Best Drones Companies in Spain
The 79 best Drones companies in Spain in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aeorum.
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$8.9b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Drones companies in Spain
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Stage | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aeorum Provides software for fleet management and counter drone solutions | $5M | 79 mo ago | 17 | Jesus Merino CEO | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
| 2 | Hemav Aerial photography and remote sensing services using proprietary drones 29Market top 48%Funding top 48%Product bottom 48%Global bottom 38% All 5 signals ▾Markettop 48% Fundingtop 48% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 38% Techbottom 35% Market: 57 employees (top 37% of High Tech) Funding: Raised $3.7M · 3 rounds over 11 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $4M | 18 mo ago | 57 | — | Series A | — | — | — |
| 3 | Drone Hopper Develops a fire-fighting drone | $4M | 54 mo ago | 19 | Flores Pena Pablo CEO | Funding Raised | — | 6 patents Cross‑axis stability control for multi‑rotor drones used in unmanned firefighting missions. | — |
| 4 | Embention Designs and manufactures unmanned aerial systems and autopilots for multiple applications | $2M | 30 mo ago | 60 | — | Public | WordPressPleskMySQL+38 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 5 | Insylo Provider of aerial analytics solutions for farms | $2M | 79 mo ago | 11 | Jaume Gelada CEO | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
| 6 | Alerion Developer of fully automated drone solutions with a focus on high-performance embedded software for… | $2M | 32 mo ago | 25 | Oier Penagaricano Founder & CEO | Seed | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | FuVeX Operator of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles for industrial inspection purposes 22Growth top 28%News top 32%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 48% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Newstop 32% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 48% Globalbottom 33% Techbottom 31% Marketbottom 18% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 5 tracked, 1 types) · Top themes: Funding rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $2M | 8 mo ago | 5 | Carlos Codesal Founder & CEO | Series A | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 8 | Alpha Unmanned Systems Manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicle helicopters and control station systems | $2M | 38 mo ago | 20 | Alvaro Aubarede Co-Founder | Seed | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+24 | 5 patents UAV propulsion control, engine carburetion, and redundant communication cooling systems | 2 job openings · 2 awards |
| 9 | Hovering Solutions Develops an inspection dronefor hazardous environments | $794K | 44 mo ago | 12 | Fran Espada CEO & Founder | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
| 10 | Aracnocoptero Developer of remotely piloted aircraft systems for civil and military purposes | $654K | 156 mo ago | 5 | Carlos Bernabeu Founder | Seed | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 11 | UAV Navigation Builds navigation and autopilot solutions for drones | $489K | 30 mo ago | 32 | — | Series A | DrupalPHPparticles.js+23 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 12 | Aurea Avionics Provider of unmanned aerial systems | $487K | 30 mo ago | 12 | Alberto Illescas Co-Founder | Funding Raised | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 13 | Solardrone Online platform offering drone-based solutions for solar plant monitoring | $256K | 40 mo ago | 10 | — | Seed | WordPressPleskMySQL+23 | — | — |
| 14 | AERDRON Manufacturer of drones for multiple applications | $224K | 79 mo ago | — | Marcos Alazraki Co-Founder | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
| 15 | CATUAV Builds drones and provides drone-based surveying and mapping services | $187K | 77 mo ago | 7 | Jordi Santacana Founder & CEO | Funding Raised | — | — | — |
| 16 | Canard Drones AR drones & platform to perform calibration of NavAids | $115K | 87 mo ago | 12 | Jorge Gomez ex-CEO | Funding Raised | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | — | — |
Top 12 Drones companies in Spain
#1
Series A · Navarres, Valencian Community · founded 2013 · 5 employees$2.2Mraised▾
Operator of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles for industrial inspection purposes. The company focuses on providing extended range drone operations beyond visual line of sight. It develops technology to comply with regulatory frameworks for long-range flights. The organization aims to reduce costs associated with traditional manned aircraft inspections.
- Oct 2025Series A$2M
- Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$53.3K
- Jul 2015Seed$122.2K
- Grant (prize money)—
#2
Series A · Castelldefels, Catalonia · founded 2012 · 57 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Hemav offers aerial photography and remote sensing services using proprietary unmanned aerial vehicles. Its chief applications are in precision agriculture, surveying and mapping, industrial inspections, water management and filming for media production. The company also offers drone pilot training courses.
