Company
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,…
- HQ
- Uppsala, Sweden
- Status
- active
Appears inAgricultural drones
Funding
$11.0M
Models
1
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
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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
1 source backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →AirForestry on the deployment map
Where AirForestry's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Relationships
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
Safety record
No incidents on record for AirForestry.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
AirForestry in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2024-10-10
$11M(reported)
Investors: Northzone (lead)
Sources (1)
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.
- 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 60% 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 2026-07-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-06
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for AirForestry.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning AirForestry from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/airforestry.md
- RSS feed: /companies/airforestry/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/29e7c26d-e7d7-497c-b74a-935db9a056d2
- Revision history: /companies/airforestry/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- AeroVironment3 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
AirForestry draws attention at the 68th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 21 months ago.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 14, 2026