SwissDrones
About
About SwissDrones
SDO 50 V3 is an unmanned helicopter with redundant rotor, engine, control and communications systems. It can carry payloads above 20 kilograms for missions lasting several hours, giving operators the endurance and sensor capacity needed for pipeline inspection, maritime surveillance and search and rescue.
The aircraft supports electro-optical, infrared, lidar and other specialist payloads and can operate beyond visual line of sight through long-range communications. SwissDrones provides the aircraft, ground station, payload integration, training and mission support for customers operating across more than 30 countries.
Funding
- 2024-05-13 - Series B - >$10M - SwissDrones closes over $10M Series B growth round
SwissDrones closed more than $10 million in Series B equity growth funding. - source: swissdrones.com
- 2023-01-04 - Growth funding - SwissDrones secures seven-figure growth funding
SwissDrones secured additional seven-figure funding led by DiamondStream Partners. - source: swissdrones.com
Investors
- DiamondStream Partners - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-01-04 - latest 2024-05-13
- Chevron Technology Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-13
- Ingleside Investors - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-13
Timeline
Events
- 2025-12-17 - Deployment - SwissDrones SDO 50 completes 550 km BVLOS pipeline inspection
SwissDrones partner Xplorate used the SDO 50 UAV for a 550 km BVLOS pipeline inspection in Queensland. The mission covered regional Queensland oil-and-gas infrastructure. SwissDrones described the operation as a benchmark for long-range BVLOS industrial inspection.
Source - 2024-05-13 - Funding - SwissDrones closes over $10M Series B growth round
SwissDrones closed more than $10 million in Series B equity growth funding. DiamondStream Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures and Ingleside Investors participated in the round. The financing supported aerial intelligence systems for defense, inspection and public-safety applications.
Source - 2023-01-04 - Funding - SwissDrones secures seven-figure growth funding
The round supported long-range uncrewed helicopter systems for inspection, surveillance and public safety. Existing investors also participated in the financing.
Source
Context
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Shared workflows
- Safe Pro Group
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Drone Volt
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- heliguy
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Zeitview
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
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workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Dronehub
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Arkion
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Aerobotics
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Aerodyne Group
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- Drone Harmony
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
- LiDARUSA
workflow adjacency - Aerial Inspection
Context tags
- Aerial inspection - Workflow - SwissDrones's robotics products or services are relevant to aerial inspection workflows.
- UAV platform builder - Stack Layer - Profile source supports this robotics context.
- VTOL UAV builder - Stack Layer - Profile source supports this robotics context.
- Commercial drone OEM - Stack Layer - SwissDrones belongs in the commercial drone oem peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
- Fixed-wing VTOL drone OEM - Stack Layer - SwissDrones's robotics role maps to the fixed-wing vtol drone oem stack layer.