EHANG develops the app-controlled Ghost drone and sells both consumer and industrial variants. The company plans to launch a next generation of drones this year, with both industrial and consumer models and expanded app ecosystem. It raised a $42M Series B to develop new products and improve distribution and after‑sale services. EHANG previously raised a $10M Series A nine months earlier and has more than doubled headcount to 150 employees. The company sells Ghost in 70 countries, with overseas consumers accounting for 60% of its global users. EHANG has offices in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and San Francisco and is pursuing stronger U.S. distribution partnerships. EHANG builds the Ghost Drone, a consumer quadcopter controlled via a smartphone app that uses accelerometers so users can steer by tilting their phones and tap a map to set waypoints. The company offers an SDK to enable third‑party developers and supports GoPro camera angle control; it says the Ghost Drone also includes an auto-follow capability similar to one other maker, 3D Robotics. Ghost Drone units are priced between $500 and $1,000; the company ran an Indiegogo campaign that originally targeted $100,000 and has raised more than $640,000 so far, with shipping expected next month. EHANG is prototyping additional consumer and commercial products and plans to expand its marketing and R&D teams to support growth. The team is distributed across Guangzhou, Beijing, and San Francisco and said it will use new capital to hire more staff and fulfill current orders.

Total raised

$52M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Aug 2015