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, Other rounds of the segment

  • Shield AIUnited States
    Raised
    $873M
    Rounds
    3
    Last round
    May 2026
  • Mach IndustriesUnited States
    Raised
    $600M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Sep 2026
  • AITANCountry not known
    Raised
    $41M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Sep 2026
  • IntelicNetherlands
    Raised
    $34.3M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Jul 2026
  • AuterionUnited States
    Raised
    $25M
    Rounds
    2
    Last round
    Sep 2025
  • Orqa FPVCroatia
    Raised
    $14M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Mar 2026

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 +1
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsNone
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Grant, Other rounds of the segment — 2024: $325M in 20 rounds · 2025: $44M in 25 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $1.3B in 22 rounds

Rounds 2024–2026
67
With a disclosed amount
45
Raised 2024–2026
$1.7B

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 $1.5B · Netherlands $34.3M · Germany $18.9M

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

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$600M the largest; the 10 largest add up to $1.6B.

  1. Mach Industries$600M
    Sep 2026 · Other · United States
  2. Shield AI$592M
    1 May 2026 · Other · United States
  3. Shield AI$281M
    8 Jan 2024 · Other · United States
  4. AITAN$41M
    3 Sep 2026 · Other · Deep33, Dell Technologies Capital
  5. Intelic$34.3M
    3 Jul 2026 · Other · Netherlands · Royal Netherlands Army
  6. Auterion$25M
    23 Sep 2025 · Grant · United States · U.S. Department of War
  7. Orqa FPV≈$14M
    10 Mar 2026 · Other · Croatia · AYMO Ventures, Radius Capital, Taiwania Capital and 2 more
  8. AirForestry≈$11.3M
    10 Oct 2024 · Other · Sweden · Capital T, The Swedish Energy Agency, Northzone and 5 more
  9. Twentyfour Industries≈$11.2M
    19 Jan 2026 · Other · Germany · Lakestar, 468 Capital, OTB Ventures
  10. Volatus Aerospace$10.9M
    Oct 2024 · Other · Canada

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

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Investors

69 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. Venture Kick2 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $190K · latest Nov 2025
  6. Callaghan Innovation2 rounds
    2 companies · rounds of $73.1K · latest Jul 2024
  7. Toloka.vc2 rounds
    2 companies · latest Apr 2026
  8. Deep331 round
    1 company · rounds of $41M · latest Sep 2026
  9. Dell Technologies Capital1 round
    1 company · rounds of $41M · latest Sep 2026
  10. Royal Netherlands Army1 round
    1 company · rounds of $34.3M · latest Jul 2026

Grant, Other 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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