# IONA: drone company

Canonical ID: `ffd343c8-1de2-4f70-92ab-f0b2872c8ade`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [$5M (€4.3M) to date](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Milestone:** First public demo 2026

- **Slug:** iona-drones
- **Founded:** 2021
- **HQ:** Shannon, County Clare, Ireland
- **Funding total (USD):** 5000000
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [IONA Delivery Drone](/models/iona-delivery.md) (aerial) (id: `3d3c5a8c-4bca-40a5-9edf-3e8cd33e7002`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Etienne Louvet](/people/etienne-louvet.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Etienne Louvet](/people/etienne-louvet.md) Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Jonny Miller](/people/jonny-miller-iona.md) COO (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (1)

- [IONA x ÉireComposites (LIFT Project)](/partnerships/iona-x-irecomposites-lift-project.md) with ÉireComposites, Technological University Dublin _manufacturing_

## 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 IONA?

Irish-French drone delivery and logistics company developing autonomous long-range delivery drones for rural and remote B2B logistics. Founded by Etienne Louvet in 2021, the company relocated from London to Shannon, County Clare, leveraging Ireland's supportive drone regulation environment. Its Sonnet tilt-rotor aircraft carries up to 14kg over 100-200km routes, with a full white-label stack (aircraft, ground infrastructure, Cosmogony TMS, and regulatory compliance) for 3PL providers. IONA has raised ~€4.5M and is a designated High Potential Start-Up by Enterprise Ireland. Hero image candidate: https://ionadrones.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/iona11-1024x670.webp (source: IONA press kit)

### What does IONA make?

IONA has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: IONA Delivery Drone (IONA builds physical robots).

### Where is IONA headquartered?

IONA is headquartered in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland.

### How much funding has IONA raised?

IONA has raised approximately $5M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does IONA operate robots?

IONA 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 IONA founded?

IONA was founded in 2021.


## Sources (1)

1. https://ideas.everywhere.vc/p/iona-drone-deliveries-transform-ireland-logistics

## 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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