LONDON, UK: Skyports, the electrical air taxi infrastructure and drone services provider, has raised USD 23 million inside the primary shut of its Series B funding round.
The capital, from a mixture of new and existing investors, will allow Skyports to consolidate its place as a global chief inside the superior air mobility infrastructure and drone operations markets.
All existing institutional shareholders participated inside the spherical together with Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Groupe ADP, Solar Ventus, Irelandia and Levitate Capital with a quantity materially increasing their stake.
These investors were joined by Japanese conglomerate Kanematsu Corporation, global industrial property group Goodman Group, Italian airport platform 2i Aeroporti, backed by Ardian’s Infrastructure Fund and F2i Italian Infrastructure Fund, and US based VC agency GreenPoint.
Kanematsu Corporation will take a seat on the Skyports board and can be joined by Ken Allen, CEO of DHL eCommerce who joins the board as an independent non-executive director.
The new capital and the sizeable balance sheets of the investors enables Skyports to speed up its work with the world’s main electrical air taxi producers and operators, offering take-off and touchdown infrastructure in key launch markets. Skyports will additionally materially scale its Drone Services operations in new and existing markets, constructing on active operations inside the UK, Europe and Asia.
Duncan Walker, CEO of Skyports said: “This is one other nice milestone for Skyports as we proceed our journey to be the main vertiport proprietor and operator inside the world. The support of our original investors who’ve deep expertise in aviation and infrastructure and the addition of new capital from world class companies with a global footprint enables us to construct the air taxi eco-system alongside our best-in-class vehicle companions for preliminary operations inside a few years. Our rising Drone Services enterprise places us forward of the curve with technology development, regulation and operational expertise while reducing carbon emissions by utilizing drones for a broad vary of customers.”
Skyports is the leading enabler of advanced air mobility (AAM), offering the critical hyperlink between the bottom and the sky. The company designs, builds and operates take-off and touchdown infrastructure for air taxis, and partners with world-class electrical vertical take-off and touchdown (eVTOL) passenger and cargo vehicle producers across the world to enable safe, sustainable and environment friendly flight operations within city and suburban environments.
Skyports is also a drone services provider, dedicated to creating positive change by connecting people, companies and communities to vital provides and services, such as healthcare, maritime, logistics and e-commerce.
Based in London, United Kingdom, Skyports has projects working in a quantity of continents, together with in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, Middle East and North America. Skyports investors include Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures, Groupe ADP, Irelandia Aviation, Levitate Capital, Solar Ventus, The Goodman Group, Kanematsu Corporation, Ardian, F2i and GreenPoint.
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