SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.

Michael Aberman

Partner

Lindsay Atkenson

Analyst

William Bao Bean

General Partner

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

Venture Partner

Past deals in Drones

Skygauge

Convertible Note in 2024
Skygauge is an innovative company that has developed advanced drones specifically for industrial inspections, focusing on ultrasonic testing of structures like tanks. Their drones can perform inspections at any angle while maintaining contact with the structures, significantly enhancing efficiency by completing tasks 5-10 times faster than traditional methods. This technology eliminates the need for workers to operate in hazardous conditions, such as on ropes or scaffolding, thereby improving safety and reducing inspection costs and turnaround times. As Skygauge establishes its presence in the inspection market, it plans to expand its capabilities into additional applications, including pressure washing, painting, and general labor tasks involving robotic arms, ultimately creating a new workforce in the sky.

Skygauge

Convertible Note in 2022
Skygauge is an innovative company that has developed advanced drones specifically for industrial inspections, focusing on ultrasonic testing of structures like tanks. Their drones can perform inspections at any angle while maintaining contact with the structures, significantly enhancing efficiency by completing tasks 5-10 times faster than traditional methods. This technology eliminates the need for workers to operate in hazardous conditions, such as on ropes or scaffolding, thereby improving safety and reducing inspection costs and turnaround times. As Skygauge establishes its presence in the inspection market, it plans to expand its capabilities into additional applications, including pressure washing, painting, and general labor tasks involving robotic arms, ultimately creating a new workforce in the sky.

Neptune Robotics

Series A in 2022
Neptune Robotics develops and manufactures underwater drones and AI‑powered biofouling management systems for maritime enterprises. Its drones feature filtration and debris collection to reduce invasive species and clean oceans, while the platform offers robotic hull cleaning and inspection using advanced cavitation and machine learning. The solutions improve fuel efficiency, lower carbon emissions, and help fleets meet global maritime standards.

Vertiq

Series B in 2022
Vertiq develops high‑performance propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its products combine lightweight motors and electronic speed controllers with embedded position sensors, delivering precise speed and position control, fast response times, and real‑time motor health monitoring. Rigorous quality control testing ensures reliability, while the integrated design allows manufacturers to enhance flight time, maneuverability, and overall vehicle performance. The systems are compatible with custom firmware and accessories, supporting both commercial and defense drone applications.

HUVIAiR Technologies

Series A in 2022
HUVIAiR is a pioneer of visual-intelligence led construction management software. It’s flagship SaaS platform CONSTRA, enables customers to extract insights from visual inputs to make analytics driven decisions all along their planning, building and managing their projects better. CONSTRA ingests visual inputs from drones, 360 degree cameras, laser scanners, mobile phones and as well as traditional sources like CAD drawings and BIMS. The platform then extracts the technical and operational information within them onto a visually appealing dashboard. The various stakeholders of the project can then collaborate through this platform to meticulously plan each stage of the project, remotely monitor the progress, ensure the conformance to plan, identify deviations, list and manage snags, manage master data, and generate diverse formats of reports. At the heart of CONSTRA lies a computer vision based deep-learning engine system. This engine is capable of automatically detecting and reporting the actual progress of construction and benchmark it against the planned progress metrics captured within traditional CRM systems. Clients using CONSTRA can save up to 75% of time on progress monitoring, reduce their supervisory manpower requirement by at least 50% and reduce the overall costs of the project by up to 20%. CONSTRA is available for subscription in multiple attractive plans. The clients can access the platform though a web-interface as well as a mobile application.

Neptune Robotics

Series A in 2021
Neptune Robotics develops and manufactures underwater drones and AI‑powered biofouling management systems for maritime enterprises. Its drones feature filtration and debris collection to reduce invasive species and clean oceans, while the platform offers robotic hull cleaning and inspection using advanced cavitation and machine learning. The solutions improve fuel efficiency, lower carbon emissions, and help fleets meet global maritime standards.

HUVIAiR Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
HUVIAiR is a pioneer of visual-intelligence led construction management software. It’s flagship SaaS platform CONSTRA, enables customers to extract insights from visual inputs to make analytics driven decisions all along their planning, building and managing their projects better. CONSTRA ingests visual inputs from drones, 360 degree cameras, laser scanners, mobile phones and as well as traditional sources like CAD drawings and BIMS. The platform then extracts the technical and operational information within them onto a visually appealing dashboard. The various stakeholders of the project can then collaborate through this platform to meticulously plan each stage of the project, remotely monitor the progress, ensure the conformance to plan, identify deviations, list and manage snags, manage master data, and generate diverse formats of reports. At the heart of CONSTRA lies a computer vision based deep-learning engine system. This engine is capable of automatically detecting and reporting the actual progress of construction and benchmark it against the planned progress metrics captured within traditional CRM systems. Clients using CONSTRA can save up to 75% of time on progress monitoring, reduce their supervisory manpower requirement by at least 50% and reduce the overall costs of the project by up to 20%. CONSTRA is available for subscription in multiple attractive plans. The clients can access the platform though a web-interface as well as a mobile application.

