Iris Automation Closes $13 Million in Series B Venture Capital Financing Computer vision-based technology innovator to advance unmanned air safety through expanded use cases and market channels News provided by Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Iris Automation has closed a successful round of $13 million in Series B venture capital funding. Founded in 2015, Iris Automation is a computer vision technology company pioneering the development of advanced detection systems used to help provide Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) capabilities that enable safe commercial drone operations including scalable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) missions. Quote from Jon Damush, CEO of Iris Automation "We are incredibly excited about this show of support from our current and new investors, particularly during this unprecedented global pandemic. We have always known that our approach to the problem solves a critical missing link for unpiloted systems, and plan to deploy this capital to further expand our capabilities and improve safety for unpiloted systems as global regulators work to integrate UAS into existing airspaces. The investment clearly illustrates investor confidence in growth of the sector and specifically Iris' role in the ecosystem."