CategoryDrones
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
Europe's largest consumer drone delivery operator, designing and building proprietary drones and software in Dublin. Founded 2019 by Bobby Healy (CEO). Over 250,000 deliveries completed across Ireland (Blanchardstown, Balbriggan, Moneygall, Oranmore, Cork) and internationally in Texas and Finland.
USD 110M total funding including USD 50M Series B (Apr 2026) with Ark invest, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and Schooner Capital. EASA Gold Standard LUC holder. Expanding to U.S. with Tulsa, Oklahoma manufacturing hub (1,000 jobs). 170 employees scaling to 570.
Reality check
Series B (company-claimed)
Apr 2026: Raised $50M, bringing total funding to $110M, to scale drone delivery across the U.S. and Europe.
Investors (company-claimed)
ARK Invest, ISIF and Schooner Capital, with continued backing from Coca-Cola HBC, Molten Ventures and Enterprise Ireland.
Flights and sites (company-claimed)
Apr 2026: Over 250,000 regulated commercial flights; operations in Moneygall, Oranmore, Balbriggan, Dublin West, Finland and Texas.
Expansion plan (company-claimed)
Plans 40 operational bases across the U.S. and Europe and to grow from 170 to over 570 staff (400 new roles).
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 6 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Manna Air Delivery on the deployment map
View the global map6 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where Manna Air Delivery's robots are operating, by place and type.
- announcedManna Delivery Drone at Tulsa →Oklahoma · verified Jul 2026
- pausedManna Delivery Drone at Ireland →Western Europe · verified Jun 2026
- operationalManna Delivery Drone at Northlake, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth) →Southwest · verified Oct 2023
- endedManna Delivery Drone at Cork, Ireland →Western Europe · verified Jan 2022
- endedManna Delivery Drone at Balbriggan, Ireland →Western Europe · verified Mar 2021
- endedManna Delivery Drone at Blanchardstown (Dublin West), Ireland →Western Europe · verified Jan 2019
View the full Manna Air Delivery deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Bobby Healy CEO & Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Bobby Healysole
previously at Manna Aero
Safety record
No incidents on record for Manna Air Delivery.
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)
- Manna Air Delivery6 deployments
Recent coverage
Manna Air Delivery in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 2 segments. Every Manna Air Delivery competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(97)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- DroneUpdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Manna Air Delivery.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $50.0M
- Employees
- 170
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)
- Series B2026-04-01
$50M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Manna Air Delivery’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2026-04-01Series B raising $50000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 8, 2026
Manna Delivery Drone at Tulsa
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2026
Manna Delivery Drone at Global
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2026
Manna Delivery Drone at Ireland
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2026
Manna Delivery Drone at Global
Sources (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Manna Air Delivery.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- DJI9 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Skydio6 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Manna Air Delivery from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/manna.md
- RSS feed: /companies/manna/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d6ee137f-a301-4a53-bc9b-c8cf4e3ef44b
- Revision history: /companies/manna/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
I want to thank the Manna team for hosting me. Links: - Patreon (Support the channel directly!): https://www.patreon.com/Asianometry - X: https://twitter.com/asianometry - Newsletter & Podcast (available through Strate
A trailblazer shows the titans how it's done when it comes to drone delivery. Its founder shares his flight path to success. Bobby Healy, CEO and Founder, Mann
FlipFlop Ventures (ZenShin) Our First VC Investment (2015) - MANNA - Drone Delivery Originally made by the VCs themselves! I edited it for our anniversary 🥳
Narrator: Elon Musk Music: Miles Davis, So What? (1959) Inspiration: 60 Minutes interview with Elon Musk in 2012
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Manna Air Delivery draws attention at the 20th percentile but verifies reality at the 92nd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -72.5, 107th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 19 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 6 operational sites across 12 countries. 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