Skygauge

Seed Round in 2020
Skygauge is an innovative company that has developed advanced drones specifically for industrial inspections, focusing on ultrasonic testing of structures like tanks. Their drones can perform inspections at any angle while maintaining contact with the structures, significantly enhancing efficiency by completing tasks 5-10 times faster than traditional methods. This technology eliminates the need for workers to operate in hazardous conditions, such as on ropes or scaffolding, thereby improving safety and reducing inspection costs and turnaround times. As Skygauge establishes its presence in the inspection market, it plans to expand its capabilities into additional applications, including pressure washing, painting, and general labor tasks involving robotic arms, ultimately creating a new workforce in the sky.

Nept

Convertible Note in 2020
Nept builds advanced and cost efficient underwater drone for ships.

Nept

Seed Round in 2019
Nept builds advanced and cost efficient underwater drone for ships.

Skygauge

Seed Round in 2019
Skygauge is an innovative company that has developed advanced drones specifically for industrial inspections, focusing on ultrasonic testing of structures like tanks. Their drones can perform inspections at any angle while maintaining contact with the structures, significantly enhancing efficiency by completing tasks 5-10 times faster than traditional methods. This technology eliminates the need for workers to operate in hazardous conditions, such as on ropes or scaffolding, thereby improving safety and reducing inspection costs and turnaround times. As Skygauge establishes its presence in the inspection market, it plans to expand its capabilities into additional applications, including pressure washing, painting, and general labor tasks involving robotic arms, ultimately creating a new workforce in the sky.

Nept

Seed Round in 2018
Nept builds advanced and cost efficient underwater drone for ships.

Forward Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Forward Robotics specializes in developing heavy-lift, long-range cargo drones equipped with proprietary avionics and control software. The company aims to revolutionize supply chain logistics by offering on-demand distribution solutions through its DroneLink technology.

Vertiq

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Vertiq develops high‑performance propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its products combine lightweight motors and electronic speed controllers with embedded position sensors, delivering precise speed and position control, fast response times, and real‑time motor health monitoring. Rigorous quality control testing ensures reliability, while the integrated design allows manufacturers to enhance flight time, maneuverability, and overall vehicle performance. The systems are compatible with custom firmware and accessories, supporting both commercial and defense drone applications.

Robolink

Seed Round in 2016
Robolink, Inc. is an educational company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in robotics and programming education. Founded in 2012 by Hansol Hong, Robolink develops and markets a range of robotics education kits, including CoDrone Lite, CoDrone Pro, and Rokit Smart. These products are designed to help students learn to build and program drones and robots, fostering an understanding of coding, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The company also operates a robotics and programming learning center and collaborates with local schools to provide after-school programs that enhance access to robotics education for students. Through its innovative approach, Robolink aims to inspire the next generation of engineers and programmers.

Slick Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Slick Technologies, established in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, specializes in the manufacture and sale of its flagship product, Slick - an action camera stabilizer compatible with GoPro devices. This hands-free solution enables users to capture smooth videos while engaged in various activities, as it can be attached to standard GoPro mounts on accessories like helmets, poles, or drones. The company primarily operates through online pre-order sales channels.

Atmosoar

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Atmosoar is a Hong Kong-based company that specializes in atmospheric soaring technologies. Founded in 2015 and rebooted in 2018, Atmosoar develops weather-based software solutions specifically designed for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators. The company's platform offers high-resolution weather forecasts and route optimization tools, allowing users to operate drones safely and efficiently while extending their flight durations. By providing hyper-accurate weather data tailored for UAV missions, Atmosoar enhances the operational capabilities of drone operators, helping them navigate challenging weather conditions effectively.

Ebotic

Convertible Note in 2015
Ebotic is developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. Imagine a phone or a computer, that flies. People will be able to run apps and games on it too.

Ebotic

Seed Round in 2015
Ebotic is developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. Imagine a phone or a computer, that flies. People will be able to run apps and games on it too.

HexAirbot

Seed Round in 2013
HexAirbot is a team of professional open source UAV developers and designers. Their team consists of software engineers, hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, algorists and designers. Their product is an open source hardware and software drone. In addition, they are in the process of creating an open source community to explore the endless possibilities of UAVs, and share their achievements with the world.

FlexLab

Angel Round in 2013
FlexLab is an innovative company focused on intelligent manufacturing and digital fabrication. Established in 2013, it comprises a diverse team of software engineers, electronic engineers, designers, and creatives committed to transforming various sectors, including transportation, manufacturing, education, and retail. FlexLab's projects encompass a wide array of technologies, such as self-driving systems, drones, unattended retail solutions, virtual reality workshops, remote robot control, image recognition, sustainable vehicles, voice recognition, and soft robotics, catering to users in over twenty countries. The company's initial project, a 3D printed nanocopter called Flexbot, successfully raised significant funding on Kickstarter, while its subsequent project, FlexPV, won accolades at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum. FlexLab continues to explore new ideas and innovations, driven by a passion for making concepts a reality.
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