1) Volocopter Volocopter is an urban air transportation business that creates environmentally friendly air taxis.
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Country: Germany State: Baden-Wurttemberg City: Bruchsal Started in: 2011 Founders: Alexander Zosel, Stephan Wolf Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: € 369,200,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 20 (Intel, BlackRock, Daimler, Intel Capital, Continental) You can find their website here .
2) Manna Drone Delivery Restaurant chains, dark kitchens, and online food delivery platforms can use Manna's drone delivery service stack.
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Country: Ireland State: Dublin City: Dublin Started in: 2018 Founders: Bobby Healy Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $30,200,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 13 (Founders Fund, Draper Esprit, DST Global, ff Venture Capital, Atlantic Bridge) You can find their website here .
3) Propeller Aero Propeller is a global pioneer in drone mapping and analytics solutions that empower businesses to measure and control their own operations.
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Country: Australia State: New South Wales City: Surry Hills Started in: 2014 Founders: Francis Vierboom, Rory San Miguel Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $31,979,621 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 9 (Accel, Sequoia Capital China, Costanoa Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Startmate) You can find their website here .
4) Prophesee Prophesee develops bio-inspired computer vision systems for self-driving vehicles and linked items.
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Country: France State: Ile-de-France City: Paris Started in: 2014 Founders: Bernard Gilly, Christoph Posch, Luca Verre, Ryad Benosman Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $65,346,833 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 9 (Intel Capital, European Investment Bank, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, 360 Capital, Supernova Invest) You can find their website here .
5) Wingcopter Wingcopter is an unmanned eVTOL fixed-wing aircraft company dedicated to improving people's lives all around the world.
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Country: Germany State: Hessen City: Darmstadt Started in: 2017 Founders: Ansgar Kadura, Jonathan Hesselbarth, Tom Plümmer Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $22,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Xplorer Capital, Futury Ventures, Corecam Family Office, Futury Regio Growth Fund, Hessen Kapital) You can find their website here .
6) On Robot For collaborative applications, On Robot offers plug-and-play end-of-arm tools and software solutions.
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Country: Denmark State: Syddanmark City: Odense Started in: 2015 Founders: Bilge Jacob Christiansen, Ebbe Overgaard Fuglsang Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: DKK370,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 10 (European Investment Bank, Summit Partners, Vaekstfonden, Nordic Secondary Fund, VF Venture) You can find their website here .
7) SkyDrive SkyDrive is a start-up founded by CARTIVATOR members for the creation, manufacturing, and marketing of "flying vehicles."
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2018 Founders: Matsumoto Hisashi Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: ¥5,700,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 13 (NEC Corporation, STRIVE, ITOCHU Corporation, ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Drone Fund) You can find their website here .
8) Terra Drone Terra Drone is a company that makes drones and software.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2016 Founders: Toru Tokushige Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: ¥1,510,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 3 (Venture Labo Investment, Nanto Bank, INPEX Corporation) You can find their website here .
9) Unifly Unifly is a drone integration technology that allows for the safe integration of drones into the airspace.
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Country: Belgium State: Antwerpen City: Antwerp Started in: 2015 Founders: Andres Van Swalm, Hans Schrauwen, Jürgen Verstaen, Koen Meuleman Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 23,200,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Terra Drone, PMV, SFPI-FPIM, Qbic Fund, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung) You can find their website here .
10) Yuneec Yuneec is a multirotor drone and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology firm.
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Country: Hong Kong State: Kowloon City: Kowloon City Started in: 1999 Founders: Tian Yu Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $60,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Intel Capital) You can find their website here .
11) FalconViz Falconviz uses UAVs and accompanying technology to provide end-to-end asset digitization and process digitalization services.
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Country: Saudi Arabia State: Ha'il City: Thuwal Started in: 2014 Founders: Anas Dahlawi, Luca Passone, Mohamed Shalaby, Neil Smith Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $1,769,337 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 2 (Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures, KAUST Innovation Fund) You can find their website here .
12) Dronehub Inspection and delivery using automated industrial drones, all-terrain hubs, and AI-powered software.
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Country: Poland State: Mazowieckie City: Warsaw Started in: 2015 Founders: Vadym Melnyk, Vadym Melnyk Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: PLN2,200,000 Funding rounds: 1 You can find their website here .
