CategoryDrones
Overview
Toulouse-based French startup specializing in automated aircraft Inspection using autonomous drones and AI. Founded in 2015 by Matthieu Claybrough. 40+ operational drones deployed in 15+ countries. The only solution certified by both Airbus and Boeing, and by both EASA and FAA. 35 employees. Raised 10M EUR in April 2026 for international expansion.
Reality check
Series B (company-claimed)
Apr 2026: Raised EUR 10 million led by IRDI Capital Investissement and SWEN Capital Partners, with GSO Innovation and ARIS Occitanie, for European and US expansion.
Technology (company-claimed)
A patented stack of autonomous drones, high-resolution imaging and AI for aircraft inspection, developed since 2015.
Fleet (company-claimed)
Apr 2026: More than 40 operational drones in more than 15 countries for commercial and military aviation customers.
Inspection speed (company-claimed)
Inspections up to 10x faster than manual methods.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
6
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Donecle has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Innovation Robotics1× joint
Most recent
Donecle on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Oct 2019. Explore where Donecle's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Donecle deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Matthieu Claybrough CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (4)
- Matthieu Claybroughcofounderfounded 2015-09-01
- Yann Brunercofounderfounded 2015-09-01
- Josselin Bequetcofounderfounded 2015-09-01
- Alban Deruaz-Pepincofounderfounded 2015-09-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Donecle.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Donecle4 deployments
Recent coverage
Donecle in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Mentioned on (9)
Registry pages whose text names Donecle.
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (4)
Iris at Paris-CDG, France (AFI KLM E&M), Iris at Toulouse, France, Iris at Indianapolis, Iris at Vienna, Austria
People (4)
Matthieu Claybrough, Alban Deruaz-Pepin, Josselin Bequet, Yann Bruner
Financial state
- Total funding
- $11.0M
- Employees
- 35
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Donecle has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Innovation Robotics1× joint
Funding rounds (1)
- Series B2026-04-15
$11M(reported)
Investors: SWEN Capital Partners (co_lead), GSO Innovation (follow), IRDI Capital Investissement (co_lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Donecle’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-04-15Series B raising $11000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2019
Iris at Indianapolis
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 1, 2019
Iris at Vienna, Austria
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 1, 2018
Iris at Paris-CDG, France (AFI KLM E&M)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2018
Iris at Toulouse, France
Sources (6)
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Donecle.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Donecle from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Robotic Revolution: AkzoNobel unveils airplane painting drone
AFI KLM E&M wins multiple deals at MRO show
Barfield Supports JetBlue with Drone Solution
Donecle raises €10 million to scale AI-powered drone
Donecle Raises €10 Million to Expand Drone-Based Aircraft Inspection Platform
Drone inspection firm Donecle secures €10m to expand development
French AviationTech startup Donecle bags €10 million to grow drone-based inspection platform
Greyn and INEN Robotics are the winners of the 13th Jean-Louis Gerondeau – Safran award
UK advances RAF P-8 drone inspection trials
Aircraft Drone Inspection Providers Make Industry Headway
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/donecle.md
- RSS feed: /companies/donecle/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/74ed683f-6fb6-4b04-83dc-e609f9549ee5
- Revision history: /companies/donecle/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
Video
See our automated drone in action and how we use pictures in our analysis software to optimize aircraft visual inspections. More information about our solution
AAR, 1st independant MRO in North America, explains what are the main benefits of using Donecle’s automated aircraft inspection solution for visual inspections
Donecle demonstrates its aircraft inspection solution with AFI-KLM E&M. 20x faster than conventional inspections | 100% automated UAV/drone flight | real-time i
Drones are increasingly of interest for carrying out aircraft inspections. We found out more from Josselin Bequet, CEO & Co-Founder, Donecle. Subscribe at www.
Donecle and 8tree have joined their expertise and capabilities to offer a solution outside the box. This innovation combines an automated drone and 8tree’s dent
Meet Luc, one of our engineers, who speaks about his work at Donecle and the IoT Valley More about Donecle: https://www.donecle.com/ More about the IoT Valley
Meet Bryan, one of our engineers, who speaks about his work at Donecle and the IoT Valley More about Donecle: https://www.donecle.com/ More about the IoT Vall
Source : http://www.latribune.fr/
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
Donecle draws attention at the 32nd percentile but verifies reality at the 70th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -38.3, 98th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Nov 6, 2026