Natilus

company

About

Natilus is building large scale commercial drones the size of a B747 to help reduce the cost of air freight by 50%.

  • 11 - 50

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Industries
Commercial,Drone Management,Drones,Logistics,Manufacturing,Supply Chain Management,Transportation
Founded date
Apr 1, 2016
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active

Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.

First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ft drone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.

The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019.

Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
Natilus has raised a total of — in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 1, 2021 from a Series A round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jun 1, 2021 Series A 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
Natilus is funded by 1 investors. Flexport are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Flexport Series A