Thousands of new startups are founded every year – emerging companies with the potential to disrupt the drone industry. To give you a head-start on emerging technologies and startups that will impact the industry in 2022, we analyzed a total of 756 global drone startups & scaleups. Meet 5 of the most promising startups to watch!
Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Drone Startups to Watch in 2022
Out of 756, the 5 drone startups to watch are chosen through the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering over 2 093 000+ startups & scaleups globally. As the world’s largest resource for data on emerging companies, the SaaS platform enables you to identify relevant startups, emerging technologies & future industry trends quickly & exhaustively.
The Global Startup Heat Map below highlights the 5 drone startups you should watch in 2022 as well as the geo-distribution of the other 751 startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. We hand-picked the 5 highlighted drone startups based on our data-driven startup scouting approach, taking into account factors such as location, founding year, the relevance of technology, and funding, among others.
Prometheus advances Natural Resource Management
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Partner for: Forest Mapping, Remote Sensing
Industries: Sustainability, Emergency Response
Polish startup Prometheus manufactures drones for natural resource management. Its product, Prometheus UAV GSM 077, maps forests to collect information on the vastness of forests, canopy coverage, and the number of trees. The startup’s drones also conduct aerial surveys of rainforests to determine where trees are affected by human activity and share this data with the relevant authorities, including illegal mining. Moreover, they enable seedling and agrochemical distribution in wooded areas where physical plantation and spraying are challenging.
AldoraTech provides Last-Mile Delivery
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Partner for: Delivery Drones, Parcel Delivery
Industries: Healthcare, Logistics, Emergency Response
AldoraTech is a Spanish startup that provides delivery drones and a software platform to control and monitor them. Its drones, A14M and AT-Bay, are compact and feature silent propulsion. They do not need a runaway or landing site, enabling faster service. Additionally, it is possible to adapt AT-Bay to any operation cases such as transport containers, support for gimbals, turrets, and LIDAR sensing, among others. These drones find application in healthcare and emergency response, enabling timely delivery of urgent medical materials and samples.
FLOX enables Field Monitoring
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Partner for: Pest Monitoring
Industries: Agriculture, Wildlife Management
Swedish startup FLOX makes autonomous drones for field monitoring. The drones patrol the fields to detect wild animals inside and nearby the fields. They then classify the animal species using computer vision algorithms and keep them away using adaptive ultrasonic repellents. This prevents damage of crops by wild animals as well as enables the protection of young forests. The drones also prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions, analyze animal behavior patterns, and provide statistics on wildlife in the area.
Eagletronics Aviation offers Construction Site Monitoring
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Islampur, India
Partner for: Site Survey, Volumetric Estimation
Industries: Construction, Agriculture, Railroads
Eagletronics Aviation is an Indian startup that provides construction site monitoring. Its drones monitor the quality of pores and elevations, inspecting structural weaknesses. The drones transmit high-resolution photographs and videos to the construction management team. This allows the management teams to review all aspects of the construction process and to make informed decisions on the spot, thus saving time and resources. Additionally, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) track the equipment within construction sites, allowing the teams to remotely monitor the inventories instead of manually navigating the sites.
Engineers with Drones facilitates Industrial Inspections
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Cork, Ireland
Partner for: Bridge & Building Inspections
Industries: Construction, Real Estate, Telecom, Energy
Irish startup Engineers with Drones enables industrial inspections with UAVs. It inspects public infrastructure like bridges, railways, and water towers with applications in industries such as construction, real estate, telecom, and energy. For example, drones provide a faster and more efficient inspection of telecom towers. It reduces the risks associated with manual inspection and eliminates the possibility of human errors. Similarly, it allows energy companies to conduct asset maintenance surveys and inspections with minimal downtime and increased safety and accuracy.
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