Funding

Raised
$14.2B
2024–2026 · all rounds
Rounds
293
226 with an amount
Venture
$12B
214 rounds · all rounds
293 rounds
Adjacent lines on charts
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
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DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Money by segment

Venture rounds of the selection: Drones $12B · Defense and security $8.1B · Marine $2.3B

A round counts in each of its segments: the lines do not add up. Q4 2026: quarter to date.

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Money by HQ country

Venture rounds of the selection: United States $6B · Germany $4.7B · Portugal $654M

Rounds without a known HQ country are left out. Q4 2026: quarter to date.

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Table
Rounds 293Investors 323

1–50 of 293 rounds

Funding rounds
CompanyAmountDateStageClassSegmentInvestorsDetails
Raven Intelligent SystemsSwitzerland$12.4K12 Aug 2025GrantGrantInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesVenture Kick
Dwarf EngineeringUkraine$15K29 Sep 2025GrantGrantDronesOutside the boundary: DronesIT Arena
Ember Flash AerospaceUnited States$26K14 Jul 2024SeedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
SYOS AerospaceNew Zealand$32.7K29 Jul 2024GrantGrantMarine, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesCallaghan Innovation
SPS Automation LimitedNew Zealand$40.5K1 Jul 2024GrantGrantDronesOutside the boundary: DronesCallaghan Innovation
DubotechBangladesh$42.5K1 Jul 2024Pre-seedVentureInspection, Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and securityStartup Bangladesh
OpronesUnited States$45K1 Mar 2026Pre-seedVentureInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
Pawaac DronesIndia$50K3 Jan 2025Pre-seedVentureDrones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security—
SwarmerUnited States$50K28 Aug 2024GrantGrantDronesOutside the boundary: DronesBrave1, SYN-RG-Ai
ElythorSwitzerland≈$56K16 May 2024OtherOtherInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesLausanne Region Entrepreneur Awards
Ascent Systems TechnologiesCanada$72.6K15 Apr 2026GrantGrantDrones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and securityInnovate BC
Bluewhite (Acquired by Elbit)Israel$90.1K9 Jan 2026Undisclosed seriesVentureMobile robots (AMR/AGV), Construction, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security—
Enigma AerospaceUnited States$100K16 May 2025GrantGrantDronesOutside the boundary: DronesMassVentures
Enigma AerospaceUnited States$120K9 Sep 2024Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesTechstars, Endless Frontier Labs
AirSafe.aiUnited States$120K8 Sep 2024Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesTechstars
Raven Intelligent SystemsSwitzerland$126K1 Jan 2026GrantGrantInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesEPFL
Raven Intelligent SystemsSwitzerland$143K1 Jan 2025GrantGrantInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesInnosuisse
Osiris ExperienceUnited States$150K17 Jan 2025Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesFusen
NiricsonCanada$155K16 Sep 2025GrantGrantInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesGerald R. Ford International Airport
Frontline RoboticsUkraine≈$159K23 Dec 2024OtherOtherDrones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and securityAngel One Fund
ElythorSwitzerland$168KJul 2024OtherOtherInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
Little Place LabsUnited States$175K1 May 2025Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
FireDroneSwitzerland≈$177K3 Nov 2025OtherOtherDrones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and securityVenture Kick
roboloonGermany$187K17 Oct 2025Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesL-Bank
Buntar Aerospace$200K11 Jun 2024SeedVentureDrones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security—
EnerComp Solutions PvtIndia$233K9 Jul 2025Convertible noteVentureDronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
VECROSIndia$250K5 Feb 2024Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesRebalance
Little Place LabsUnited States$275K1 Feb 2024Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesTechstars
Landing Zones CanadaCanada$296K7 Aug 2026GrantGrantDronesOutside the boundary: DronesNational Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, Airbus
Motion RoboticsUnited Kingdom≈$328K27 May 2025OtherOtherDronesOutside the boundary: DronesInnovate UK
KTV Working Drone Scotland NorthUnited Kingdom$393K21 Sep 2026DebtDebtDronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
Paar AutonomyIndia$394K23 Sep 2025Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesVenture Catalysts
DubotechBangladesh$400K1 Jan 2026Corporate roundVentureInspection, Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security—
CropUp - By Akson RoboticsDenmark$471K6 Oct 2025SeedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesAstanor Ventures, Mads Thuesen +1
Agape-1 TechnologyUnited States$477K16 May 2024SeedVentureMobile robots (AMR/AGV), Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security—
Ornadyne (YC P26)$500K16 Jun 2026Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesY Combinator
Seeing Systems (YC W26)United Kingdom$500K24 Mar 2026Pre-seedVentureMarine, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesY Combinator
VoltairUnited States$500K23 Jan 2026Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesY Combinator
Overwatch ImagingUnited States$500K12 Jan 2026Undisclosed seriesVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesElevate Capital
HOVERITIndia$500K29 Dec 2025Pre-seedVentureDrones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security—
Null Labs | YC F25United States$500K3 Dec 2025Pre-seedVentureMarine, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesY Combinator
SwarmerUnited States$500K5 Nov 2025Undisclosed seriesVentureDronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
Ultraview AIUnited States$546K6 Mar 2024Pre-seedVentureInspection, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesTechstars
Skyfire | LabsUnited States$620K1 Jul 2025SeedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesNew York Angels
NearthlabSouth Korea$720K14 Aug 2025Series DVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesPOSCO Investment
Lucid BotsUnited States$745K3 Mar 2026Undisclosed seriesVentureService robots, Construction, DronesOutside the boundary: DronesToloka.vc
Storming Universe LdaPortugal≈$756K14 Oct 2024OtherOtherDronesOutside the boundary: Drones—
Landing Zones CanadaCanada$851K2 Mar 2026DebtDebtDronesOutside the boundary: DronesPrairies Economic Development Canada
Kshatra LabsIndia$900K12 Sep 2025Pre-seedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesBdsVC
Zebu Intelligent SystemsIndia$1M8 May 2025SeedVentureDronesOutside the boundary: DronesBluehill Capital

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