Tag: funding
PowerUp & Parrot’s Paper-Airplane FPV Drone Hits Funding Goal in 4 Hours
PowerUp Toys says it reached its funding goal for the PowerUp FPV paper-airplane drone within four hours of launching the product on Kickstarter.As of...
Rutgers Gets Navy Funding for Developing Flying & Swimming Drone
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded New Jersey-based Rutgers University a $618,000 grant to develop a drone that...
C-mi, a ‘Pro Drone for Everyone,’ Surpasses Funding Goal
PolyHelo, a company founded by former Caltech professors, NASA scientists and Navy Seals, says it has reached its Kickstarter funding goal for the C-mi...
Not Long After New Drone Launch, 3DR Announces New Funding
Berkeley, Calif.-based drone company 3D Robotics has announced an expansion of its Series C round of financing from $50 million to $64 million. The...
Provider of Autonomous Mapping Drones Inks Funding
Identified Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based maker of self-piloting mapping drones, says it has closed a seven-figure funding round led by Birchmere Ventures. The company's drones...
DroneDeploy Announces New App, $9M Funding and Partnership
DroneDeploy, a San Francisco-based start-up that provides cloud-based software solutions for commercial drone operations, has raised Series A funding, launched a new mobile app...
With $50M Funding, 3D Robotics to ‘Bring Advanced Computing to the Skies’
Berkley, Calif.-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company 3D Robotics says it has raised $50 million in Series C financing from Qualcomm Inc., a 3G,...
With New Funding, EHANG to Ramp Up Production of Ghost Drone
EHANG, maker of the Ghost Drone, says it has closed $10 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital. EHANG says it will...
Aerial Information Platform for Commercial UAS Gets $25M Funding
Airware, a San Francisco-based creator of a hardware, software and cloud services platform for commercial drone development and operation, says it has raised $25...
Oregon Start-up Receives Funding for Precision-Agriculture UAS
Oregon BEST, a nonprofit cleantech organization, and the Portland Development Commission have awarded $150,000 to HoneyComb Corp., a Wilsonville, Ore.-based start-up that is developing...