The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Terra Industries: 1 model, $52.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inMilitary & defense drones
Overview
Nigerian defense-technology company (founded 2024, also known as Terrahaptix) building and manufacturing autonomous defense drones, unmanned ground systems, and surveillance towers for governments and infrastructure operators across Africa. Operates the Pax-2 manufacturing facility in Accra, Ghana — described as Africa's largest drone factory — with capacity for up to 50,000 autonomous systems per year.
Products include the Archer VTOL surveillance drone, Iroko quadcopter, Kama interceptor, and ArtemisOS software platform. Expanding to London, Washington DC, and San Francisco.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Capacity
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Guava Suleiman CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Kola Ogunlade Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Terra Industries.
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Recent coverage
Terra Industries in third-party press
Terra Industries Extends Seed Round To $52 Million As 50,000-Unit Drone Factory And Global Expansion Take Shape
Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South
Terra raises 2M, takes African defence tech pitch to London, USA
Funding rounds (2)
Terra Industries’s 2 disclosed rounds, $104M in total, oldest to newest.
- Seed2026-08-17
$52M(reported)
- Seed extension2026-08-12
$52M(reported)
Investors: 8VC (lead), Lux Capital (follow)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Unreviewed · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-17
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Terra Industries.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Terra Industries from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Terra Industries Extends Seed Round To $52 Million As 50,000-Unit Drone Factory And Global Expansion Take Shape
Terra Industries has extended its seed financing to $52 million as the autonomous defense technology company expands manufacturing in Africa and establishes its first…
Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South
African defense tech company Terra Industries announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $52 million.
Terra raises 2M, takes African defence tech pitch to London, USA
Terra Industries raises 2M seed round and expands to London and the US, pitching African defense technology.
Terra commences construction of 34,000 sq ft drone factory in Ghana
Terra Industries begins construction of a 34,000 sq ft drone manufacturing facility in Accra, Ghana, called Pax-2.
Terra Industries raises 8M to build Africa's biggest drone factory
Terra Industries raises 8M to build what it calls Africa's largest drone manufacturing facility in Ghana.
Terra Industries founded by two young Nigerians raises 1.75M to build drones
Terra Industries, founded by two young Nigerians, raises 1.75M to manufacture defense drones for the African market.
US investors back Nigerian drone maker Terra Industries
US investors including 8VC and Lux Capital back Nigerian drone manufacturer Terra Industries with early funding.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/terra-industries.md
- RSS feed: /companies/terra-industries/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4904ff32-4d69-465f-b2da-c079ab23a693
- Revision history: /companies/terra-industries/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Terra Industries draws attention at the 26th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $104M raised. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Last computed: Aug 18, 2026