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Avy
Fully electric drone response network
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Sustainability
- Logistics
- Flights
- Drones
- SaaS
- Automation
- Aerospace
- Bedrijventerrein Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Company mission
Avy's mission is to unlock the potential of the sky for lifesaving applications and to accelerate the transition towards sustainable aviation.
Our take
Avy builds fixed-wing drones, which are a combination of a drone and an aeroplane that takes off and lands vertically, transitioning to forward flight and therefore enabling beyond visual line of sight delivery. The drones are fully autonomous, emission-free, and designed to blend into nature. They are currently used for urgent medical transport, supporting emergency services and nature protection reconnaissance.
Avy collaborated with Wattlab, a cleantech startup founded in 2017, to produce the solar drone. The technology within the drone can help serve as a stepping stone towards more sustainable developments in the aviation and transport sectors.
The first goal of Avy is to build a global response network that allows every country to deploy aircraft within minutes to support people with lifesaving needs. Its second goal is to become so experienced with sustainable, zero-emission and autonomous aviation, that it can build larger aircraft. If Avy succeeds in this mission, it will have an outsized influence on the larger aviation industry, forcing others to change and become sustainable in the process.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Unlimited time off
- Discount on a sport/fitness plan
- A warm atmosphere with regular drinks and occasional celebration
- A work culture based on freedom, where we trust you as the expert on your topic to bring Avy to the next level. But also an environment where it's safe to make mistakes
- An awesome office in Amsterdam with all the equipment to build our own drones, a maker space, a sauna, disco toilet and jungle toilet
- A sunny rooftop terrace for meetings, social events or just taking a break
- Daily delicious (and vegetarian) lunches
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2020
$0.1m
GRANT
Jul 2020
$0.1m
GRANT
Total funding: $2.3m
Leadership
Patrique Pi Zaman
(CEO)Founder of a number of start-ups including Breakyear, Patrique founded Avy in 2014.