Drone Investments 2019 Report

GLOSSARY

DEFINITIONS

1  INTRODUCTION

1.1  Yearly Deal Values (2008-2018): Back to Setting Records

1.2  Deal Values by Quarter (2015-2018)

1.3  Deals by Investment Stage (2014-2018): A Maturing Market

1.4  Drone Deals by Country (2016-2018): USA Still in the Lead

1.5  All deals by UAV Subsegment (2015-2018): Software is Growing

1.6  Top 20 All-Time Investments (c. 2008)

2  DEALS BY COMPANY STAGES

2.1  Start-up and Seed Stage

2.1.1  Start-up and Seed Stage Deals by Year (2015-2018)¹

2.1.2   Top Newcomers and Their Drone Deals¹

2.1.3   Top Start-up Investors: Leading Incubators and Accelerators¹

2.1.4   Top 10 Seed Investments in 2018¹

2.2   Early and Growth Stage

2.2.1   Top 20 VC Investments of 2018²

2.2.2   Deal Value Ranges (2015-2018): Most Invest $20-50M in Drones²

2.2.3   VC Deals by Series (2015-2018): Major Series A Increases²

2.2.4   VC deals by Segment (2015-2018): Software & Services On the Rise²

2.2.5   Top 10 2018 Investments By Segment²

2.3   The Investors

2.3.1   Top 10 Investors (2017-2018): USA Remains in the Lead

2.3.2   Cross-Border Deals 2018: Money Travels!²

3  MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

3.1   Global Overview of Merged & Acquired Companies in 2018³

3.2   Number of M&A Deals (2013-2018): More Acquisitions Than Ever³

3.3   M&As by Segment (2016-2018)³

3.4   Top 5 M&A Deals (2017-2018): Terra Drone Makes Moves in Europe³

4   PARTNERSHIPS

4.1   Global Overview of Key Partnerships (2017-2018)²

4.2   Partnerships by Segment (2014-2018): Services Takes the Lead²

4.3   Cross-Segment Partnerships (2015-2018)²

4.4   Partnerships with Non-Drone Industries (2017-2018)²

5   NEW MARKETS

5.1   Investments Into New Markets (2014-2018)³

5.2   eVTOLs and Flying Cars³

5.3  Counter Drone Technology³

6   COMPANY PROFILES

6.1   Companies Receiving Funding²

6.2   Investors²

¹ Only in the Start Up and Premium packages

² Only in the Growth and Premium packages

³ Only in the Premium package

Figure 1:  Investment Stages
Figure 2:  Deal Values  Per Year (2006-2018)  in USD M
Figure 3:  Deal Values Per Quarter (2015-2018) in USD M
Figure 4:  Percentage (%) of Deal Type in Each Year (2014-2018)
Figure 5:  Deals by Country (2016-2018) in %
Figure 6:  Deals by UAV Subsegment (2015-2018) in %
Figure 7:  Top 20 All-Time Drone Investment Deals in USD M
Figure 8:  Distribution of Deal Types in the Start-up and Seed Stage in %¹
Figure 9:  Top 10 Seed Investments in 2018 in USD M¹
Figure 10:  Top 20 VC Investments of 2018 in USD M²
Figure 11:  Distribution of Deal Values (2014-2018) in %²
Figure 12:  Average and Median Deal Values in USD M²
Figure 13:  Funding Series by Year (2015-2018)²
Figure 14:  Average Value of Each Series by Year (2015-2018) in USD M²
Figure 15:  Distribution of VC deals by Segment in % (2015-2018)²
Figure 16:  Top 10 Investments by Segment in USD M²
Figure 17:  Top 10 investors (2017-2018) by Number of Deals²
Figure 18:  Number of Investors by Country (2015-2018)
Figure 19:  Global Map of Cross-Border Deals (2016-2018) in USD M²
Figure 20:  Number of M&A Deals by Year (2013-2018)³
Figure 21:  Distribution of M&As by Drone Industry Segment in %³
Figure 22:  Distribution of Partnerships by Drone Industry Segment in %²
Figure 23:  Distribution of Cross-Segment Drone Partnerships in %²
Figure 24:  Distribution of Partnerships with Non-Drone Industry Companies in %²
Figure 25:  Investments into eVTOLs in USD M³
Figure 26:  Investments into Counter Drone Technology in USD M³
Figure 27:  Timeline of Investments into eVTOLs and Flying Cars in USD M³
Figure 28:  Timeline of Investments into Counter Drone Technology in USD M³

¹ Only in the Start Up and Premium packages

² Only in the Growth and Premium packages

³ Only in the Premium package

3D Robotics
500 Startups
Accel Partners
ACSL (Japan)
Aeryon Labs
Airbus
Airbus Bizlab
Airbus Ventures
Airobotics
Airteam
Alchemist Accelerator
Andreessen Horowitz
Atomico
Audi
Auterion
Boeing
Clobotics
Daimler
Dedrone
DJI
DroneBase
DroneDeploy
DroneFund Japan
Droni Tech
Ehang
Flock
Flyability
Geely
Genius NY
GGV Capital
Intel
Intel Capital
Iridium Dynamics
Joby Aviation
Kespry
Lilium
Lux Capital
Microsoft
PrecisionHawk
Skydio
Swift Navigation
Techstars
Tencent Holdings
Terra Drone
Toyota
Uavionix
Unifly
Verity Studios
Volocopter
WhiteFox
Y Combinator
Yuneec
Zipline