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The
start-up is taking funding from a group led by Microsoft
Ventures and joined by the venture arms of aerospace giant
Airbus, chipmaker Qualcomm, Japanese tech firms Rakuten and Sony
and China's Yuneec, a top drone maker.
AirMap provides real-time traffic management software for 80
percent of the world’s drones, including millions of drones from
hundreds of manufacturers, allowing drones and their controllers
to share data needed to fly safely at low altitudes.
The company was founded only two years ago. Its software works
on both piloted and autonomous drones used in both commercial
and recreational applications.
"This round is all about finding a set of partners to help us
globalize," AirMap Chief Executive Ben Marcus said in an
interview.
(Reporting by Eric Auchard; Editing by Maria Sheahan)
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