F-drones raises seed round funding with major shipping companies
F-drones, a Singapore-based startup developing large scale autonomous drones for maritime logistics, today announced its success in raising its seed capital. The round was led by Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), a world leading ship management company committed to green and technology-driven growth of the maritime industry. The round also saw participation from the Schulte Group, a reputed ship owner and manager with over 135 years of experience, through its venture arm – Innoport, along with SEEDS Capital, Entrepreneur First, Orient Ventures, Superangel and a few Singapore based angel investors.
F-drones is the first company in the world to provide 24/7 commercial Beyond-Vision-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) drone deliveries to ships. It is developing the Hyperlaunch Heavy (HLH), a fully electric and autonomous proprietary drone, capable of delivering 100kg payloads over 100km. “We are very excited to be able to close the
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By Cirium2021-02-22T04:58:00+00:00
The governments of Hong Kong and Singapore are continuing discussions over a quarantine-free travel bubble between the two cities that was delayed last year after Hong Kong experienced a surge in Covid-19 cases.
“Singapore and Hong Kong are in close discussions on the Air Travel Bubble. We will announce more details when ready,” says Daniel Ng, director (air transport) at the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore in a statement shared with Cirium.
Source: Greg Waldron/FlightGlobal
The departure hall of Changi’s Terminal 1 in November 2020
Hong Kong’s Tourism Commission, a body under the city’s Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, added separately that although the air travel bubble had been delayed due to the outbreak in Hong Kong, the governments of the two cities “have been in communication on this”.