In a demonstration of how smart strategic investments can pay off Airware, a firm providing the construction and insurance markets with drone driven business intelligence services and analytics, announced today that it has secured a strategic investment from Caterpillar Ventures. The investment will enable Airware to accelerate programs that enable dealers to offer solutions … [Read more...] about Airware Acquisition of Redbird Pays Off with Caterpillar Investment / Distribution
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Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
A growing turn-key drone company knows the old saying is true—“a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”—especially when it comes to expanding into a dynamic new UAV market. Airware – a California-based enterprise firm – acquired Redbird, a Paris-based UAV cloud/data telemetry company in a deal last week that will fly Airware higher into the growing, drone-based … [Read more...] about Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
Redbird Expects to Fly Into US by End of Year to Serve Construction Market
Redbird, a drone analytics company based in France, is growing its American presence, setting up a headquarters in San Francisco. Emmanuel de Maistre, CEO and co-founder of the company, told DroneLife he expects the new US unit to be operational by the end of the year. Started in 2013, Redbird provides comprehensive, cloud-based drone analytics to large industrial … [Read more...] about Redbird Expects to Fly Into US by End of Year to Serve Construction Market
Airware Announces Commercial Drone Fund to Invest in Early Stage Drone Startups
Airware is one of, if not the, most well funded drone startups in the world. They manufacture a very sophisticated drone operating system that integrates the company's hardware, software, and cloud storage capabilities to do a lot of fancy flying and aerial data collection. But, despite Airware's extremely advanced, science-fiction-made-real, technology there is still a lot of … [Read more...] about Airware Announces Commercial Drone Fund to Invest in Early Stage Drone Startups
French Energy Company Invests in Drones
(Source: UPI) French energy company GDF Suez said Wednesday it was investing in Redbird, a civilian drone company, to monitor natural gas infrastructures. The French company's venture capital subsidiary said it invested $2.1 million in Redbird to facilitate drone monitoring of natural gas infrastructure, survey topography and monitor "security for public … [Read more...] about French Energy Company Invests in Drones