya.com
- Dragos Constantin
- Yosef Akhtman
3
Funding Rounds
$59.6m
Money raised
DRONAMICS is an autonomous cargo drone airlines founded in 2014 by Svilen Rangelov.
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Key people:
- Svilen Rangelov ******@dronamics.com
- Konstantin Rangelov **********@dronamics.com
3
Funding Rounds
$61.7m
Money raised
Kespry provides a touchless drone-based aerial intelligence platform for organizations in a variety of industries.
2
Funding Rounds
$25.0m
Money raised
Airspace Systems uses machine vision and deep learning to detect anomalies and classify rogue drones.
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Key people:
- Noah Moore ****@airspace.co
- Earl Stirling linkedin
- Jaz Banga linkedin
9
Funding Rounds
$26.9m
Money raised
Droneshield is a company that offers security drones to its clients.
Location:
Key people:
- Brian Hearing linkedin
- John Franklin ****.********@droneshield.com