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Startup · United States

DroneDeploy

HQ San FranciscoFounded 2013201-500 employees

See every inch of your site with DroneDeploy. We use drones, robots and AI agents to help 5,000+ enterprises understand progress, quality and safety. Book a demo today.

Website

Funding10 rounds · $256M

Equity raised
$256M
Latest
$15.0MSeries E+ · Sep 9, 2025
Cumulative raised$256M
Sep 19, 2014Sep 9, 2025

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems6

Dock Automation

Software module for scheduling and managing site-data capture with compatible docked drones.

Maturity not rated

DroneDeploy

Reality-capture software platform for documenting and analyzing sites from aerial and ground imagery.

Maturity not rated

DroneDeploy Firewall

Network-security software for managing connections between compatible drone hardware and DroneDeploy servers.

Maturity not rated

Ground Pro

Software module for creating measurable three-dimensional records from construction-site walks.

Maturity not rated

Progress AI

Software module for reviewing construction progress from site imagery.

Maturity not rated

Safety AI

Software module for flagging potential construction-site safety risks in captured imagery for team review.

Maturity not rated

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Hiring Observations5 observed listings

A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Sources26

Show all 26 sources and supporting evidence

Profile4

  1. 1

    DroneDeploy · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “See every inch of your site with DroneDeploy. We use drones, robots and AI agents to help 5,000+ enterprises understand progress, quality and safety. Book a demo today.”
  2. 2

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 388)”
  3. 3

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "USA", "hq_iso2": "US", "id": "a3d5488e-ce74-4a89-ad2b-1df53195961a"}”
  4. 4

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url

    “employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 201-500 employees)”

Systems6

  1. 5

    DroneDeploy · Supports System

    “Contact sales to see how DroneDeploy can give your teams the power to document and analyze your sites from the air and ground – all in one AI-powered platform.”
  2. 6

    DroneDeploy · Supports System

    “DroneDeploy Firewall fortifies your drone operations by strictly regulating communications between hardware, software, and cloud services. It is a set of network security tools and software features that establishes a secure connection between your compatible DJI controller/drone and DroneDeploy servers.”
  3. 7

    DroneDeploy · Supports System

    “Ground Pro now available # **Get more from every walk** Turn the site walks your field teams already do into measurable 3D records of the floors, trenches and walls before they close. ![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/643cbe7a3558770bcbe62ac0/69b035bdba7eb5610e7efb5f_Pattern.png)”
  4. 8

    DroneDeploy · Supports System

    “Operations managers and program directors who need frequent, consistent aerial coverage without deploying a crew for every flight use Dock Automation across construction, energy, mining and infrastructure. It fits site teams running recurring capture schedules, digital operations leads integrating automated data into broader site monitoring programs, and IT and security teams managing hardware compliance for enterprise drone deployments in regulated environments.”
  5. 9

    DroneDeploy · Supports System

    “Progress AI by DroneDeploy # Progress reports
in minutes Progress AI gives superintendents, PMs and owners instant visibility into work-in-place – without the wait, complexity or cost of legacy “AI-powered” solutions.”
  6. 10

    DroneDeploy · Supports System

    “Safety managers, superintendents, directors of safety and project engineers managing hazard oversight across active construction programs use Safety AI to add a consistent, automated layer of observation to existing site capture. Analysis runs against footage already captured on site and surfaces findings across every project in the portfolio – no additional manual input or separate review process required.”

Funding14

  1. 11

    DroneDeploy · Sep 9, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “co-lead investors Emergence Capital and Scale Venture Partners”
  2. 12

    CB Insights · Sep 9, 2025 · Supports Funding round

    “Series E - II”
  3. 13

    Global Corporate Venturing · Feb 5, 2021 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Energize Ventures, an investment vehicle backed by power producer Invenergy, co-led a $50m series E round for US-based drone data analytics platform DroneDeploy with venture capital firm AirTree Ventures yesterday.”
  4. 14

    PR Newswire · Nov 19, 2019 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “DroneDeploy, the leading enterprise-grade drone software solution, today announced it closed a $35 million Series D round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.”
  5. 15

    FinSMEs · Nov 13, 2019 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “was led by Bessemer Venture Partners”
  6. 16

    VentureBeat · Jun 26, 2018 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “DroneDeploy, an image analysis platform for commercial drone operators, has raised $25 million in a series C round of funding led by the Invenergy Future Fund, with participation from Scale Venture Partners, Uncork Capital, Emergence Capital, AngelPad, and AirTree.”
  7. 17

    FinSMEs · Jun 26, 2018 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “was led by the Invenergy Future Fund”
  8. 18

    TechCrunch · Aug 24, 2016 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “A San Francisco-based startup called DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding to grow their drone data management platform.”
  9. 19

    FinSMEs · Aug 24, 2016 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “The round was led by Scale Venture Partners”
  10. 20

    TechCrunch · Mar 31, 2015 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “DroneDeploy’s SaaS product starts at $99 per month, and is just exiting beta now (initially focused on the U.S. market) — as the startup announces a $9 million Series A round, led by Emergence Capital.”
  11. 21

    Marketwired · Mar 31, 2015 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “announced today that it has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Emergence Capital”
  12. 22

    DRONELIFE · Sep 19, 2014 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “has raised $2 million in seed funding”
  13. 23

    VentureBeat · Sep 19, 2014 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “DroneDeploy, a startup that’s been cooking up software to manage several drones from one central place, said today that it’s secured a seed round totaling $2 million.”
  14. 24

    FinSMEs · Sep 19, 2014 · Supports Funding round

    “The round was led by SoftTech VC”

People1

  1. 25

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role

    “employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 251-500)”

Other1

  1. 26

    Supports Job posting

    “Senior QA Engineer - DroneDeploy US - Remote TX, Texas”

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