Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in South Holland, Netherlands
The 83 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in South Holland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aerialtronics.
Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies
$31.9b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in South Holland
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52impact Provides satellite monitoring and mapping applications | — | — | Unfunded | 7 | Sabine Milliano Co-Founder & Director | — | — | — |
| 2 | Acecore Technologies Neo drone platform for aerial cinematography | — | — | Unfunded | — | Bas Pauw Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 3 | AERO-SUPPLY.COM Online marketplace for aircraft parts and components | — | — | Unfunded | — | Koen Versseput Founder | — | — | — |
| 4 | AeroDelft Developer of liquid hydrogen-powered electric aircraft for sustainable aviation solutions | — | — | Unfunded | 59 | Liam Megill Founder | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Airfilms Productions Provides aerial filming services for production and marketing purposes | — | — | Deadpooled | — | Bas Pauw CEO & Founder | — | — | — |
| 6 | AquaSmartXL Robotic vehicle for ocean monitoring and inspection | — | — | Funding Raised | 4 | Marlon Drinkwaard Founder; Innovator; General Manager | — | — | — |
| 7 | Aquatic Drones Provider of autonomous survey vessel for aquatic inspection and monitoring | — | — | Unfunded | — | Maarten Ruyssenaer Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Aurora Technology Developer of multiple satellite components | — | — | Acquired | 25 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | — | — |
Top 12 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in South Holland
#1
Series A · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2016$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of a drone flight planning platform for enterprises. It offers software to gather, access, plan, analyze, monitor, visualize, manage, and control drones. Its offering includes pre-plan tools, weather data, battery level detectors, map views, and monitors. It also offers services such as consulting and training. It is available on iOS and Android platforms.
- Apr 2026Series A$5.1M
- Apr 2024Seed$1.1M
#2
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2022$2.6Mraised▾
AI-driven radar perception software for autonomous vehicle applications. It uses radar and radar-camera fusion to replace LiDARs. It is compatible with systems on-road, off-road, indoor, and in-air. The product line includes localization, detection, classification, and fusion solutions. The software adapts to various radar hardware and compute solutions. It offers configurable modules fine-tuned to specific use-cases.
- Dec 2024Seed$2.6M
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)—
#3
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2018 · 45 employees$274.4Kraised▾
PATS Indoor Drone Solutions develops a small autonomous, quadcopter drone which can be deployed within existing greenhouse infrastructure to keep crops insect free. The drone acts as an early warning system by continuously monitoring the environment to detect & chase harmful insects and eliminate the same (just like swallows and bats) thereby preventing them from reproducing and their larvae affecting the crops. The company claims that the solution is patented and developed in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. It is a part of Climate-KIC accelerator program 2018.
- Sep 2025Seed$3.2M
- Oct 2019Seed$274.4K
#4
Funding Raised · The Hague, South Holland · founded 2006 · 8 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Delft Dynamics manufactures DroneCatcher - a drone system that captures other drones by firing a net mid-air. The net is fitted with a parachute to ensure that the captured drone is not destroyed on impact with the ground. The DroneCatcher project was approved by the Dutch government as part of an SBIR tender, "Protection against unmanned mobile systems". Delft Dynamics manufactures three models - RH2 'Stern', RH3 'Swift' and RH4 'Spyder'. Delft Dynamics also conducts research projects and has built image processing tools for use with drone-captured images.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$731.3K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$306.4K
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$624.7K
#5
Acquired · The Hague, South Holland · founded 2011 · 7 employees$9Mraised▾
Aerialtronics provides remotely piloted aircraft systems. Its unmanned aerial systems can be used for a variety of applications, such as securing national interests, performing safety inspections, crisis management, movie takes, film productions, commercials, television programs or news reporting. It uses computer vision technology to gain actionable insights for accelerating business operations. It also has an integrated fail-safe system.
- Jul 2021Series A$9M
#6
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2016$94.6Kraised▾
Developer of software solutions for an ocean wave prediction system. It provides users with a company that offers a wave radar system called WavePredictor, which can predict ship motions ahead of time. This decision support system helps lower risk and increase uptime for maritime operations.
#7
Series A · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2016 · 38 employees$2Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous aquatic robots for waste removal and water monitoring. The company provides remotely operated and autonomous vessels designed for collecting floating debris. These robots offer solutions for algae control, water quality data capture, and environmental monitoring. The robots are designed to maintain clean and safe environments in waterways.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$48.7K
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- May 2020Series A—
- Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$58.4K
#8
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2017 · 9 employees$760Kraised▾
Develops flight controlling system for drones. The control technologies that have been implemented are UKF - which combines all available sensors (like position, orientation, and velocity) data to make a possible estimation of the current state of the drone; and INDI - which controls the propellers to make the drone fly. The company claims that its algorithm-based software ensures more accurate positioning, disturbance rejection, and fault tolerance.
- Apr 2022Seed$760K
#9
Funding Raised · Delft, South Holland · founded 2006 · 139 employees$731.4Kraised▾
Innovative Solutions In Space(ISIS) provides solutions for small satellite development and launch to government and commercial customers. It also provides solutions for payload development & integrations, launch services, ground stations, commissioning & operational support. To date ISIS along with its subsidiary ISL executed or supported more than 10 launch campaign, successfully sending 75 satellites. Company has broad product portfolio for small satellites hardware systems including cub-set structures, data handling systems, communication systems, solar panels, antenna systems, ground support equipments etc.
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$184K
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$346.7K
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$143.4K
- Jan 2015Grant (prize money)$57.4K
#10
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2016 · 11 employees$426.7Kraised▾
We4Sea provides a big data fuel monitoring platform with a focus on reducing bunker costs and ship emissions. It gathers and analyses vessel operation parameters that impact fuel efficiency to unearth insights. The firm's solutions are SaaS-based and serve ship owners, equipment manufacturers, ship designers, and cargo owners.
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$56K
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$55K
- Feb 2019Seed—
- Apr 2017Seed$426.7K
#11
Funding Raised · Sassenheim, South Holland · founded 1998 · 42 employees$283.2Kraised▾
Developer of measurement systems for space, planets, and industrial applications. It provides solutions for astronomy, remote sensing, Earth observation, and planetary science. It combines physics and technology to create solutions for its customers. It also provides users with a company that specializes in developing and delivering innovative measurement systems for space and industrial applications.
- Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$61.9K
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$221.2K
#12
Seed · The Hague, South Holland · founded 2015$321.2Kraised▾
Aerovinci is a stealth mode drone technology company. It develops autonomous drones using simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) techniques. Aerovinci also conducts research on developing intelligent base stations for use in increasing drone endurance. Aerovinci is a portfolio company of Delft Aerial Robotics (DAR).
- Apr 2017Seed$321.2K
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How research on Launch Vehicles is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Launch Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 47 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- European Space Research and Technology Centre22
- Delft University of Technology14
- Ministry of Defence2
- Erasmus University Rotterdam1
- Eindhoven University of Technology1
- Aerospace engineering2
- Rocket engine nozzle2
- Rocket (weapon)2
- Context (archaeology)1
- Window of opportunity1
- Aerospace engineering9
- Rocket engine7
- Combustion chamber5
- Aeronautics4
- Computational fluid dynamics3
- Aerospace engineering3
- Rocket (weapon)1
- Ramjet1
- Nacelle1
- Supersonic speed1
Where launch vehicles is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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