2022年11月9日

无人机配送初创公司Skye Air Mobility从Chiratae Ventures、Mamaearth获得种子基金，Curefit的创始人Skye Air Mobility通过其最后一英里的无人机配送服务为Flipkart、Swiggy和Blue Dart等企业提供服务。飞行距离近1.2万公里。无人机配送初创公司Skye Air Mobility已从Chiratae Ventures获得170万美元的种子基金，其他公司包括Lead Angels、O2 Angels、Agility Ventures、LetsVenture等。包括Ankit Nagori (Curefit联合创始人)、Varun Alagh (Mamaearth联合创始人)、Rajeev Chitrabhanu (JM Financial的首席执行官)在内的领先天使投资者也加入了这轮融资。skyye Air目前在8个城市运营，希望在未来24个月内将其足迹扩大一倍。该公司计划利用这笔资金提高垂直行业的效率，实现更快的交付，降低成本和碳排放，并改善难以通过公路到达的地点的可达性。今年3月早些时候，天空航空宣布计划将其机队规模扩大到120架无人机，并在未来12-15个月内飞行100万公里。“这项投资正值我们加大努力，扩大在印度市场的服务和合作之际。我们相信，新的资金将有助于我们的团队打开未触及的渠道，使我们能够为印度及其他地区的更多客户提供无人机送货服务，”Skye Air Mobility首席执行官Ankit Kumar表示。他补充说:“我们还认为，这是迄今为止在以交付为重点的无人机领域最大的投资，证明了Skye Air正以其专有的SaaS技术引领该国无人机交付技术的发展方向。” Founded in 2020, the Delhi-based start-up offers drones for the delivery of retail and ecommerce products, postal services, and food products. It also provides last-mile drone delivery services for healthcare, defense, medical and ambulance supplies, and military supplies. Skye Air claims to have completed over 2,200+ BVLOS flights delivering more than 720,000 packages of products, covering an aerial distance of 11,800+ kilometres. Its client-partners include Flipkart, Dunzo, Swiggy, Redcliffe Labs, Aster Healthcare, Blue Dart, Curefoods (where Ankit Nagori is CEO) and many others. “We are excited to partner with Skye Air Mobility to disrupt the first and last mile logistics in an efficient and climate-friendly manner, beginning with the healthcare domain, and expanding into other sectors with its logistics and SaaS solutions,” Mandeep Julka, Vice President - Investments, Chiratae Ventures, said in a statement. The new drone rules and PLI scheme introduced by the government have been a shot in the arm for homegrown drone start-ups. The Indian drone delivery industry could potentially grow to $18 billion as per estimates. Dhianu Das, Founder, Agility Ventures, said, “Drone delivery is increasingly gaining ground across logistics providers to tackle inefficiencies in last-mile delivery, and is expected to grow at more than 50 per cent CAGR over the next six years. We believe Skye Air has a head start in the same and is poised to be a leader in the industry.”