Drones

Companies

All 1,388 companies

1,388 robotics companies in the segment. By role: Robot maker 551 · Robot operator 413 · Software 382.

Robotics companies
1,388

Raised the most in the segment · Grant rounds of the segment

A company has up to three roles: the role bars do not add up to the companies of the segment.

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Funding by month

Round types
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Round typesGrant
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsDrones
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Grant rounds of the segment — 2024: $10.2M in 6 rounds · 2025: $29.1M in 12 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $495K in 10 rounds. Adjacent markets: Drones $39.7M

Rounds 2024–2026
28
With a disclosed amount
16
Raised 2024–2026
$39.8M

Columns: the round classes chosen, every round of the segment; adjacent markets are separate lines, not part of the columns. Sums include rounds with a disclosed amount only. Oct 2026: data to 24 Oct 2026.

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Funding by HQ country

United States $30.1M · Canada $524K · Switzerland $282K

Grant rounds of the segment; rounds without a known HQ country are left out.

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$25M the largest; the 10 largest add up to $39.6M.

  1. Auterion$25M
    23 Sep 2025 · Grant · United States · U.S. Department of War
  2. XTEND$8.8M
    20 Dec 2024 · Grant · U.S. Department of War
  3. Enigma Aerospace$2.5M
    12 Mar 2025 · Grant · United States · United States Air Force
  4. Enigma Aerospace$1.3M
    20 May 2025 · Grant · United States · United States Air Force
  5. Enigma Aerospace$1.3M
    21 Aug 2024 · Grant · United States · United States Air Force
  6. Landing Zones Canada$296K
    7 Aug 2026 · Grant · Canada · National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, Airbus
  7. Niricson$155K
    16 Sep 2025 · Grant · Canada · Gerald R. Ford International Airport
  8. Raven Intelligent Systems$143K
    1 Jan 2025 · Grant · Switzerland · Innosuisse
  9. Raven Intelligent Systems$126K
    1 Jan 2026 · Grant · Switzerland · EPFL
  10. Enigma Aerospace$100K
    16 May 2025 · Grant · United States · MassVentures

Grant rounds of the segment: the same rounds as the chart above.

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Investors

18 investors in the rounds of the segment; the 10 with the most rounds.

  1. MassChallenge4 rounds
    4 companies · latest Jun 2025
  2. NATO DIANA4 rounds
    4 companies · latest Jan 2026
  3. United States Air Force3 rounds
    1 company · rounds of $5M · latest May 2025
  4. U.S. Department of War2 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $33.8M · latest Sep 2025
  5. Callaghan Innovation2 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $73.1K · latest Jul 2024
  6. Toloka.vc2 rounds
    2 companies · latest Apr 2026
  7. Airbus1 round
    1 company · rounds of $296K · latest Aug 2026
  8. National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program1 round
    1 company · rounds of $296K · latest Aug 2026
  9. Gerald R. Ford International Airport1 round
    1 company · rounds of $155K · latest Sep 2025
  10. Innosuisse1 round
    1 company · rounds of $143K · latest Jan 2025

Grant rounds of the segment. The sum is of the whole rounds an investor took part in, not of its share.

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Robot models

All 30 models

30 models: 30 with our characteristics, 0 with shop prices.

Models
30
With specifications
30
With shop prices
0
  • Weight, kg 24 models · median 2.05 kg · middle half 1.22–4.08 kg · range 0.019–42.5 kg
  • Max speed, m/s 24 models · median 20 m/s · middle half 13.4–23.5 m/s · range 1.3–36.1 m/s
  • Flight time, min 24 models · median 40 min · middle half 27–47.5 min · range 4–126 min
  • Range, km 19 models · median 16 km · middle half 11–22 km · range 0.3–49 km

A box is the middle half of the models and its line the median, on an axis from the smallest to the largest value.

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Sales channels

All channels

2,979 partners of 1 brand with official partner lists; most in China 2,124 · Brazil 148 · Thailand 76.

  1. DJI2,979 partners
    93 countries · 2 countries without a partner · Global: enterprise and agriculture dealers

Partners from the brands' official lists; a partner listed for several countries counts in each.

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