Azur Drones
About
About Azur Drones
Skeyetech combines a multirotor aircraft with an automated docking station, weather monitoring and remote-control software. The drone launches from the enclosure, flies a scheduled or alarm-triggered route, collects visual or thermal imagery and returns for automated landing and charging. Remote operators can supervise several installed systems without placing a pilot permanently at each site.
Industrial customers use the platform for perimeter security, flare and asset inspection, leak detection and incident response. The aircraft can examine corrosion, cracks, welds and other visible conditions while the station keeps it available between missions. Azur supplies the drone, dock, command platform, integration and operational support for routine and beyond-visual-line-of-sight services at regulated sites.
Products
Funding
- 2020-07-02 - Additional financing - $2.9M - Azur Drones raises additional $2.9M for Skeyetech
Azur Drones raised an additional $2.9 million for its Skeyetech autonomous drone system. - source: suasnews.com
- 2019-05-27 - Growth funding - $10M - Azur Drones raises $10M for autonomous drone development
Azur Drones raised $10 million to support autonomous drone development and marketing. - source: dronelife.com
Team
- Viviane Bretagne - CEO - Leads Azur Drones' automatic drone surveillance and inspection business.
- Jean-Marc Crépin - Chairman of the Board and Senior Advisor - Provides board and advisory continuity for Azur Drones after leading the company's development in automatic industrial surveillance drones.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-27 - Acquisition - Tonner Drones signs binding protocol to acquire Azur Drones
The proposed transaction covers Azur Drones' assets, technology and key employees, with operations planned to restart debt-free under a reduced workforce. Tonner plans to fund the acquisition from cash on hand; consideration and closing date were not disclosed. Skeyetech had logged more than 62,000 autonomous BVLOS flights in 11 countries, but no exact product variant was identified.
Source - 2020-07-02 - Funding - Azur Drones raises additional $2.9M for Skeyetech
The financing came from a French private investor. Azur Drones said it had raised nearly $29 million in under four years.
Source - 2019-05-27 - Funding - Azur Drones raises $10M for autonomous drone development
The financing supported Skeyetech autonomous surveillance drone commercialization. The round brought Azur Drones cumulative fundraising to nearly $23 million since 2016.
Source - 2019-01-17 - Regulatory - Azur Drones Skeyetech receives autonomous flight approval
The approval covered Skeyetech autonomous drone flights from a docking station. Azur Drones positioned Skeyetech for 24/7 security and crisis-response patrols.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Tonner Drones
Proposed Acquirer - Tonner Drones signed a binding protocol to acquire 100% of Azur Drones.
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