# FlyingBasket: drone company

Canonical ID: `6469119b-2b87-4d0c-ada1-0dfcf0216f52`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$2.14M total (Seed, multiple rounds)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Investor:** [Leonardo](/investors/leonardo.md) (~10% stake, board seat)
- **Payload:** [FB3](/models/flyingbasket-fb3.md) lifts 100kg
- **Track record:** 38.1t delivered to 400+ [Ørsted](/companies/orsted.md) wind turbines (2025)
- **Operations:** First commercial cargo drone operator in Europe (2020)
- **Development:** 7+ years from prototyping to industrial production
- **Applications:** Forestry, logistics, energy, telecom, civil protection, construction
- **Founders:** [Moritz Moroder](/people/moritz-moroder.md) & [Matthias Moroder](/people/matthias-moroder.md) (brothers)
- **Strategic Investor:** [Leonardo](/investors/leonardo.md) (~10% stake, board seat)
- **Regulatory:** ENAC Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC); first cross-border BVLOS approval in Europe

- **Slug:** flyingbasket
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** Bolzano, Italy
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [FB3](/models/flyingbasket-fb3.md) (aerial) (id: `6e462c7a-7981-4d92-90b9-a719b8d6b94c`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Moritz Moroder](/people/moritz-moroder.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Moritz Moroder](/people/moritz-moroder.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Matthias Moroder](/people/matthias-moroder.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [Ørsted x FlyingBasket](/partnerships/rsted-x-flyingbasket.md) with Ørsted, Skylift _deployment_
- [Leonardo x FlyingBasket](/partnerships/leonardo-x-flyingbasket.md) with Leonardo _investment_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is FlyingBasket?

Italian heavy-lift cargo drone manufacturer based in Bolzano. FlyingBasket designs and manufactures industrial cargo drones, with over seven years of development from early prototyping to industrial production. The FB3 is an 8-rotor unmanned multicopter with push-pull motor configuration, powered by rechargeable batteries, designed to carry 100kg payloads. First commercial cargo drone operator in Europe (since 2020). Leonardo holds approximately 10% stake with a board seat. Track record: 38.1 tonnes delivered to 400+ Ørsted wind turbines in 2025. Applications: forestry, logistics (vessel/port/offshore), energy (wind turbines), telecom (tower construction), security & civil protection (emergency medical response), construction. Replaces helicopters, cranes, and complex ground logistics.

### What does FlyingBasket make?

FlyingBasket has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: FB3 (FlyingBasket builds physical robots).

### Who competes with FlyingBasket?

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

### Where is FlyingBasket headquartered?

FlyingBasket is headquartered in Bolzano, Italy.

### Where does FlyingBasket operate robots?

FlyingBasket 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 FlyingBasket a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, FlyingBasket ranks in roughly the top 60% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was FlyingBasket founded?

FlyingBasket was founded in 2015.


## Sources (2)

1. https://flyingbasket.com/
2. https://droneintelligence.ai/companies/flyingbasket

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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