69 Best Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Uav Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Uav Startups

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 220 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $86.2m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Charles River Analytics logo

Charles River Analytics

Charles River Analytics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based R&D solutions provider in 1983.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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World View

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.

3

Funding Rounds

$48.6m

Money raised

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AirMap

AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.

6

Funding Rounds

$46.9m

Money raised

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DJI

DJI is a Shenzen, China-based company developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology.

3

Funding Rounds

$105.0m

Money raised

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Toyon Research Corporation

Toyon Research Corporation is a Goleta, California-based company that researches and develops radio frequency and antenna systems that was founded in 1980.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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Hylio

Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.

1

Funding Rounds

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Echodyne

Echodyne is a company developing compact, solid-state, high-performance radar system founded in 2014 by Eben Frankenberg and Tom Driscoll.

5

Funding Rounds

$228.0m

Money raised

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Sabrewing Aircraft Company

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).

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

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Volansi

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.

4

Funding Rounds

$75.1m

Money raised

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Zipline (company)

Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.

10

Funding Rounds

$704.5m

Money raised

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Shield AI

Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

10

Funding Rounds

$588.1m

Money raised

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Aerones

Aerones is a company building heavy-lift drones founded in 2015 by Janis Putrams.

3

Funding Rounds

$19.6m

Money raised

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Ceres Imaging

Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.

4

Funding Rounds

$55.5m

Money raised

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Indemnis

Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.

4

Funding Rounds

$10.4m

Money raised

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BetterView

A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.

11

Funding Rounds

$29.6m

Money raised

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Dedrone

Dredrone is an airspace security platform that detects, classifies, and mitigates drone threats.

7

Funding Rounds

$128.9m

Money raised

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Osaro

An artificial intelligence company developing deep reinforcement learning technology products for industrial automation.

6

Funding Rounds

$96.3m

Money raised

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DroneDeploy

DroneDeploy is a cloud-based software that allows drones to take images and 3D models at any altitude.

11

Funding Rounds

$142.5m

Money raised

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Aerojet Rocketdyne

Aerojet Rocketdyne is a company that looks to innovate in industries of aerospace and defense markets

1

Funding Rounds

$67.0m

Money raised

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PRENAV

PRENAV is a company that is digitizing critical infrastructure in the world using AI.

6

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

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Iris Automation

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

5

Funding Rounds

$23.1m

Money raised

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Skydio

Skydio is a developer of autonomous drone robotics.

14

Funding Rounds

$681.4m

Money raised

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WiBotic

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

5

Funding Rounds

$18.4m

Money raised

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Skycatch

Skycatch is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by Christian Sanz.

7

Funding Rounds

$92.8m

Money raised

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Drone Racing League

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.

7

Funding Rounds

$69.4m

Money raised

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DroneSeed

DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.

8

Funding Rounds

$77.3m

Money raised

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Microlink devices, inc.

MicroLink devices is a Niles, Illinois-based semiconductor manufacturing company

17

Funding Rounds

$28.5m

Money raised

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TechEagle Innovations

TechEagle Innovations is an India-based drone delivery company.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

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Neurala

A company using artificial intelligence to create a platform for solving visual inspection challenges in industrial environments.

6

Funding Rounds

$32.1m

Money raised

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XAG

An agricultural technology company developing a variety of drones and smart agriculture products.

2

Funding Rounds

$201.6m

Money raised

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DroneAI

DroneAI is a company that focuses on drone navigation, founded by Nitya Singh.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Flyability

Flyability is a designer and manufacturer of drones for inaccessible places.

11

Funding Rounds

$50.2m

Money raised

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SkySafe

SkySafe is a U.S-based drone defense and airspace control solutions founded in 2015 by Scott Torborg.

2

Funding Rounds

$46.5m

Money raised

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Sofar

Sofar builds ocean sensing and exploration tools for ocean enthusiasts, industry, and conservation. Products include the Spotter weather buoy and Trident underwater drone.

3

Funding Rounds

$47.3m

Money raised

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Aerial Applications

A drone mapping company offering aerial drone mapping software.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

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Flirtey

Flirtey is a company offering drone delivery service founded in 2015 by Tom Bass.

5

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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SkySpecs

SkySpecs is a company founded in 2012 by Daniel Ellis.

