AirForestry: drone company

Overview

AirForestry is a Swedish company developing the world's first aerial tree harvesting technology, using 6.2-meter diameter electric autonomous drones to prune, fell, and transport trees without soil compaction. The company completed the world's first tree harvest by drone in a real production forest and raised EUR10.3M in Seed funding led by Northzone to scale its fossil-free aerial forestry operations.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Focus

Forestry robotics

Robot

Drone-based, ground-free tree-harvesting system

Technology

Purpose-built lightweight harvesting tool to selectively fell and lift trees

Milestone

World's first tree harvest by drone in production forest

Seed funding

EUR10.3M (led by Northzone)

Drone size

6.2-meter diameter

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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Models (1)

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Current platform

AirForestry Harvesting System

AirForestry's drone-based harvesting system uses heavy-lift drones (~6.2 m diameter) with a purpose-built ~60 kg harvesting tool to autonomously and selectively fell and lift individual trees without ground machinery, aiming to raise timber yield while reducing soil damage.

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AirForestry on the deployment map

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Relationships

NNorthzoneInvestor

Current leadership (3)

Caroline Walerud Co-Founder & CEOsince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
Mauritz Andersson Co-Foundersince 2020-01-01secondary-verified
Olle Gelin Co-Foundersince 2020-01-01secondary-verified

Founders (3)

Caroline Walerudcofounderfounded 2020-01-01
Mauritz Anderssoncofounderfounded 2020-01-01
Olle Gelincofounderfounded 2020-01-01

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Safety record

No incidents on record for AirForestry.

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Recent coverage

AirForestry in third-party press

EUR10.3M Seed Round to Power AirForestry's Fossil Free Aerial Forestry

Oct 10, 2024

Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Baykar4 models
Earendil Robotics4 models

Financial state

Reporting basis: private_reported
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: elevated

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Funding rounds (1)

Seed2024-10-10
$11M(reported)
Investors: Northzone (lead)

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Recent activity

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Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (1)

https://airforestry.com/the-system/

Common questions

What is AirForestry?

AirForestry is a Swedish company developing the world's first aerial tree harvesting technology, using 6.2-meter diameter electric autonomous drones to prune, fell, and transport trees without soil compaction. The company completed the world's first tree harvest by drone in a real production forest and raised EUR10.3M in Seed funding led by Northzone to scale its fossil-free aerial forestry operations.

What does AirForestry make?

AirForestry has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: AirForestry Harvesting System (AirForestry builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Who competes with AirForestry?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to AirForestry building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.

Who is the CEO of AirForestry?

Caroline Walerud is the ceo of AirForestry, per the DEPLOY registry.

Where is AirForestry headquartered?

AirForestry is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden.

How much funding has AirForestry raised?

AirForestry has raised approximately $11M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Where does AirForestry operate robots?

AirForestry is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is AirForestry a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, AirForestry ranks in roughly the top 78% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is AirForestry safe?

AirForestry has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-05

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Baykar4 models
Earendil Robotics4 models

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning AirForestry from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

Ben Smith, Deploy EditorOct 10, 2024

EUR10.3M Seed Round to Power AirForestry's Fossil Free Aerial Forestry

AirForestry closed a EUR10.3M seed funding round led by Northzone to scale its aerial tree harvesting technology using electric autonomous drones, completing the world's first…

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Peer companies

Anduril Industries7 models
DJI7 models
Amazon4 models
Autel Robotics4 models
Baykar4 models
Earendil Robotics4 models

Video

10K

Total views

2

Channels

Jun 25, 2026

Last published

Official (2)Source unverified (2)

Slush Product Launch: AirForestry (Co-Founder & CEO Olle Gelin)

Slush·Dec 1, 2022·2K views·18 likes

Official

400 trees harvested with our harvesting tool | AirForestry | We make forestry fly

AirForestry AB·Jun 25, 2026·966 views·29 likes

Official

World's first tree harvested by a drone in a real forest

AirForestry AB·May 27, 2026·6K views·84 likes

Source unverified

AirForestry First free flight without tether rope

AirForestry AB·Oct 22, 2023·240 views·0 likes

Source unverified

Reality vs attention

AirForestry draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.

RealityInsufficient datanot enough verified signal yet

Attention24thpctilemedia + video vs aerial robots

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 78% of Aerial

vs funding peers-16.4 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

26.926.9HIGH

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

19.319.3MED

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