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Where drones startups are based
185 drones startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $8.4B between them. 151 of them are placed on the map by their city; London leads with 7, then San Francisco with 7.
Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.
Leading cities
- London7$1.7B
- San Francisco7$295M
- Austin3$345M
- Palo Alto3$24M
- Paris3$7.4M
- Munich2$46M
- Atlanta2$17M
- Warszawa2$13M
- Noida2$105M
- Vilnius2$6.0M
- Washington2$3.4M
- Redwood City2$10M
- Krakow2$2.5M
- San Diego2$194M
- Santa Monica2$61M
By country
- United States73$2.5B
- United Kingdom15$2.1B
- France11$83M
- Germany9$1.7B
- Switzerland9$56M
- India6$170M
- Netherlands6$50M
- Canada6$5.6M
- Sweden5$179M
- Japan5$78M
- Poland4$15M
- Lithuania4$9.5M
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Switzerland
India
Netherlands
Canada
Sweden
Japan
Poland
LithuaniaBest-funded
Quantum SystemsGermany · $1.6B
UFORCEUnited Kingdom · $1.4B
DJIChina · $1.1B
Cambridge AerospaceUnited Kingdom · $400M
SkydioUnited States · $350M
Neros TechnologiesUnited States · $325M- EEpirusUnited States · $250M
Allen Control SystemsUnited States · $230M
AONICSweden · $168M
3D RoboticsUnited States · $152M
SkyportsUnited Kingdom · $132M
DroneDeployUnited States · $126M
China · $1.1BHow this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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