CategoryDrones
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
Dayton, Ohio-based autonomous drone delivery company that designs and manufactures its own US-made DE-2020 hexacopter and operates the DEXA NOW delivery marketplace app. One of only four U.S. companies holding all three critical FAA credentials — airworthiness certification, a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate, and a national BVLOS waiver — alongside Amazon, Wing, and Zipline. Founded in 2021 as a spinoff from Telegrid, DEXA focuses on empowering independent local retailers with sub-15-minute drone delivery rather than centralized fulfillment hubs.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Total fundingsee investors →
Founder & CEO
HQ
FAA certifications
Aircraft
Employees
Parent company
App
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Where DEXA's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- 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 (2)
- Beth Flippo CEO & FounderSEC-verified
- Russell Kline Chief Regulatory OfficerSEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Beth Flippocofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for DEXA.
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
DEXA in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting period
- 2021-01-01 to 2025-12-31
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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)
- Seed2025-09-24
$15M(reported)
Investors: G2A Investment Partners (lead), Venture 53, Tech Square Ventures
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 23, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedMar 18, 2026
DE-2020 at Green Brook, New Jersey, USA
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2021
DE-2020 at Dayton, Ohio, USA
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is DEXA?
- Dayton, Ohio-based autonomous drone delivery company that designs and manufactures its own US-made DE-2020 hexacopter and operates the DEXA NOW delivery marketplace app. One of only four U.S. companies holding all three critical FAA credentials — airworthiness certification, a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate, and a national BVLOS waiver — alongside Amazon, Wing, and Zipline. Founded in 2021 as a spinoff from Telegrid, DEXA focuses on empowering independent local retailers with sub-15-minute drone delivery rather than centralized fulfillment hubs.
- What does DEXA make?
- DEXA has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: DE-2020 (DEXA builds physical robots).
- Who is the CEO of DEXA?
- Beth Flippo is the ceo of DEXA, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is DEXA headquartered?
- DEXA is headquartered in Dayton, OH, USA.
- How much funding has DEXA raised?
- DEXA has raised approximately $15M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does DEXA operate robots?
- DEXA 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.
- When was DEXA founded?
- DEXA was founded in 2021.
- Is DEXA safe?
- DEXA 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 2026-07-23
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DEXA.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DEXA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Grubhub and Dexa Introduce New Jersey's First Drone-Powered Food Delivery Program
Grubhub and DEXA launch a three-month drone food delivery test program at Wonder's Green Brook, NJ location, marking the first commercial drone food delivery in New Jersey.
DEXA takes drone delivery into the future to Dayton and beyond
Spectrum News profiles DEXA's Dayton HQ, its Part 135 certification, ~27 employees, and CEO Beth Flippo's vision for GPS-based drone delivery in dense urban environments.
DEXA Secures $15M to Expand At-Home Drone Delivery in Major U.S. Cities
DEXA closes oversubscribed $15M seed round in three $5M stages (2021, 2023, 2025), led by G2A Investment Partners with Venture 53 and Tech Square Ventures participating.
DEXA Closes Oversubscribed 5M Seed Funding to Introduce At-Home Drone Delivery in Major Metropolitan Markets
Dayton, OH-based DEXA (Drone Express) closed a 5M Seed round led by G2A Investment Partners to scale autonomous drone delivery, holding FAA Part 135 and national BVLOS…
DEXA Secures National FAA Waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Operations
DEXA receives a national BVLOS waiver from the FAA, placing it among an elite group of drone operators cleared to scale commercial delivery without case-by-case flight approvals.
Dexa Receives National FAA Waiver To Expand Drone Deliveries
Aviation Week reports on DEXA's national FAA BVLOS waiver, enabling the company to operate drones beyond visual line of sight without individual flight approvals.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dexa.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dexa/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/58363865-5849-4ef5-93cb-8f639d44a583
- Revision history: /companies/dexa/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Video
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