Deep Forestry
About
About Deep Forestry
Deep Forestry automates individual-tree inventory by flying small drones beneath the canopy, where trunks and lower vegetation are visible. LiDAR and RGB sensors capture each stem during autonomous flight, then cloud processing derives diameter, height, volume, species and health. Results are delivered as georeferenced tree records and spatial models rather than plot-level estimates from a limited manual sample.
Foresters use this inventory for harvest and logistics planning, wildfire fuel analysis, biomass and carbon measurement, reforestation monitoring and biodiversity reporting. Projects with forestry providers in Sweden and Spain and Kajima in Japan have moved the system into operational surveys across multiple continents. By May 2026, Deep Forestry reported more than 1,000 autonomous under-canopy flights and raised €3 million to expand commercial teams and integrations around its forestry data layer.
Products
Deployments
- Operating use
2026-05-07 - Deep Forestry reported that its autonomous drones had completed more than 1,000 under-canopy flights across forests on multiple continents. - cumulative company fleet across multiple continents
Source
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Ouster
Inbound - Perception - Deep Forestry autonomous survey drone uses Ouster LiDAR
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Funding
- 2026-05-07 - Seed - $3.5M - Deep Forestry raises €3M for autonomous under-canopy forest drones
Deep Forestry raised €3 million led by Fairpoint Capital. - source: deepforestry.com
Investors
- Arbor Day Foundation Impact Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-07
- Fairpoint Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-07
- First Gate Invest - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-07
- Spatial Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-07
- Superorganism - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-07
Team
- Levi Farrand - CEO - Farrand leads Deep Forestry as it uses robotics and geospatial AI to collect forest data for carbon, biomass, and climate-resilience applications.
Research
- Vinnova reports Hyper-Forest autonomous under-canopy drone prototype testing
2024-01-25 - Research Publication - The project built an autonomous drone prototype for flying below forest canopy. Vinnova said testing against existing methods was successfully achieved in late 2023. Deep Forestry was identified as the commercial service provider for the project.
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Timeline
Events
- 2026-05-07 - Funding - Deep Forestry raises €3M for autonomous under-canopy forest drones
Fairpoint Capital led the €3 million round. Superorganism, Spatial Capital, the Arbor Day Foundation's Impact Fund and First Gate Invest also participated. Deep Forestry will expand its technical and commercial teams and establish a presence in additional forestry markets.
Source - 2025-03-18 - Award - Deep Forestry wins CMPC Smart Forest Solutions Challenge
Foresight Canada described Deep Forestry's approach as autonomous drones and AI for tree-level forest analysis. The win gave Deep Forestry an opportunity to co-create a pilot proposal with CMPC. The challenge focused on water management and sustainable forest monitoring for global plantations.
Source - 2024-01-25 - Research Publication - Vinnova reports Hyper-Forest autonomous under-canopy drone prototype testing
The project built an autonomous drone prototype for flying below forest canopy. Vinnova said testing against existing methods was successfully achieved in late 2023. Deep Forestry was identified as the commercial service provider for the project.
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Context
Comparable profiles
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stack adjacency - Aerial Mapping Robot Oem
- Differential Robotics
stack adjacency - Aerial Mapping Robot Oem
- C-Astral
stack adjacency - Aerial Mapping Robot Oem
- Superwake
stack adjacency - Aerial Mapping Robot Oem
- Feima Robotics
stack adjacency - Aerial Mapping Robot Oem
Shared workflows
- JOUAV
workflow adjacency - Aerial Mapping
- Wingtra
workflow adjacency - Aerial Mapping
- A-techSYN
workflow adjacency - Aerial Mapping
Context tags
- Aerial mapping robot OEM - Stack Layer - Deep Forestry uses autonomous drones for under-canopy forest mapping.
- Aerial Mapping - Workflow - Deep Forestry targets precision forest inventory and spatial mapping.