13) Seoul Robotics Building powerful Lidar perception software for self-driving automobiles and robots - Making robots intelligent
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2017 Founders: Han Bin Lee Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $6,100,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 7 (Artesian VC, MassChallenge, Zeroth.AI, KB Investment, FuturePlay) You can find their website here .
14) ideaForge ideaForge is a startup based in India that develops unmanned aerial systems.
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Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Mumbai Started in: 2007 Founders: Ankit Mehta, Ashish Bhat, Rahul Singh, Vipul Joshi Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $18,363,306 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 8 (Qualcomm Ventures, Infosys, BlackSoil, IndusAge Partners, Celesta Capital) You can find their website here .
15) CRON Systems CRON Systems is a deep-tech startup that develops cutting-edge situational awareness sensing technology.
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Country: India State: Delhi City: New Delhi Started in: 2015 Founders: Saurav Agarwala, Tommy Katzenellenbogen, Tushar Chhabra Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,118,618 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Techstars, VenturEast, YourNest Venture Capital, Kitaki Ventures, Techstars Adelaide Accelerator) You can find their website here .
16) DJI DJI creates cutting-edge drone and camera technologies for both business and recreational use.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Shenzhen Started in: 2006 Founders: Frank Wang Number of employees: 10001+ Funding: $105,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Sequoia Capital China, Accel, Lighthouse Capital Management) You can find their website here .
17) XAG XAG is a startup that provides drone services to the agricultural market.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Guangzhou Started in: 2007 Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: CN¥1,500,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 8 (SoftBank Vision Fund, Sinovation Ventures, GL Ventures, Hillhouse Capital Group, SFUND) You can find their website here .
18) EAVISION EAVISION is a manufacturer of intelligent gear.
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Country: China State: Jiangsu City: Suzhou Started in: 2016 Founders: Wang Xinyu, Xuesong Dong Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $40,614,526 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 11 (Temasek Holdings, Pagoda, BASF, Oriza Holdings, Continental Grain Company) You can find their website here .
19) SkySpecs SkySpecs uses cutting-edge robotics to automate the operation and maintenance of utility-scale wind turbines.
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Country: United States State: Michigan City: Ann Arbor Started in: 2012 Founders: Danny Ellis, Jonathan Bendes, Ryan Morton, Samuel DeBruin, Tom Brady Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $38,659,113 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 14 (Techstars, Endeavor Catalyst, Ann Arbor SPARK, McRock Capital, R/GA Ventures) You can find their website here .
20) Airspace Link Airspace Link is a Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) Platform for UAS/Drones that has been approved by the FAA.
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Country: United States State: Michigan City: Detroit Started in: 2018 Founders: Ana Healander, Daniel Bradshaw, Michael Healander Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $18,000,070 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 10 (Techstars, Altos Ventures, Indicator Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Ludlow Ventures) You can find their website here .
21) DroneUp DroneUp is a global network that mobilizes and supports unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) teams and operations.
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Country: United States State: Virginia City: Virginia Beach Started in: 2016 Founders: Tom Walker Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $2,300,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 (Walmart) You can find their website here .
22) PrecisionHawk Precision Hawk creates and combines commercial drone technology that revolutionizes the collecting and analysis of aerial data.
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Country: United States State: North Carolina City: Raleigh Started in: 2010 Founders: Christopher Dean, Ernest Earon Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $136,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 16 (Intel Capital, Third Point Ventures, USAA, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Millennium Technology Value Partners) You can find their website here .
23) AirMap AirMap is a platform for unmanned aircraft that provides airspace services.
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Country: United States State: California City: Santa Monica Started in: 2014 Founders: Ben Marcus, Gregory McNeal Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $78,657,664 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 22 (General Catalyst, Rakuten, Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Sony) You can find their website here .
24) Skydio Skydio creates flying drones with artificial intelligence for consumer, commercial, and government customers.
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Country: United States State: California City: Redwood City Started in: 2014 Founders: Abraham Bachrach, Adam Bry, Matt Donahoe Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $340,000,000 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 16 (Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Institutional Venture Partners, Playground Global, Next47) You can find their website here .
25) Zipline Zipline creates, produces, and operates drones to deliver critical medical supplies to anybody, anywhere.
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Country: United States State: California City: Half Moon Bay Started in: 2011 Founders: Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Will Hetzler Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $233,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 32 (Goldman Sachs, Techstars, Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, Andreessen Horowitz) You can find their website here .