Credit: Wingcopter
Award-winning manufacturer of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) drones dedicated to humanitarian initaitives, Wingcopter, has secured $22 million (€18M) in Series A funding.
The financing round was led by Silicon Valley-based Xplorer Capital, a key investor in autonomous technologies, and Futury Regio Growth Fund, a Germany-based growth capital fund focusing on investments in globally scalable business models. In addition, Futury Ventures and Hessen Kapital III participated in this financing round.
WHY IT MATTERS
The Darmstadt-based drones company will use the funds to strengthen its focus on healthcare-related applications, including the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
In addition to selling drones, Wingcopter will expand its drone-delivery-as-a-service offerings. These services will allow customers to benefit from Wingcopter’s technology and its BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) flight operations of five continents, without having to own a fleet of drones.