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We’ve ranked the top 28 Drone Management companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Drone Management Companies & Startups (California, United States)
WhiteFox Defense Technologies
WhiteFox Defense Technologies develops and provides drone threat mitigation device the DroneFox.
Founder(s): Luke Fox
Location: San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Mobile, Security
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Natilus
Natilus is building large scale commercial drones the size of a B747 to help reduce the cost of air freight by 50%.
Founder(s): Aleksey Matyushev, Anatoly Starikov, LZ Zhang
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Commercial, Drone Management, Drones, Manufacturing
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UVL Robotics
Drone-based & AI logistics solutions
Founder(s): Eugene Grankin
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Drones, Last Mile Transportation, Logistics, Machine Learning, Retail, Warehousing
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Citadel Defense Company
Citadel develops autonomous counter drone solutions for Defense, Government, and Commercial customers.
Founder(s): Daniel Magy, Henrik Borgstrom, Joseph Makol
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Drones, Government, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Military, Physical Security, Public Safety, Security
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Aerones
World’s Leader in Wind Turbine Blade Inspection and Maintenance Robotics
Founder(s): Dainis Kruze, Janis Putrams
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Robotics
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Skyway
ANSP – UAM ATC Infrastructure for Smart Cities to support UTM, UAV & EVTOL systems.
Founder(s): Clifford Cruz
Location: San Rafael, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Drone Management, Information Technology, Navigation, Software
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Dedrone
Dedrone develops drone detection technology to protect organizations from malicious drones by securing the airspace.
Founder(s): Ingo Seebach, Joerg Lamprecht, Rene Seeber
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Robotics, Security
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Parallel Flight Technologies
Parallel Flight Technologies is developing drone technology that saves lives, property, and the environment.
Founder(s): David Adams
Location: Scotts Valley, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones
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DroneInch
SaaS Drone Operations Management Platform for farming, construction, mining, manufacturing, power plants, utilities and public safety
Founder(s): Srivatsan Desikan, Sudharsan Narayanan
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Information Technology, Robotics, SaaS, Software
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Avision
Avision™ provides fleet operations management system for drones.
Founder(s): Alex Mozolyuk, Stas Mozolyuk
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Air Transportation, Drone Management, Enterprise Software, Logistics, Robotics
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SkySafe
SkySafe allows governments, law enforcement, airports, cities, and more to manage their airspace with real-time drone data and analytics.
Founder(s): Grant Jordan, Scott Torborg
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Drone Management, Drones, Robotics, Security
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Stratospheric Technologies
Disrupting the Drone Industry using Decentralized Technologies
Founder(s): No one Here
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Drone Management, Drones, Satellite Communication
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UP Partners
UP Partners is an early stage venture capital fund dedicated to supporting companies that are transforming the moving world.
Founder(s): Ben Marcus
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Drone Management, Drones, Logistics, Mapping Services, Navigation, Shipping, Space Travel
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DroneAi
DroneAi is a drone navigation company, solving issues facing drone delivery using patent navigation system and AI.
Founder(s): Nitya Singh
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Internet, Machine Learning, Photography, Software
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Red Cat Holdings
Red Cat Holdings is developing a fully-integrated drone supply chain with secure blockchain-based distributed storage, and SaaS solutions.
Founder(s): Jeff Thompson
Location: Hemet, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Drone Management, SaaS
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4th Law, LLC
A Command and Control platform for Robots and Terrestrial, Aerospace, and Deep Space Unmanned Vehicles.
Founder(s): David Mittelman, Eric Shuss
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Developer Platform, Drone Management
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Alpha Aerospace Inc.
Alpha Aerospace is a company that designs, manufactures, and markets commercial drone platforms.
Founder(s): Daniel Seryani
Location: Ontario, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Navigation, Retail Technology
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Airio
Intelligent Flightpath Automation
Founder(s): David Russell, Gregg Dvorak, Michael Liquori
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Geospatial, Intelligent Systems, Navigation
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Silicon Valley Robotics
Silicon Valley Robotics (SVR) supports innovation and commercialization of robotics technologies.
Founder(s): Andra Keay
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drone Management, Drones, Industrial Automation, Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Sensor
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Flybrix
Flybrix offers kits for making rebuildable, crash-friendly, drones using LEGO® bricks.
Founder(s): Amir Hirsch, Holly Kasun, Robb Walters
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Drone Management, Drones
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Aerotas
Aerotas, a tech-enabled services firm that generates survey-grade CAD files, offers human-in-the-loop drone data processing for surveyors.
Founder(s):
Location: Costa Mesa, California, United States
Industries: Civil Engineering, Drone Management, Drones, Management Consulting
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K2 Unmanned Systems
Custom design drones, FAA Certified Training, Flight Operations and Consultation.
Founder(s): Jason Kamdar
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Drone Management, Drones, Mapping Services
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SafeSkies Systems
Automated safety systems & parachutes for commercial drones
Founder(s): Jesse Williams, Ryan Mangroo
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Manufacturing, Public Safety
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Ebotic
Ebotic is developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands.
Founder(s): Lucas Roitman, Yash Savani
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Computer, Drone Management, Drones, Management Consulting, Software
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Skydio
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
Founder(s): Abraham Bachrach, Adam Bry, Matt Donahoe
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Drones, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
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PVP Advanced EO Systems
PVPAEO provides state-of-the-art imaging systems, positioners and components for use in military, aerospace, and commercial applications.
Founder(s):
Location: Tustin, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones, Electronics, Manufacturing, Video
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Droneventory
Automated security and supply chain solutions.
Founder(s): Andy Nickerson, Mark Bernard
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Drone Management, Drones
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Conductive1
Focuses on digital marketing and built on principle that the key to great results is transparency and collaboration between C1 and client.
Founder(s): Brian Simmons
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Brand Marketing, Data Integration, Data Storage, Digital Marketing, Drone Management, IT Management, Management Consulting, Management Information Systems, Project Management, SEO, Social Media Management
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