#3
Public · Alicante, Valencian Community · founded 2007 · 60 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Embention designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles and UAV components such as autopilots, simulators, gimbals, motors drivers etc. The autopilot and other accessories are sold under the name Veronte. Embention claims that the Veronte autopilot is highly configurable and therefore, can be used on a large variety of unmanned systems. Embention's unmanned aerial vehicle portfolio, sold under the name NM & includes a number of multicopters and fixed wing models as well as a flying wing design. Embention's solutions are applicable to a number of industries, including industrial inspections, medical dispersal, etc. The company also offers piloting training services, aerospace design services, etc.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$830.8K
- Mar 2019Grant (prize money)$568.8K
#4
Seed · San Sebastian, Basque Country · founded 2016 · 25 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Developer of fully automated drone solutions with a focus on high-performance embedded software for challenging environments.
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$386.8K
- Jul 2019Seed—
- Apr 2019Grant (prize money)$863.2K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$819.9K
#5
Seed · San Sebastian de los Reyes, Community of Madrid · founded 2014 · 20 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicle helicopters and control station systems. It designs and builds robust, fuel-powered UAVs used for observation and security applications. Control stations are built for demanding environments and provide long-range secure communications. It also offers payload integration, maintenance, and training services.
- Apr 2023Seed—
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$217.6K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$100.7K
- May 2019Grant (prize money)$1.6M
#6
Funding Raised · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2015 · 19 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Drone Hopper designs and manufactures a multicopter drone for use in firefighting. It claims that a single drone can carry up to 300L of water. It includes both thermal and geolocation sensors for precise positioning before spraying. It claims to use the rotation of the rotors to atomize water before spraying.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$398.7K
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$57.8K
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$111.9K
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$2.8M
#7
Funding Raised · Malaga, Andalusia · founded 2009 · 17 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Aeorum provides software for fleet management and counter drone solutions. It's proprietary software are Dronecaptor and Surveiron. Surveiron is used for operating drone fleets and enables to locate & control drones from any of its command center. Dronecaptor provides a platform for the management of anti-drone devices from a single centralized system. It also has it's computer vision systems that allow the user to capture, process, and analyze images. It also uses artificial intelligence for evaluation of situations, for taking decisions and assists the human operator in taking decisions. It provides solutions for various sectors including Security, Infrastructure, Emergency Management, and Smart Cities.
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$76.1K
- Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$2.1M
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$475.9K
- Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$1.9M
#8
Series A · San Sebastian de los Reyes, Community of Madrid · founded 2004 · 32 employees$489.4Kraised▾
UAV Navigation provides autopilot, navigation and ground control hardware and software for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its flight control systems are used in unmanned fixed-wing and rotor-lifted aircraft. It builds end-to-end solutions for flight control including datalinks to ground control stations.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$489.4K
- Jul 2021Series A—
- 2009Seed—
#9
Funding Raised · Leganes, Community of Madrid · founded 2017 · 12 employees$487.5Kraised▾
Aurea Avionics is a provider of unmanned aerial systems. It provides hardware design and software development systems. It provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. It allows real-time situational awareness to ensure battlefield superiority.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$487.5K
#10
Funding Raised · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2016 · 12 employees$794.2Kraised▾
Hovering Solutions Limited designs and develops a quadcopter called EXiCOPTER for inspection in hazardous environments, chiefly explosive atmospheres. Its offering is an end-to-end solution that includes drone piloting services and image processing services.
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$371.2K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$308.8K
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$56.8K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$57.3K
#11
Funding Raised · Girona, Catalonia · founded 2013 · 11 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Insylo provides aerial analytics solutions for farms. It enables users to monitor stock levels in silos through aerial view of the farm. It also allows users to control the level of the silos and alerts for low-level stocks via mobile app. The stock level information can be shared with the customers and detects the process for orders. Its features include the ability to view the status of content level & weight, indoor temperature & humidity, cloud storage, analyzes consumption patterns & refill cycles, API integration, and others.
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- May 2018Grant (prize money)$1.2M
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$111.6K
#12
Seed · Trujillo, Caceres · founded 2017 · 10 employees$256.4Kraised▾
Online platform offering drone-based solutions for solar plant monitoring. It uses Predictive maintenance through aerial thermography and a web platform to understand and thermal defects of your modules and take immediate actions to correct them. It is a web platform that generates a thermographic and electrical digital twin of your plants with information at the module level, detecting energy losses in an ultra-efficient way.
- Feb 2023Seed$256.4K
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How research on Drones & UAVs is moving in Spain
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 827 Spain-affiliated papers.
- Universidad de Sevilla70
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid68
- Universitat Politècnica de València57
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya52
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid32
- Robot1→18
- Real-time computing1→15
- Computer security1→12
- Computer vision1→9
- Computer network1→8
- Remote sensing2→24
- Aeronautics2→20
- Computer security1→15
- Computer vision2→14
- Real-time computing1→13
- Aeronautics1→11
- Context (archaeology)1→6
- Computer security1→5
Where drones uav is researched across Spain
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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