Harris KhanOne of the biggest stories of the decade in personal technology is the rise of drones. They have completely revolutionized the photography and video industries.
Drones have been widely used in areas where it was unsafe, difficult or too expensive to get an operator into the air—such as the fight against wildfires, law enforcement, search and rescue, and aerial surveys of bridges, power stations and cityscapes.
Drones, which are flying robots, are built to order for any purpose, and startups are working on dozens of applications.
A new generation of startups are increasingly focusing on creating entirely new applications for drones, as well as on the enabling technologies. This nascent market is ready to disrupt a dozen industries within the next year.
1. Mockingbird
The idea behind this startup: Mockingbird is a new baby gear brand on a mission to empower parents.
Headquarters: New York, New York, United States
Industries: Consumer Goods, Drones, E-Commerce, Fashion, Leisure
Founders: Eric Osman
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2. Skydweller
The idea behind this startup: Skydweller Aero Inc, and would lead marketing of the drone in Italy, the United Kingdom and Poland.
Headquarters: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Drone Management, Drones
Founders: Unknown
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3. Skyqraft
The idea behind this startup: Skyqraft provides autonomous aerial infrastructure inspection.
Headquarters: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Machine Learning, Power Grid
Founders: David Almroth, Sakina Turabali, Umar Chughtai
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4. Soar Robotics
The idea behind this startup: Reliable Connectivity for the Autonomous World.
Headquarters: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Robotics, Telecommunications
Founders: Unknown
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5. Labelfuse
The idea behind this startup: Data structuring for AI simplified
Headquarters: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Drones, Health Diagnostics, Image Recognition, Machine Learning, Robotics
Founders: Jurgen Van der Vlist, Kelvin Aongola
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6. MARUT Drones
The idea behind this startup: MARUT Drones is a research and product development company using drone technology to curb mosquito menace.
Headquarters: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Information Technology, Software
Founders: Prem Kumar Vislawath
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7. Ellipsis Earth
The idea behind this startup: Ellipsis Earth specializes in detecting, categorising and tracking plastic waste in the environment and throughout supply chains
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Industries: Drones, Information Technology, Waste Management
Founders: Ellie Mackay
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8. Voliro Airborne Robotics
The idea behind this startup: Voliro develops advanced aerial robots capable of performing physical work. Voliro’s UAVs are “Hands in the Sky”
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Drones, Software
Founders: Unknown
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9. SUIND
The idea behind this startup: SUIND is an AI-based system platform for commercial drones.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Drones, Information Technology, Software
Founders: Unknown
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10. Deuce Drone
The idea behind this startup: Deuce Drone designs and operates a drone delivery system for retailers.
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Industries: Drones, Last Mile Transportation
Founders: Unknown
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11. Ware
The idea behind this startup: Autonomous, self-flying drones + AI for warehouse inventory
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Enterprise Software, Logistics, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
Founders: Ian Smith, Joseph Moster
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12. Aero41
The idea behind this startup: Aero41 is developing a drone entirely dedicated to crop protection.
Headquarters: Aigle, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Agriculture, Drones, Robotics
Founders: Unknown
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13. EcoDrone
The idea behind this startup: EcoDrone designs wind and solar powered autonomous marine drones aimed to collect Ocean Data and coastal monitoring.
Headquarters: Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Energy, Information Technology
Founders: Andrea Bertini, Marco Montagni, Nicola Di Luca
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14. AirSelfie
The idea behind this startup: Technology company that operates in the photography sector and realizes aerial cameras that enhance the photography experiences of users.
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Drones, Photography, Robotics
Founders: Unknown
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15. Tangram Robotics
The idea behind this startup: Simplified sensor integration and maintenance for autonomous robots
Headquarters: Boulder, Colorado, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drone Management, Drones, Robotics, Sensor
Founders: Adam Rodnitzky, Brandon Minor
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16. MightyFly
The idea behind this startup: Connecting remote locations with fast, low cost, long-range aerial drone delivery services
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Delivery Service, Drones, Logistics, Robotics
Founders: Manal Habib, Scott Parker
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17. Skyway
The idea behind this startup: End to end automated drone solutions
Headquarters: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Industries: Drones, Software
Founders: Unknown
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18. Space Forms
The idea behind this startup: Space Forms aims to build space drones for autonomous fault detection and maintenance of satellites and space structures.
Headquarters: Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Industries: Drones, Hardware, Software, Space Travel
Founders: Rohan Dsilva
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19. Vyorius
The idea behind this startup: Healthcare Aerial Delivery Service
Headquarters: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Industries: Delivery Service, Drones, Health Care, Logistics
Founders: Unknown
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20. AJ-Drone Ltd
The idea behind this startup: AJ-Drone Ltd is a photography and videography business.
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Industries: Drones, Film, Photo Editing, Photography, Video, Video Editing
Founders: Ashley Widowson
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21. CHECKTOBUILD
The idea behind this startup: We are an autonomous inspection service that faces overbudget and overtime in construction projects, with a differential quality value.