9

Funding Rounds

$138.9m

Money raised

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SenSat

SenSat is a company providing data ingestion and data-based simulations to visualize and track infrastructure projects.

3

Funding Rounds

$34.7m

Money raised

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Flytrex

Flytrex is a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company founded by Yariv Bash in 2013.

6

Funding Rounds

$59.8m

Money raised

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Citadel Defense

Citadel builds an automated and modular drone defense system that uses machine learning algorithms to detect and engage drones.

2

Funding Rounds

$13.8m

Money raised

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Asylon Incorporated

Asylon provides solutions for the autonomous UAV industry.

5

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

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Flock Ltd

Flock Cover is an insurance technology startup based in London.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

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Entropix

A company offering a still image and video analytics platform using computer vision.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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Dronesmith Technologies

Dronesmith Technologies makes APIs for drone applications.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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PrecisionHawk

PrecisionHawk is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based drone company developing drone and data products for the energy, agriculture, and telecommunications industries.

10

Funding Rounds

$255.8m

Money raised

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Aria Insights

(Previously CyPhy Works) Developed autonomous drones for information gathering and search and rescue mission in dangerous environment

7

Funding Rounds

$39.1m

Money raised

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Epirus

Epirus is an El Segundo, California-based technology company founded by Max Mednik.

5

Funding Rounds

$574.6m

Money raised

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DroneBase

DroneBase is a Santa Monica, California-based logistics company founded by Eli Tamanaha.

4

Funding Rounds

$24.5m

Money raised

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Skyward (company)

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

5

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

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Wingcopter

Wingcopter is a drone manufacturer founded in 2017 by Ansgar Kadura, Jonathan Hesselbarth and Tom Plümmer.

8

Funding Rounds

$194.0m

Money raised

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3D Robotics

3D Robotics is an american technology company founded in 2009 by Chris Anderson.

4

Funding Rounds

$141.0m

Money raised

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WhiteFox Defense

WhiteFox Defense is a San Luis Obispo, California-based technology company company offering a drone airspace security platform.

4

Funding Rounds

$26.2m

Money raised

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Airobotics

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

7

Funding Rounds

$153.1m

Money raised

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STRAX Intelligence Group

STRAX Intelligence Group is a technology company.

5

Funding Rounds

$23.6m

Money raised

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Kittyhawk (company)

Kittyhawk provides an enterprise-class platform for optimizing drone workflows.

5

Funding Rounds

$9.7m

Money raised

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Matternet

Matternet makes access to goods as frictionless and universal as access to information.

7

Funding Rounds

$50.7m

Money raised

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TraceAir

TraceAir creates and develops software solutions using drone imaging to assist construction teams with creating a better picture of their projects.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

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Aerobotics

Aerobotics is a company based in Cape Town, South Africa. The company specializes in image processing and machine learning.

1

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

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Saildrone

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.

5

Funding Rounds

$188.5m

Money raised

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Manna (drone delivery company)

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.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0m

Money raised

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Elistair

Elistair is a company that develops equipment for the aviation industry.

6

Funding Rounds

$15.6m

Money raised

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Aerial Power

Aerial Power is a London-based company founded by Ridha Azaiz.

1

Funding Rounds

$40.0k

Money raised

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Xwing

Xwing is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Marc Piette.

4

Funding Rounds

$58.0m

Money raised

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Fotokite

Fotokite is a company that builds drones specifically to assist first responders.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

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SLAMcore

SLAMcore is a London-based company founded in 2016 by Jacek Zienkiewicz, Owen Nicholson, Andrew Davison, Stefan Leutenegger and Hanme Kim .

4

Funding Rounds

$27.4m

Money raised

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Nightingale Security

Nightingale Security is a company offering autonomous drone surveillance solutions founded by Jack Wu.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

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Edgybees

Edgybees is a company that develops augmented reality technologies.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

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DRONE AVIATION HOLDING CORP.

DRONE AVIATION HOLDING CORP. is a Jacksonville, Florida-based drone manufacturing company founded in 2009.

1

Funding Rounds

$125.0k

Money raised

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Gamaya

Gamaya is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Ivanov Igor, Dragos Constantin and Yosef Akhtman.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.4m

Money raised