Best Drones Companies in Guangdong Province, China
The 39 best Drones companies in Guangdong Province, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: DJI.
Our analysis of 50 Drones companies
$8.9b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Drones companies in Guangdong Province
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DJI 🦄 Manufacturer of camera drones, handheld devices, and related lifestyle technology | $105M | 32 mo ago | Series B | Frank Tao Founder & CEO | 2006 | HubSpot CMS HubZohoGSAP+24 | 10,015 patents UAV flight control, gimbal stabilization, aerial imaging, and related sensor processing | 2 launchs |
| 2 | ANNGIC Provider of millimetre-wave radar sensors for monitoring traffic | $21M | 46 mo ago | Series C | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Simtoo Develops a drone for consumer photography purposes | $14M | 118 mo ago | Deadpooled | Aaron Zhang CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 4 | ARCGine Provider of unmanned aerial vehicle platform | — | 21 mo ago | Seed | Ally Liu Founder & CEO | 2022 | — | — | — |
| 5 | SmartDrone Develops unmanned aerial vehicles for consumer and commercial applications | — | 66 mo ago | Series C | Edward Jin Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 6 | AEE Aviation Technology Commercial UAV manufacturer | — | 125 mo ago | Series A | Xianzhi Zhang Founder | 2005 | — | 5 patents Compact UAV design, storage solutions, and control systems for aerial photography | — |
| 7 | Arc Aerospace Provider of unmanned helicopter for industrial applications | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 8 | AreoX Develops a consumer drone for filming applications | — | — | Unfunded | Nick Du CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
Top 6 Drones companies in Guangdong Province
#1
DJI 🦄Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2006 · 14000 employees$105Mraised▾
Manufacturer of camera drones, handheld devices, and related lifestyle technology. The company provides tools for capturing images and redefining camera placement. It offers products for filmmaking, agriculture, conservation, and energy infrastructure. The company transforms technology into easy-to-use devices, combining technology with designs.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$33K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$97.4K
- Sep 2015Series B—
- May 2015Series B$75M
#2
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2014 · 150 employees$21.3Mraised▾
Provider of millimetre-wave radar sensors for monitoring traffic. It offers an automotive forward-collision warning system, car lane change assisting system, car crash warning system. It provides a millimetre-wave radar sensor for application in drones, security fields, and traffic monitoring.
- Oct 2022Series C$14M
- Jul 2019Series A—
- Aug 2018Series A$7.3M
#3
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2011$13.7Mraised▾
Shenzhen Simtoo Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. is a drone company. It builds an auto-follow quadcopter drone called Dragonfly for consumer use. The drone is designed to fly at low altitudes and is meant for use in taking photographs and selfies. The drone can be folded (making it portable). The Dragonfly drone can be controlled by a smart watch.
- Oct 2016Series B$10.6M
- Aug 2015Series A$3.1M
- Jan 2015Angel—
#4
Seed · Zhuhai, Guangdong Province · founded 2022 · 20 employees—raised▾
Provider of unmanned aerial vehicle platform. It offers a range of solutions, including mapping and spatial analysis software, location services, and data management tools. The company's platform enables users to create interactive web maps, analyze and edit data, and develop mapping and spatial analysis applications.
- Nov 2024Seed—
#5
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015—raised▾
Shenzhen Smart Drone UAV Co., Ltd. (SmartDrone) develops drones for industrial and consumer use. Its commercial products include the octocopter Cloud UAV which is sold in three variants for delivery, aerial photography and remote sensing, and the Sky Eye which is a quadcopter model for surveillance use by law enforcement agencies. Its consumer products include the Mirage Pro and the Mirage 4K, which contain proximity sensor-based collision avoidance features, and can be flown semi-autonomously by pre-programming waypoints.
- Mar 2021Series C—
- Jul 2018Series B—
#6
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2005—raised▾
AEE Technology operates unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). It is a 4 rotor UAV which has shake proof holder, airborne equipment, infrared camera, high capacity battery, automatic pilot etc. The products are used for military operations, rescue operations, anti-terrorism, extreme sports events, traffic monitoring etc.
- Apr 2016Series A—
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Drones coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Drones & UAVs is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Drones & UAVs — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 4,374 China-affiliated papers.
- Beihang University181
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics156
- National University of Defense Technology148
- Zhejiang University113
- Chinese Academy of Sciences111
- Computer vision3→224
- Object detection2→145
- Reinforcement learning1→111
- Real-time computing4→108
- Feature extraction1→85
- Computer vision2→214
- Real-time computing4→123
- Trajectory1→90
- Motion planning1→89
- Task (project management)1→82
- Key (lock)1→48
- Computer security2→29
- Aeronautics1→18
- Field (mathematics)1→16
- Wireless2→14
Where drones uav is researched across China
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.
Who's filing drones uav patents in China
China drones uav patent filing is accelerating — 19,909 filings from 2,970 assignees (2016–2025), led by SZ DJI Technology, Autel Robotics, Huawei TECH; annual filings 481→1814.
- SZ DJI Technology4551
- Autel Robotics1010
- Huawei TECH552
- Positec Power Tools Suzhou497
- Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software400
- Guangzhou Xaircraft TECH359
- Baidu Online Network Technology 340
- Beijing Roborock Innovation TECH254
Common questions
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