Headquarters: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Industries: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction, Drones, Information Technology, Smart Building, Software
Founders: Unknown
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22. Heven Drones
The idea behind this startup: HevenDrones is a drone manufacturer based in Israel focusing on the hardware and software to support heavy-lifting applications.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Drones
Founders: Bentzion Levinson, Dudu Parpara
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23. Unmanned Systems Operations Group
The idea behind this startup: A systems integration company specializing in the design and implementation of drones for Medical Asset Delivery and Coastal Security
Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Delivery, Delivery Service, Drones, Health Care, Logistics, Public Safety, Risk Management, Robotics, Security
Founders: Pharns Genece
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24. Zyro
The idea behind this startup: Zyro is an aerial drone game and brainchild of veteran engineers, drone enthusiasts, and rugby players for outdoor sport.
Headquarters: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Drones, Recreation
Founders: Unknown
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25. Brain Pool Tech
The idea behind this startup: Brain Pool Tech integrates high precision drone data with 2nd and 3rd layer data in an easy to use software eco-system
Headquarters: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
Industries: Drones, Information Technology, Software
Founders: Unknown
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26. EQUINOX’ S DRONES
The idea behind this startup: We render Specialized Drone services for projects across India, including Aerial Photography, Drone Survey, Volumetric Analysis, UAV
Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Industries: Aerospace, Drone Management, Drones, Farming, Geospatial, Mapping Services, Military, Mining Technology, Service Industry
Founders: Unknown
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27. Aero Company
The idea behind this startup: Intelligent operations and processes through drones and machien learning
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: AgTech, Big Data, Drones, IaaS, Machine Learning, Mining, Mining Technology, SaaS
Founders: Octavio Lizana
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28. DronePro USA
The idea behind this startup: Consumer and Prosumer Drones
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Drones
Founders: Fadl Azzam, Shayne Chatterton
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29. Sensefarming
The idea behind this startup: Sense farming – Farming that makes sense.
Headquarters: Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Big Data, Drones, Farming, Information Services
Founders: Unknown
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30. UAVLAS
The idea behind this startup: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES LANDING ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS
Headquarters: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Industries: Aerospace, Delivery, Drone Management, Drones
Founders: Unknown
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31. DragonX
The idea behind this startup: DragonX provides automated drone-on-demand service.
Headquarters: Benei Zion, HaMerkaz, Israel
Industries: Drones, Service Industry
Founders: Unknown
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32. BetterDrones
The idea behind this startup: Betterdrones provides training services for developing the ecosystem for the Drone industry.
Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Industries: Drones, Education, Training
Founders: Unknown
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33. Pera AI
The idea behind this startup: Pera AI provides AI-enabled power management systems and real-time monitoring of the system in electric mobile devices and EVs.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Robotics, Software
Founders: Nima Schei
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34. Minoair
The idea behind this startup: Minoair is cloud based platform to convert on-site Drone Images into 2D and 3D Maps and do analytics and collaborate.
Headquarters: Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Industries: Cloud Infrastructure, Drone Management, Drones, Information Technology, Software
Founders: Mohit Sahu, Puru Agrawal
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35. Arbito
The idea behind this startup: Arbito provides image inspection, analysis, and repair service using AI.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Internet of Things, Machine Learning
Founders: Unknown
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36. Aeronica Advance Technologies
The idea behind this startup: Aeronica Advance Technologies offers UAV survey and mapping, GIS data processing and UAV maintenance services.
Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Industries: Aerospace, Drones, Virtual Reality
Founders: Unknown
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37. Brisk
The idea behind this startup: Drone Delivery Service
Headquarters: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Industries: Drones, Logistics
Founders: Adetola Anifalaje
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38. VIZYAL
The idea behind this startup: VIZYAL creates cutting-edge computer vision & AI-based image processing solutions for Defence and Security.
Headquarters: London, England, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Drones, National Security, Software
Founders: Unknown
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39. Drone Industry Wire
The idea behind this startup: Press Release Distribution for the Drone Industry
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Content, Digital Media, Drones, Public Relations
Founders: Unknown
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40. Emi Lab
The idea behind this startup: Emi Lab is a manufacturer and seller of custom-made drones and robots.
Headquarters: Suwa, Nagano, Japan
Industries: Drones, Manufacturing, Robotics
Founders: Unknown
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41. Skartum
The idea behind this startup: Skartum offers construction stitching, documentation, drone mapping and scanning services.
Headquarters: Prestfoss, Buskerud, Norway
Industries: Construction, Document Management, Drones
Founders: Unknown
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42. Ultrabot Innovations
The idea behind this startup: Ultrabot Innovations is a group of companies. The company has subsidiaries in Recruiting Services, Investment Banking, Drone manufacturing..
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Drones, Funding Platform, Internet, Manufacturing, Recruiting
Founders: Naveen Meena
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43. JWStuff
The idea behind this startup: Online retailer specialising in Jeep Accessories and Drones.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Automotive, Drones
Founders: Unknown
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44. Prope
The idea behind this startup: Mobile App. “Prope: photographer near me” – professional photographer, videographer and drone operator, finder.
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Apps, Drones, Photography, Video
Founders: Sergii Mashevskyi
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45. Drone Aerial Mapping Inc
The idea behind this startup: Drone Service in Lincoln, NE
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Drones
Founders: Unknown
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46. All In Drone
The idea behind this startup: An All-In-One Solution to Property Drone Video Nationwide
Headquarters: Unknown
Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Drones, Video Editing
Founders: Dave Lewand
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47. PrintDrone
The idea behind this startup: PrintDrone is a robotic flying drone, able to print murals, decorations and advertisements on walls of public spaces.
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones
Founders: Unknown
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