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Dufour Aerospace

HQ Visp, SwitzerlandFounded 201751-200 employeesUpdated

With over 30 years of experience in commercial helicopter operations, we understand the real world requirements of VTOL aviation.

StartupAircraft and aeronautics
Website
Total raised
Undisclosed
6 rounds
Last round
$2.8M
Grant · May 22, 2023
Systems
6
Capabilities
1

Funding6 rounds

Equity raised
Undisclosed
Debt, secondaries & grants
~$5.7M
Latest
$2.8MGrant · May 22, 2023

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

  • Aero1An electric aerobatic aircraft used as an eVTOL test bed.
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  • Aero2A hybrid-electric aircraft platform.
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  • Aero-200A cargo drone capable of vertical takeoff and landing.
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  • Aero3An eVTOL aircraft under development.
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  • AeroMiniA drone system used for cargo-transport missions.
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  • AeroMini10A drone platform used for LiDAR integration.
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Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

  • Aircraft and aeronautics
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: VTOL aircraft developer drawing on commercial helicopter operations experience, with no defense use stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

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Sources13

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Profile2

  1. 1
    DatabaseDufour Aerospace - PitchBook company profile

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

    “employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 68)”
  2. 2
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

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

    “{"country": "Switzerland", "hq_iso2": "CH", "id": "ff014c1a-63e9-4940-8d1d-e963daa1b3c5"}”

Systems4

  1. 3
    CompanyDufour Aerospace

    Dufour Aerospace · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System

    “With over 30 years of experience in commercial helicopter operations, we understand the real world requirements of VTOL aviation.”
  2. 4
    CompanyDufour Aerospace achieves drone milestone; First-ever flight with series hybrid-electric engine from vertical takeoff to full-forward flight and back

    Dufour Aerospace · Supports System

    “The Aero2 flew several test flights in Zurich, with the hybrid system self-charging its batteries in flight”
  3. 5
    CompanyDufour Aerospace successfully performs first functional test with RIEGL Lidar system

    Dufour Aerospace · Supports System

    “With the support of RIEGL, the Austrian manufacturer of state-of-the-art laser measurement systems, a VUX-120-23 Lidar system was integrated and successfully flown with an AeroMini10 drone platform”
  4. 6
    CompanyDufour Aerospace supports first medical graft transport by drone in France

    Dufour Aerospace · Supports System

    “I’m very proud that we could contribute our part in providing a team and an AeroMini drone system to support the mission.”

Funding6

  1. 7
    CompanyInnosuisse selects Dufour Aerospace for CHF2.5M (USD$2.8M) grant

    Dufour Aerospace (via Airframer) · May 22, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “for a grant of CHF2.5M (USD$2.8M)”
  2. 8
    CompanyInnosuisse selects Dufour Aerospace for CHF2.5M (USD$2.8M) grant

    Dufour Aerospace · May 4, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Today, Dufour Aerospace announced it was selected by Innosuisse, the innovation agency of the Swiss Confederation, for a grant of CHF2.5M (USD$2.8M).”
  3. 9
    CompanyDufour Aerospace closes new investment from Vista to accelerate growth

    Dufour Aerospace (via Airframer) · Jan 23, 2023 · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership

    “successfully completed a Series B investment from Vista Global Holding Limited”
  4. 10
    CompanyDufour Aerospace closes new investment from Vista to accelerate growth

    Dufour Aerospace · Jan 23, 2023 · Supports Funding round · stage

    “Today, Dufour Aerospace AG announced that it successfully completed a Series B investment from Vista Global Holding Limited (Vista), the world’s leading global private aviation group, further supporting the continued development of sustainable aviation technologies.”
  5. 11
    CompanyDufour Aerospace receives funding from session.vc and existing investors to accelerate growth

    Dufour Aerospace · Apr 22, 2021 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · stage

    “The round was led by investor session.vc, together with existing investors.”
  6. 12
    DatabaseDufour Aerospace - LinkedIn company profile

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

    “funding round: Grant, 2019-01-01, EUR 71,429”

People1

  1. 13
    DatabaseDufour Aerospace - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · x url, Role

    “hq_city: Visp”

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