DroneDeploy provides an enterprise-grade platform that captures aerial and ground-level visual data to produce maps, 3D models, and analytics for industries including construction, energy, agriculture, property, logistics, and insurance. The company has expanded beyond aerial capture to include imagery from ground-based cameras and recently updated features such as 360 Walkthrough and Vertical Flight. DroneDeploy reported 259% annual growth in enterprise use in 2020 and strong adoption among Fortune 500 customers, and it cites thousands of European users. It has achieved enterprise security certifications including ISO-27001 and SOC 2 Type 1 attestation. The company plans to use new funding to expand products beyond drones, accelerate its expansion into Europe (including launching an EMEA office), and explore strategic acquisition opportunities. DroneDeploy provides an enterprise-grade drone software solution used by more than 5,000 customers across oil & gas, construction, mining, solar, agriculture, insurance, wind, and search & rescue. Led by co-founder and CEO Mike Winn, the San Francisco-based platform has been used to map more than 100 million acres. The company offers a suite of tools for enterprise drone operations and has announced partnerships with Airbus and Skydio. DroneDeploy plans to use its recent funding to expand internationally, move into new industries, and further build out its offerings for customers. The round brought the company’s total funding to $90m, reflecting its growth and scale in enterprise drone workflows. DroneDeploy is the largest cloud-based drone data platform with a community of 30,000 users that has mapped 30 million acres in 180 countries across 400,000 job sites. The platform delivers professional-grade imagery and analysis, 3D modeling, and a real-time mapping product (Live Map) that stitches RGB and thermal imagery on the edge using iOS devices. Its App Market hosts more than 80 software integrations and the company offers enterprise cloud capabilities for scaling and securing drone operations. DroneDeploy has growing adoption in Energy, Construction, and Agriculture and has developed strategic partnerships with SoftBank, Accenture, and The Climate Corporation. The company raised $25M in a Series C and reports total equity investment raised of over $56M. It plans to use the funds to expand its ecosystem, accelerate industry-focused solutions, and invest heavily in artificial intelligence to build new workflows. DroneDeploy offers a SaaS platform that lets users plan flights, pilot drones singly or in fleets, and gather and analyze imagery to produce detailed maps and 3-D models. The technology is used across industries—most commonly in agriculture, construction, and roof inspections—and has been deployed in 130 countries. Its platform has been used to map more than 5 million acres internationally and has been applied to specialized use cases such as crash-site imaging, landfill volume measurement, and locating shallow graves. The company was founded in 2013 via AngelPad by Mike Winn, Jono Millin, and Nicholas Pilkington; Mike Winn is CEO. DroneDeploy plans to use new funding for hiring, product development, and sales and marketing, and to add more access and controls for large teams. The firm envisions making UAVs and the data they gather useful for any business and potentially integrating with autonomous ground robots. DroneDeploy provides a cloud-based SaaS platform and mobile apps that autonomously pilots drones, captures aerial imagery, and processes that data into maps and 3D models for customers in farming, construction, and mining. The platform simplifies flight planning and automates photogrammetry so users can launch flights from a mobile device and receive processed maps in minutes. Core features today focus on large-area mapping, volumetric estimates, and delivering shareable, actionable imagery; the product starts at $99 per month and is just exiting beta with an initial U.S. focus. The company plans to add deeper data processing and automated change-detection features — for example, notifying rail companies of obstructions or reporting daily changes on construction sites. DroneDeploy announced a partnership with drone maker DJI to broaden hardware compatibility and market reach. The startup is using new funding to scale operations and build the additional platform features it describes.

Total raised

$141M

Funding rounds

6

Latest round

Series E

Latest activity

Feb 2021