Airware, a US-based development platform for commercial unmanned airplanes (called drones), has raised $10.7m in its series A round from a consortium led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and including search engine Google’s corporate venturing unit.
Airware is a graduate of both Lemnos Labs and Y Combinator incubators. Previous to the Series A round, Airware raised seed financing from First Round Capital, Firelake Capital, RRE Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Promus Ventures and several Y Combinator partners.
Airware is currently integrating its technology into drones produced by commercial companies for uses including the prevention of rhino poaching in Kenya, vaccine delivery to remote areas in Africa and Southeast Asia, skier search and rescue, and open air mining operations in France.