Drone Fund

Established in 2017, Drone Fund is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm focused on investing in drone and related technologies.

Kotaro Chiba

Representative Partner

Past deals in Navigation and Mapping

Eight Knot

Seed Round in 2024
Eight Knot develops autonomous navigation systems for water mobility, combining artificial intelligence and robotics to provide electronic navigation and vessel control. Its technology enables water-on-demand transportation using electric, environmentally friendly robotic boats.

Eight Knot

Seed Round in 2023
Eight Knot develops autonomous navigation systems for water mobility, combining artificial intelligence and robotics to provide electronic navigation and vessel control. Its technology enables water-on-demand transportation using electric, environmentally friendly robotic boats.

Eight Knot

Seed Round in 2021
Eight Knot develops autonomous navigation systems for water mobility, combining artificial intelligence and robotics to provide electronic navigation and vessel control. Its technology enables water-on-demand transportation using electric, environmentally friendly robotic boats.

FullDepth

Venture Round in 2021
FullDepth is a company that specializes in the development of marine drones designed for underwater monitoring and surveillance. These drones are integrated with marine navigation technology, allowing them to effectively monitor and capture data about aquatic life. The captured data is communicated to connected devices and can be accessed through a cloud service, enabling users to witness and study marine life for both educational and recreational purposes. FullDepth's innovative approach enhances the understanding of underwater ecosystems and promotes awareness of marine conservation.

Agri Info Design

Venture Round in 2020
Agri Info Design is an agricultural IT company based in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, founded in 2014. It develops tractor navigation and driving‑support software to enable precision farming, including GPS‑guided applications such as AgriBus-NAVI and related components like AgriBus-G+ and AgriBus-GMini. The company's technology focuses on improving spraying and cultivation accuracy, guiding tractors to travel in straight lines and pausing spray to prevent duplicate application, thereby reducing material costs. It also produces and sells aftermarket agricultural equipment, reflecting a practical, field‑oriented approach to helping farmers increase efficiency and sustainability in crop production.

Civ Robotics

Venture Round in 2020
Civ Robotics develops autonomous ground vehicles designed to automate layout and staking tasks in large-scale civil engineering projects. Their rugged rovers, equipped with high-precision receivers and integrated mission-planning software, improve land surveying efficiency by accurately marking coordinates with significantly reduced manual effort.

SkymatiX

Venture Round in 2019
SkymatiX specializes in drone technology, offering cloud-based drone surveying, satellite image analysis, and digital transformation solutions. Established in 2016, the company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

FullDepth

Venture Round in 2019
FullDepth is a company that specializes in the development of marine drones designed for underwater monitoring and surveillance. These drones are integrated with marine navigation technology, allowing them to effectively monitor and capture data about aquatic life. The captured data is communicated to connected devices and can be accessed through a cloud service, enabling users to witness and study marine life for both educational and recreational purposes. FullDepth's innovative approach enhances the understanding of underwater ecosystems and promotes awareness of marine conservation.

Trajectory

Venture Round in 2019
Trajectory is a Tokyo-based company that develops and researches an AI-driven air traffic control system for unmanned aerial vehicles. Founded in 2018, it aims to enable safe, fully autonomous UAV operations by automatically generating flight routes for multiple drones and coordinating their trajectories to improve efficiency and aerial mobility. The company’s products include long-endurance automated drones and related control software that facilitate easy and safe UAV use, addressing customer needs and social challenges through enhanced connectivity. Through its autonomous navigation platform, Trajectory seeks to provide a scalable environment where UAVs can operate reliably and safely for a variety of applications.

Agri Info Design

Venture Round in 2018
Agri Info Design is an agricultural IT company based in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, founded in 2014. It develops tractor navigation and driving‑support software to enable precision farming, including GPS‑guided applications such as AgriBus-NAVI and related components like AgriBus-G+ and AgriBus-GMini. The company's technology focuses on improving spraying and cultivation accuracy, guiding tractors to travel in straight lines and pausing spray to prevent duplicate application, thereby reducing material costs. It also produces and sells aftermarket agricultural equipment, reflecting a practical, field‑oriented approach to helping farmers increase efficiency and sustainability in crop production.

Trajectory

Seed Round in 2018
Trajectory is a Tokyo-based company that develops and researches an AI-driven air traffic control system for unmanned aerial vehicles. Founded in 2018, it aims to enable safe, fully autonomous UAV operations by automatically generating flight routes for multiple drones and coordinating their trajectories to improve efficiency and aerial mobility. The company’s products include long-endurance automated drones and related control software that facilitate easy and safe UAV use, addressing customer needs and social challenges through enhanced connectivity. Through its autonomous navigation platform, Trajectory seeks to provide a scalable environment where UAVs can operate reliably and safely for a variety of applications.
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