The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Dedrone: $30.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
Dedrone (now Dedrone by Axon) is a global leader in smart airspace security and counter-drone (C-UAS) technology, founded in 2014. The company's AI-powered platform detects, identifies, and mitigates drone threats across military, airport, stadium, prison, and critical infrastructure environments. Acquired by Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON) in October 2024, Dedrone has protected venues including the IndyCar Grand Prix and is deployed at airports, stadiums, and correctional facilities worldwide.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDAcquisitionAcquired by Axon Enterprise
Key facts
CEO
Acquired by
Products
Founder
Parent
Total fundingsee investors →
Customers
DedroneTracker.AI
Multi-sensor integration
Deployment options
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Partnerships
Every company Dedrone has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Axon1× joint
Most recent
- Axon acquires Dedrone2024-05-01with Axonoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Ingo Seebach Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Ingo Seebachcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Dedrone.
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
Dedrone in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every Dedrone competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Alta Aresdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BRINC Dronesdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Darkhivedirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Firestorm Labsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Havocdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $30.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating · 1 ended
Every company Dedrone has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Axon acquires Dedrone2024-05-01with Axonoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Axon1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Axon acquires DedronewithAxoninvestment2024-05-01concludedoperating
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C-12022-07-12
$30M(reported) · $300M post
Investors: Axon
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Axon Enterprisefull acquisition2024-07-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Dedrone’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Acquired byAcquired by Axon Enterprise
2024-07-01Acquired by Axon Enterprise (full_acquisition)
PartnershipAxon acquires Dedrone
2024-05-01Axon Enterprise acquired Dedrone, the counter-drone airspace security company, expanding its public safety technology portfolio into C-UAS capabilities.
Funding roundSeries C-1 funding round
2022-07-12Series C-1 raising $30000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Dedrone.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Dedrone from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Dedrone Holdings - Wikipedia
Axon Enterprise completed the acquisition of Dedrone in October 2024, with founder Ingo Seebach having established the company in 2014.
Axon to acquire Dedrone, accelerating the next generation of drone solutions
Axon Enterprise announced its agreement to acquire Dedrone, the counter-drone airspace security company, to expand its public safety technology portfolio.
Dedrone Closes 0 Million Series C-1 Financing
Dedrone closed a 0M Series C-1 round led by Axon, building on its 0.5M Series C from December 2021, bringing total funding to 30M+.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dedrone.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dedrone/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/106ed07d-3a27-4ff5-bec3-1fb697f4a3a0
- Revision history: /companies/dedrone/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Dedrone against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 52 months ago.
Signal flags
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: Oct 5, 2026