1776-Based Drone Detection Startup Raises $150,000
DroneShield, a Washington, D.C.-based drone detection technology developer has raised $150,000 in equity and debt from four unnamed investors according to forms filed with the SEC. The company develops and builds networks of sensors that can identify drones by sound from hundreds of yards away and send a message to let its owner know what it heard and decide what to do. DroneShield has also developed related tools including net gun to knock drones out of the sky.
DroneShield, which is based out of the 1776 incubator, has been getting a lot of attention after getting contracted to install their detectors along the route of the Boston Marathon this year. That’s pretty impressive for a company that began with an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign in 2013.
The company works with a mix of private and corporate clients, offering home detectors as well as systems for events like the Boston Marathon and for other areas and times where unauthorized drones need to be detected before they get too close. As drone technology an drone regulation continue to evolve, it makes a lot of sense that companies with technology to counter drones would spring up. How this tech will fit into the larger drone ecosystem as it develops is still an open question though.
Check out how DroneShield’s detectors work during a mock prison riot in the video below.
