In 2016, a Dutch company saw its growth evolve from a €1M seed in 2024 to a €4.4M follow-on, bolstered by increased governmental and security drone deployments in Europe and the Middle East.
AirHub, based in the Netherlands, develops drone operations software and has secured €4.4M in a recent round spearheaded by Keen Venture Partners. Their platform serves government and public safety bodies, including the Dubai Police and the Belgian Federal Police, facilitating the planning, management, and oversight of drone fleets.
AirHub, which began in 2016, supplies operations management for drone deployments in sectors like security, critical infrastructure inspections, and emergency responses.
This latest funding complements an earlier €1M seed round from LUMO Labs and Lumaux in April 2024, marking AirHub’s initial external investment after eight years of self-financing.
The capital investment has enabled AirHub to bolster its presence across Europe and start advancing into the Middle East, Asia, and South America. The new funding round suggests a notable scaling of operations, indicating strong commercial momentum in its focus on government and security sectors since the seed round.
AirHub’s comprehensive platform simplifies the complexities of managing large-scale drone fleets, integrating flight planning, live aerial footage streaming, regulation compliance, maintenance scheduling, fleet tracking, incident reporting, and checklist management, all from a singular dashboard and compatible with iOS, Android, and DJI Smart Controllers.
The platform is deployable on organizational servers, crucial for public safety and critical infrastructure clients functioning in regulated or sensitive sectors. The company is co-managed by Stephan van Vuren and Thomas Brinkman, both of whom have aviation backgrounds as commercial airline pilots and drone operators.