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Skydio
Autonomous drones for enterprise and public-sector inspection and defense use cases.
Stage
growth
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why Skydio is interesting
Skydio is a leading U.S. autonomous drone company — autonomy + American Dynamism with real deployments.
Key facts
- Series E (Feb 2023): $230M at $2.2B led by Linse Capital; a16z among existing investors (Skydio blog)
- Series E extension (May 2024): $170M with KDDI, Axon, Linse (TechCrunch)
- Co-investors not in VCT directory: Linse Capital (lead), Next47, IVP, NVIDIA, Axon
- Source: https://www.skydio.com/blog/skydio-raises-230-million-series-e-funding-round
- VCT directory co-investors: none mapped (non-directory syndicates noted above); reviewed 2026-07-24
Investors in our directory
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Industries
Defense Tech Robotics AI & Machine Learning
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FAQs about Skydio
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Skydio is listed among Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) investments; no additional VCT-directory co-investors were identified in public sources reviewed 2026-07-24.
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Last updated: 2026-07-24