Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Although the commercial unmanned aviation industry is still in its infant days, the market already presented a diverse range of fantastic hardware, software and operational products. These prerequisites connected, especially in the last two years’, many accelerator, early stage and also later stage investment companies … [Read more...] about Investment Trends of the Commercial UAV market
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Drone Company Partnerships
Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Let’s summarize the companies that entered into partnerships in the drone industry last year. What is obvious is that in recent times a great deal of strategic decisions has dramatically increased the rate of partnerships either to broaden the portfolios, to occupy a niche, or to secure a position before a competitor does … [Read more...] about Drone Company Partnerships
TOP 20 Drone Operator Funding
Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Besides several startups, a few operator firms came up with innovative concepts that seem to pay off. Between 2012 and 2014, $6.3 million were invested into professional operator companies. In 2015, the number increased by 700% to $44.3 million. Given the total investments worth almost $10 million in the first quarter of … [Read more...] about TOP 20 Drone Operator Funding
Top 20 Companies in Drone Manufacturing
Guest post by Drone Industry Insights — The French drone maker Parrot (▶1) still leads global awareness followed by DJI (▶2) and Ghost-Drone manufacturer Ehang (▶3) who made up ground to the leaders. The race for the TOP20 is getting more and more exciting as the distance shortens between the competitors. As company activity and global reach increases (e.g. new products, … [Read more...] about Top 20 Companies in Drone Manufacturing
