DroneDeploy: Ledger

Stories naming DroneDeploy. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
AirTree Ventures	Unnamed stage	$27,500,000

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
DroneDeploy is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Name	Role	Sources
Mike Winn	Chief Executive	SmartCompany

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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.

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Airtree more than doubles its money in US start-up sale

Airtree Ventures has exited DroneDeploy in a $US845 million sale after an eight-year hold, pocketing over twice its outlay and returning cash to early backers as venture firms face investor pressure to distribute returns.

AFR Technology Mon 3 Aug 2026 AirTree Ventures DroneDeploy

Series C $34m

Mapping startup DroneDeploy takes to Australian skies in a bid to help save the Great Barrier Reef

Profile of a drone mapping software company covering its mid-2018 Series C raise, its founders and origins, and its Australian reef monitoring and emergency response work.

SmartCompany Mon 26 Nov 2018 DroneDeploy Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority AirTree Ventures Emergence Uncork Capital Mike Winn

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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Airtree more than doubles its money in US start-up sale

Mapping startup DroneDeploy takes to Australian skies in a bid to help save the Great Barrier Reef