The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Wingtra: 1 model, $22.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inInspection & survey drones
Overview
Wingtra is a Zurich-based drone developer spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, building professional aerial surveying and mapping systems. The company has 2,000+ customers globally, 100,000+ annual flights mapping 18 million acres, and raised $42M in total funding including a $22M Series B. Wingtra's VTOL drones enable cost-efficient surveying for construction, agriculture, and environmental monitoring.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Robot
Technology
Focus
Total fundingsee investors →
Customers
Annual flights
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (2)
- Maximilian Boosfeld Co-Founder & CEOsince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
- Basil Weibel Co-Foundersince 2014-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Maximilian Boosfeldcofounderfounded 2014-01-01
- Basil Weibelcofounderfounded 2014-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Wingtra.
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 →
Recent coverage
Wingtra in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (2)
- Series B12024-08-01
- Series B2023-01-01
$22M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Wingtra.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Wingtra from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Wingtra Unveils WingtraRAY: A New Drone to Transform Aerial Surveying
Wingtra unveiled WingtraRAY, a new surveying drone covering 400 acres per field hour, building on the company's VTOL platform for professional mapping and surveying.
Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing 2M
Swiss VTOL mapping drone startup Wingtra raised 2 million in a Series B round to improve its technology and expand operations in surveying and aerial mapping.
Wingtra: Funding, Team & Investors
Wingtra raised $22M in Series B funding in 2023, bringing total funding to $42M, with 2,000+ customers globally and 100,000+ annual flights mapping 18 million acres.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/wingtra.md
- RSS feed: /companies/wingtra/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e6774114-cc7f-4341-bd50-59509e3b57ce
- Revision history: /companies/wingtra/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Video
The Wingtra RAY is a powerful VTOL surveying drone that combines helicopter-like takeoff with airplane-style flight.
https://wingtra.com/ Wingtra has developed an unmanned aerial robot that flies like an airplane, and takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter. With the
EUAS EVP Randall Warnas joins Chris Kenney, Wingtra US Channel Manager, to discuss the exciting capabilities of this unique VTOL aircraft. For more information
On the hottest day of the year (25th July 2019) the COPTRZ team took the Wingtra One Inspection Drone down to Ladybower Reservoir for a product demonstration wi
Meet the engineers and roboticists building Wingtra's surveying drones and software. They talk about the problems they solve, the culture of learning, and why t
See how WSP—a global engineering firm—uses Wingtra LIDAR to track earthworks and cut-fill volume changes at a major highway construction site in Raleigh, North
When US drone policy changes put DJI-based mapping workflows at risk, a drone mapping operator needed a system that could keep projects moving. In this story,
See how WingtraRAY with the INSPECT payload detects millimeter-level cracks across entire airports, runways, railways, and roads in a single flight. This video
This summer, Tom Scott and his team spent time in Cornwall where they used Hot Robotics kit to map 172 hectares of land around the UK’s most notorious ‘natural’
Meet WingtraRAY—your all-in-one solution for compliant and cost-effective aerial surveying. Whether you're flying over busy city streets or remote job sites, Wi
Discover Wingtra, the Swiss-made drone that is transforming industries like agriculture, construction and mining with its groundbreaking technology. With its fi
DJI es un gigante tecnológico chino con una posición establecida en el mercado de drones de consumo. El Matrice 300 RTK (M300) es su solución para vuelos de rec
WingtraOne - the Aerial robots for efficient use of resources. Wingtra develops high-tech drones – fully autonomous, vertically launching & landing robots – to
Reality vs attention
Wingtra draws attention at the 38th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
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: Aug 17, 2026